Don't Starve

[thistlechaser]

I'm kind of sad I didn't go crazy, but I guess it'll happen eventually. I did almost get set on fire by lightning though, that was kind of spiffy.

'Lines you only hear from gamers' is always a fun thing. My mother called me tonight, and I frantically told her I couldn't talk because a giant frog was trying to eat me. That sort of thing no longer fazes her.

teaandfailure posted an amusing write up about a game called Don't Starve (you can read it here!). I've been wanting to pick it up, and today it's on sale for 75% off in the Stream Summer Sale (for the next 12 hours!), so thanking my good timing, I grabbed it. Can't go wrong paying $3 and change for a game!

I only had time to play two games of it tonight, but I'm really liking it. One of the fun parts is that there are no instructions! No text when you hover over icons or something, nothing telling you what to do. (Having read teaandfailure's posts, I knew a little.) You just have to try to live (and not starve).

My first game was really short, but I have no idea why. I just fell over dead for seemingly no reason. (I might have starved, as I didn't know what the icons were indicating. I need to obey game titles better!) The second game lasted longer (three whole game days!), until a frog killed me. Not the same frog I mentioned when my mother called, that was a totally different game. I guess today was just a dangerous day to be around frogs.

I don't have any peachy keen screenshots yet, as mostly all I did was pick grass and chase after birds with my axe. Visit teaandfailure's LJ to see some! The graphics really are cute and funny.

Comments

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

You will TOTALLY go crazy eventually. I PROMISE.

My survival also escalated, I think the first games were like this:

Cause of Death Days Survived

Darkness 1
Spider 3
Hounds 7
Hounds 7
Hounds 7
Hounds 7
Tallbird 9
Penguins 10
Hounds 11
Darkness 12
Hounds 11
Creeping Horror 20

It took me a really, really long time to figure out how to not get killed by the hounds. A REALLY REALLY LONG TIME.

Figuring it out has been one of the best things about it for me. Like, I still have no idea why one winter the penguins murdered me and the next winter we were buddies. Did I offer some kind of penguin peace offering? Did I make a hostile gesture the first time? Does Wilson's beard make him look like a penguin when it gets that long? Did they like the flowers?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

Also those frogs are brutal, I usually squeal and run away from them. Also once I tried to build bee boxes near the ponds to see if they would do battle with the bees, but then hounds attacked and I died before I could find out.

It took like fifteen games before I ever survived winter, that is why I am currently like FUCK YEAH I'M GOING TO SURVIVE THE FUCKING SHIT OUT OF SOME WINTER Y'ALL.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* "Also once I tried to build bee boxes near the ponds to see if [the frogs] would do battle with the bees, but then hounds attacked and I died before I could find out." Someone should collect lines gamers say that in other situations would make them sound insane. :D

And yeah! So far figuring it out has been the most fun, but I don't feel bad about the TINY LITTLE leg up I started with. (I'm positive my first death would have been to darkness/something in the night if I hadn't read your posts.)

I'm looking forward to seeing the hounds! (A sentiment I'm sure I'll later regret...)

I ended up hunting the frogs for food. I killed three before that last one got me! I think I'll stick to berries and carrots from now on.

[hamburger.livejournal.com]

Oh no not the Steam Summer Sale nooooooo my money!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Haha I've heard that so often lately.