#sculplings

I just realized that we're almost halfway through the year and yet the only new game I've played on my Switch so far is Pokemon Champions. The fact that so far I don't see anything coming out that has me a little concern that I'll go the whole year without picking up a Switch 2 title.

To be fair, Kirby Air Riders and Legends Arecus are still getting active use and I guess I got my money's worth out of ZA so it's not like my Switch 2 is totally collecting dust. It's just that it feels weird that I kind of consider myself a Nintendo fan and yet I'm not really buying any games. By which I specifically mean buying Nintendo games.

My PC/steam deck have been getting a lot of milage the past couple months. A couple games I supported on Kickstarter came out around the same time and I've picked up a couple indie games on top of that. So there's been plenty to distract me from my game development roles. lol

Not to say I haven't been developing. I've done a lot of game dev work after my day job. It's just hard to make progress at the rate I'd like because I'm also dividing that free time between working on videos, drawing, and etc. as well. Also I do have plenty of progress I could share. But it's hard to put the time aside to document and share that progress when I could just use that time to work more on the game instead.

Tangent aside. If it wasn't announced recently that the Switch 2 was getting a price increase, I might have said that I jumped on getting a Switch 2 too early. And that was even with waiting until Kirby Air Riders game out to even pick one up.

But with the games I've been playing elsewhere it's not like I can say "gaming is dying" or anything. The most doom and gloom I can get is that it makes ponder the state of the triple A scene a bit. But meh, it is what it is. It probably more about me being stingy than it is about the games this year being bad.

Speaking of gaming though. I got to remember to talk about Sculplings more frequently on socials. In a nutshell it's a creature collector that's framed as a rouge-like.

Despite what it sounds like, the gameplay loop is real fun. But what really sets it apart is the art style and it's sense of humor. I love how derpy everything in the game has looked and the writing does not take itself seriously in the best way. It's hard to put into words but it's got just the right blend between ironic, self-aware, and willing to take jabs at itself, to appeal to my dumb brain.

Oh did I mention how practically everything in the game is made from hand-sculpted clay? Like this game is worth picking up just to support the dedication that went into making everything from the characters, items, scenery, etc. out of clay.

Check out this trailer and go pick up the game. It's $11 (at least in USD) and you'll probably get just as much value out of it compared to a bunch of the games out there going for double that price.