What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow (Android)

October 7th, 2024

Yesterday, it occurred to me that of my goal to beat 12 RPGs in 2024, I have, if I am being generous with the definition of RPG, cleared 3 of them. Because of that, I got really set on figuring out how I can clear 9 RPGs in less than 3 months yesterday. It was unproductive, but fun to consider.

Also unproductively, I kicked off a new RPG yesterday, starting Metro Quester. I intended to play it just a little, and played for two hours. It's a very bare bones dungeon crawler, but I felt really hooked by it! I don't know how much I'll play it during the week, since it's hard to put down and sleep is somewhat important, but I'm looking forward to playing it more.

I finished my first hour or so gameplay loop in Refind Self: The Personality Test Game, and think that it's interpreting a quick reading speed as my being ultra decisive. I have at least two more loops I want to do before calling this one cleared, since there's still stuff I want to explore, and since there's a turn based battle in this, I'm classifying it as an RPG. I feel more powerful that way.

Early in the day, I also played Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow while I was refusing to get out of bed. I really did not want to get up, so I made decent progress in repairing my ship. This is the true value of mobile gaming.

October 4th, 2024

Yesterday, things felt vaguely fall-ish, which made me want to play a Pokemon game. I ended up going with a non-traditional choice, though, and picked Pokemon Polyhedral, a solo tabletop RPG that I found on itch.io a while back. Solo TTRPGs are fun, but I usually play them as creative writing aids, which I don't want to share. This one is more of a pure dice-rolling game, though, and the theme is video game-y, too, so it seemed less daunting to post about. Last night was a small start to my new Pokemon journey, but I've got three Pokemon in my party for my next round of play and am ready to burn through many brightly colored legal pads on this quest.

Other than that, it was just a mobile game day. I played quite a lot of Bleach: Soul Puzzle before dinner, finding out it's the perfect thing to play in an allergy med induced haze.

Before bed, I also checked off piles of tasks in Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow, which was fine. I play this one less than the other G123 games because it runs a little poorly on my phone, but sometimes, having it on my phone comes in handy. 'Tis a tricky balance.

September 1st, 2024

I'm starting September with big allergies, but equally notable cheer! My first thing for today, I went back and forth about posting, but ultimately decided it would be fun. Right now, I'm trying to make use of the many, many craft supplies I have gathered, so I decided that I wanted to do at least two crafts a week- a cat themed craft and a girl themed craft for ease of sorting. To start, I just did two tiny cross stitches from an Osamu Tezuka pattern book yesterday, making the first cat of the week Jungle Emperor Leo/Kimba the White Lion and the first girl of the week Pinoko from Black Jack! They're little quickie projects for sure, but I'm still really happy with them. It'll be fun to do more!

I didn't play a ton of games yesterday, since I wasn't at home. I played Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow on my phone for a little bit, which was a good chance to shut my brain off.

I also did another of the 15-minute exercises in Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star in an effort to wake myself up. It didn't work, but I gave it a shot!

August 31st, 2024

It's the last day of August, and I am very sleepy! I had trouble focusing yesterday, so I ran Merge Pixel for a few hours. I didn't make any progress, but having it there as a screen to clear after meeting my goals was decently useful. Clickers are a decent focus tool.

Speaking of clickers, I also tried G123's Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow, which is another anime skin on what seems to be their most common game. I put this one on my phone, so I can play it "on the go," and it feels a bit cluttered on the smaller screen. There's a button to fire a cannon, though, and the explosion is pretty satisfying.

I did a 15 minute long single workout in Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star, too. I got to the end and forgot what I'd done for the past five minutes, but my score was good, so it was fine.