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Aug 15, 2019
Hundred Days is an upcoming simulation game with a page already on Steam. To us it seems like a cross between a farming game and a business-tycoon or money-management game, like Chocolatier. You arrange your field and grow crops of different types of grapes to harvest them in different seasons.
But in addition to that, you also choose the recipe for your wines. It’s not all about the type of grape. The grape’s growing conditions affect its quality and attributes. Even the type of yeast you use to ferment the grapes will have an impact on the wine’s final quality. If you want to make the big bucks in Hundred Days, you’re going to have to grow the best grapes and make the best wine.
You’re even going to have to manage the soil’s PH levels. PH levels are a measure of how acidic or alkaline your soil is, and would have an effect on your grapes’ final flavour. When you harvest will also affect their attributes. With such a level of realism, we think this indie developer, Broken Arms Games, must have a real passion for vineyards and winemaking! We look forward to becoming digital oenophiles, too, once Hundred Days releases.
Key Features
- Simulative and realistic approach suitable for both beginners and more experienced players
- The ability to cultivate different types of vine
- Analyze the soil and choose the grape variety that best suits those characteristics
- Organize work in the vineyard such as pruning or chipping
- Protect your vines through specific treatments depending on the type of disease
- Check the state of ripeness of the grapes and decide when to harvest
- Follow the winemaking processes and enhance the characteristics of your wine
- Select the yeasts and bacteria used during fermentation
- Decide how and which of your wines age with aging
- Customize your bottles by choosing their shape, color and other aesthetic characteristics
- Create your sales network and adapt the characteristics of your product to the type of customer
- Manage marketing and social activities to increase the reputation of your company
Broken Arms Games uses the tagline “A game of choice, nostalgia, and winemaking.” We’re intrigued by where ‘nostalgia’ comes into play! We also like that every choice you make in the game has an influence on its outcome. We’re looking forward to discovering and growing every type of grape and figuring out every last type of wine we can squeeze out of them!
Watch the video here, or go directly to the official site for even more info. We hope Hundred Days will be releasing soon, because we’re ready to dive into those lovely vineyards!
If you like money-management or tycoon-style games, check out Planet Zoo, due for release in early November. Or if it’s the farming aspect of Hundred Days that appeals to you, then have a look at our list of farming games on console.
- Aug 14, 2019
It’s medieval. It’s pretty. It has good music. It’s…gridless? Foundation is a city-building simulation game on PC. We’ve probably all played them, and they tend to be different variations of the same thing. But Foundation is a little different, right from the start. It operates on a grid-free system. And the monuments you place are not pre-designed…you make them yourself. So your town can look different from anyone else’s.
Innovative…
To allow them to create the game they wanted, Polymorph Games started by making their own game engine, which they call Hurricane. They also hired composers to give their game the beautiful soundtrack you can hear in the video below. It’s clear that Foundation is a labour of love, and that Polymorph Games is serious about seeing their vision come to life just as they envisioned it.
So, what does the game being grid-less mean for you, the player? It means that the way you shape your city, and the way it grows, will be organic, not snapped-to-grid. Foundation appears to be a much more natural, personal experience, compared to the standard city-building sims. We love that you can even get up close to the people of your town, and they all look like real little individuals whom you can watch going about their daily lives.
You can also take part in quests and events, which are often part of larger scenarios. Depending on how you manage your game, different scenarios, with different quests associated, can be triggered, giving your town a different story each time you play. (Unless you always play the same way!)
…Yet familiar
But Foundation isn’t so different that lovers of the city-building genre won’t have enough to love. The familiar exists here, too, with resource-managing and ensuring that your population grows while keeping the villagers happy and healthy.
Foundation has been in Early Access on Steam since February 2019, and is still receiving regular updates and improvements. At this point the game appears to have less than about half of the content they mean for it to have upon completion. We do not yet know when the full release will be, or if Foundation will become available on any other platforms after launch. The estimate for now is to have the game in early access for about a year, so if you aren’t the type to want to help shape a developing game or squish bugs, keep your eye on Foundation in early 2020! Foundation is currently available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. The game is also available on GOG.
If you like unusual takes on the city-building genre, then check out our coverage of Before We Leave, a city-building game that takes place across the universe.
- Aug 10, 2019
Devolver Digital, the publishers of GRIS, announced yesterday that you can now pre-order the game for iPhones and iPads via the App Store. GRIS, a beautiful work-of-art come to life, will be releasing on August 22nd, 2019 right here. If you haven’t heard of this game before, it’s developed by Nomada Studio based in Spain, and it released in 2018 on Steam (PC, Mac) and the Nintendo Switch eShop. See below to learn more about this narrative puzzle platformer.
About GRIS
Play as Gris, a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality. As the story unfolds, Gris will grow emotionally and see her world in a different way, revealing new paths to explore using her new abilities.
GRIS is a serene and evocative experience, free of danger, frustration or death. Players will explore a meticulously designed world brought to life with delicate art, detailed animation, and an elegant original score. Through the game light puzzles, platforming sequences, and optional skill-based challenges will reveal themselves as more of Gris’s world becomes accessible.
Nomada Studio’s Store
If you love the beautiful art style of this game, then you’ll definitely want to swing by their store. It offers various paintings from several artists! Although everything you see is in Euro, they do ship internationally! Not to mention all the lovely artwork is done on high-quality Old Mill paper.
Officially licensed poster by Conrad Roset Other games with colorful art styles you might want to check out are the following: Concrete Genie to Release on October 8th! and Mr. Tic Toc & the Endless City – Time-Travel Through Watercolored Backgrounds.
- Aug 10, 2019
Alchemy Story is coming to Steam Early Access this August 22nd and you’ll be able to transmute six villagers and complete the first part of the storyline. Meaning, there will be some adorable animals walking around town that were former humans but have been cursed by the Witch. They need your help to remember who they are! You’ll also get to farm, fish, garden, forage, chop some trees, mine, and brew potions. See below for Éloïse Laroche’s, the sole creator of the game, newest update which includes one last spellbound character and some other amazing new additions.
Devlog – July 2019
After helping this mysterious cat complete his transmutation, all spellbound villagers will be liberated from the Witch’s curse! While the village will be restored, this doesn’t mean the end of your quest. On the contrary, a new chapter will begin once you meet the Witch…
Luckily, a few villagers weren’t spellbound and this fisherman, Aiden Luckywave, is one of them! You’ll be able to chat with him to get your first fishing pole, learn some fishing tips and complete deliveries to earn some gold.
Research and brew six new potions, such as the Forester Potion which will increase your luck when cutting down trees, or the Golden Brew to gain a random amount of gold when you drink it!
Unlock different outfits and hairstyles in the villager’s shops! Once an outfit is purchased, it’s placed in your dresser and you can change clothes from home. The plan is to add more clothes you can unlock from quests and secret areas around the village later on.
If you missed the last update for Alchemy Story, you can read our article here: Snacko, Alchemy Story, Ooblets, & Button City Indie Updates. You can also view some of our gameplay footage of an earlier demo of the game here: Alchemy Story – Demo Version Summary. Something that was mentioned in our demo was how adorable the chicks are with their little red bows so naturally we here at myPotatoGames will be all over that new in-game T-shirt.
- Aug 9, 2019
Weaving Tides is an adventure game about riding dragons and stitching up a beautiful textile world!
Weaving Tides is developed by Follow the Feathers, a small independent studio from Vienna, Austria. This unique puzzle and adventure game will be available on PC and Mac sometime in 2020. Furthermore, you can Wishlist Weaving Tides on Steam right here and check out their official website here. We here at myPotatoGames are in love with dragons so we can’t wait to use their beautiful ribbon tails to weave our way through this enchanting world!
About Weaving Tides
Weaving Tides is a charming single-player adventure game for PC and Mac set in a vibrant woven world. Ride carpet dragons and use their ribbon tail to overcome torn areas, solve textile puzzles and challenge quirky creatures. Travel through the lands of the silken desert, spun forests and the moth kingdom to investigate the whereabouts of your parents and eventually unveil long forgotten secrets of the woven world.
Key Features
- Unique weaving gameplay: Stitch and cut your way through the textile landscape. Use the weavers abilities to wrap up your foes and conquer tricky Zelda-like dungeons and puzzles. Choose the weaver which fits your playstyle and outfit them with mystic embroideries to further enhance their abilities.
- Explore a vibrant woven world: Dive into an enchanting, textile landscape and be swept away by the colorful cast of characters with fully hand painted portraits, and the captivating musical score.
- Uncover hidden mysteries packed in a charming story: Gather eccentric allies on Tass’ quest to find his parents, assemble fragments of the past and eventually unveil the long forgotten secrets of the woven world.
- Creative Playground Mode: Unlock new, colorful ribbons for your Weavers during the campaign and use them in the playground feature to freely stitch and create your own digital embroidery.
If you’re also interested in games with dragons, you can check out our articles here: Medium Rare – A Party Game with Cute Dragons and Adorable Dragon + Cozy Cafe = Little Dragons Cafe. For other unique puzzle games, check out these articles here: Etherborn: A Fantastically Brilliant Puzzler and Cutesy Puzzle Action with Puyo Puyo Champions.
- Aug 6, 2019
The first Cook, Serve, Delicious! game came to PC and mobile devices in 2013. Selling more than a million copies, it was more than popular enough to warrant a sequel. Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2 was released for PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One, as well as Mac and Linux.
Now we have word that a third entry into the series will be entering the Early Access phase in January 2020. It even has a listing on Steam already! At myPotatoGames, we’re always into a good cooking game, but the food in Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3 looks so tasty that we fear that playing it may expand not only our cooking repertoire, but also our waistlines.
We could go for one of these RIGHT NOW. Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3 is set in a war-torn country that is what remains of the United States’ in 2042. But you can still make gorgeous-looking food from all over the world. Noodle bowls, ratatouille, ice cream, grilled-cheese sandwiches, poutine…oh my! (Please ignore the drooling potatoes behind the screen.) The world of traveling cuisine has become quite rough in 2042. In this version, you will occasionally need to defend your food truck from competitors. If you don’t, you could lose time on the way to the country’s new capital city of Nashville, Tennessee. There you must take part in a cooking contest to prove that you are the best in the world!
Vertigo Gaming Inc hopes to have Cook, Serve, Delicious 3! in early access for 6 to 8 months and be able to release the full version in Q3 of 2020. No word yet on which platforms the completed game will be available.
For more deliciously related news, Cooking Mama is coming back! And it’s going to be on Nintendo Switch!
- Aug 3, 2019
Hive Quest is a whimsical journey through lush, enchanted woodland filled with ancient magic, intriguing puzzles, and more! We thoroughly enjoyed playing the demo, which you can read about here, by sole developer Rod Tyson from Golden Heart Games. You can even try it out for yourself on Indie DB or Gamejolt, and Wishlist the game on Steam here. Below are the details of the current Kickstarter Campaign if you’d like to support Hive Quest, as well as a few more details about the game.
Kickstarter Campaign
You can help support this indie game through Kickstarter here from now until August 16th, 2019 with some awesome stretch goals to reach for and tons of goodies as rewards. Moreover, extra funding will also help the creator personally so he can continue developing this game as well as giving him the ability to obtain new 3D models for new levels and content, create more artwork, and add more voice acting and music! The Alpha is slated for December 2019, the Beta is April 2019, and Steam Early Access around the Summer of 2020.
Stretch Goals
- The four different tribes currently in the game will get a cool make over.
- A wider variety of plants, trees, mushrooms, insects, birds and animals.
- Puzzles, more mystery and more lore!
- Crazy encounters along with more spiffy voice acting.
- More creature pet choices, to keep the Shrublet company.
- A bigger world! More themed locations to explore.
Rewards
- Digital Wallpaper Pack
- Digital Art Book
- Special Edition Magic Portal Poster
- Beta Tester Access
- Alpha Tester Access
- Ancient Secret – Your name and a short message in a secret location
- Easter Egg – create something cool with the developer himself
- Special Kickstarter Hive Drone Skin
Hive Quest – Strange Adventures in the Wild Wood Updates
You play as drones that are part of a Hive Mind and establish yourself in your new home. Manage your resources, create new buildings, have creature pets find ingredients and guardians to protect your hive. There’s so much more to explore, magical characters and spells to discover, and puzzles to solve in this rich and enchanting world! We’re talking witches, fairies, woodland sprites and more!
Lore
The four insect tribes mentioned above even have their own pantheon of gods! Each of which will play a role in the game. There’s definitely ancient magic at work here.
- Mara : the goddess of peace and harmony. Her servant is Yuna the guide, who you will meet very early on in the demo.
- Angrith: the god of destruction, too be invoked in times of war.
- Nexir: the dark god of betrayal also exists, but his motives are shrouded in mystery.
Subterfuge and Warfare
You can create beacons from pebbles and other stuff lying around with the aid of a Beacon Spell. This will beguile the drones from an enemy hive. Furthermore, you can also use a Zealot as a spy to infiltrate an enemy hive and change its allegiance. When there are enemy hives that need squashing, you can grab a bunch of your drones and point them in their direction. You can also bring to life piles of old sticks to make a Stick Knight that will further defend your hive.
Finally, the developer has fixed many bad bugs since the last demo so you might want to return to the Old Orchard and have another go! You can grow your Hive into a powerful kingdom in Hive Quest although just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful view flying around is also a treat! Follow Rod Tyson on Twitter here to stay updated on Hive Quest’s progress.
- Aug 3, 2019
We played the demo and have the scoop on all the magic and wonder that is Hive Quest!
Hive Quest is a puzzle and adventure game developed solely by Rod Tyson (Golden Heart Games). It’s an enchanting game filled with faeries, woodland creatures, and a bug friend named Yuna. Yuna is there to help you make a new home and to tell you how to protect your hive. You can check out our previous article about the game here for the basics. Now there’s an updated demo on Indie DB that we have decided to take a shot at. See below to learn about our experience and view our gameplay video.
Finding a New Hive
You are first greeted by Yuna as he explains that the Power (a mysterious being) has sent him to guide us. Meanwhile, a man in a protective bug outfit comes toward the Hive and sprays a poisonous chemical completely destroying it. Take control of the Queen and fly away with the few survivors to a safer area while following Yuna. Now it is up to you to rebuild and manage your resources for your new Hive. All while surviving the Wild Wood and discovering the secrets of Old Orchard.
Looking for food around the new Hive Maintaining Your Resources
You have to keep track of the health meter of the Queen so that she doesn’t starve along with your Hive. You can interact with things within a circle surrounding your Hive but to truly explore the lush environment you will need to take control of your little worker bugs’ minds using Hive Mind. You’ll need to find food, such as maggots from rotten fruit, and Gloop. Gloop is gelatinous blue stuff that comes from fungi or plants that you can use as building materials.
Resources and Queen’s health 
Fungi that give Gloop
Creating New Buildings
Receive your first pulp seed from a visitor and create a workshop that will make more pulp seeds. Theses seeds will be used as blueprints for creating more buildings around your Hive. The next building will be a nursery to grow your tribe in numbers by raising baby drones. At first I thought the hanging bugs were the babies but they might just be mobiles. I have a feeling that that’s why I kept getting a message to “Lay Builder Egg”. As of now, you have to wait a certain amount of time, while giving Gloop, for these buildings to be ready. This process felt a little long but perhaps when there are more things to do around Hive it won’t feel as time-consuming.
The workshop 
The nursery
Meeting Magical Creatures
This demo has one major task; save a faerie trapped in a bottle by a Witch. Once you have done that, she will reward you with two spells you can use right away. One gives your Hive some more food, the other animates a pile of sticks into your first servant; the Stick Knight. They are made to defend your Hive from enemies.
My first Stick Knight Afterward, you meet Pog and Bella from the Snail Rider Clan who have set up a trader camp for you. They also gift you with a magical Sprite Charm which lets you create magical pets. You find your first dormant nature spirit in a tree which comes alive. Then, it begins to build itself a home within your tribe. You can follow it around and see what it is thinking with an image, which is quite adorable. My woodland sprite dug a hole in the dirt and recovered some berries. I’m assuming this pet will be quite the helpful little forager.
Pog and Bella’s camp 
My woodland sprite and his home
Controls, Graphics, Sound
I played with a mouse to move my camera around and got a little frustrated as it wouldn’t always line up with my pointer. Therefore, it could be difficult to grab objects or interact with them. Moving with WASD was simple enough while controlling a drone. However, I wish that when I let go of the forward button that my bug would come to a complete and immediate stop.
In spite of that, flying around with a drone felt quite peaceful when reaching heights. You can see all of the beautiful scenery from above and really get the feeling that you are in a forest. It was also amusing to hear the buzzing of your wings, the wind rustling the leaves of trees, and birds singing in the distance. This was definitely quite serene and captivating!
Flying around with one of my drones The cycle of night and day is fine but I found the nighttime to be a little too dark. I had trouble seeing things in the background and where I was going. The only things I can see from afar is a tiny and the slight glow from Gloop. It’s understandable as there are no other sources of light but just a little more lighting would go a long way to enhancing my experience. The shining lights for your “next location pointer” could also be a little brighter as they can become obscured from all of the tall grass in the game. Aside from that, I really appreciated the golden text to the right of my screen which occasionally displayed helpful tips.
More Information
We at myPotatoGames are excited to play more of this whimsical game so stay tuned with us for later updates with further development! You can also follow the developer on their official website here and wishlist their game on Steam here. See below for 35 minutes of gameplay for Hive Quest’s demo with the most recent update. Enjoyed watching us play a demo? Check out our review of Melbits World Pocket here. That demo is also free and available for mobile now!
Hive Quest Is Now On Kickstarter
Don’t miss your chance to help support this amazing game become all that it can be! You can do so now by supporting Hive Quest on Kickstarter! You can also go to our article here for more about the campaign.
