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Looks like a whole new genre of games have recently been invented: - Goat Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWGLcdI8o8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Looks like a whole new genre of games have recently been invented: - Goat Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWGLcdI8o8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWGLcdI8o8 - Untitled Goose Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LL2AtHo1gk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LL2AtHo1gk - Pigeon Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb30jQ_Bpmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb30jQ_Bpmg

waiseristy 7y ago
Enviro-Bear 2000: https://captaingames.itch.io/enviro-bear-2000 https://captaingames.itch.io/enviro-bear-2000
adventured 7y ago
- SimAnt (1991): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt
- jgwil2 7y ago
  Loved that game!
- Loughla 7y ago
  Jesus, if there's one game I'd pay for again on Steam or other format, it's that one. Well, that and maybe the original Leisure Suit Larry, just to see why I wasn't allowed to open that game at all.
  - jonesetc 7y ago
    the internet archive has lots of dos games available to play in a ready to go emulator: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Land_of_the_Lounge_Lizards_1987 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Lan...
    - Nition 7y ago
      Might as well also link SimAnt: https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimAnt_-_The_Electronic_Ant_Colony_1991 https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimAnt_-_The_Electronic_An...
  - james_s_tayler 7y ago
    There were good reasons you weren't allowed to play that game. It's just not what kids did. I sat there guessing all the trivia questions anyway and then did all the things I wasn't supposed to do. Good times.
  - degenerate 7y ago
    If you can get your hands on the original game, it runs excellent in a Windows XP VM. Just played it a few weeks ago.
soulofmischief 7y ago
Long ago someone already had the bright idea of making individual sims of tons of different animals all based around the same shitty engine, each with their own separate DLC and flood the android market with them. I was really interested in animal sims for a while. I think we're headed into good territory though. Check out this clearly Harvest Moon inspired cat sim: http://cattailsgame.com/ http://cattailsgame.com/ Personally, I would like to see an animal-centric classic Gamemaker style RPG a la Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden with an audacious plot on the level of Cats & Dogs.
- nemo1618 7y ago
  Oof, don't remind me -- it's been close to a decade since I backed "The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa" on Kickstarter.
  - soulofmischief 7y ago
    Hey! As of June this year the developers have said they're still working on it, just most of the team has left so it's just the core two devs now working part time. I'm considering reaching out to lend a hand just so I'm not playing this game in my forties.
- Phillips126 7y ago
  I loved playing Harvest Moon as a kid, and more recently Starview Valley. Not sure the cat simulation appeals to me but to each their own!
teddyh 7y ago
Reportedly¹, the Goose game is quite different from Goat Simulator. 1. https://imgur.com/t/goose/zOcNSI1 https://imgur.com/t/goose/zOcNSI1
- mattnewton 7y ago
  Goose game is much more of a puzzle game and goat simulator is a, well, simulator. There aren't goals baked into lists with levels.
  - Phillips126 7y ago
    Looking at the trailers and watching some clips, Goose game does seem to be a bit more interesting with the puzzles. Whereas Goat Simulator seems to be an interactive meme.
magashna 7y ago
Goose isn't really like those. Many of those simulators are full of jankyness and that's part of their appeal.
cjsawyer 7y ago
Goose game is closer to Hitman where Goat Simulator is more like Garrys Mod. It’s intentionally “glitchy” physics parody in a big open map.
- Phillips126 7y ago
  Ah that is a good comparison. I am very familiar with the Hitman series and this does seem to be very similar having a set of objectives and the player needs to put the pieces together.
Latty 7y ago
Writing on Games has a very good video about why that comparison actually really doesn't hold very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ySPq0Sw10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ySPq0Sw10 tl;dw: Those other games are more about generating absurd and funny situations through (carefully designed) intentionally awkward controls and silly physics. Goose Game is carefully designed to allow the player to set up and execute a joke for themselves.
tiglionabbit 7y ago
I love the trend of animal games. I'm a big fan of Shelter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/244710/Shelter/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/244710/Shelter/)
MaximumMadness 7y ago
You forgot the most important one: Bread Simulator: https://www.bossastudios.com/games/i-am-bread/ https://www.bossastudios.com/games/i-am-bread/
- Phillips126 7y ago
  Lol food simulators are next :). I've actually seen this one being played, very comical. The comedy (besides the obvious being bread trying to get to a toaster) is the incredibly difficult controls causing the player to panic and mash buttons sometimes saving themselves, other times flinging themselves into the air.
selimthegrim 7y ago
I’m still waiting for Rock Simulator.
rasz 7y ago
Potty Pigeon, Initial release date: 1984, Platforms: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Goal: shitting on everything, Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolFGfZaGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolFGfZaGg

waiseristy 7y ago

Enviro-Bear 2000: https://captaingames.itch.io/enviro-bear-2000 https://captaingames.itch.io/enviro-bear-2000

adventured 7y ago

- SimAnt (1991): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt

jgwil2 7y ago
Loved that game!
Loughla 7y ago
Jesus, if there's one game I'd pay for again on Steam or other format, it's that one. Well, that and maybe the original Leisure Suit Larry, just to see why I wasn't allowed to open that game at all.
- jonesetc 7y ago
  the internet archive has lots of dos games available to play in a ready to go emulator: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Land_of_the_Lounge_Lizards_1987 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Lan...
  - Nition 7y ago
    Might as well also link SimAnt: https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimAnt_-_The_Electronic_Ant_Colony_1991 https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimAnt_-_The_Electronic_An...
- james_s_tayler 7y ago
  There were good reasons you weren't allowed to play that game. It's just not what kids did. I sat there guessing all the trivia questions anyway and then did all the things I wasn't supposed to do. Good times.
- degenerate 7y ago
  If you can get your hands on the original game, it runs excellent in a Windows XP VM. Just played it a few weeks ago.

soulofmischief 7y ago

Long ago someone already had the bright idea of making individual sims of tons of different animals all based around the same shitty engine, each with their own separate DLC and flood the android market with them. I was really interested in animal sims for a while. I think we're headed into good territory though. Check out this clearly Harvest Moon inspired cat sim: http://cattailsgame.com/ http://cattailsgame.com/ Personally, I would like to see an animal-centric classic Gamemaker style RPG a la Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden with an audacious plot on the level of Cats & Dogs.

nemo1618 7y ago
Oof, don't remind me -- it's been close to a decade since I backed "The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa" on Kickstarter.
- soulofmischief 7y ago
  Hey! As of June this year the developers have said they're still working on it, just most of the team has left so it's just the core two devs now working part time. I'm considering reaching out to lend a hand just so I'm not playing this game in my forties.
Phillips126 7y ago
I loved playing Harvest Moon as a kid, and more recently Starview Valley. Not sure the cat simulation appeals to me but to each their own!

teddyh 7y ago

Reportedly¹, the Goose game is quite different from Goat Simulator. 1. https://imgur.com/t/goose/zOcNSI1 https://imgur.com/t/goose/zOcNSI1

mattnewton 7y ago
Goose game is much more of a puzzle game and goat simulator is a, well, simulator. There aren't goals baked into lists with levels.
- Phillips126 7y ago
  Looking at the trailers and watching some clips, Goose game does seem to be a bit more interesting with the puzzles. Whereas Goat Simulator seems to be an interactive meme.

magashna 7y ago

Goose isn't really like those. Many of those simulators are full of jankyness and that's part of their appeal.

cjsawyer 7y ago

Goose game is closer to Hitman where Goat Simulator is more like Garrys Mod. It’s intentionally “glitchy” physics parody in a big open map.

Phillips126 7y ago
Ah that is a good comparison. I am very familiar with the Hitman series and this does seem to be very similar having a set of objectives and the player needs to put the pieces together.

Latty 7y ago

Writing on Games has a very good video about why that comparison actually really doesn't hold very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ySPq0Sw10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ySPq0Sw10 tl;dw: Those other games are more about generating absurd and funny situations through (carefully designed) intentionally awkward controls and silly physics. Goose Game is carefully designed to allow the player to set up and execute a joke for themselves.

tiglionabbit 7y ago

I love the trend of animal games. I'm a big fan of Shelter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/244710/Shelter/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/244710/Shelter/)

MaximumMadness 7y ago

You forgot the most important one: Bread Simulator: https://www.bossastudios.com/games/i-am-bread/ https://www.bossastudios.com/games/i-am-bread/

Phillips126 7y ago
Lol food simulators are next :). I've actually seen this one being played, very comical. The comedy (besides the obvious being bread trying to get to a toaster) is the incredibly difficult controls causing the player to panic and mash buttons sometimes saving themselves, other times flinging themselves into the air.

selimthegrim 7y ago

I’m still waiting for Rock Simulator.

rasz 7y ago

Potty Pigeon, Initial release date: 1984, Platforms: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Goal: shitting on everything, Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolFGfZaGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolFGfZaGg