ok. icebreaker-type question. imagine time travel exists, but all of the serious super big things that likely come to mind when time travel is a factor is stuff youre not “qualified” for, as a civilian. what stupid, petty, thing do you use time travel for?
personally, i’d buy this one limited-time pin from a con i had no chance of going to, and also buy some transformers animated toys while they were still being sold.
I just played a video game called Vale: Shadow of the Crown. It has a blind protagonist and is 100% navigated by audio. You need headphones to play it. I was intrigued by the premise, but worried that it would be a gimmick that wouldn’t actually hold up well.
Turns out it worked just fine and I found myself really sucked in! I even turned off all the lights and played much of the game with my eyes closed. Though there were a few difficult sections (for me, using the bow was hard), it was mostly pretty intuitive. Honestly, the biggest problem was getting sleepy after a while, because as far as my body is concerned, if I spend that much time with my eyes closed, it’s bed time.
Anyway, it was a neat story with good voice acting and I actually really enjoyed the combat sections. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a novel gaming experience, as well as to anyone who has impaired vision.
Agreed!
To give more of a plot synopsis and potentially draw more people in, the story is about a blind princess named Alex who is sent to a remote corner of the kingdom when her father dies and her brother assumes the throne. Her convoy is attacked and it appears that war has suddenly come to her kingdom. She decides to go back to the capital to warn her brother, and enlists the aid of a shepherd to help guide her on the long journey. Though she grew up fairly sheltered, her uncle trained her in weaponry and self defense and these abilities flourish over the course of this adventure (she also learns some magic as well!).
It takes a little less than 7 hours to play through the story, and I mostly did it in one sitting because I got hooked. And if the Falling Squirrel development team comes out with any other audio based games, I’d definitely be inclined to give them a try.
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#Just finished the game and I am fucking invested. #Characters? Glorious. #Mechanics? Really fun and interesting #I damn loved the voice acting #Also #Shepherd?!? #IT’S SO DAMN GOOD PLEASE I NEED A FANDOM FOR THIS. #Things that def changed my brain chemistry END ID]
I can’t get it right in the photo but going absolutely bonkers over the way the colors just like. blur across from the rothko (1950) to the turner (1845). this whole room is full of these abstract colors it’s like they’re bleeding between the picture frames with no regard for time
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