Two Playdate video games about cheese, and spooky campfire tales with a twist

After taking a break from the Playdate following Season Two and the splendidly bizarre expertise that was Blippo+, I lastly dusted off my little yellow console this week and dove again in. And what higher place to begin than with a few video games about cheese? Cheese ‘n Crackers and Say When! each hit the Playdate Catalog lately, however except for the thematic similarity, they’re two very completely different video games. As an additional deal with (unrelated to cheese), I additionally picked up Ware-wolf Campfire Stories, a free sport on itch.io that is truly over a dozen bite-sized video games in a single.

Cheese ‘n Crackers

When it involves snacking, everybody’s bought their preferences. Some crave a savory blast of umami, whereas for others, a candy deal with is perhaps what at all times hits the spot. Or perhaps you are like me, and when you have one, it must be adopted by the opposite. Creating snacks that hit good is what Cheese ‘n Crackers is all about.

In this Playdate sport, you may have what is actually a neverending charcuterie board with all of the fixins you might think about. There are meats, cheeses, spreads, spices, greens, fruits and numerous sorts of crackers and breads to adorn with these toppings. You have to mix elements to make the right snacks for no matter group you are serving that spherical. Each group — just like the Speed Daters or Grandma’s Bridge Club — has a selected set of tips that will embody favorites, dietary restrictions or aversions to sure tastes.

While pairing elements is fairly intuitive, there are particular combos that may earn you extra factors, so you may have to concentrate to descriptions of every meals merchandise. Or, you possibly can flip to the Cheese ‘n Crackers Compatibility Spreadsheet for all of that info in a single place. Yes, that exists, and it is an intimidating work of culinary group. Toppings will go unhealthy in the event that they sit out for too lengthy, so you will not need to waste an excessive amount of time scouring the spreadsheet, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a comparatively low-pressure sport that you may play at your individual tempo. For the extra aggressive amongst us, although, there are leaderboards so you possibly can problem your self with scores to beat.

Say When!

This is the extra intense of our cheese video games, with a Root Bear–like construction that sees you tending to a revolving door of restaurant patrons and making an attempt to grate the right quantity of cheese for his or her meals utilizing the crank. And regardless of being referred to as Say When!, your prospects (very unhelpfully) is not going to truly say “when” to let you realize you possibly can cease cranking; it’s important to take note of their distinctive tells to know once they’re happy — the twitch of a mustache, a change in facial features, and many others.

There’s a buyer satisfaction meter on the prime of the display that may take hits any time you under- or over-serve cheese, or undergo when you’re shifting too slowly, and as soon as it is right down to the underside, you are fired. After every shift, you may be given the selection to make use of a modifier that may enable you out in areas like buyer satisfaction or getting the boss off your again. To combine issues up, there are additionally mini-games that pop up in the course of your shift. You is perhaps furiously grating cheese after which have to change gears and save the lifetime of a choking buyer, for instance.

It’s fast-paced, it is foolish and it is fairly arduous to place down when you get going.

Ware-wolf Campfire Stories

While the Playdate Catalog has a lot of nice titles to select from, there are many gems not on there which might be price testing too. One such instance is Ware-wolf Campfire Stories, a novel bundle of 14 tiny video games that is free on itch.io. It’s the results of a collaboration between 15 developer groups — together with the builders of Off-Planet Dreams, the Life’s Too Short collection, Voidblazers and different common Playdate titles.

Per the outline:

In Ware-wolf Campfire Stories, 5 youngsters are sitting round a hearth with their counselor telling spoooooky tales! Each story launches a separate sport that you could be win or lose…. with penalties.

It’s a cool format, and there is some good selection among the many video games, which every solely take a couple of minutes to get via for probably the most half. They’re the entire spooky type, so count on bats, ghosts and skeletons galore. It’s a pleasant option to get a style of a few of the many alternative sport types you may encounter on the Playdate, and perhaps uncover some builders whose video games you have not but checked out.