Over the past few weeks, I've mostly been working on my final year lab report - which is worth 16% of my total grade over the four years, and so effectively decides my degree classification - but I have also been playing some games. I finished Idle Evolution, a cute little game based around the periodic table. You unlock extractors which extract atoms, and you spend those atoms on further upgrades, basically playing through the history of the universe and life on earth. Unlike other idle games, there's no resetting for an increased overall bonus, and you can finish the whole thing in 24 hours (according to the steam achievement) if you keep the game active. Annoyingly, that means in the foreground, not just open. When it considers itself closed - either literally or in the background - the number of atoms drops drastically, and, even if it didn't, you can't store enough atoms to bother leaving it alone for too long. It was a fun way of becoming comfortable with the periodic table. I needed some chemistry to begin my degree (genetics), and some was required in first year, and I'd say that's about the level this game is - pre- or early university.
I also played an actual educational game, The King's Request. That was a really fun little game - took me about half an hour, though I did replay the last half of the game to make sure I hadn't missed anything - and it was free. To defeat enemies, you need to answer a quick question about their physiology. There are a maximum of four answers and no penalties for getting it wrong, so you could just guess your way through. It's really well put together, as a game, and I enjoyed playing it, despite my anatomy being less than my chemistry (some pre-uni and an optional module in first year, so theoretically the same, but I've needed to recall the knowledge less since).
I also completed Dark Parables: Curse of Briar Rose because I (correctly) predicted that it was short enough to play in one sitting. I really enjoyed it. I'm normally bad at point-and-click games, but this was at just the right level of mystery for me. That said, my previous experience was in playing the Discworld 1 and 2, which are notoriously difficult, so maybe I'm not so bad. Through I struggled with (and gave up on) Deponia, so...
Oh, I did finally complete the first Discworld game! It's available for free online. I followed a guide.
One of the issues I've been having with games - apart from being a compulsive buyer - is that I really like long, involved RPGs but, since starting my degree, I've not had the brain power free to focus on them. I've replayed some that I'd finished before - FFX and X-2, FFIX, FFVIII, etc - but a lot of the time, I'd buy them, play for a little while, and then realise I didn't have the energy to focus on it long term. That's why I didn't finish Alphadia Genesis before challenging myself to play all my games this year. I'm still playing through the Phoenix Wright Trilogy, and I really like it's episodic nature, for reasons of following the plot.
Oh, I'm still playing my sims game, though slowly. Since the christmas sale, I now own all of the DLC, so my total price for the Sims 3 is £190.50. I have played it for 390 hours though, so my price per hour is 49p, and that will drop further over time. So it's fine! Oh, theoretically, I'm still playing the Banner Saga, but I've not opened it in a while. I'm also replaying Anodyne just because I felt like it (but not enough to buy the sequel).
| Game | Paid | Hours | Cost per Hour | Achievements | Status | Comments |
| 7th Guest | £3.50 | 7.00 | £0.50 | NA | Completed | |
| 11th Hour | £3.50 | 8.00 | £0.44 | NA | Completed | |
| 13th Doll | £23.79 | 14.00 | £1.70 | NA | Completed | |
| 1bitHeart | £0.99 | 10.00 | £0.10 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| The 39 Steps | £1.09 | 5.00 | £0.22 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| About Love, Hate, and the Other Ones | £0.49 | 7.00 | £0.07 | NA | Completed | |
| Alicemare | £1.39 | 2.00 | £0.70 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Alphadia Genesis | £6.99 | 70.00 | £0.10 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Amnesia: Memories | £7.19 | 30.00 | £0.24 | 100.0% | Completed | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Analogue: A Hate Story | £4.68 | 5.00 | £0.94 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Hate Plus | £6.99 | 7.00 | £1.00 | 90.9% | Completed | 1 achievement is impossible. |
| Anodyne | £0.69 | 20.00 | £0.03 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Aveyond 3-1: Lord of Twilight | £1.39 | 20.00 | £0.07 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| BAD END | £1.04 | 2.00 | £0.52 | NA | Completed | |
| The Banner Saga | £3.74 | 2.00 | £1.87 | 28.2% | In Progress | |
| Bioshock Infinite | £4.99 | 0.00 | £4.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Black Mirror I | £1.74 | 0.00 | £1.74 | NA | Not Played | |
| Black the Fall | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Blush Blush | £5.37 | 202.00 | £0.03 | 84.2% | Ongoing | |
| The Book of Legends | £1.09 | 0.38 | £2.84 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| Boundless | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Braid | £6.99 | 16.00 | £0.44 | 91.7% | Completed | |
| Broken Age | £2.87 | 0.00 | £2.87 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons | £2.74 | 0.50 | £5.48 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Carpe Diem | £0.00 | 0.13 | £0.00 | 50.0% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| The Cat Lady | £7.19 | 0.20 | £35.95 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this. Could not find purchase, price from Steam. |
| Catherine Classic | £10.04 | 0.00 | £10.04 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Celestian Tales: Old North | £3.99 | 61.00 | £0.07 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Children of Zodiarcs | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| The Chosen RPG | £0.39 | 12.00 | £0.03 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Cinderella Phenomenom | £0.00 | 28.00 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Civilisation V | £4.99 | 18.00 | £0.28 | 7.7% | Completed | |
| Confess My Love | £0.00 | 1.95 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy | £6.50 | 0.30 | £21.65 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| The Crooked Man | £1.67 | 0.00 | £1.67 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Crush Crush | £27.21 | 582.00 | £0.05 | 100.0% | Ongoing | |
| Crystal Story II | £0.67 | 0.02 | £40.20 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Crystalline | £3.74 | 0.00 | £3.74 | NA | Not Played | |
| CUPID | £0.00 | 9.00 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Cursed Treasure 2 | £3.99 | 8.00 | £0.50 | 56.6% | Did Not Finish | Completed on another platform |
| Dark Parables: Curse of Briar Rose | £2.44 | 5.00 | £0.49 | NA | Not Played | |
| Deadbeat Heroes | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Death and Taxes | £8.24 | 0.00 | £8.24 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten | £3.95 | 105.00 | £0.04 | 63.3% | Completed | |
| Degrees of Separation | £3.87 | 3.00 | £1.29 | 50.0% | In Progress | |
| Deponia | £0.69 | 0.72 | £0.96 | 15.8% | Did Not Finish | |
| Destiny Warriors | £0.13 | 0.00 | £0.13 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Dinner Date | £1.49 | 0.33 | £4.47 | NA | Completed | |
| Disgaea | £14.99 | 89.00 | £0.17 | 40.0% | In Progress | Previously completed on another platform |
| Disgaea 2 | £3.74 | 0.00 | £3.74 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| DLC Quest | £0.99 | 0.00 | £0.99 | 90.9% | Completed | |
| Doki Doki Literature Club | £0.00 | 14.00 | £0.00 | NA | Completed | |
| DoraKone | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | NA | Not Played | |
| Dream Daddy | £7.33 | 0.68 | £10.73 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Dreamscape | £0.44 | 0.00 | £0.44 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Désiré | £2.69 | 0.00 | £2.69 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Dysfunctional Systems | £0.99 | 0.00 | £0.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| eden* | £4.49 | 0.00 | £4.49 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Emily is Away | £0.00 | 0.97 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Eternal Destiny | £2.24 | 0.00 | £2.24 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Eternal Hour: Golden Hour | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Eternal Senia | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Everlasting Summer | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| EvilMaze | £0.79 | 0.00 | £0.79 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Evoland | £1.74 | 17.00 | £0.10 | 100.0% | Not Played | |
| Factorio | £21.00 | 3.00 | £7.00 | NA | Did Not Finish | |
| Fear Effect Sedna | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Final Bravely | £1.39 | 0.00 | £1.39 | NA | Not Played | |
| Final Fantasy III | £5.49 | 3.00 | £1.83 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Final Fantasy IV | £5.49 | 0.52 | £10.63 | 1.7% | Did Not Finish | Completed on another platform |
| Final Fantasy Type 0 | £9.99 | 1.03 | £9.67 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Final Fantasy V | £5.49 | 0.00 | £5.49 | 0.0% | Not Played | Completed on another platform |
| Final Fantasy VI | £5.49 | 0.00 | £5.49 | 0.0% | Not Played | Almost completed on PS1, but never actually finished |
| Final Fantasy VII | £0.00 | 240.00 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | Gift |
| Final Fantasy VIII | £9.99 | 351.00 | £0.03 | 95.6% | Completed | |
| Final Fantasy IX | £7.99 | 148.00 | £0.05 | 91.8% | Completed | |
| Final Fantasy X/X-2 | £19.99 | 499.00 | £0.04 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Final Fantasy XIII | £5.49 | 0.38 | £14.32 | 2.9% | Did Not Finish | |
| Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition | £14.48 | 0.00 | £14.48 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden | £2.30 | 5.00 | £0.46 | 11.4% | Did Not Finish | |
| Forgotten Anne | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Fox Hime Zero | £1.69 | 0.00 | £1.69 | 0.0% | Not Played | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Fran Bow | £3.44 | 0.00 | £3.44 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Goetia | £3.39 | 12.00 | £0.28 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Gone Home | £10.99 | 0.27 | £41.21 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Greyfox | £0.13 | 0.00 | £0.13 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Hatoful Boyfriend | £1.74 | 1.50 | £1.16 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Helen's Mysterious Castle | £1.59 | 0.00 | £1.59 | NA | Not Played | |
| Her Story | £2.99 | 0.00 | £2.99 | 0/13% | Not Played | |
| Hero Generations | £8.11 | 1.63 | £4.97 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Heroine Anthem Zero | £6.49 | 0.00 | £6.49 | NA | Not Played | |
| Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnorak | £0.00 | 0.17 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| House of Hell | £3.99 | 14.00 | £0.29 | 93.3% | Completed | |
| Huniepop | £1.74 | 132.00 | £0.01 | 10.0% | Completed | Cleared achievements for replay |
| Huniecam Studio | £1.24 | 20.00 | £0.06 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 | £11.39 | 0.35 | £32.54 | 2.2% | Did Not Finish | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sister's Generation | £11.39 | 0.00 | £11.39 | 0.0% | Not Played | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| I Love You, Colonel Sanders | £0.00 | 1.72 | £0.00 | NA | Completed | |
| Idle Evolution | £3.49 | 31.00 | £0.11 | 57.5% | Completed | |
| The King's Request | £0.00 | 0.47 | £0.00 | NA | Completed | |
| Labyrinthine Dreams | £0.99 | 4.00 | £0.25 | 100.0% | Not Played | |
| Labyronia RPG | £0.53 | 0.00 | £0.53 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Labyronia RPG 2 | £0.53 | 0.00 | £0.53 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Lake of Voices | £0.00 | 1.02 | £0.00 | 8.3% | Did Not Finish | |
| Lara Croft GO | £1.99 | 15.00 | £0.13 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| The Last Remnant | £7.99 | 11.00 | £0.73 | NA | Did Not Finish | |
| Last Word | £1.39 | 25.00 | £0.06 | 0.0% | Completed | Cleared achievements for replay |
| Leaflet Love Story | £1.04 | 0.00 | £1.04 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Legend of Mysteria | £0.53 | 0.00 | £0.53 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Let's not stay friends | £2.31 | 3.00 | £0.77 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Life is Strange | £3.19 | 0.67 | £4.79 | 1.7% | Did Not Finish | Makes me very seasick |
| Lilly Looking Through | £6.99 | 0.32 | £22.07 | NA | Did Not Finish | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| A Little Lily Princess | £10.99 | 6.00 | £1.83 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Long Live the Queen | £4.19 | 19.00 | £0.22 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Lucy - The Eternity She Wished For | £2.79 | 0.00 | £2.79 | NA | Not Played | |
| Marie's Room | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Material Girl | £0.47 | 0.00 | £0.47 | NA | Not Played | |
| MEMENTO | £1.91 | 0.85 | £2.25 | NA | Not Played | |
| Milennium - A New Hope | £0.47 | 0.12 | £4.03 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| Mirror | £1.69 | 0.00 | £1.69 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| missed messages. | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | NA | Not Played | |
| Monster Loves You! | £1.87 | 2.00 | £0.94 | 28.6% | Completed | |
| Moon Hunters | £4.99 | 0.00 | £4.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Moonchild | £7.67 | 0.00 | £7.67 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Ms. Splosion Man | £6.99 | 1.77 | £3.96 | 8.3% | Did Not Finish | |
| Mysterium | £0.27 | 0.97 | £0.28 | NA | Completed | |
| Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| A New Beginning - Final Cut | £0.79 | 0.00 | £0.79 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Notch - the Innocent LunA: Eclipsed Sinner | £2.37 | 0.00 | £2.37 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| The Novelist | £1.09 | 0.00 | £1.09 | NA | Not Played | |
| Oblivious Garden | £3.73 | 0.00 | £3.73 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Octahedron: Transfixed Edition | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| An Octave Higher | £2.24 | 0.00 | £2.24 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| OCTOPATH TRAVELER | £24.99 | 30.00 | £0.83 | 22.7% | In Progress | |
| Oh My Godheads | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| One Way Heroics | £0.68 | 0.00 | £0.68 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| ONINAKI Demo | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | NA | Not Played | |
| Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy | £3.74 | 0.00 | £3.74 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Papers, Please | £3.49 | 0.68 | £5.11 | 7.7% | Not Played | |
| Phantom Brave | £2.74 | 0.00 | £2.74 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy | £14.99 | 51.00 | £0.29 | 70.0% | In Progress | |
| Plague Inc: Evolved | £11.99 | 0.00 | £11.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Pocket Waifu | £0.00 | 0.08 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| Portal 2 | £3.74 | 0.18 | £20.40 | 2.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| PRICE | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Princess Maker Refine | £3.26 | 0.00 | £3.26 | 0.0% | Not Played | Completed on another platform |
| Princess Maker 2 Refine | £5.09 | 0.00 | £5.09 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| The Princess' Heart | £3.99 | 6.00 | £0.67 | 13.3% | Did Not Finish | |
| PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness | £9.99 | 0.00 | £9.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale | £2.59 | 7.00 | £0.37 | NA | Did Not Finish | |
| Richard & Alice | £4.79 | 0.47 | £10.26 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| RPG Maker VX Ace | £52.99 | 24.00 | £2.21 | NA | Completed | Used to create a game to propose to my fiance |
| The Sacred Tears TRUE | £6.48 | 0.00 | £6.48 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Science Girls | £0.79 | 0.00 | £0.79 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Season of 12 Colours | £1.99 | 1.28 | £1.55 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossoms | £2.99 | 6.00 | £0.50 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Secret of Magia | £0.13 | 0.00 | £0.13 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Seduce Me the Otome | £0.00 | 5.00 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Sentinels of the Multiverse | £0.27 | 0.70 | £0.38 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | |
| Sepia Tears | £0.00 | 3.00 | £0.00 | 36.4% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| Shattered Hourglass | £6.47 | 0.00 | £6.47 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| She Remembered Caterpillars | £2.69 | 0.00 | £2.69 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Silence of the Sleep | £0.38 | 0.00 | £0.38 | NA | Completed | |
| The Sims 3 | £190.50 | 390.00 | £0.49 | NA | Ongoing | |
| Spyro Reignited Trilogy | £6.50 | 55.00 | £0.12 | 74.3% | Did Not Finish | |
| Spyro the Dragon | Completed | |||||
| Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage | Completed | |||||
| Spyro: Year of the Dragon | Did Not Finish | Too much lag | ||||
| Stardew Valley | £0.00 | 0.50 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Did Not Finish | Gift |
| Stories Untold | £1.74 | 1.40 | £1.24 | 23.1% | Did Not Finish | |
| The Suicide of Rachel Foster | £11.24 | 0.00 | £11.24 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Sunless Sea | £6.24 | 9.00 | £0.69 | 25.9% | Did Not Finish | |
| Tailor Tales | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Tales of Symphonia | £14.99 | 2.00 | £7.50 | 5.1% | Did Not Finish | Previously completed on another platform |
| Tales of Zestiria | £9.99 | 0.00 | £9.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Ticket to Ride | £0.27 | 32.00 | £0.01 | 62.7% | Completed | |
| To Be or Not to Be | £0.99 | 0.00 | £0.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| To the Moon | £1.87 | 5.00 | £0.37 | 100.0% | Completed | |
| Tokyo Dark | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Trick & Treat | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Trick and Treat - Visual Novel | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| TUG | £0.00 | 2.00 | £0.00 | NA | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| The Turing Test | £0.80 | 0.00 | £0.80 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Undefeated | £0.99 | 0.00 | £0.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Vagrant Hearts | £0.44 | 0.23 | £1.89 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Valdis Story: Abyssal City | £10.99 | 0.00 | £10.99 | 0.0% | Not Played | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Valkyria Chronicles | £7.49 | 0.00 | £7.49 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Virginia | £0.69 | 0.00 | £0.69 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Voices from the Sea | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | NA | Not Played | |
| The Witcher: Enhanced Edition | £3.49 | 0.00 | £3.49 | NA | Not Played | |
| XOXO Droplets | £0.00 | 1.90 | £0.00 | 5.6% | Did Not Finish | I have no memory of this |
| The Yawhg | £6.99 | 0.00 | £6.99 | NA | Not Played | Could not find purchase - price from Steam Store. |
| Your Dry Delight | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | 0.0% | Not Played | |
| Yume Nikki | £0.00 | 0.00 | £0.00 | NA | Not Played | |
| Zenge | £0.00 | 9.00 | £0.00 | 100.0% | Completed | Gift |
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