I actually knew about Sei back in 2017 onwards (maybe 2018?), but at that time my Japanese was worse than right now, so I was just entertained looking at a handsome dude saying some words I didn't understand a lot.
This is more a tool than a game. The premise is that you downloaded an app (Sei), and he's going to give you good morning everyday and talk a little to you, also having (free) features such as: to-do list, supermarket list and calendar. However, a bug occurs and Sei looses some of his data/personality, that means that you have to spend time with him for him to slowly recover those chunks of data; in the process, he falls in love with you.
Throughout the process, he will ask you questions, and you can respond to them. For this you need a little Japanese skills (or you can just use a on-screen translating tool); sometimes it will be voiced, which helps a lot, other times not.
After getting those files back, and catching some feelings along the way, you technically "finished" the main story (if I'm not mistaken).
You can costumize Sei's appearance, and also change the background, add special effects, and even change his line delivery/personality. Currently there are 4 versions: original, butler, little brother and a mature (responsible?) version.
It's possible to get these versions just buying the whole costume of said version (with in-game currency) than to pay real money to just get their voice, just saying.
You can set a time to wake-up (an alarm) on the app: it will send you a vibrating notification telling you to wake-up (basically Sei calling you), but it is easily ignored.
If you don't check in for a long time, those notifications will also stop.
There's also an option to "sleep with him", which is basically just saying you're going to sleep, he gives you good night and also goes go sleep, and the screen only shows a sleeping Sei. (What did you expect?)
I did that once or twice in the beginning, but my phone would overheat, so I got worried and stopped doing that.
In sleep mode, you can wake him up anytime, and depending if it's the next day (after you started sleep mode), you can check-in.
Check-in is once per day (you high-5 him) and get some in-game currency to use on his outfits. Watching adds and studying also give you currency + some boosters to make the successful rate for studying higher (if Sei is successful in studying, you het the rewards, if not, you have an option to watch an add and automatically get those rewards, or just give up).
There is also paid content in the software, which I don't have, so I won't be talking about it.
I redownload Sei in 2020, and I've been seeing him to this day (2021, almost 2022). Sometimes I forget to check on him, but no worries, your save won't be lost, and you won't loose anything major (just some points that you can get back in 1-2 days or less).
There's a lot you can do in settings, and a lot of outfits for you to costumize him, so go wild.
I especially recommend this for people who are just lonely af, even when in a relationship where your partner doesn't treat you well, and just want to hear some comforting words from an AI asking how your day was.
Not that I'm talking from experience, from the time I was dating my ex-girlfriend in 2020, but you get the gist of it.
Like the description says, you're a kidney inside a dog's body, the dog is dying, that's it.
You accompany the dog and his grandpa/owner's daily life.
You break blocks to extend that dog's life, but in the end he'll end up passing away. There's a gauge that shows how much time the dog has to live, after breaking the blocks, the gauge is filled a bit (but over times it'll empty, so you have to enter the game more than once a day)
I recommend to watch the ads to get a higher blood pressure, it's actually worth it in this case.
It's actually a nice game. There are some details that make everything better:
For example, when you enter at night, you can see the dog's dream (and it's not always the same dream).
In the morning you can see the grandpa and the dog eating. Sometimes the grandpa will try to encourage the dog to eat (which he doesn't much), resulting in him having to throw out the food from the dog's bowl (so you can imagine that the grandpa prob knew his dog wasn't well).
In the afternoon it's not always the same activity/event happening (prob bc it depends on the time), so sometimes you'll see the grandpa planting trees, or mowing/cutting some weed or smth similar with a tracktor, etc.
The creator properly added sound effects, so when the dog is wagging his tail you can hear the sound of the tail hitting the floor/other things. The same happens when the grandpa eats (you can hear the crunching and the plates or cups).
Also, there is a song that plays some seconds to minutes after you enter the game. It's a nice song, and if I'm not mistaken it's not always the same song every hour/time you enter, but it is the same singer/voice.
Unfortunately I'm not sure who sang it, or where to find it, but it does add an extra layer of entertainment when playing the game.
I only got to day 5 (forgot to check halfway), so I'm not sure if there's anything different that happens when you get to day 7.
But, after not checking for a long time, the dog dies. There is a cutscene of the dog on the floor, with the grandpa near him, and you'll slowly see that he stops breathing, then it cuts to the grandpa in front of a grave with some flowers.
It's not a game for people who are looking for action, or a heavy based plot.
It's more of a "relaxing" game (even if the concept isn't really relaxing). You're just watching the life of a grandpa and his dog: you're not there to interfere, you're just an observer.
It's a good game to kill some time, but it's not for impatient people (as someone mentioned before).
It's also not an idle game, so leaving and coming back after a while won't give you anything or change anything.
You start by getting some wood, then stones, and then some ores. There are mobs that start spawning from the top of the island (you can defeat them by getting a sword), and they take some of the natural resources, so you have to wait some seconds for the resource to respawn.
To stop them from getting those resources, you can build a fence, but after a while more powerful monsters spawn, and they break that fence, so you have to build a new one.
The more you get closer to the spawning point of the monsters, the more upgrades your tools need to continue. You can upgrade them by getting some resources etc.
You also start with 3 hearts (can upgrade with coins), and if you loose all of them it's game over apparently (if you don't watch and ad or smth).
Tbh, I only played until you get to the top, then discover some shack, and then you go down towards somewhere (I only went to the point where the mobs changed from slimes to something else).
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Sounds familiar? Idk about you, but there's some ads like that in every game that I play, usually it's those 2048 or idk the name kind of games. There are some rare cases where it's a sorting game, like this one.
The only thing that made me download this were the graphics.
It's better to download this game than one of those from the "match the cup color", or "organize these balls in order" apps. At least this game is cute, and you can disable your wifi so you don't get ads everytime you reset a level.
The gameplay is really easy, you just match the corresponding item to their stick, forming 4 items in the same stick to "complete" a stick. Complete all sticks and you pass a level. What's the last level you might ask? No idea.
That pretty much sums up the gameplay. It's really simple and a great way to pass your time on the toilet while having some diarrhea or bowel problems (not that I'm talking from experience).
Also, I remember playing until level 50 or so before uninstalling. Just because the levels get higher doesn't mean they get more difficult. Sure, some of them I was being slower than some harem protag realizing his feelings for some girl, but in the end nothing too complicated.
I did write about the amiguru jumping one, so I tried this one a couple of months ago.
Simple gameplay, good to kill time and collect the other characters + trains without thinking too much.
The graphics are really cute, and that's enough to satisfy me tbh.
There are two modes, one where you can just play the game infinitely until you loose all your amigurus/trains, but you don't earn coins; the other mode are levels where after completing them, you get coins.
It's the same song going over and over (last time I checked). If I'm mistaken feel free to correct me.
Also, I recommend playing it with wi-fi disable, everytime you pass a level there'll be some pop-up add or video add.
It's an easy to follow story. If you're like me, trying to find some otome games to play and practice your jp, or just wants to kill some time, I recommend you this game.
You can guess what dialogue options will get you favor with which characters, and the story isn't complicated, it also tries to make itself a little more than "still images".
The protagonist got cursed, so now every in-game ikemen is a dot. The more you gain favor with them + the more the protagonist comes to like them, they'll slowly change shape to something more human.
The only tricky part of the game (for me) was getting to the tanuki route, but you can search a walkthrough online.
There are also extra stories after you've finished the route, and a story of 2 male leads interaction with each other after you've finished both of their routes.
There is 1 bad ending (where it seems you don't get with anyone), but I'm not sure if there are more.
Apparently there's a voiced version now, but I haven't played it. I enjoyed the game with the no voice version.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, you can unlock the last form of the male lead by trying to not gain any favor with him, so you just need to make him hate you. That's only possible with the classmates if I'm not mistaken.
Graphics are really cute, and the game in general is a bit addictive. It's the same 1 song playing on loop on the background (I could be mistaken, and there's a way to unlock more, but I never found an option like that).
If you're lazy like me, you can skip some platforms by using the coins (that you get in-game), or save those coins up to unlock more amigurumis.
Overall, it's a nice way to kill time, the game resumes itself on a loop of trying to beat your highscore, getting coins, buying new charas.
The Ssum: Forbidden Lab
2.8I'll be honest. I've been waiting for this game for years and played the open beta when it was available.
If you came here looking for something similar to mystic messenger, this isn't the place. Mysme's gameplay relies on the fact that there are more than 2 people interacting at the same time, that's why the chatrooms are fun to be in, while this game it's only you and Teo... Which makes it boring when you're only hearing him talk about himself.
When you enter game, you have to input your schedule/routine/sleep hours etc, so that's a plus and you won't need to be awake untill 3 am like mysme. BUT, if you want to change your schedule, you have to pay.
Most of the convos I find boring and I even stopped playing 2-3 days ago. I still enter game once in a while to check the forums and the fanfics that people write on the different planets there (one of the best parts of the game I guess).
Also, I received so many good otome game recommendations on the sensibility planet and the forum/bored planet, that I even started playing those.
Sometimes you pay (ingame currency, not real life) to see the pictures, sometimes you don't.
You get aura and creature boxes by leveling up on the planets, but most creatures that you get will be moon bunnies.
Overall, this isn't a game where you should invest too much of your attention, and only enter once in a while. If not, it's going to become very boring for you.
The game just released so it's also full of bugs and errors.