/lounge/ - Lounge

oh yeah you are on the back of a gigantic turtle (named onbu) that wanders around the planet slowly. the turtle is fascinating because it is biological. it needs to eat, to sleep, to poop and this has all kinds of interactions with the little village. the goal is to live in harmony with onbu and onbu is a gentle and dignified creature. the villagers can grow food and shoot it into onbu's mouth with a catapult or they try to get his poop with buckets to use as fertilizer for the little farms. since there is poison around the village can try to blow a horn to make onbu run when there is a cloud of poison or encourage him to sleep at a spot where there is no poison.

playing this gives me the same interesting feeling of managing divided attention that tower defense games give me. you prepare most of the time and then difficult situations arise and you hope to have prepared good enough.

then there is the map view you can see where onbu is currently walking towards and if you are in harmony with onbu and it trusts you, you can encourage it to walk a way of your choice and if it trusts you enough, it will let you make the choice.

on the maps there are places you can interact with via your building of scavenging hang-gliders and when you give the order, they fly there to check it out, hoping to bring back resources and meanwhile unless it is sleeping, onbu keeps moving so you keep walking by new places to scavenge.

Looks very cool. Where or on what do you play it?

I recall learning as a boy that there were ancient cultures that believed the plane of the earth was carried on the backs of large marine fish, sometimes turtles.

if i don't forget i try to upload some more screenshots but i think the game is worth a look. i recently got it for cheaper on steam. since the ground on which the city is built is moving and has to be managed too, this feels way more dynamic and alive then let's say playing sim city 4. also in sim city 4 you better build your special buildings in places you like because if you find a better spot for it later you have to destroy it and pay for it again, this ability to constantly improve upon small aspects deepens the management experience and allows to learn from mistakes while they happen, not when playing the game again some other time.

>Looks very cool. Where or on what do you play it?

i play this on the gaming pc and i bought it on steam, but it looks like this is available for all the consoles as well. they may have actually done it and make a game that should be playable just fine with a controller however not be so baby-easy that pc gamers are insulted by the lack of possibilities.

>I recall learning as a boy that there were ancient cultures that believed the plane of the earth was carried on the backs of large marine fish, sometimes turtles.

this is probably where they got their inspiration. they did include just enough cutscenes and quest-paintings to give the impression of an active, living world the game takes place. also they show onbu being friendly with the people who live on his back and even though this is purely fictional, it is also kind of heartwarming to see this god-like creature smiling upon the people who live on his back in harmony. i wouldn't know where to get an experience like that anywhere else.

this dude (channel name: NoChatBot) made a nice 8min15sec review about the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpfCHD_h7iQ

there's a gaming board