Annah's Moths
Saint Spell’s Love Guide to the Magical Student’s Spellbook
“Welcome, welcome, and welcome to the wonderful Saint Spell~♡ The magical Conservatory with secrets abound~"“There're mysterious witches, friendly anima, angelic Seraphims, devilish Fiendish, and beautiful Clockhearts aplenty!”
“Dance and sing your heart's fill! Love them, hate them, befriend them all~”
All in all, a very cute game. Short and sweet with it’s routes. It was a beautiful display of several artists’ art. Would love to play another game just like it. Very interesting lore, though only briefly touched upon. I suppose that group rp sessions must be fun. I’m not going to make like a full what routes I’ve done for this game, it would be…. so big. Yea, but be sure that I have done all of the characters’ routes !!
Scarlet Hollow
Return to the crumbling coal town your family built generations ago for the funeral of your aunt. You won't be able to save everyone. You might not even be able to save yourself.
A beautiful game, and the graphics are a great boon to the story (and to the horror). There is something very comforting about it, though it is still absolutely tragic and scary. The town isn’t welcoming per se, and it is out to kill you, but there is something in the calmness of those around. In the normalcy between the supernatural, sometimes running errands is all you need.
The characters are gripping, and so easy to love. I found myself caring for Tabitha so much as a cousin as time went on. The stakes are high and you do find yourself regretting certain decisions you might have made down the line. Also, Monster Romance so it gets a big plus in my book for that.
Speaking of Monster Romance : My main run is a Reese Hot/Talk To Animals/Mystical run. Yeah it's the hardcore version. I just like my horror to be hopeless too, what can I say. Also I flirted with Wayne. So I'm not sure it's still a Reese run, kind of feels like Wayne will take over any route if you flirt a bit with him. My other one is a Keen Eyes/Street Smarts one with Kaneeka. Listen, this is my survivor run. I am going to get out of this stupid town with my Goth Girlfriend, fuck everyone else. Reese's run is either getting taken over by whatever is wearing Wayne or my PC getting stashed in whatever hole Reese will put him into once he realizes this is the best way to keep the Cousin with him.
Anyway, this is a must buy ! Also Chapter 6 will be the finale so it's going to be a little while before they update it again...
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You get an unexpected package delivery one day. When you open it, there’s a man inside - but luckily, he comes with instructions! You have your own impressionable boyfriend. It’s your duty to shape him into a proper person… since he’s actually a “doll” with no past exposure to people.
However, this delivery wasn’t meant for you. Will you fall in love with the person he turns out to be? Will you be able to keep him by your side?
Cute VN not much more to say about it. Reminds me of that one mobile game about growing a boyfriend, can’t remember the name at the moment. Cute CGs, the writing is a bit too jokey for my taste but that’s fine. I don’t really have anything else to say about it.
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From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.
For a thousand years, the battle has been waged. The sole reason humans and elves are locked in a neverending war: The Stick of Truth. But the tides of war are soon to change as word of a new kid spreads throughout the land, his coming fortold by the stars. As the moving vans of prophecy drive away, your adventure begins.
Arm yourself with weapons of legend to defeat underpants gnomes, hippies and other forces of evil. Discover the lost Stick of Truth and earn your place at the side of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as their new friend. Succeed, and you shall be South Park’s savior, cementing your social status in South Park Elementary. Fail, and you will forever be known… as a loser.
Fun game as always. South Park has always been a late pleasure of mine (I have fond memories of watching it late at night when my parents were gone, before or after Fairy Tail). I don’t know how to express the fact that I really like it’s humor despite it not being the type I typically like. Anyway I love playing the New Kid (a real douchebag) mute and so socially gifted anyway.
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In South Park: The Fractured But Whole, players will delve into the crime-ridden underbelly of South Park with Coon and Friends. This dedicated group of crime fighters was formed by Eric Cartman whose superhero alter-ego, The Coon, is half man, half raccoon. As the New Kid, players will join Mysterion, Toolshed, Human Kite and a host of others to battle the forces of evil while Coon strives to make his team the most beloved superheroes in history.
Hilarious, good writing, convoluted story like all superhero stories. Compared to the first game I do prefer the gameplay on this one.
Spiritfarer : Farewell
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. You play Stella, ferrymaster to the deceased, a Spiritfarer. Build a boat to explore the world, then befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife. Farm, mine, fish, harvest, cook, and craft your way across mystical seas. Join the adventure as Daffodil the cat, in two-player cooperative play. Spend relaxing quality time with your spirit passengers, create lasting memories, and, ultimately, learn how to say goodbye to your cherished friends. What will you leave behind?
This is a very touching game. I’m not sure how I would describe it. It is a game about death, just as it said, and it is about letting go. Letting go of others, of yourself, of the fear of dying. But more importantly it’s a game about people. About their impact on your life, about getting or not getting to know them. It’s just… death isn’t pretty, it comes for everyone and it doesn’t end well for everyone. Sometimes it’s prolonged, sometimes it’s abrupt, sometimes it just can’t be soon enough and sometimes…
Sometimes you cling onto the living for fear of truly letting go.
I think the game is even more impactful by not only being a game about aiding people while they are dying but also being a game about your death, the protagonist death. You are also a soul that needs ferrying. You must accept that it is your time to go just like the others before you did.
It made me tear up a lot, cry at some moments, and of course made me question my own death. I suppose it was too much too think that this game would not send me into an existential crisis.
"Maybe Eugene will... .... When you see your father, tell him about the trees, won't you? I'm sure he'll be excited to come with us next year.”
Alice is a rather nice little old lady. Shy and adorable. She was a treat to have around the boat. She cooked for the other passengers, dreamed of going to Sweden like the heroines of her romance novels. I loved her. I loved talking about her family, her children and her husband. They way she slowly lost herself got me good. Dementia is a bitch, and I hated seeing her so confused. So scared. Unable to even remember us, lost in memories of people that weren’t there anymore. I think it’s hard to lose people. I think it’s even harder when those people aren’t the same anymore.
“Is it all gone already? I don't see much anymore... You're still here with me, aren't you? You're still here, Stella? Don't you forget about me, please. I don't care about anyone else! But you, you don't forget about me, I'm telling you! I'll come back and haunt you if you do! I can feel it coming. Goodbye, Stella. Just follow your heart and keep smiling.”
Oh, Astrid was a riot. She was just so driven, and stubborn and I loved the way she was a little mean to everyone and always said something to make someone mad. The little talking behind someone’s back, the passive-aggressive comments. She’s such a good representation of those cranky aunts. And still, for such a strong woman to be brought down by love. To forgive someone that hurt her so many times. To have her outlive him and still in the end have her thought go back to him. To have her love him to the very end. It’s very human. Too human perhaps. That she grew that old, so old she called herself rotten. Ageing is never pretty and maybe you shouldn’t get to grow that old. But I was still so upset about her passing. My mean little grandma, nothing more than a constellation in the sky.
“…”
That fucked me up a lot. Atul’s just… so happy. All the time, and sure he can be a little melancholic at times but who isn’t ? And sure he seems to want… more. Or maybe different ? He doesn’t seem content is all. But maybe that’s due to his death, maybe he, unlike other spirits we have seen, miss being alive. I wasn’t looking forward to seeing him go, wasn’t looking forward to hearing him talk about being the first of his family to be gone. But I was still waiting for it. Leaving like that. Without a word, without a warning. I can understand the need to just flee. And to see it from Stella’s perspective. To have him die for sure, without knowing what happened to him. I suppose you don’t get to accompany everyone until they die. I suppose sometimes people are in your lives and you just don’t get to say goodbye.
“You were... Always there... There... There for me... Stella.”
It isn’t pretty getting old. I know that. I know it and still the idea of my mind deteriorating until I’m unable to speak or think or remember anything is so scary. Beverly scared me in some ways, to know someone so eloquent turning into… I can’t help but think about her last words to Stella. The way they came to her with so much difficulty. The days before the Everdoor. Confused, lost, scared and paranoid. Is that what’s waiting for me at the end ? Is it worth it ? Living to that age. To have your memories eaten away from you ? It felt like a relief to have her out, felt like the loss happened the moment she couldn’t remember our name.
"Do you know why we're here? It's because I have a small imagination. I can't see beyond my back streets, my town, my friends, my family. More importantly, I can't see a life beyond my brother. If he goes, I go."
Bruce and Mickey were a punch I didn’t see coming. I should have known at first. The flowers, the fact that he does not move or talk by himself, but I was still shocked when it was revealed that Mickey was gone. Already through the door and Bruce was just carrying around his memory. Trying to convince himself his brother was still there. Lashing out like that I understand. When you’re scared, when you have lost the only person in your life that you could depend on. When you’re left behind. That must have hurt. And been so fucking scary. There’s no relief in his word as he goes. Nothing changes. It hits weirdly in a way. He’s not happy, doesn’t believe he’ll find his brother beyond death. Accepting loss so late, when you yourself are going out. It’s interesting.
“…”
It’s not that Buck is not dead. It’s that Buck isn’t alive to begin with. Buck is that dead relative you never met and that through the stories of those around you still impacted your life. He’s that uncle with DnD books that have amassed dust in the years since he’s passing that you found young and that you love playing. And yet. Buck’s not really here. Not anymore. And you’ll never get to meet him, but the idea of him still follows you around.
"I hope you see, now, that I am not to be pitied. Such brilliance is a gift like no other. And I am happy that, with me, you could glance at it.”
She was a very interesting spirit to meet, Daria. Both a commentary on neglected patients and the way being nice and treating them like human beings can help them. Though not cure them. She still died because of her condition, tragic considering the life she had for herself before the symptoms became too much for her. I think it’s interesting that she went without fear. That despite her illness being such a toll on her, she saw it as a gift until the end. To see the world as she did. I wish I could have seen it too. If only for a moment.
"Hopefully, this will all be over soon." ... "Let me think of something." ... "Ok. ... I'll just say it. I just want to say. Truly. From teacher to student, I am proud. You did good work.”
It’s very interesting the way Elena is so teacher-like until the end. She never wavers, never let death make her doubt, never even flinches as her time comes. She goes willingly, after instructing you. Short and to the point. For some I believe death is like that. It’s just something. It doesn’t have to be feared or worshiped because in the end it doesn’t matter. You just work, do what you are meant to do until it’s time to go. Then you go. There’s nothing to regret.
"I know I shouldn't leave so soon. Believe me, I wish I could've stayed longer. Right here with you, Peanut. Promise me you'll take care of Astrid when I'm gone, ok? And don't miss me too much, will you? I've never deserved you anyway...
Giovanni wasn’t a good person. He hurt Astrid, didn’t care about it, was the kind to simply live his life happy to mooch off others. He wasn’t good by any metrics, superficial and too caring of what others thought of him. But he cared. He cared and I can’t find it in my myself to not care for him in return. He loved you, and sometimes people that aren’t good love you and it’s hard to reckon with that. To know that something so important in your life is a bit of a piece of shit. It doesn’t change anything though. You still care for them, you still stay at their bedside when they breathe their last breath.
"Usefulness is an easy way to meaningfulness. But not a trustworthy one. It vanishes as quickly as we do. And so it seems the only hope humanity has for transcendence is through art. Meaningfulness pulled from our chaotic minds. Not for utility. But for its own sake. And after the artist has been long gone, turned to dust, the art remains."
Gustav is a bit of a pompous man, isn’t he ? Thinks himself a bit better, or more likely thinks everyone is a little less better than they should be. It’s fine though. He loves art. Loves it so much he wishes for everyone to experience it. I think it’s the most tragic kind of ageing to have your mind clear while your body fails on you. To know what you want to do, to be able to think it, but having that decaying flesh not responding. To be discarded the moment you aren’t well anymore. To have people relegate you to the shadows for not being able to do as much as you could then.
"You know what I've always said. That people come and go, but don't pay attention to each other. They never really did. That lives are only ever parallel. Adjacent at best. Well. That's bullshit. … I can see that now. And you're the proof of it.”
No. I don’t want to think about it. About friends growing old and passing and not having them in my life. I don’t want it to happen. I don’t want to lose people that bring light into my life. How do you move away from that ? How do you live when the person that you admired and looked up to is just gone ? It’s no way to live. It’s no way to go either. I understand her running, and her accepting her death is beautiful but so very painful. She was the first to come onto her boat, and was the first to leave in my playthrough.
“And then there was this other place, with a weird name. Like... "Shole"? Something like that. It was kinda like Hell. Except, not really. No fire, and no pitchforks. That's where dead folks go. And not just the bad ones. Everybody. And in the Shole, I remember that, everybody's equal. And there's no comfort. Doesn't mean it's uncomfortable. There's just... nothing. Nothing good. And nothing bad. And you're shielded from light, and from judgment. The dead go there to be forgotten by the living. But they also forget, and then turn to dust. Until there's nothing left. Just dust and forgetfulness, everywhere and forever. ...”
He’s a prick. But I love him the most I think. Someone that self-destructing ? Someone so bent on the fact that he’s no good. That he’ll never be good. That in fact he needs to lie about his family because they weren’t mean or abusive and he wishes he could explain away his rotten nature with abuse. Wish he could have been hurt to justify hurting others. And the thing about deserving to be hurt because well, he hurt others. There’s some sort of suicide-ideation in those thoughts. The fact he shouldn’t be here, that he wanted to go, that he’s happy that she let him go, that he hopes for an afterlife of forgetting. I love him. A lot. He hurts the most to see.
“…”
For a younger sister to lead her older sister, a nurse in palliative care, to her death. To have her reassure you and give you that final push to go through the door. I wonder if Stella tried to hold on for her. To have her there when she finally died.
I never wanted to let Mom down. Or make people not like me. I don't want to do bad things! But, sometimes I do. And I always regret it! I don't think that makes me bad. Do you think my mom will be disappointed in me? Disappointed that I had to go? I tried! I really tried! But I don't think I did it. I like it when I win! But I couldn't this time. I think it's ok. It's ok to lose sometimes. I really think it is.”
Hey. Kids are a no no in this house. Shit it’s always them, isn’t it ? Always them that are okay with dying and leaving and it’s us that are left to wish we could have somehow saved them. Somehow have given them more time. It’s not fair that little kids can die. It’s not fair and it still happens. I loved him so much. I wish he didn’t have to go. Still, he wasn’t sad. But he was sacred. What a brave little man.
"I was looking forward to so many more lessons with you. You've been such a gifted student, Stella. I am so proud of you. So proud of your heart. So proud of your blossoming soul. I'm sorry to leave you. You'll have to learn by yourself. I have no doubt that you'll pull through. The only lesson I have left is to show you what we're made of. Of ephemeral starlight. We're but a few particles of thought on the vast stream of consciousness. This is the last thing I can teach you, Stella. That all things change, that all things end.”
I think it was quite fitting that she is shown a teacher when she is the one that inspired Stella to become a nurse. She’s the one that inspired her to care for others. I think it is beautiful, the way she tried to love the cancer, to see it as a part of the nature she so loves. And I think that it is fine that in the end she never quite grew to love it. We may strive to accept our lot in life but it is difficult to be happy with it still. She tried. I’m proud of her for that.
Stardew Valley
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
I have this game modded to filth, and I am romancing all those cutie pies left and right. Very cute, very great, a classic really. Sebastian, Elliot and Haley girlie, but that was of course a given. A lot of people talk about this game as being the cozy farming blueprint (it is a classic but it’s not the blueprint, harvest moon is probably the blueprint) and I think that Stardew Valley is an example of a good cozy game.
The mechanics aren’t too grindy, you don’t feel like the game is keeping you stuck or slowing you down, there’s a lot of thing to be doing, the characters are great and the fact that it is easy to mod makes it so the entire community can have as much fun as they want. Stardew has a very particular aesthetic to it. And I think that this is something that a lot of other games forget. If you want to be a good cozy game you have to have a lot of heart to your setting. Stardew is the quintessential small village, with neighbors that have known each other’s for years. It has drama (which is ALWAYS needed. A lot of those games hinge on the relationships of the cast in them.) and it doesn’t shy away from darker topics.
There’s a lot about soulless, everything feels good cozy games. Stardew doesn’t feel like that, because it feels like there was thoughts put into Stardew’s world. There is a war, a corporate overlord is trying to buy a town, the town has people that are hurting badly and like or dislike each other. You can be good. You can be bad. But more importantly, you can take it a day at a time.
Storm Lover Kai!!
Our heroine Igarashi Yuuna moves into a new town and transfers to Saint Louis High. During this school year, could she find her one true love?
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Storyteller
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Cute game, nice graphics, a little too challenging for me at times (I am in fact an idiot).
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Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Nice little puzzles games, I’m going to be honest and say that those aren’t my faves as the MC just doesn’t exist and isn’t really part of what is going on. It’s still fun though.
Sultan's Game
The Sultan commands you to play a cruel game. Each week you draw a card, and have to complete its challenge within seven days. Forced to make dreadful choices to beat the Sultan’s Game and save your own life, you will have to find a way to survive not just the Game, but its consequences too.
I love that fucking game so muuuuuuch !! Ugh the vibe is so good, and the gameplay loop is making me addicted I wish I spoke and read mandarin so that I could play all the mods created by the community !! And the artwork ? I could eat it. Arzu is so fun to play. Like am I a fucking monster ? Someone trying to do all the good he can ? Pragmatic and cunning ? AND THE GOD THINGY. Plus new game plus so that’s even better. I just… everyone is so hot too !! I love stories about tyrants and revolution and corruption. Would recommend again and again
I haven't played the new update yet, but I can't wait to get into it !
Sun Haven
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Very cute farm games, while I’m not really into the general aesthetic of the chibis I love the portraits !! They are so cute !! The romance is good, the collection easy, loved the skill tree. I was a bit starved when it came to the events for the romance but but it was very cute and I loved it so much.
Sweet Fuse at Your Side
You play as Saki Inafune, niece to legendary game developer Keiji Inafune. Saki’s famous uncle opens an amusement park and Saki attends the opening ceremony, but things really heat up when Count Hogstein—a malevolent pig—takes over the park, and holds everyone hostage. Saki, along with seven sexy men, decides to enter Count Hogstein’s deadly game in order to save her uncle and the other hostages. Will she be able to solve the complex puzzles that Count Hogstein and his merry henchmen have in store?
So the game was a really good visual novel but as an otome ? Not really my jam. Like it was fun, though I don’t understand the whole minigame that was rarely used and felt a bit redundant ? The romance was really small compared to the bigger and very well-done way all the characters were slowly growing to trust each other. Like the way they all supported each other was so cute !!! The mystery was… well not all that interesting to be honest.
Oh but the MC was the best !!! Superpower ? Being able to yell at people until they are scared !! She’s headstrong, she’s proactive, she will try to help and won’t fucking quit I love Saki !!!!! She’s officially Annah Approved. Anyway fine game, was nice , would recommend for casual play.
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