Sep 11, 2019Quick Bits
During a recent live-stream on Twitch of Bitsummit, the Indie Game Festival, from Tokyo Game Show 2019 we got a closer look at the gameplay of Giraffe and Annika! This adorable 3D adventure & rhythm-based action RPG with a cat-eared protagonist is coming this year (2019) on PC! You can even wishlist the game now on Steam right here. Giraffe and Annika and developed by atelier mimina and published by Sony Music Entertainment and they have confirmed that there will be a PS4 and Switch release sometime later.
Join the cat-eared heroine Annika on her adventures in the mysterious island of Spica! Tasked by the young boy Giraffe, she sets off to find pieces of the stars. Solve the islands hidden mysteries!
If you’re interested in the rhythm-based action aspect, check out our article on Cadence of Hyrule here.
Sep 11, 2019Feature
With the new DLC for Two Point Hospital, Close Encounters, now available on Steam here (followed by console releases soon), we thought it was a great opportunity to dive back into the game! If you haven’t yet heard of this tycoon management game, you can check out the details with our review here.
Don’t be alarmed by the hospital setting; the illnesses you’ll encounter are all but ordinary and come with ‘punny’ alternatives. For example: Enjoy the visual details of someone walking into your hospital with a pan on their head and direct them to a treatment room where you remove it with a giant magnet! Since we wanted to get the most out of this game and feel compelled to achieve excellence, we went after the 3-star goals in every level. Below are some tips and tricks to help you avoid the same mistakes we made that resulted in figurative and literal dumpster fires.
You’ll notice that getting that first star is always quite easy but if you want to attempt the third, you’ll need to buy more plots and expand your hospital. This will obviously give you a lot more to manage. You might be making millions but when your expenses kick in, you can lose it all and maybe even go bankrupt if you’re not careful.
When you edit rooms, it kicks everyone out of them but don’t be afraid to rearrange or delete unused rooms as it will make things easier in the long run! You should also check up on your employees and fire staff that are under-performing. Then, keep checking your patients’ health and bump the ones that are near death up the queue line before they keel over! Finally, take your time and have fun!
Sep 11, 2019Quick Bits
There are a few things you need to know about Celeste before checking out Celeste Chapter 9. When it comes to super fast-paced mountain climbing dashery, it doesn’t get much better than Celeste. Released in January of 2018, Celeste was an exceptionally well received platformer that boasted fun and fury for its fans.
With a rich in-depth story to keep you pushing, this game has won the hearts of many. Battling her greatest foe, Madeline must overcome the “dark” part of herself to make it to the peak of Celeste, a daunting, seemingly insurmountable, obstacle-laden pile of stone.
Now, the new update for Celeste adds over 100 new levels, over 40 hours of new music, as well as new mechanics and items. On top of all this new content, the game also happens to currently be on sale through the Nintendo eShop. There has never been a better time to dive into this amazing adventure game.
For more information on Celeste, be sure to t=check the official Celeste website.
Sep 11, 2019News
The Indiecade Festival is an indie game festival that features games of all types and genres from all around the world. It was founded in 2005 as a part of E3, and became a independent event in 2009.
At the festival, developers who have submitted their games and survived the initial sifting will show their games to a selected jury comprised of individuals from all around the world. The jury will then decide who wins what award.
We just happened to notice that some of our favorite games have passed the sifting, and will be featured at the festival. We are very excited to see just who wins what at this years Indiecade Festival.
Knights and Bikes is a quirky action-adventure set on a fictional British island in the late 1980s. The creators convey that they were “inspired by coming-of-age movies like The Goonies and classic games like Earthbound and Secret of Mana.” This title was developed by Foam Sword, a small studio comprised of some of the same amazing talent that helped create Little Big Planet.
The game plays exactly as it sounds. You are a frog who is also detective. The game takes place on a mysterious island with some not-so-cool goings-on afoot. Is it ghoul ghosts, or your regular flesh and blood baddies. It is up to you to find out in The Haunted Island! The Haunted Island is a first person 3D detective game on Mac and PC.
Kind Words is not your traditional game, it’s a game about kindness and letting go of fear or anything else that might put a burden on ones heart. If you have ever felt down, scared or worried then that probably means you are a human. In this game you can make request for a letter if you are just not feeling your best, or would like to ask for advice.
For more information about these awesome games and the rest of what you can find at this years festival, you can check out the official Indiecade Festival website.
Sep 11, 2019Quick Bits
The people who you have possibly purchased chicken from are now serving us a dating simulator game, I Love You, Colonel Sanders! is heading to Steam this month!
Dating in video games has long been popular with marriage and relationships frequently promoted in games like Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, Rune Factory and more. I Love You, Colonel Sanders! takes you to cooking school where you eagerly want to date one of your classmates that happens to be Colonel Sanders.
On your mission to getting the perfect date and hopefully find love, you will be faced with difficult life decisions. Every choice you make in the game will have consequences on the relationships you form at school.
The game features 9 characters that according to KFC are totally lovable and interesting. If you are just here for the chicken, you will find that the game has a lot of other things to offer outside of dating Sanders.
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! also teaches you secret recipes, homemade KFC chicken? Yes, please! Cooking battles are also part of the game in which you have to show off you cooking skills much like in the new and upcoming Cooking Mama game!
If you are intrigued, I Love You, Colonel Sanders! can now be wishlisted on Steam and is slated for a release on September 24th.
If you love dating simulators, check out our best picks for dating virtually right here.
Sep 10, 2019Mobile Game
TokoToko is an augmented reality game developed by indie studio Kalank and coming to iOS devices October 3rd, 2019. Help your adorable cat artist apprentice named Hako to save her friends, the Tokotokos, by drawing real-life pictures that will come alive in-game. Journey to an island and solve puzzles to find these adorable creatures from another world and interact with them in our world. All Tokotokos are artistic and have unique personalities, for example, Azuko the lion is a narcissistic painter.
Furthermore, TokoToko lets you take pictures of Hako and her friends while using filters to create your own scenery with your drawings! Pictures then appear as Polaroid photos in-game that you can share with your friends.
If you can’t wait to start drawing, you can check out TokoToko’s official website and share your fan-art on social media! For more on games with AR, check out our article here: Minecraft Earth Turns Reality Into A Playground.
Sep 10, 2019Mobile Game
When was the last time you thought about a new Frogger game? Frogger has been bouncing around from arcade machine to console for forever, and now is landing on many mobile devices. Frogger was born into this world as an arcade game back in 1981.
Since then he has made an appearance on nearly every console in existence. He is officially being given yet another new look, but this time his game will be available exclusively through Apple Arcade.
Developed by Q-Games, Frogger in Toy Town places the epic frog in a colorful and whimsical land. There will be some new features. to set this game apart from the rest. One such feature is the ability to acquire invulnerability for a limited time. This should just enough extra boost to get through some of the tougher levels.
Frogger in Toy Town is set to be released on September 19th, the same day as the official opening of Apple Arcade, which only charges users $5 per month for a family plan. For more information about the Apple Arcade service, be sure to check out the official Apple website.
Sep 10, 2019News
It’s been a while since we received a major Nintendo Switch Firmware Update. Luckily today is one of those days and Nintendo even provided patch notes to go with it!
The latest 9.0.0 update brings a bunch of new enhancements, bug fixes and even adds new features to the Nintendo Switch! The latest update also includes an alarm clock to the console, now you can use your Switch to wake you up in the morning, a great way to always be close to gaming!
One feature requested by many people was the ability to send game invites to players on your friends list. This has been a common feature for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users, but was not available to Switch players until now. Supported games will now let you send invites to friends making online co-op play a lot easier and more streamlined! It may take some time for developers to adapt this new feature, but it’s a great step into the right direction!
You can check out the full patch notes below. If you’d like to make the Nintendo Switch Firmware Update right away, simply go to your settings on the Nintendo Switch and choose System Update in the System tab, as seen in the screenshot below!
In other related news check out the best new Nintendo Switch Accessories currently available!