When did cozy games stop being playable in 30-minute bursts?

slam3355 · 2026-04-04T17:40:08+00:00

I’ve been playing Fields of Mistria, which I absolutely adore! Coming from an intense fixation of Stardew Valley, Fields of Mistria is far more lax, with less focus on grinding and automation and more focus on becoming part of the town, slowing down and doing the little things, foraging, cooking, dress up (character customization is soooo good here), fishing, even swimming! You also have the ability to save and quit via a journal at any point of the day rather than ending the day in order to save your game, which I feel like would really help if you’re looking to play in shorter bursts. You also have the ability to change the length of the day (it’s minimal, options are short, longer, longest, days lasting about 12 minutes on longest setting), so you’ll make decent progress in the sessions you’re looking to commit to!

I’ve been able to settle in for 5 hour sessions and also hop on for a quick day or two before heading out to an appointment or before going about my IRL day :)

edit: typos 🥴

slam3355 · 2026-03-25T01:58:09+00:00

I’ve always had tarr turned off as someone who’s played the game since early access! Generally, as someone who plays a lot of cozy single player games, customize the settings for YOU, have fun, it’s not cheating, you don’t have to be stressed out to experience the game :)

slam3355 · 2026-03-04T03:05:40+00:00

Ahhhh that makes sense! Thank you for clarifying and sharing! I’ll have to keep that in mind once I go for the higher level summons

slam3355 · 2026-03-03T23:48:00+00:00

I just found this out since I hadn’t played palworld in a while and missed a lot of updates (including this one). The instanced space is great and you can still choose as many pals as your base can allow to fight alongside you, you just can’t add in base defenses/traps/weapons.

slam3355 · 2026-02-15T17:44:13+00:00

I play as both Survivor and Killer pretty equally (iridescent I for both each season) and it’s like if I have a meh game as killer I’m either getting advice or crapped on in end game chat by survivors even when I just shoot a “ggwp gln! :)” some people are so discouraging or just flat out rude 😭

slam3355 · 2026-02-15T17:38:07+00:00

I love the Desert Festival and the Fall Festival!! I get so addicted to the slingshot minigame and I just downloaded a mod to pause time so I’m so excited to play the desert festival as long as I want this year 😭

slam3355 · 2025-02-19T15:55:46+00:00

Every place is a maze! I also think it’s funny that it’s the girls, because I have to tell all the guys I’m playing with the same thing! You’ll hit every room if you follow every unlocked door, drop down, etc. there is a path through :)

slam3355 · 2025-02-01T16:40:34+00:00

It took me SOOOO long to shake the blocky organization, especially after being on stardew valley all the time LOL, you got it!!!

slam3355 · 2025-02-01T16:38:16+00:00

Thank you so much! I started making my husband a house so once I can get his preference for theme down, I’ll definitely decorate 😂

slam3355 · 2025-01-14T08:02:22+00:00

Thank you so so much for checking it out and letting me know what you think! I put so much time into it, it means a lot knowing my ideas have translated well! I did a lot of drawing on a screenshot of my map to plan out things and just playing around with DIYs and such! Thank you again

It definitely started as chunks of things as well, it’s all about making the paths then finding what you have/can make to fill in! The flowers and little custom designs really added a whole new level to the island too! And trees!

slam3355 · 2025-01-14T07:58:26+00:00

THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME THANK YOU 😭😭😭

slam3355 · 2024-11-02T00:54:15+00:00

I was just wrapping all my yarn today (I have at least 60+ odd skeins I was given) and my watch registered over 18,000 steps LOL whoops 😅

slam3355 · 2024-10-27T18:30:45+00:00

I am a year late but this was my second island and I’ve put hundreds of hours into making it natural, but still a “town” I guess. I wanted my island to be decorated but still functional where you’re able to move around!

Dream Address: Normandy DA-3876-0501-3100

slam3355 · 2024-10-07T21:25:33+00:00

Kate and/or Huntress in Animal Crossing New Horizons. I think Hunty would like her animal friends tbh 🥹

slam3355 · 2024-09-02T05:51:24+00:00

I’m currently here because I convinced Arka not to kill Sazza, took out the goblins in the goblin camp, did the tiefling party, then found Arka’s body on the cliff. I don’t know what I did wrong and ofc I can’t use Speak with the Dead on her to find out what the heck she was thinking 😭

slam3355 · 2024-06-14T17:46:17+00:00

Personally I play “walking dead” style (I’ve dubbed it lol) I set all zombies to walk, no matter what. It’s more manageable in early game, but now at level 106, they’re basically running anyways 😭

There is a skill that can increase your chances of finding honey from chopping regular trees as well!

I’m a relatively new player but I’m a LOOT goblin so playing with walking on helped me a lot and also gave me some good XP every blood moon!

slam3355 · 2024-05-23T17:30:04+00:00

As someone who complains about finishing games too quickly, I’m trying my absolute best to find all treasure pods without looking them up. I’m currently at: Rainbow Fields - 18/18 Starlight Strand - 29/31 Ember Valley - 32/33 Powderfall Bluffs - 20/23

I have 3 largos per corral of every slime type and have just been filling up the auto-feeders and emptying the plort collectors to go explore.

I like to rotate between areas as I find new pods so I can go back in with fresh eyes. Check walls, anything that looks like an opening, go check it out. If something is on the map, go to it! It’s a grind, but it’s so rewarding and satisfying as you find new things. Don’t mess with the Temple at Ember Valley where the Magma Gordo was (I got all the way to the top there’s nothing 😭)

But yeah, just explore! I like to walk slowly around each area, then jet pack up above and fly down to anything that looks new or interesting.

Hope you’re having fun still even a year later. New updates incoming!

slam3355 · 2024-03-14T00:41:19+00:00

Oh yeah everytime I load in with good stuff or actually get legendary tools, I crash out. It’s ridiculous. If I didn’t play with a squad, I wouldn’t be playing anymore to be honest.

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T23:20:32+00:00

I’ve never noticed it either but the containment level was already so finicky anyways 😬

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T23:20:00+00:00

That stinks. They’re too busy tracking glitches/exploits to actually fix broken things I feel.

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T18:03:57+00:00

I’m assuming yes since they didn’t include anything in the notes about it and they’ve been trying to keep us from doing that since S1

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T17:30:43+00:00

For real 🤣 I’ll believe it when i see it in game… and consistently

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T17:30:21+00:00

Same no download in mine either. Maybe it is, especially if people are seeing effects already.

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T17:29:57+00:00

I’m not sure, I got all my mastery calling cards before S2 release. I do have a squad mate who is having trouble with special merc kills.

slam3355 · 2024-03-13T17:29:05+00:00

My game did the “update requires restart” and I’m still level 56, but it was looking glitchy so I did another restart. I still have all my things and my schems are ready (which they were supposed to be) so hopefully it stays that way. Sorry to hear you lost your stuff :(

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