Times and Galaxy

An underrated delight! There's still a couple bugs (as of time of writing), but I had such a blast with Times & Galaxy. This game should've gotten so much more love. If you like games with strong comedic writing and are looking for something grounded, but ultimately optimistic, check it out!

everything about this game is so cute and so charming! adorable and vivid art, fantastic worldbuilding and lore, fun and distinct characters, top-notch humor, and so much more. just an absolute joy to play. (also i love copybot. i want to give them a little kiss on the head.)

The best way to interact with this game is to read everything! The world and characters were a joy to get to know, and the flavour text gives the occasional chuckle too. I would warn the prospective buyer though that the game is still a tad buggy. The most egregious bug being that a save file suddenly stopped working and I had to boot a different save file from a different slot. Overall though, I don't regret buying this game at all! I'd advise players to save often and in different slots to avoid losing a playthrough.

I am LOVING the *characters*, the *setting*, the *cozy and laid-back gameplay* so far. There is so much personality in everything and everyone you interact with. You play as a robot reporter (reporterbot) who is sent out to various newsworthy events, interview the bystanders, search through the scene of the disaster or whatnot, and then get to customize your newspaper article any way you want! You get certain points for readability and reputation based on how you decide to spin the story. I'm not sure how that factors into things for the long run yet. I've played some more hours and I can't stop smiling, I love the stories, they're always so interesting and they give you the choice of completely different "stories" to cover and I'm like, I hope I get to replay and try the other stories, because each one is just SO charming. After I'm done with one I'm always looking forward to the next one. My favorite so far was where this retired matador-type robot opened a new restaurant, and the new chef is a robot who can't taste his food, which is garbage, but "augs" EAT garbage, so that's a good thing?! And then there's a human reviewing the food who actually loves the garbage meal? (he had to ask them to leave out the Uranium). The premises are always so creative and fresh, and I'm pulled in every time I start investigating the story. Gameplay doesn't change up much, but you get so much creative freedom on how you want to present the story. Just make sure you do a thorough investigation! Each bystander is different and might treat you differently based on how your journalistic reputation / style is. And some people don't care so much about that and just don't want to talk to you, so you have to get straight to the point with them. There's so many fun layers and factors when investigating each event. It's like reading a bunch of really cute short stories that you wish you grew up with as a teenager.

Very very cool game. I can feel the love that was put into it. It's just so silly. Great dialogue and choices really do matter for the most part. I love the background music, it's very chill. I've done two full playthroughs and I've honestly gotten attached to a few of the characters. The achievements are really fun and some are quite hard. The save function is a little tricky but there are plenty of save slots so you can finagle it. Definitely got my money's worth.

A wonderfully-charming game with a great world and characters. Also it has Yar, and Yar is good.

This is a tentative sort of recommendation. The game isn't very long (maybe 8-10 hours?), and is primarily visual novel gameplay. The designs of the different species are very neat, and the characters are memorable. The game DOES have some pretty prominent and frustrating bugs - in particular, at a funeral scene, if you talk to junior AT ALL, the game locks up on you causing a big headache - but overall it was an enjoyable enough experience, albeit one that needs some more time in the oven. Update: Only a few days after posting, they updated to fix the lockup!

got a blackscreen in cycle 9, now the save file isn´t loading anymore the game is good, but not that good to replay 5 hours

This was a very unique and enjoyable game. Seriously, being a robot newspaper intern character is nothing I have ever seen before. The mechanics of the game were pretty fun and the stories were very lighthearted. This is a game were you can progress in bite size pieces. I played half an hour to an hour here and there, basically one or two "articles" at a time. Indie games like this which push the frontiers need to be supported.

Very fun game with an eclectic array of characters! I greatly enjoy conducting interviews to make my articles, but I think the real highlight is talking to the rest of the crew aboard the Scanner before heading off on my assignments. I also love the worldbuilding, and the fact you can learn extra tidbits by reading up in the archives <3