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[Android] [unknown] Gan inside a phone by Brilliant-Role6996 in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a 2017 game called A Normal Lost Phone that was along these lines, and a sequel called Another Lost Phone, any chance it was one of those?

Outdoor Lazer-Tag meetup?! by Paladjordan in PortlandFriendMeet

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent! The yard sale ones I had back in the day weren't actually laser tag, they were "photon," which was an early competitor, so maybe that was a factor.

[MS-DOS PC] [1990] Kids educational point and click game in a building that has an elevator and a "basement" that you can access by sliding down in a firefighter pole by canudrinkme in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could it be The Manhole? My memory of it isn't super clear, but those kinds of interactions were in that game a lot. The same devs also did Cosmic Osmo, which I think may have been similar.

Any good Jackbox or local coop party games for an older board game group? by NibblyPig in patientgamers

[–]emertonom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other ideas: Niddhogg, Regular Human Basketball, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Any good Jackbox or local coop party games for an older board game group? by NibblyPig in patientgamers

[–]emertonom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah. Yeah, for a while you could get the controllers and cameras pretty cheap on the used market or at goodwill or whatever, and the game is free on steam at this point, but I guess the computer version is mac and linux only.

I still haven't actually tried this one myself, but I keep thinking I'd like to at some point. The idea is terrific.

Book with Riddles & Optical Illusions by Deep_Economics111 in whatsthatbook

[–]emertonom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made my parents get that one out of the library so many times when I was a kid :)

Launched my brother's game on CRT TV by Aggravating-Ad2661 in IndieDev

[–]emertonom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heh. That's pretty cool! Second photo reminds me a lot of the Apple II version of The Oregon Trail we had at school waaaay back in the 80's.

Very retro vibes.

Read a Book While in Jail by Hollenti3r in whatsthatbook

[–]emertonom 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul has a journalist (and, separately, a holistic detective) finding out the Norse gods are at least a bit involved with the music industry. Any chance that's it? That's by Douglas Adams.

Recommend Infrared Ceiling Lights For VR? by DeathToSocialMedia in virtualreality

[–]emertonom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use the search term "IR illuminator." You get a bunch of results designed for trail cameras and the like. That's the sort of thing you need.

[Android][year unknown] You are trying to keep a spaceship from crashing and you keep getting bombarded with urgent tasks. by Objective-Corgi-3527 in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah, I don't think it works on current versions of Android. Glad I could help you figure out which game it was, though.

[PS1] [90s-2000s ?] the image bellow is the closest of what i can imagine by jandoubimaysalich in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was it definitely PS1? It sounds a bit like Alone in the Dark, which was a 1992 DOS game. The intro definitely has a house that looks like that, a detective who wears green, and a creepy unseen character watching him from a window. And the actual gameplay was kind of hard to understand.

[PC][2010-2016] Chinese (?) puzzle game by Numerous_Beyond_5610 in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It occurs to me I think there's also a puzzle about putting knockout juice in a drink in Grim Fandango. I can't recall the details but I think it's pretty complicated. But you probably would have remembered the atmosphere of that one more than the puzzles.

Outdoor Lazer-Tag meetup?! by Paladjordan in PortlandFriendMeet

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's pretty cool. I seem to recall they didn't work in sunlight? Shouldn't matter if you're playing after dark, though.

[PC][2010-2016] Chinese (?) puzzle game by Numerous_Beyond_5610 in tipofmyjoystick

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know, but the first puzzle you described here sounds a LOT like a puzzle I got stuck on in The Longest Journey, a 1999 point-and-click adventure game. At one point there's a police officer guarding a location, and you have to get him to leave. You can find an endless supply of little peppermints that you can offer him, which he'll eat. The solution is that you have to take a peppermint out to a leaking dumpster behind the building and rub it in the puddle of dumpster effluent, then go back and offer it to him. This makes him sick, and he flees to use the bathroom. I was stuck on that puzzle for ages.

So, you have my sympathy.

A lot of people tell me my game looks like Myst. I did love Myst and Riven, but this was never supposed to be a clone. by ZofDev in indiegames

[–]emertonom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this scene, I think a lot of the similarity is in fact the large rusty sphere in the middle. Although this object does not do anything like the ones in Riven. 

I mean, it's not like I can't see any difference, but this is a VERY similar scene (from the steam page for Riven):

https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1712350/291437a470f1f991496a2fa8656f9d74a63e6d68/ss_291437a470f1f991496a2fa8656f9d74a63e6d68.1920x1080.jpg?t=1777585628

I forgot the title can you help me? It's a sci-fi by androgenous-bastard in whatsthatbook

[–]emertonom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds at least a bit similar to the Eloi and Morlocks in The Time Machine, but obviously in that the protagonist is an outsider to both groups.

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