In recent years, the video game industry has developed in a direction where the focus is increasingly on ever-growing open worlds with tons of tasks. A trend that Schnurpselgurkseeblumgoldspatz alias Zion consciously opposes.
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As the indie developer explains on her official website, she is primarily interested in small and uncomplicated video game experiences that players can use to kill a little time.
At the same time, Zion claims to have set itself the goal of packaging entertaining stories in unusual and innovative gaming experiences. As an example of this, I would like to introduce you to three of their works in more detail.
A pet simulation with a difference
Whether Tamagotchi or Poo: digital pets have been enjoying steadily growing popularity for years. This is also the case with Sea gurkotchi - Sea Cucumber Pet Simulator, in which you look after the welfare of a sea cucumber against lovingly designed backgrounds. Feed your little friend, train him in various disciplines or simply play with him.
There are three different sea cucumbers to choose from, all of which have their very own requirements. When caring for your sea cucumber, you can choose from eight types of food and five parameters when setting up your aquarium.
In practice, your task is to keep your sea cucumber alive for as long as possible. Life to keep up. You can then see your own high scores in the game and use this as an incentive to become even better.
A mysterious treasure and an exciting story
At Moonlight Lake - The treasure of Moonlight lake is a small puzzle adventure game in which the two protagonists Harold and Marsha get to the bottom of a mystery that is more than 200 years old. According to the developer, Moonlight Lake tells an exciting story in the style of 2D Zeldas, both visually and in terms of gameplay.
In addition, as is typical of the genre, various Riddle and battles await budding adventurers. To ensure that as wide a target group as possible gets their money's worth, Moonlight Lake also offers three difficulty levels in addition to five different weapons.
The adventure is rounded off by numerous books that tell the story in the game and several different endings.
Entertaining or pointless?
The name of the last game we would like to introduce to you makes it clear what it is all about. Pointless - Absolute Waste of Time can be played through in around ten minutes and confronts you with entertaining tasks ranging from flicking a light switch to virtually buying completely useless things.
If you are now curious and would like to take a look at the Zionwarez published games If you'd like to take a look at the new product, visit its official website on the indie publishing platform itch.io.
While some of the games, such as Seegurkotchi - Sea Cucumber Pet Simulator, cost the equivalent of around 13 euros, other titles can be played for free. Even if it is sometimes possible to play the free games via the browser, it is recommended that you download and install them, as they have not been optimized for use via the browser.
