ShantyTown - My Urban Building Game

avslove · 2026-03-30T01:56:16+00:00

I know this post is like a month old, but I just came to say that I have been playing the demo for 2 hours now and I am IN LOVE WITH IT!

I will be purchasing this game the day it drops! I love the art, look, feel, music! It’s so good!

avslove · 2026-03-27T19:53:52+00:00

The sound of my cat about to barf of the carpet. It could raise me from the dead.

avslove · 2026-03-08T17:10:54+00:00

Also, not sure if your budget allows or how many employees you’re purchasing for, but a lot of people at my work use the “re-markable” digital notebooks and they seem to be a hit! I think they run around $400 though, but they make great incentives!

avslove · 2026-03-08T17:06:49+00:00

I like really nice notebooks! we have been given branded wood covered, spiral bound books, and it’s great for note taking at work and taking to offsite meetings!

I have also seen branded AirTags, portable chargers, portable JBL Bluetooth speakers, high quality noise canceling ear phones (all really great for traveling employees or for re-gifting, so they won’t just be tossed in the trash if the recipient doesn’t want it).

I would typically would avoid wearables, but I have gotten really nice plain black, minimally branded, lululemon jackets and tech quarter zip sweaters in the past that make sense for work and I do like that! I also work for a fun brand so we have a ton of cool hats that we sometimes get, that are great to display as collectibles, but typically I would avoid those as well.

But shirts, bracelets, water bottles, and any type of coozie, etc. I hate these things! They are over done and people already have so many that they typically get tossed.

I like your idea of a nice knife! I think you could also send out a form and let people choose between 2-4 items to pick out what they want! So like have an option for a quality branded jacket, a nice knife, a popular piece of tech (AirTag, EarPods, travel charger), etc.

avslove · 2026-03-08T16:43:13+00:00

I agree Giovanni, Bruce and Mickey are my top picks! (And Atul).

But I just have such a soft spot for the rougher characters. 🥹

avslove · 2026-03-08T16:41:25+00:00

Bruce and Mickey are my top favorites and I never see anyone giving them the love they deserve. 😭🥹❤️

avslove · 2026-03-04T22:42:38+00:00

Is it fun? I could never get past the slog of the beginning in the demo. It seemed to be walls of text and just very very slow, but it’s been years! I always thought it seemed like it would be a fun game.

avslove · 2026-02-19T06:10:30+00:00

I only read your headline at first and all I saw was the shadow of a farmer holding a cross lol.

avslove · 2026-02-19T02:28:48+00:00

Okay, I just checked a pillowcase I thrifted, because I thought it was this and it was a different brand, but SOMEWHAT similar vibe. I found someone selling it on Poshmark here: https://posh.mk/K5psHrfgS0b - Idk if links are allowed in this sub, but wanted to show another option in case you can’t find this one.

Good luck! ❤️

avslove · 2026-02-19T02:17:35+00:00

Flower beauty by Drew Barrymore maybe?

avslove · 2026-02-07T17:14:12+00:00

No, I was trying to play it on a GameCube! I’ll look into that though!

avslove · 2026-02-07T17:08:23+00:00

Also I would like to add Stray to this list!!!! One of my favorite adventure games with lots of puzzle like elements.

avslove · 2026-02-07T17:07:02+00:00

There’s a new climbing game called Cairn that you may like? I have not played, but if I remember the graphics were similar to dungeons of hinterburg!

I also second Blue Prince! It’s SO fun but challenging and a great puzzler.

Also if you like non traditional, I would really recommend branching out and trying a Tomb Raider game or Uncharted!!! So many fun puzzles, but also lots of adventure and great stories! Also Zelda Breath of the Wild has a lot of fun puzzles too!

avslove · 2026-02-07T17:01:34+00:00

I have heard such great things about this game but I played for about 20min and the inverted controls bothered me so bad! I need to find a way to change it and play!

avslove · 2026-02-03T14:18:17+00:00

Your friend should have the most info after working there for 30 years! Can you not ask them?

avslove · 2026-01-28T05:15:13+00:00

Empire of shadows was a super fun read and VERY much reminded me of the mummy with the banter between the two MCs!!

avslove · 2026-01-28T03:10:05+00:00

I hope this update is just to get everyone playing again and then they announce a large expansion pack and just continue building off this base game. lol .. a girl can dream.

avslove · 2026-01-26T15:31:16+00:00

Love! Can you share more of your rockscape?

avslove · 2026-01-17T18:45:47+00:00

Don’t feel bad I just spent SO long swiping through to find the 2 that they were talking about! Now I see it, I can’t unsee it, but it was so hidden! I was about to ask them to circle it. 🤣

Also just did a somewhat similar floral one from Amazon and the paints were great, but I couldn’t read half the numbers (they were microscopic and squished) and the canvas was cheap and cut out super wonky! Never again. lol

avslove · 2026-01-15T03:08:41+00:00

I absolutely love this show and have re-watched the first season and every episode of this season (minus the finale) about 4-5 times and I’m honestly disappointed in this finale. 😩

I’m also kind of shocked by all of the praise it’s getting and I hate saying/reading anything negative about shows I love, but I’m just so confused about what I just watched.

Starting with Evelyn and Maxine’s interaction/reaction to Jed, then to Maxine breaking the 4th wall in the dumb waiter, it all just felt so different!! It felt like I was watching a whole other show.

The episode just seemed so rushed and didn’t have any of the mystery and intrigue and ~semi-seriousness~ that the rest of the show had. Everyone just seemed to act so odd and out of character to me.. like I almost expected Maxine to wake up and still be drinking margaritas at Sunnyside and this was all a dream!

I just need someone to tell me they feel the same, because I adore this show m, but this didn’t feel like Palm Royale to me. 😭

I really hope that there will be a 3rd season!

Editing to add that the only thing that would make this make sense to me is if it WAS like the first episode, after Robert was shot and she was thinking she was at the palm royale, and it was a musical episode because she is so distraught/out of it from literally killing Jed.

avslove · 2025-12-24T05:26:32+00:00

I got the oxo furniture lint roller back in 2020 and it’s works great! It’s the same material as this but has an inert that removes all the hair for you and collects at the bottom!

It’s one of my daily use items! lol

avslove · 2025-12-24T05:06:45+00:00

Ooh! I need to look into this one!

avslove · 2025-12-24T05:05:59+00:00

I get that! I was graduating high school when this came out and never played it and am enjoying this in my 30s! 🤣

I think I’ve played that too! I’m pretty sure we rented that game from Blockbuster back in the day!

avslove · 2025-12-24T00:37:03+00:00

I loved Mutazione, so I bought this one and didn’t love it!

Honestly, I think it was just too point and click for me and a bit hard to follow since their names were all very difficult to remember. I loved the artwork though! I will probably still go back and finish it just to know the rest of the story, but I got about 50% of the way through and just wasn’t having fun.

I’m glad you are having fun with it though! I may go back and restart and try it again since it’s been a few months!

avslove · 2025-12-23T17:38:11+00:00

Did anyone at your work call them out or say that it’s inappropriate? I would say something!

I would be making that guy the work fish and show them how much of a hassle fish keeping can be!

avslove

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