#Night Reverie

[vozchik]

[marshvlovestv]

I finished game #190 (omg) several days ago but there was quite a bit of deliberating over rankings. The bottom three are still in a nebulous muddle of “idk, they all kind of sucked.” I’ve been in quite a mood lately and haven’t been enjoying video games as much as I usually do, so I found myself slogging through or giving up on quite a few of these, even the ones I genuinely enjoyed, but I tried to be fair in spite of that.

1. Children of Morta - Rogue-lites best genre. Fight me.

2. Inscryption - Not making my list of all-time-favorite games, but it fascinates me to no end nevertheless. And the Scrybes are genuinely some of my favorite video game characters ever.

3. Cloud Gardens - This was super addicting and I can’t for the life of me explain why. I’ve played these sorts of sandbox art games before and haven’t liked them, but the puzzle/scenario aspect of this game kept it moving in a way that made it hard to put down.

4. Everhood - The moral of this game is “Murder is okay because there’s an afterlife.” Which. Um. Good thing those battles are fun as heck, amiright?

5. Night Reverie - This is a game for children, and I am not a children. But it was cute. I liked it.

6. Catlateral Damage - Stupid fun! Our other two cats do not knock stuff over but our new kitten does; I think if I’d played this after we got her I might have liked it slightly less lmao

7. Sable - I think I was pretty unfair to this game because of the whole, you know. Off my meds, major depressive episode thing. I could definitely see myself in the mindset to explore the world more thoroughly, but I was not in that mindset at the time when it mattered.

8. Rain World - I’m not one for survival sandbox type games, but I think I actually would have liked this one more if it was this open-ended “Survive as long as you can while exploring as much as you can” type of deal. That’s not what it is, though. There’s an implicit story, which means there’s an implicit goal, and the game gives you little to no feedback about how close you are to reaching that goal. You just know that it’s there and it nags at you.

9. Lavender - There was one really bad puzzle early on (the chess one) that made me put the whole game down for a week. Once I came back to it it wasn’t so awful.

10. Lonely People Potion Shop - This one was pretty awful though. Not gonna lie.

[mothwingedmyths]

Alright I have a good feeling about this game

[thesilentpotato]

just finished playing a cute game called Night Reverie. spoilers below the cut

what the FUCK was that ending i was 100% not expecting to bawl my eyes out like that 😭 they got me with the twist

[xboxissues]

New Xbox Games for July 31 2023 to August 4 2023

[magiturge]

peril in paradise

[thecryptidart1st]

When Viva Reverie posts the second part of FNAF 2 But Really Really Fast and all the memes hit you specifically in your AU and your soul simultaneously:

[feroluce]

For reasons to be expanded upon at a later date (because I love the little bits about Boothill and possible paranoia/betrayal canon gives us so very dearly HNGH) I think Boothill like... He won't let himself fall into disrepair or anything of course, but he reeeeeeeeeeally does not like letting other people poke around at his body. It's a necessary evil to him. He does whatever maintenance and repairs he can himself. He started out with a massive knowledge deficit, simply because he didn't really have any exposure to that kind of technology until he left Aeragan-Epharshal, but he's taught himself a lot since then, he worked really hard at it!

Anyway, the point being, Boothill generally isn't super trusting of people.

But I think he would come to make an exception for Himeko, since he trusts Dan Heng a lot, and Himeko is one of Dan Heng's once-in-a-lifetime dearly beloved companions.

Himeko is so unflappable, I don't think she would even bat an eye about anything he throws at her, either. Like she enters the Parlor Car one morning (she's always the first one up) and Boothill is already there, waiting for her.

"Mornin', Madam Navigator."

"Good morning, Mr. Boothill."

And despite the fact that he blatantly broke into the Express (Pom-Pom is NOT happy about this JDKSAJDSKL), Boothill tips his hat, greets her politely, and is nothing but respectful when he says he has a favor to ask of her. Except it won't stay a favor long, of course- he has every intention of paying it back.

Himeko never agrees to things blindly, but she does bring up that all the knowledge Boothill contributed during the Charmony Festival was essential to preventing the universe from being pulled into Ena's Dream. And they were able to hold onto the Jade Abacus because Boothill used Tiernan's burial relic to summon the Galaxy Rangers instead. The Astral Express owes him a debt of gratitude, and besides, he's a friend of Dan Heng's. Of course she'll try to help him.

Boothill fidgets a bit, quickly brushes off the thanks, and tells Himeko he's having a problem with error codes. He keeps getting the same one, seemingly at random times, but the darn thing has no obvious cause. Dan Heng mentioned Himeko had been the one to rebuild the Astral Express. He knows it ain't the same, but it's not like he's askin' for any major repairs or nothin'. He was wonderin' if she could just take a look, maybe offer him some insight, since she seems to be somethin' of a mechanical wonder.

So Himeko walks him back to a another car, where she goes to tinker with machines without them crowding her bedroom. It's all neatly laid out and organized, and it only takes a second for Himeko to locate some specific device with a long cord. Instead of plugging it in herself, she holds the end of it out to him, like an offer rather than a demand, and Boothill visibly relaxes a bit. He still eyes it just a little warily for a second, but he accepts and plugs it into the port on his side.

Himeko pulls up the list of all recent errors, and they really are all the same. Boothill has had multiple temperature alarms over the past couple of weeks since the Charmony Festival, and they know it's not the environment, because Penacony is mostly dreamscape and kept mild year-round. The long-forgotten natural deserts are too far away.

Boothill is staring from the corner of his one good eye, so Himeko turns the hologram to let him see what she's doing easier. They don't appear to be false alarms. His internal temperature spikes and then slowly lowers again, high enough that if it lasted it would eventually cause damage.

One option is for her to start rooting through personal data, figuring out what he was doing at the time of each code, and tracing cause and correlation.

Instead, Himeko reads out the timestamps, and asks Boothill if he minds sharing what was happening around him when it occured.

Two weeks ago: He and Dan Heng went to explore Dreamflux Reef and found a bar- nice place, good atmosphere. Woman runnin’ it was a doll. Boothill left fer not even two minutes to get them drinks (Dan Heng knows like nothin’ about liquor, Madam Navigator, can you believe this guy) and when he came back, someone had already stolen his seat and was hittin’ on Dan Heng! Dan Heng didn't even care, just shooed ‘em off. Boothill laughed and said not to let him get in his way if he wanted to meet someone. Dan Heng looked at him like he'd grown a second head. Why would he want to leave with someone else, when he came here to be with Boothill?

Twelve days ago: While laying low- er, just rustlin’ up some grub- in the Moment of Blue, Boothill passed Dan Heng with March and Caelus playin’ on the beach, buildin’ sandcastles and the like. When he passed by again almost two hours later, they were still out there, with Dan Heng pullin’ March through the water on her inner tube and Caelus hangin’ off the back of it. He swam so fast! You'd think he was part water snake or somethin’. He looked happier ‘n a cat in a sunbeam… He has a nice smile, doesn't he?

Eleven days ago: Boothill was killin’ time in Dreamflux Reef when he turned the corner down a shady alley and saw Dan Heng, surrounded by three men demandin’ “protection money.” None of ‘em stood a chance, they were all on the ground before Boothill even blinked! So cool! Boothill wants to see that spear of his closeup- Anyway, Dan Heng stepped on one of ‘em on his way out, hahaha! Boothill stepped on the same guy a second time as he hurried to catch up.

Eight days ago: Here on the Express, actually. Boothill had mentioned bein’ curious about the archives, and Dan Heng personally invited him.

(“I remember that day, I saw you in the hall.” “Was there any problem with the heating that day?” “No, none. I don't think the temperature has anything to do with these error codes. I have a different theory, keep going.” “If ya say so.”)

Boothill was fascinated by an entry on aeons, and from a single question he asked about Lan, the two of ‘em ended up talkin’ fer hours. About aeons and Paths and Emanators, Acheron and Self-Annihilators, the Sea of Nihility, Tiernan, the Nameless and the Galaxy Rangers, their burial relics and their customs. Dan Heng finally just started writin’ and editin’ the entries in real time, with Boothill pointin’ things out and tellin’ him what to add in. They were at it so late that Boothill ended up sleepin' on a couch in one of the cars.

He'd figured there had to be something to make Dan Heng chatty- he'd caught just a glimpse of it that first night they met, sittin’ at the bar in the Reverie together. He'll have to ask about the archives more often, if it gets him all revved up like that.

One week ago: After that night of energetic discussion, Dan Heng was apparently hyped up, because after he'd downed some of Himeko's coffee (“You had some too, right? What did you think of it?” “It was great, even better'n chewin’ bullets!” "Thank you! That was my newest brew, I can't wait for everyone else to try it.") he actually asked Boothill to go hunting with him. Boothill asked who their target was, and was surprised when Dan Heng pulled out photos that looked like they were from March's camera, of all things, instead of a bounty or wanted poster.

And as he sat there, studying these pictures, Dan Heng explained that he wanted to hunt down these specific memory zone memes to record them into the archives. Planets with so much memoria are a rarity, especially with the Stellaron's activity thrown into the mix, which has surely affected the local “wildlife.” He might not get another opportunity like this for a long time. And Boothill had talked last night about his extensive expertise in tracking and hunting, so he should have plenty to offer here, Dan Heng would like to learn from his experience and see how he does things!

And oh, Madam Navigator, by the time Dan Heng was done speakin', his eyes were practically sparklin'! Just lit up like the sun! Boothill could scarcely believe it! The two of them couldn't even wait another day, they set out that very morning. It had been a long, long while since Boothill had tracked someone- er, somethin’- without the intent to capture or kill. It was…actually really nice. Nostalgic, but in a good way. It might even have been his favorite day on Penacony…so…far…

Boothill trails off as a couple of realizations crash into him. All the temperature alarms he's spoken about thus far- they've all happened in the company of Dan Heng. And now that he's thinking about it, he's pretty sure even the ones he hasn't yet talked about were with him, too. Dan Heng has been responsible for all of his error codes, every. single. one.

The screen in front of Himeko suddenly refreshes to the top of the list, displaying a new notification for the current time. Alert! Core temperature above normal range.

Himeko's knowing smile is sly as a snake.

Wwwwwelp, would ya look at the time, Boothill has some errands to meet, people to run, y’know how it is, he should really get goin'-

“Oh, Mr. Boothill? About that favor.” And Boothill jolts to a stop in the doorway because fudge, he can't just leave without hearing her out. He'd given his word. He has no problem running out on someone he thinks deserves it, but Himeko really had been kind to him to try and help him out. Her voice is just as knowing as her smile, Boothill can't turn around to look at her, or else he knows he won't be able to disguise the sound of his cooling fans kicking on.

“Don't make Dan Heng wait too long, ok~?”

“Y-Yes, ma'am.”

[ballerinoloverboy]

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[aureatchi]

“oh yes, they both reach for the gun” !! BUT IT’S FYOZAI !! 🙂‍↕️ both literally & metaphorically: meursault prison escape & them trying to kill the other + using other ability users, & the song’s actual meaning of the song, how they constantly use manipulation to spin the false narratives on their side to their advantages (EVEN TO THE AUDIENCE — ex. their fake “deaths”.)

[emilysmovingcastle]

yall ever have a comfort character?

[marshvlovestv]

Night Reverie is a very sweet little point-and-click (albeit with no pointing and clicking - interaction is done entirely through the keyboard, which I personally find a little annoying)! I don’t know if I can rightly describe what it’s about, just that you’re exploring a surreal dream world. The game skews young and most of the inventory puzzles are trivially easy (there were a few mandatory mini-games that gave me a hard time though lol), but it’s fun to just breeze through games sometimes. The writing is pretty juvenile, too, but I can give it slack because it’s pretty clearly either a translation or someone writing in their second language.

[martilyongabo]

a quick drawing to commemorate the new trailer!! - 09.12.2023

[it-came-autumnally]

[away-ward]

My first thought upon reading this was 'huh, wouldn't it be funny if there was a dead body under the gym and that's why A.P. won't let anyone touch it. haha. but that's not likely.'

nobody knows where reverie is buried...

[josephthesnailshow]

Finished two attacks!

Reverie belongs to @fun-fun-chaos.

Rey Hellborn belongs to deviantart user, UpasTree.

If you want to be attacked, let me know in my inbox and if you wish to attack me, my user is JosephTheSnailShow! Alright, this is all of the attacks I will be doing today, more will be done tomorrow.