Cozy Gamer Cast

We LOVE Fall. So this week we're talking indie games set in the Fall or that just give us those delightful autumn vibes. With spooky season behind us and Christmas markets on the horizon, we also chat about why we’re looking forward to the cold weather, some big life changes, and why marketing jobs can be the worst. Before Your Eyes discussion 6:34 Gaming news 12:30 Discussing new releases, more AAA studios making cozy games, and Disney Dreamlight Valley drops its promise to be free-to-play. Games mentioned: My Time at Sandrock, A Tiny Sticker Tale, Jusant, Paleo Pines Games with Fall Vibes 33:18 Games mentioned: Firewatch, Night in the Woods, A Short Hike, Little Misfortune, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Fall of Porcupine, My Time at Portia, Wylde Flowers, Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, Lake, Life Is Strange, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Speed Dating for Ghosts, Pumpkin Panic, Bramble: the Mountain King  Our assigned game: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Life Chats 1:03:07 Kat's My Time at Sandrock let's play Kat's YouTube stream of Before Your EyesKat's YouTube stream of Paleo PinesJess' Twitch stream of Pumpkin Panic Find our podcast on all other platforms here Your hosts: JessIsHaunted - Links CozyGamerKat - Links Intro: Baegel - Try Hard Outro: AGST - Callout

For those of us who love to settle down with a good book and become immersed in a story, indie games can offer a similar experience. For all you bookworms, let's talk about indie games that are narrative-driven, text-heavy, or give us the feeling of flipping through a novel. Gaming news & releases 15:31 Games mentioned: Goodbye Volcano High, Stray Gods, Far Farm, Sea of Stars. Games for Bookworms 31:13 Our assigned games: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist / The Forgotten City Games mentioned: Coffee Talk, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, What Comes After, Dordogne, A Space For The Unbound, Doki Doki Literature Club, Return of the Obra Dinn, The Case of the Golden Idol, The Outer Wilds, Disco Elysium, Tiny Bookshop, Book of Hours, Before Your Eyes, Buddy Simulator 1984.  Kat's first impressions of I Was A Teenage ExocolonistKat's recent video on Fae Farm Kat's YouTube stream of Space For The Unbound Kat Plays Tiny Bookshop DemoKat's Dordogne let's play Find our podcast on all other platforms here Your hosts: JessIsHaunted - Links CozyGamerKat - Links Intro: Baegel - Try Hard Outro: AGST - Callout

Romance is an important genre for these two cozy gamers, so let's talk about how indie games have explored love and relationships in their themes and gameplay. New & Upcoming releases 8:50 Games mentioned: Lakeburg Legacies, Venba, Oxenfree 2, Viewfinder, Dave the Diver and Baldur's Gate 3. Romance 22:36 Our assigned game: Haven Games mentioned: Hatoful Boyfriend, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, Pop. Love. Panic (previously We Are OFK), Florence, Coffee Talk, To The Moon, When The Past Was Around, It Takes Two, Solo: Islands of the Heart, Unpacking, Hades, Grave Seasons, ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area, Space for the Unbound, The Gardens Between, Boyfriend Dungeon and Love, Ghostie. Jess' TikTok on VenbaJess' stream of VenbaKat's playthrough of It Takes Two with Sskarrlett Kat's video on the Love, Ghostie demo Find our podcast on all other platforms here Your hosts: JessIsHaunted - Links CozyGamerKat - Links Intro: Baegel - Try Hard Outro: AGST - Callout If you want to send us an email, you can find us at [email protected]

Can a horror game be cozy? Or do the two not mix? And who gets to decide? This topic has been quite divisive, but who better to talk about it than a scaredy Kat and a haunted Jess? New & Upcoming releases 3:00 Games mentioned: Fall of Porcupine, Smushi Come Home, Dordogne, The Palace on the Hill, To A T, Little Kitty Big City, The Invincible, Botany Manor, The Star Named EOS, Tiny Bookshop, Venba, Gourdlets, Henry Halfhead, Kibu, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Moonstone Island, Grave Seasons Cozy Horror 22:08 Our assigned game: Dredge Games mentioned: Firewatch, Oxenfree, Call of the Sea, Little Nightmares, Little Misfortune, Inside, Limbo, Stray, Strange Horticulture Jess Nevins' cozy horror thread Simon McNeil - In Praise of Discomfort Shila Vikström's 'Why do we experience horror games as cozy?' thread Jess' TikTok on Venba Kat's video on Can Horror Games be Cozy?Kat's Firewatch playthrough Kat's video on the Botany Manor demoKat's quick look at Dordogne Find our podcast on all other platforms here Your hosts: JessIsHaunted - Links CozyGamerKat - Links Intro: Baegel - Try Hard Outro: AGST - Callout If you want to send us an email, you can find us at [email protected]