Didn't see an AI use disclosure. So either not AI and just has the bad fortune to have their natural way of doing things spat out by the machine (like me, proud em-dash user before LLMs showed up), or AI and willing to try to fool the rest of us by way of not disclosing.
One thing I did like about Reddit was that you ignored usernames unless someone frequently did something good or unpleasant (I remember poem_for_your_sprog for their poems. I remember a user that shall remain unnamed for their terse, grammatically-incorrect comments that often didn't understand the post they were replying to). I wanted to be anonymous, not An Online Personality; I went to discuss topics of interest, not to make friends or be judged for liking apples instead of oranges and remembered and dismissed for that with each interaction. So I appreciate that it's mostly the same here. I remember prolific posters, mostly, like you, and people I interacted with multiple times in a pleasant or unpleasant manner.
I absolutely get your negativity otherwise, though. I feel like the meanness and snarkiness is inescapable no matter how much I try to stick to just Subscribed in small niches. Nothing gets substantial commentary or discussion unless it is tangentially related to real-world hot-button issues, in which case someone will comment under "I wore a shirt today" with "your shirt has BUTTONS, of course it's another disgusting example of HOT BUTTON ISSUE" and start a fight. Or if it is explicitly a hot-button issue post that generally stays up because it's relevant (think tech controversies in !Technology). As a person whose political views make me fit right into the Lemmy hivemind, for whom I agree with all these complaints, it's exhausting to have it everywhere and in everything all the time; and things that aren't that just getting crickets chirping for feedback. It makes a person want to stop trying to help out here.
Ouch, can't do horror, but otherwise I love the idea. A princess who just punches everything… reminds me a bit of May I Ask for One Final Thing? (anime/manga) where the protagonist is a princess who loves to punch things.
Mods are allowed, but you’re not allowed to make any for you to play. You can try to commission someone else to make them for you, though
For gamers looking for ways to "get a new game" while still staying under these restrictions, it seems you pick a game with a ton of mods and an easy-to-mod and/or well-documented codebase so that the modders you hire are more willing to say yes to you.
The Sims (not sure which one though)
Skyrim (all the mods)
Stardew Valley (mods, plus has been go-to #2 for gaming with friends in my social circles)
Minecraft (mods, plus has been go-to #1 for gaming with friends in my social circles)
Factorio
Pokémon Soul Silver (we have ROM hacks!)
Crusader Kings 3
I was going to put a puzzle game here but I sadly don't remember which one
either Kittens Game or Antimatter Dimensions. Long-lived incremental games. Gave up on Antimatter Dimensions after a certain point, but it by far has the most of my Steam hours. Limited to 10 games I'd probably pick it back up again.
either holding out for some masterful innovation in the visual novel genre, specifically one aimed at women; or Infinity Nikki, because if I get all the DLC automatically (or magically through an unlock process more like that in pay-once games) that means I can just enjoy a pretty game and forget about all the gacha stuff.
As much as I like Timberborn, I do wonder about its replayability value. Near endgame, I kind of run out of stuff to do. Although its mod scene is definitely growing, so that should help.
The 3D turned me off in the previews and then I watched my friend play in real life. Much less confusing and more easily comprehensible than I thought.
One wonders how I navigate real-life 3D environments fine.
Colony management game, OP. You do not have first-person perspective, but the same perspective you get in most !citybuilders@lemmy.world. You build up a society of beavers only. I recommend it. It is set in nature in a post-apocalyptic type setting where beavers are the only sapient beings, but it comes off way more environmental hazard to work past and you can restore nature, and way less depressing and hopeless than "post-apocalypse" implies. Speaking as someone who typically writes off anything post-apocalyptic as not for me.
Overall, Archive of Our Own is really good for fanfic. I guarantee you'll find fics matching your description here, though I don't know any myself.
Didn't see an AI use disclosure. So either not AI and just has the bad fortune to have their natural way of doing things spat out by the machine (like me, proud em-dash user before LLMs showed up), or AI and willing to try to fool the rest of us by way of not disclosing.
Maybe Workers and Resources if you set traffic to complex? It's supposed to be a very micromanagey game.
!citybuilders@sh.itjust.works might be able to help you too.
One thing I did like about Reddit was that you ignored usernames unless someone frequently did something good or unpleasant (I remember poem_for_your_sprog for their poems. I remember a user that shall remain unnamed for their terse, grammatically-incorrect comments that often didn't understand the post they were replying to). I wanted to be anonymous, not An Online Personality; I went to discuss topics of interest, not to make friends or be judged for liking apples instead of oranges and remembered and dismissed for that with each interaction. So I appreciate that it's mostly the same here. I remember prolific posters, mostly, like you, and people I interacted with multiple times in a pleasant or unpleasant manner.
I absolutely get your negativity otherwise, though. I feel like the meanness and snarkiness is inescapable no matter how much I try to stick to just Subscribed in small niches. Nothing gets substantial commentary or discussion unless it is tangentially related to real-world hot-button issues, in which case someone will comment under "I wore a shirt today" with "your shirt has BUTTONS, of course it's another disgusting example of HOT BUTTON ISSUE" and start a fight. Or if it is explicitly a hot-button issue post that generally stays up because it's relevant (think tech controversies in !Technology). As a person whose political views make me fit right into the Lemmy hivemind, for whom I agree with all these complaints, it's exhausting to have it everywhere and in everything all the time; and things that aren't that just getting crickets chirping for feedback. It makes a person want to stop trying to help out here.
!pokemon@sopuli.xyz would appreciate if you crossposted there
Fun read, thanks for the writeup!
Ouch, can't do horror, but otherwise I love the idea. A princess who just punches everything… reminds me a bit of May I Ask for One Final Thing? (anime/manga) where the protagonist is a princess who loves to punch things.
I've also really enjoyed myself some Timberborn 🙂 glad to hear your thoughts!
For gamers looking for ways to "get a new game" while still staying under these restrictions, it seems you pick a game with a ton of mods and an easy-to-mod and/or well-documented codebase so that the modders you hire are more willing to say yes to you.
As much as I like Timberborn, I do wonder about its replayability value. Near endgame, I kind of run out of stuff to do. Although its mod scene is definitely growing, so that should help.
The 3D turned me off in the previews and then I watched my friend play in real life. Much less confusing and more easily comprehensible than I thought.
One wonders how I navigate real-life 3D environments fine.
you have been banned from !bunnies@lemmy.world
::: spoiler spoiler joking :::
Game dev clicker game about developing an MMO, not an MMO itself. For anyone like me a bit confused
Added stuff I forgot. Somehow a lot turned out to be rat/mouse games.
Rat/mouse games
Credit to https://lemmy.zip/post/63440777 for the two mouse ones, and credit to a commenter blindkermit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on https://lemmy.zip/post/37620082 for some rat ones
Non-rat/mouse
LOL, source code of the game? Cute (meant genuinely, not in a condescending way)
!citybuilders@sh.itjust.works
Is this relevant to CRPG or is it "CRPG creator has opinion on controversial topic, with just a few sentences addressing how it's relevant to games?"
Controversy invading every space is why I seriously dialed back my Lemmy participation.
Man, compiling the list at the top… I love that. Thank you so much!
I am a sucker for these kinds of games too. Might edit in more answers at some point.
Colony management game, OP. You do not have first-person perspective, but the same perspective you get in most !citybuilders@lemmy.world. You build up a society of beavers only. I recommend it. It is set in nature in a post-apocalyptic type setting where beavers are the only sapient beings, but it comes off way more environmental hazard to work past and you can restore nature, and way less depressing and hopeless than "post-apocalypse" implies. Speaking as someone who typically writes off anything post-apocalyptic as not for me.