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   clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 14:55:39 JST clarity flowers

   A genre descriptor for video games that I use regularly is “… with emotions”. You combine it with other genres. Some examples:
   - Gris is a puzzle platformer with emotions
   - Journey is a 3rd person action game with emotions
   - Gorogoa is a point-and click game with emotions

   It’s cheeky but also a very useful way of describing a common formal element of games imo

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 04:31:36 JST clarity flowers

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     • Sashin

     @sashin honestly I’m not the biggest fan tho it has its time and place as a technique

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 04:31:37 JST Sashin

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     @clarity emotions is such an underrated genre in gaming!

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 05:45:03 JST clarity flowers

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     • Eve, Over Here Now

     @EveOfTheFuture is a "mapgame" something like EU? I'm not sure I can think of any though I'm certain they exist

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     Eve, Over Here Now (eveofthefuture@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 05:45:04 JST Eve, Over Here Now

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     @clarity What are the mapgames with emotions?

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Sep-2025 03:50:45 JST clarity flowers

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     • Eve, Over Here Now

     @EveOfTheFuture Frostpunk is _close_ but not quite there to being 4x With Emotions imo

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     Eve, Over Here Now (eveofthefuture@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Sep-2025 03:50:47 JST Eve, Over Here Now

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     @clarity Yeah, a 4X or grand strategy. Not sure what it would look like, but I'd be interested to play one! Or make one...