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Agent_Karyo, 23 minuty temu do games w Grocery Store Tycoon - First Store, a grocery store management game, one that stands out in terms of visuals, gameplay from the litany of "[retail store] simulator" games, released for free on Steam

Tried out the demo in late 2024. I really like the concept. It didn’t feel like all those "[retail store type] simulator] UE5 asset flips that are all over Steam. It has it’s own visual style and IMO has more refined core gameplay mechanics. Sure, some of the gamplay is similar (and can be very addicting), but you can see that thought was put into the gameplay mechanics.

If the 1st person store simulator concept seems intriguing, but you are looking for something beyond a quick UE5 asset flip, I would recommend check this out.

I am surprised that it was released for free. I briefly interacted with the dev in late 2024 and I was under the impression that there would be a commercial release in 1H 2025.

Agent_Karyo, 3 dni temu do games w A month later, Japan’s cheap new PS5 rental service is still proving successful, with 200 locations renting out consoles at 100% capacity

Fascinating business model.

rental sales of CDs

CDs? What would you rent CDs for? The only thing I can think of is music and win 9x games.

Agent_Karyo, 6 dni temu do games w When Nintendo games were affordable

The weird discount application and the sales taxes.

The sales tax always drove me nuts (and in total I loved in North America for a decade), I could never get it over it.

Where I live we just get an item list (with true cost per item) and a subtotal.

Agent_Karyo, 7 dni temu (edited 7 dni temu) do games w When Nintendo games were affordable

That’s a fucking wild bill if you are not from the US. One would almost think you are being scammed (I am talking about the deceptive structure of the bill, not the values).

Agent_Karyo, 7 dni temu do games w Entitled (in late early access), an RPG x lifesim/tycoon hybrid set in a medieval fantasy setting, releases a demo on itch.io

I have yet to try the demo, but I believe with Entitled, it’s actually not the story. You have the standard “save the world/princess” narrative (their page describes this in an ironic way) which you can complete, but you also have a management/tycoon x lifesim hybrid:

The world of Entitled is a quirky mix of fantasy and real life. Modern economic themes blend with a medieval fantasy setting. One moment you’re delivering swords for the blacksmith, hoping someday you will own a sword of your own and become a proper hero. Shortly after, you pay taxes and attend lectures on supply and demand on the job market. All that to figure out what to actually do with your mediocre life.

Agent_Karyo, 8 dni temu do games w Synergy, a post apocalyptic town builder with a distinct art style inspired by Jean Giraud (Moebius) released on Steam.

I tried the demo (this was over a year ago, so much could have changed). Seemed solid, but a little bit average. The world was compelling and I was curious to learn more. Some unique mechanics were included.

Agent_Karyo, 8 dni temu do games w Video game genre communities on the Threadiverse

In principle I agree with you, but it’s also a “chicken and egg” type problem. Many people aren’t going to switch to Lemmy if there isn’t a modicum of coverage for more specialized topics.

I think getting to somewhere beyond 100K MAU will have a transformative effective on activity in some more specialized communities.

Agent_Karyo, 8 dni temu do games w Video game genre communities on the Threadiverse

I think the bigger deal is Lemmy/Threadiverse getting 100K MAU and seeing steady growth beyond that. We are currently at around ~50-55K MAU.

Subs are a deceptive metric, MAUs are far more important.

Agent_Karyo, 8 dni temu do games w Day 274 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

Those castle and pond shots are beautiful.

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

First few hours of both FO1 and FO2 are pretty rough. Lots of almost comical kiting and a bunch of tiring save scumming seem mandatory.

Combat in the mid to late game is fun though. You have hard encounters, but you also have the opportunity to be prepared.

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu (edited 9 dni temu) do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

Thanks for the write up.

I mostly agree. The combat is indeed terrible with both real-time and turn based. Turn based just feels off and pure real time is not viable. I play with real-time with pause.

I had the misfortune of playing as a technologist on my first playthrough in the early 2000s. It was really rough. Over time you can figure out strategies/approaches to make it easier, but I would argue many of them almost break the game.

I agree you need a measure of tolerance for retro gameplay/jankyness and honestly combat was subpar even for its time (Fallout 1/2 combat had many issues by modern standards, but it was definitely much more refined than in Arcanum).

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

What was your experience like? Interesting to hear from someone who tried it now as opposed to when it was released. I will add that it’s not merely a matter of nostalgia, but you also have a better grasp of the core gameplay and the general storyline beats if you’ve played it several times since release.

Did you get the HD patch?

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu do games w Space Chef (in development), a space exploration/hunting x restaurant management game hybrid, releases demo on Steam.

I thought this was unique enough to share in !games. 😆

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

They are on my “to play” list. :)

Agent_Karyo, 9 dni temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

That’s a fair point. We did have Arcanum in 2001 and while it’s arguably legendary in CRPG circles, I don’t think it did all that well commercially.