#salad-games

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

In June, Tell Me Why is free on steam. It's the only "big game" I can think of with a transgender protagonist.

Twins Tyler and Alison return to their small town in Alaska to clear out and sell their childhood home. In doing so, they realize that some memories of their past don't add up, and they set out to figure out what truly happened the night their mother died.

Gameplay is similar to Life is Strange, being from the same developers and all. Which in this case means, lots of walking around, lots of talking, rather slow gameplay, and a slightly supernatural gimmick for the protagonists.

When I played it, I found the graphics really pretty, didn't run into any bugs, and completed the game with all achievements in about 16 hours. It contains lots of dark topics in the past they discover, including violence and death, but the ending is always hopeful.

You can find the game's FAQ on the official website, which answers (with spoilers, obviously) how some sensitive topics are handled, if you are concerned.

(I would suggest staying away from the discussion boards and probably reviews. It's mostly negativity, transphobia, and jokes about the Backstreet Boys that were old the first time they came up.)

#salad-games #if you already own chapter 1 from a previous promo #and the full game doesn't show up #apparently removing it from your library and readding it fixes that #just make sure before removing that the game is actually still free 😅

[fukiana]

BALDUR'S GATE 3 (2023) dev. Larian Studios "Well—whatever you're into."

#really? right in front of her salad? etc #bg3edit #bg3 #gamingedit #baldur's gate 3 #gif* #m: bg3 #oc: karra #shadowheart #astarion #shadowheart is usually a very supportive bestie but even she has her limits #edit guys plssss stop telling me 'btw sh is totally into this too!!!!' i am literally just giffing moments that happened to me in game.....

[phumblr]

Whatever you do, do NOT give Phil Lester your phone number

#dan and phil #dan and phil games #daniel howell #amazingphil #phandom #phil lester #who deliveroos a salad

[acourtoffeyandfables]

#dimension 20 #adventuring party #fhjy #im in the salad demographic and id love to up my game #brian murphy

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

everyone's favorite menace to society

#why is he Like That #i love it. i adore it. but he should not be allowed to be the sole provider of Everything <3 #hes a fuckin scammer... the Fruitiest scammer around... #at least he is To Me <3 #also his apparent one-sided beef with eddie is so fucking funny #'theres only one bushy-browed sideburn-havin working-man in this town!!!' #scribble salad #welcome home #i really didnt expect howdy to be so... well! you all know! #again: i love it. im glad the neighborhood has a guy like him to spice up the place #when you meet the business man... you must shake him by the hand.... #his bargaining & coupon game must be Top Fucking Tier #buy something From him & you're gonna leave broke #buy something With him and the store owes You money

[lucypenniiies]

Internet/youtube horror

#fanart #internet horror #youtube horror #lacey games #laceys flash games #blank room soup #soup.avi #nana825763 #piropito #username 666 #salad fingers #there is nothing #dining room or there is nothing #petscop #petscop guardian #hfjone #onehfj #i feel fantastic #tara the android

[1-800-crystalball]

Here you go, tumblr…

#crystalball #mcyt #mcytblr #empires smp #esmp #jimmy solidarity #solidarity gaming #smajor #smajor1995 #scott major #scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #owengejuicetv #owen owengejuicetv #SolidarityGaming #x #flower husbands #copper duo #scowen #fruit salad duo #copper husbands

[jessebutchman]

bye

#marcay art #digital art #bye im leaving #este es el 9/11 para los yurifags #nobody forces me to do this i do it all on my own tuition #ok now all the fandom tagging word salad #postal #postal 2 #postal game #postal dude #postal fanart #rws #running with scissors #pyro tf2 #tf2 pyro #tf2 fanart #tf2 #team fortress 2 #pyrodude

[grumpy-salad]

Wayfinder.... we are fucking UNDER ATTACK!

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #art #my art #hans adler #gw2 secrets of the obscure #gw2 spoilers #gw2 soto #soto spoilers #I've been.... fishing so much in this game. #As i ignore the horrors persisting behind me. #grumpy-salad #also wanted to play with some brushes

[myfandomprompts]

Do not hesitate to reload.

#ewan mitchell #pause game #usermyfandomprompts #aemond targaryen #tom bennett #ewan nation #billy washington #hotd #wof #tlk #osferth #trigger point #ettore #high life #stalker #billy taylor #the halcyon #will salad days #salad days #i had fun doing this #ewanverse #michael gavey #saltburn

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

Research Story

[ID: The banner of the game research story, drawn in anime style. It shows a person next to the game's title, looking at a yellow flower through a magnifying glass, papers in hand and a black cat with a sprout on its head on their shoulder. End ID]

You move into the cozy little village Shimmerbrook as a researcher. Unlike in other farming sims, that means you don't purchase seeds/animals, you have to pick up a plant/animal/fish part, start researching, observe, learn how to forage seeds and how to tame the creatures, then grow the plants and bond with the creatures by fulfilling their needs.

Once it likes you, every creature has a different perk, from giving you bonus seeds when foraging plants, over finding mushrooms, over automatically fertilizing soil when planting seeds, over finding treasure, over…

[ID: A screenshot of the game. The artstyle is pixel graphics, the colors are muted because it's after nightfall. The player character, with pink hair and yellow and pink clothes, walks across a meadow towards a house looking like a giant tree stump. A chicken, a rabbit, and a fox are following them. End ID ]

Different plants/creatures appear depending on weather, location, season & time of day. Some plants only grow next to water, some fish only appear in caves at night. All creatures have multiple possible traits, for example needing a buddy to be happy, and some being sheltered by a nearby tree. The more things you research, the more your rank increases, unlocking more things - like weekly fetch quests for villagers.

There's:

Research (d'uh)

Farming

Fishing

Mining

Crafting

Decorating

Festivals

Dating

Looking at it objectively, no feature is extremely deep (though I believe some will be expanded before 1.0). There's only a limited selection of decor items, no farm buildings, different requirements make large-scale farming tedious, and the fishing minigame is very simple. Dating is still getting expanded (no marriage yet), and crafting is rather limited, mostly things you need for research like different kinds of feed, bait, soil, and crafting stations. There's no cooking yet other than throwing a few basic items into a campfire to get a roasted version, and only a few equippable items as rewards.

[ID: The same player character stands in a small, square house against a black background. The house is furnished with a bed, a bedside table, a desk with a pot of pink flowers on top, a painting, a pale yellow rug, and several wooden chests. End ID]

But, at least for me, it all fits together incredibly well if you accept the research part as the main goal. There's just enough of a carrot on a stick I want to keep playing.

Shortly after release, I already put about 25 hours in and didn't even reach the first year's fall. That was before a lot of the content updates, so there's definitely enough to do for the price tag. I want to earn more money because I want to buy some furniture, and I need those recipes because and I want more sprinklers, and oh my, I forgot upgrading the scythe gives a chance of getting insects, I need insects, so I need more ore, two more days and my research is done, oh yay I reached the next mine level and can finally get sand, and why is it 2am?

Now to be fair, the gameplay loop is - as so often in those kinds of games - rather repetitive. Feed animals, water plants, forage whatever grows today, fish and mine, talk to some people, day's over. Especially feeding the creatures is tedious at the start, since some food items are rare, you have to hand-craft the food, and each pen only holds 2 servings.

But later, there's sprinklers, and feed crafting stations, and autofeeders, and also - creatures don't die. If you don't need the creature's perk, you can just ignore it (Sorry, Rock Salamander!)

[ID: A screenshot of the town in the game, showing 4 different houses to both sides of a river. Two are built out of wood, one being a tavern, the other a potion ship with a small garden in front, and two are built out of stone, one with a forge, the other with masonry tools in front. The player character stands next to the river, fishing. End ID]

As for the game world, it's incredibly cute and the artstyle is minimalist but adorable. The town itself is by far the highlight - other areas have a bit much open/empty space. Speaking of maps, the mini map is great: not only does it show you the opening hours of each store, once you befriend people to a certain level, you can also see their position on the map.

In general, this game has so many convenient features. Excellent auto-stacking and quick transfer into chests. A bell tool to send creatures back into their pens. You can adjust the length of day and amount of energy in the settings (at the moment with no achievement penalty, though there might be one in the future requiring to play with default settings). Energy itself is on the lower side, but you're supposed to use food, not hoard it like a little raccoon as I do. Oh, and - you can save anytime, anywhere. Yay!

[ID: A screenshot showing the dialogue window of the character Teagan in their potion shop decorated with purple furniture, shelves with potions, and various potted plants as well as a big cauldron. The portrait is drawn in anime style. They have pale skin, long, pale pink hair with blonde tips and are wearing purple clothes and a headband with feathers and a bird skull. They ask: What can I do for you? End ID]

The controller support (and, therefore, the steam deck support) is great. Everything works, and what little hiccups there are I expect to be gone by the time it leaves early access. Cloud save between the deck and a pc work as well. The only thing missing is the 1200x800 resolution, which is really no good reason for an "unsupported" label.

I really love this game. Sometimes I don't want to build a farming empire. Sometimes I just wanna crawl in the dirt while watching a little bunny poop so I can pick up the droppings and figure out what it eats.

#salad-games #Research Story

[goldtealeaves]

textless version under cut

#inanimate insanity #ii #ii pickle #ii balloon #ii soap #ii bomb #ii knife #ii microphone #they're playing super smash bros melee!! #inspired by people talking about pickle and his friendships #so this wasn't made to be shippy but i do enjoy metallic salad and i think soap/bomb is cute #i mostly just wanted to draw him gaming with some buddies tho #...can you tell who my fav is (hint: the only one with added accessories aknsdfgksn) #unless you count mic's button i guess #people that can come up with so many little things for their designs are so cool idk how they do it #i think this was my first time drawing pickle. i really like how he turned out he was more fun to draw than i thought he would be #brewing some art

[stuffbymail]

if women belong in the kitchen why did the chef tell me to never come back again

#pokemon #trainer arven #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon sv #fanart #mails art #pkmnart #OK the actual sandwich this is based on is WAY more uncanny in game like #its potato salad balanced on bacon and it's perfectly symmetrical #and i didn't even mess up on purpose #ALSO ALSO the weavile is my first wild shiny ever! his name is Sorbet

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

misc oldish scribbles i found of these two being Sweet <3

#god i love them.... #is there a better dynamic than A Big Guy And His Little Buddy #and vice versa #many many feelings about them #soft feelings. wholesome feelings. Feelings. #scribble salad #welcome home #god i wish i were wally... #id love to have a Large Friend who could treat me like one of those little dogs you keep in your purse #i wanna be someones special lil guy. #i swear im pocket-sized Please tote me around like an accessory #anyway Anyway getting off track here. who wants some Thoughts! #i love the concept of wally and barnaby playing card games but wally just like... sits/reclines on him #barns is a big cozy couch yk yk #and then the thought of like... barnaby clinging to wally like a stuffed animal during his Naps #they are very cat/dog To Me #whenever i watch a video of a cat or kitten curling up on / being playful or affectionate with a big dog #i think of these two

[fruitsaladgame]

thank u for reading my little comic ❤️ if you were wondering what this is, it is part of one of the story arcs in the fruit salad game (a visual novel, dating sim/horror game) which we are currently making! actually it's crazy but you can already play through this part in the real game !!!

if this comic interests you, there is already tons more to this story that you can play if you download the latest version of the game from our patreon (it only costs a dollar!)

and if you just want to see more art/comics of these guys or see what the game looks like then please check out our blog, it would mean a lot to us!

#fruit salad game #fruit salad #yandere kun #tsundere kun #mc kun #visual novel #dating sim #concept art #gamedev #indie game #indie dev #comic #manga art #artisits on tumblr #storyboard #horror game #im trying so hard to be professional while showing u our ocs #like please look at them i know you will love them i promise

[wereallqueer-here]

college au

#well not my best but gotta keep it movin #ive lost most of my inspiration these days #college au #or game night #right in front of everyone’s salad #can u believe #supercorp #supercorp fanart #supergirl #supergirl fanart #kara danvers #lena luthor #kara x lena #kara danvers x lena luthor #fanart #sc #sc fanart #mine