Violentvixen
(She/Her)
Just found out this year's LudoNarraCon starts today and I wanted a thread to aggregate narrative games.
I went through games from their previous year lists and here are some of my favourites, several of which I found out about through this festival. I'll have to go through my backloggery and add more later but this is a good start:
Chicory Probably my game of the year from 2021. Just fantastic, and co-op is fun.
Haven I can't find the post, but this just had a big update that let's you swap the genders of the main characters which is very cool.
Spiritfarer There's the TT thread, go play this dang game it's amazing, beautiful and emotional. This might be the best written game I've ever played?
Svoboda 1945 Liberation Czech history. Very niche but I love it.
Umurangi Generation There's the TT thread, go take pictures of things in a weird depressing yet cool but also rebel punk world? Haven't beaten this one but it's wild.
Unpacking Tells a story in a relaxing yet puzzle-y way. Satisfying sound design.
Coffee Talk Barista game in an interesting sci-fi/fantasy world. Sadly the creator passed away earlier this year, but it looks like Coffee Talk 2 has a demo in this year's con and planned to release in 2023.
Neo Cab I want to be a Quantum Witch.
VA-11 Hall-A Bartender game, lots of intense discussions and a few characters fall flat but I like it. Haven't heard anything about the sequel for years sadly.
Her Story Dig through an archive to try to piece together what happened. It took me a while to get into the flow of this one but once I did I love it.
I went through games from their previous year lists and here are some of my favourites, several of which I found out about through this festival. I'll have to go through my backloggery and add more later but this is a good start:
Chicory Probably my game of the year from 2021. Just fantastic, and co-op is fun.
Haven I can't find the post, but this just had a big update that let's you swap the genders of the main characters which is very cool.
Spiritfarer There's the TT thread, go play this dang game it's amazing, beautiful and emotional. This might be the best written game I've ever played?
Svoboda 1945 Liberation Czech history. Very niche but I love it.
Umurangi Generation There's the TT thread, go take pictures of things in a weird depressing yet cool but also rebel punk world? Haven't beaten this one but it's wild.
Unpacking Tells a story in a relaxing yet puzzle-y way. Satisfying sound design.
Coffee Talk Barista game in an interesting sci-fi/fantasy world. Sadly the creator passed away earlier this year, but it looks like Coffee Talk 2 has a demo in this year's con and planned to release in 2023.
Neo Cab I want to be a Quantum Witch.
VA-11 Hall-A Bartender game, lots of intense discussions and a few characters fall flat but I like it. Haven't heard anything about the sequel for years sadly.
Her Story Dig through an archive to try to piece together what happened. It took me a while to get into the flow of this one but once I did I love it.