Quoting: nullzeroMy Votes (so far)...

Sit Back and Relax Award: Cast and Chill [External Link]

When I saw the award category "Sit Back and Relax Award", Cast and Chill immediately came to mind. With the word "Chill" in the title, how can it not be nominated? I have almost 60 hours relaxing with this game.

I have over 75 hours in Necesse. I nominated this game for the "Better With Friends Award." I recently rented a server from Shockbyte so my son (who lives in another state), two grandsons and I could play together. We have built quite a settlement over the last few weeks. I would highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys open-world, base-building, survival, adventure games (e.g., Minecraft or Terraria).

I have also played Mudborne. I got somewhat discouraged when the genetic breeding of frogs came into play. I had the same problem with TNgineers first game, APICO. I get easily overwhelmed by all the possible combinations.

Thank you for the detailed listing of your nominations nullzero!

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Quoting: CyberwormSharing your nominations with friends, comparing them and maybe find games you haven't considered playing before. It's basically a quick and easy way to recommend games to others

A good example is the recommendation that was made by Eike - The Drifter. There have been two articles on GoL recommending this game. I read them, but the game did not click (pun intended) with me. After reading his recommendation, I decided to purchase the game. I enjoy the point and click genre, it is native Linux, works great on the Steam Deck and is on sale. Without reading this article, I would not have made the purchase.

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My grandsons played many hours of this game on Sunday. During the character creation process the player is able to utilize "Smart Customization Voice." A basic explanation is:

"Smart Customization’s voice mode is designed to map some traits of your real‑world speech onto your character."

You do this by reading the provided sentence into your microphone. Using this, the game generates a “voice preset” attached to your character. If you would like to get a better idea of how this works, this article gives a much more detailed explanation:

https://allthings.how/where-winds-meet-voice-customization-lets-your-character-sound-and-look-like-you/ [External Link]

I am not an expert, but this process smacks of AI...

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After reading a great review on GoL and watching a very professionally done developer's blog on YouTube, I bought Megabonk. I have posted the URL to the developer's blog previously, but for those of you that are interested in this hilarious video, here is the link:

I'm Making Vampire Survivors but 3D | Game Devlog #1
https://youtu.be/gnxnmw5ryhg?si=CgW5KYjY5P8YzgOw [External Link]

After playing the game for a few hours, I got very curious about the developer. I could find nothing. Since Vedinad turned down The Game Award nomination, a number of other people have written articles about this mysterious developer. Here is the most authoritative and interesting article I discovered:

Megabonk and the mystery of the missing YouTuber - is creator Vedinad actually Danidev?
https://www.eurogamer.net/megabonk-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-youtuber-is-creator-vedinad-actually-danidev [External Link]

One thing that is not a mystery to me, this is a great game. Highly recommended!

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This will not be important to most people, but it does not appear that Digiphile accepts PayPal. That is a deal breaker for me.

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When I am considering buying a game on Steam, I will often look at the following criteria:
1. Is the developer a single individual or a small (2-3) team of developers?
2. Is developer also the publisher?
3. Do they use the Godot game engine?

If the answers to these questions is yes, the likelihood that I will purchase the game is significantly increased.

Of course, if it is highly recommended by GoL and the GoL crowd, that is a very important consideration also. There are lots of games on this list that answer yes to the questions above. What an impressive video and list of games!

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I looked at new The Boglands DLC for my favorite action-roguelike survivor-like game, Halls of Torment. I was surprised when I saw that the user reviews were "Mixed" with 101 reviews (70 positive, 31 negative). Some of the English reviews talked about bugs, game crashes and balancing issues. There is also a couple that mentioned problems with "growth traits." Since I did not own the DLC, I could not confirm or deny any of these claims.

Here is one of the more interesting/popular negative reviews:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972499706/recommended/3919420/ [External Link]

All of this lead me to the conclusion, "I need to check this out", so I bought the DLC.

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Moonsigil Atlas will be an insta-buy for me upon release. Glad to see that the release date is still 2025. I have been playing the demo on and off since April. The first demo update dropped in August. I was very impressed by the many improvements in this first demo update and am looking forward to giving this second update a spin this evening.

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After reading the glowing review in GoL, I thought Megabonk might be something that I would enjoy. I stumbled across this developer's blog on YouTube which convinced me I had to buy the game. For me, this stands out as one of the funniest devlogs I have ever watched:

I'm Making Vampire Survivors but 3D | Game Devlog #1
https://youtu.be/gnxnmw5ryhg?si=CgW5KYjY5P8YzgOw [External Link]

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This is one of those games that on paper I love following, and reading about, and watching videos about, but just could never get into due to complexity. But I absolutely love that it exists and people play it!

I feel exactly the same way. I also feel the same way about Caves of Qud. But if Dwarf Fortress supports modding, I am wondering if someone has made a "Keep It Simple for Stupid" mod... although they probably could not dumb it down enough so that I could understand the game.

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