What Did We Play Yesterday?

It's event time in Farm Together 2 again, which I just happened to notice by accident, and the rainbow llamas are probably the best thing that has happened to me all week. For this one they've updated how they display the quests which is kinda overwhelming but that's ok. There's a crap ton to do so I'll probably need to hop onto a megafarm at some point. This time, they've added new favor unlocks after you unlock all the items as a nod to the mega grinders, which is nice even though I am obviously not one of them.

They recently added some floor and rug items, which are GREATLY appreciated, and I'm closing in on level 150. This is a big deal for me, because I will unlock new varieties of my favorite things: sunflowers, koi, and peafowl. I am extremely excited about this.

There's also a new DLC!! They started offering these as a bundle on steam, so you get a discount of 25%, which is honestly a great way to let people decide if they wanna do the $5 or pay a discounted rate. I actually don't care too much about the winter theme, except it helps round out the christmas decorations. It also comes with 5 crocus variations and 3 holly trees which is welcome. I'll probably grab this one after I finish up with the event stuff.

I beat the second mode, which is the 8-level adventure mode. I expected the boss to pull a "dead nah just kiddin!" so when it didn't I was relieved as I had like 1 heart left. I also unlocked the Shinobi class, which I like a lot better than the Warlock. Shinobi has lots of fun upgrade options. There's an old man who asks for food or a sleeping aid (?) and I never have any. One day. In the meantime, I continue to enjoy scampering about dying.

Still enjoying this game quite a bit. Managed to unlock two classes, the warlock and the digger. Trying to remember to grab a screencap whenever I see a new doorway or between levels room.

I beat Lexicanium Hunt with Alchemistro and only blew myself up like 12 times.

Found a new level room... a visit with mommy boosts one's hearts. I got 4 one time and a whopping 8 another which is pretty excellent.

Normally I focus on beating whatever I'm doing, the Hunt or Adventure, but the next game mode is unlocked by unsealing the domain doorways, so I'm going to give those precedence now. I peeked at hints to unlock other clans, and I don't know any of those are things I would accidentally do while bumbling around, so I'll probably focus on that next.

Unlocked the daily challenge and did surprisingly well. Let's do it again!

...Still blowing myself up as the Alchemistro. But I enjoy the game so I don't care (that much?). Well, maybe I care a little. Sometimes, I'm caught off guard when I lob a bomb at a wall and I get blown up even thinking I was a reasonable distance away. Tis the price one pays for massively powerful projectiles.

I thought I could blow up shopkeepers with no consequence. Not so! A bounty hunter came after me. Sins must be punished.

Really digging this game. I beat the first hunt scenario and I'm not on to the adventure, which is twice as many levels. I'm continuing to discover new rooms and aspects. I'm also getting better at murdering shopkeepers. Collecting items is fun, as most are useful, especially the passive ones. I had to look up the different types of hearts because they're not really explained.

I played as the bushido melee character for several hours, and this character throws or drops bombs by pressing down. When I switched to the shooter character, who shoots bombs, I kept accidentally blowing myself up by shooting bombs at my feet. D: So I may try to mix it up a bit more to keep from getting too ingrained in certain mechanics. But this is an enjoyable game all around, no matter how much one dies.

Caiys has become one of my favorite developers, and I'm working my way backwards through their catalog now. Spirits Abyss is a roguelike platformer that gets compared to Spelunky. It's all the usual Caiys goodness, from the pixel art to the weird characters to the strange vibes. Your mission is to collect as much gold as ye can while venturing deeper into the abyss. I feel like I learn a bit more each run. So far, it's an enjoyable romp that nicely scratches the died-lets-do-it-again itch.

Grabbed this farming creature collector mashup that's been languishing on my list for a while. It's very cute, but I went into it understanding it stretches itself a bit thin trying to do all the things. I mainly wanted to see if I could get into a creature collector.

Grabbed another of these chill cat hidden object games to play with kiddo. This one demands mapping the zoom function if you're playing on Steamdeck. There's a castle but I wasn't prepared for the cat-stlevania aspect so that was a surprise.