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A Short Hike (2019) PC/Mac/Linux
This is a cute, short exploration game. You play Claire, an anthropomorphic bird, exploring the island where your aunt lives, chatting to the other people on the island, and completing the titular "short hike" to the top of the mountain in the centre of the island.
It's very sweet, there's plenty of things to find around the island and you can even just spend time fishing and completing your fish catalogue, if you're into that sort of thing. The flying/gliding mechanic was really fun and will occasionally just load up the game to fly around the island.
I found it impossible to play on keyboard and ended up buying an 8BitDo bluetooth controller, which I love. The default graphics were not good for my eyes, but I was able to adjust them to something a bit less highly-pixelated, which I grew to like. The music was lovely and I bought the soundtrack.
( Spoilers )
Wilmot's Warehouse (2019) Windows/Mac, Switch
A warehouse simulation game, where you're given an ever-growing selection of random objects that you need to store in your vast warehouse, and then retrieve on request to fulfil orders. I was concerned that I would find the retrieval process too stressful, and it definitely can be, but once I developed some strategy it became much easier, and b) it gives you as much time as you like to reorganise your warehouse at very regular intervals.
Would probably not suit somebody with bad short-term memory. You can play it with local co-op, which we enjoyed for a while! The graphics can definitely be eyestrain-inducing.
I absolutely loved the trailer for this game.
Edit: Spoilers: ( Spoilers )
What the Golf? (2019) PC, Apple Arcade, Switch
This is a physics-based golf game in the sense that your controls are aiming and releasing (with a few different power levels), but it's also a parody of golf games... and, in fact, many other types of games too. It's very silly, but it made me laugh repeatedly by surprising me.
Some of the levels have timing elements, so I wouldn't recommend it to be people who hate that.
Untitled Goose Game (2019) PC/Mac, Switch
"It’s a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible goose." Basically a stealth/puzzle game, where you are a goose causing trouble for the various residents of the village.
The controls can be frustrating (we were playing on PC with a controller), so it was good to play with another person so we could pass the controller back and forth when either of us got too annoyed.
I enjoyed it overall! ( Spoilers: )
This is a cute, short exploration game. You play Claire, an anthropomorphic bird, exploring the island where your aunt lives, chatting to the other people on the island, and completing the titular "short hike" to the top of the mountain in the centre of the island.
It's very sweet, there's plenty of things to find around the island and you can even just spend time fishing and completing your fish catalogue, if you're into that sort of thing. The flying/gliding mechanic was really fun and will occasionally just load up the game to fly around the island.
I found it impossible to play on keyboard and ended up buying an 8BitDo bluetooth controller, which I love. The default graphics were not good for my eyes, but I was able to adjust them to something a bit less highly-pixelated, which I grew to like. The music was lovely and I bought the soundtrack.
( Spoilers )
Wilmot's Warehouse (2019) Windows/Mac, Switch
A warehouse simulation game, where you're given an ever-growing selection of random objects that you need to store in your vast warehouse, and then retrieve on request to fulfil orders. I was concerned that I would find the retrieval process too stressful, and it definitely can be, but once I developed some strategy it became much easier, and b) it gives you as much time as you like to reorganise your warehouse at very regular intervals.
Would probably not suit somebody with bad short-term memory. You can play it with local co-op, which we enjoyed for a while! The graphics can definitely be eyestrain-inducing.
I absolutely loved the trailer for this game.
Edit: Spoilers: ( Spoilers )
What the Golf? (2019) PC, Apple Arcade, Switch
This is a physics-based golf game in the sense that your controls are aiming and releasing (with a few different power levels), but it's also a parody of golf games... and, in fact, many other types of games too. It's very silly, but it made me laugh repeatedly by surprising me.
Some of the levels have timing elements, so I wouldn't recommend it to be people who hate that.
Untitled Goose Game (2019) PC/Mac, Switch
"It’s a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible goose." Basically a stealth/puzzle game, where you are a goose causing trouble for the various residents of the village.
The controls can be frustrating (we were playing on PC with a controller), so it was good to play with another person so we could pass the controller back and forth when either of us got too annoyed.
I enjoyed it overall! ( Spoilers: )