#Games for Toddlers

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Arigatou, Ningen-san!

by Michelle Ma

Price (US): Name your own price

Included In: Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

Genre: Visual Novel

Pitch: Walk through town finding and petting funny animals. A short, bilingual picture book.

My expectations: Looks super cute. I don't see a single written word in any of the screenshots, and its style is completely unlike any other visual novel I've reviewed so far. I'm feeling good about this.

Review:

If you have a very young child and an iPad, download Arigatou, Ningen-san! right away. It’s going to be a huge hit in your house. For those of us who aren’t churning through a stack of picture books every night, the appeal will be limited.

A bird named Tori-san (“tori” is Japanese for bird) lands on your house and explains that animals around town need love and attention, setting off a linear journey to find five animals across three screens.

A snake named Hebi-san (go ahead and guess the Japanese word for snake) is hiding behind a not-at-all-subtly rustling plant. The other four animals aren’t hiding at all, which feels like a missed opportunity.

Once an animal is found, it must be squashed and stretched, with animations that are guaranteed to send any toddler into paroxysms of giggles. And that’s all there is to it.

The two-finger controls are built for a touchscreen. On a PC, this is emulated by holding Ctrl while clicking. It works, but it’s inelegant. The writing is cute enough, but it’s not the star of the show. The music and sound effects are fitting, but again, they’re not spectacular. It’s all about funny, squishy animals.

+ Cuuuute. + Funny! + Perfect for tiny kids who are just starting to take an interest that flat, glowing thing you always have in your hand. + Maybe 5-10 minutes from start to finish.

– The animal-squishing scenes take a little too long for my liking. You squish and squish and squish, and at some point—I could never quite figure out the trigger—the animal says, "Cool, that's enough," and the scene ends. – Little variety. How about some more hide and seek? What if all the animals didn't have the exact same request? – Unintuitive mouse and keyboard controls. The game refers to two-finger touchscreen operations as "zoom and pinch"—wouldn't it make more sense to map these actions to the mouse wheel or the right mouse button? Take it easy on the toddlers. – All text is displayed in both English and Japanese at all times. I love that it's bilingual; I'm confused by the execution. As an English speaker who is trying to learn Japanese, it's too complex for me. Most text boxes contain multiple sentences, so I have a hard time comparing the two languages. A furigana option would be helpful, as early readers like myself will likely find the some of the kanji impenetrable. Since there's no recorded speech, I must assume everything's meant to be read by mommy or daddy. If said parent is already fluent in two languages—these specific languages—they're probably capable of translating the writing on their own, leaving me to wonder why all text is displayed in both English and Japanese at all times.

🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 Bottom Line: Arigatou, Ningen-san is free, it's cute, and the picture book crowd will flip for its funny animal squishing. By the way, have to looked up "ningen" yet? That one will catch you off guard.

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[milkywayes]

GARRUS VAKARIAN: DATABASE IMAGE ACCESS. > PT. 1 : 2160, 2166, 2170. > all files backdated according to user preferences: (terran_coordinated.calendar).

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

It’s not that Jason forgot, per se.

But between smuggling a toddler out of the League of Assassins, trekking halfway across the world, and finding a suitable hiding place that’s also child friendly… well, it kind of slipped his mind that he’s supposed to be… dead.

Something that comes back to bite him in the ass when he takes Dami out for some ice cream and just so happens to run into non other than Brucie-fucking-Wayne

[anemicjellyfish]

Stolas has been presiding over the Pain Games for a few years, at minimum.

Millie is no longer allowed to participate, due to her causing 9 funerals.

Do you all think Stolas presided over the festival during the same year Millie participated?

Her mother, Lin, said "the last competition," but I'm on the fence about if she means last year or last one Millie participated in.

Anyway, I think it would be a nice little treat for us one day to see Stolas and Millie interact.

Stolas: Wait a moment. Are you the one who killed a bunch of people during the Harvest Moon Festival a few years ago?

Millie: ... yes.

Stolas: Well, at least you're now in the right line of work! IMP is the perfect fit for you."

Millie, adorable as ever: thank you!

The only thing that blows a giant hole in this is Stolas' line to Blitzø. "It's the same every year."

Either he didn't show up the year Millie played... or the Pain Games literally ends in bloodshed every year.

[hunterrrs]

man spends day off his sport watching another sport

[mea-trinitas-profana]

being a single father is difficult

[bonnie-the-mutt]

forest adventure pt 1, 2, 3 and 4 !

which direction will you pick ?

I pick left !

I pick right !

I wanna skip to the end !

pt 4/7 | feel free to post blanks, just don't cover my username !

[arkieandsprig]

Things to do when your bored (little edition)

Hi guys it’s sprig here I have a jar that I use when I bored (it’s mainly used when I’m not regressed). Today Arkie asked me to look through the jar and find things that littles could do. Then they asked me to share it with you guys so here it is.

Watch funny YouTube videos (with your CG or your stuffies)

Play a board game with your CG or little friends (My favourite is pictureka)

Have a bubble bath (with bath toys if you have any)

Make paper boats, paper aeroplanes, paper chains or paper snowflakes

Play some age appropriate video games (I like animal crossing and slime rancher)

Do some colouring

Plan your very own business

Make a collage

Take silly selfies (photo booth is a good app for this)

Write a story

Draw an animal (real or made up)

Read an age appropriate book (my favourite is starpuff)

Watch an age appropriate movie (my favourite is my little pony: the movie)

Junk modelling (make models out of recycling)

Go for a walk with your CG or a stuffy

Have a teddy bear picnic

Make a pillow and blanket fort

Learn how to make scoobies

Design your very own poster

Draw your dream house or playroom

Go outside and do a scavenger hunt

[nostalgicfun]

Jumpstart Toddlers 🌈

[casstelli]

good w animals neil josten x good with kids andrew minyard do you see the vision

[drhubrisworm]

Melinoe: Father, I have heard that my brother, left open a position in the clerical department for shade paperwork

Hades: That is correct

Melinoe: I nominate myself for the position.

Hades: And what exactly are your qualifications?

Melinoe: You have seen the state of my room, I have also prepared a scroll detailing more responsibilities I can handle in this clerical position.

Hades: Considered and approved, you will begin your work the next eve

Zagerus: *Shocked and high fives melinoe*

[van-yangyin]

Alie Antennae for All Ages (2 Versions)

Request by @jessykosisimblr This is one of four antennae you request me, and that I will do (are too interesting to make just one!) Tho I will need to do it time by time because of huge number of files I make for each one 😆. Thank you! It has been a lot of fun to make, I hope you and all those who download it, like it. I hope this was exactly what you were looking for! I've made it in two versions because I love idea of metallic and skin versions.

Heart shaped antennas inspired by Alie Lectric in two versions, Metallic as original and Skin. Disclaimer: Antennae can't change color like the real ones when she gets shy, but they look great and you still have a choice of rainbow colors in metallic version.

❤️2 versions: Metallic and Skin (see pictures below) ❤️All ages ～ All genders and agender ❤️Metallic version: 18 swatches | Skin Version: 1 Swatch (Using texture from front forehead and upper head) ❤️Categories: Hat, Occult Brow, Birthmark Face and Mole Right Lip [Some need CAS Unlock to unlock category on some ages] (Feel free to change any category with Sims 4 Studio for your own needs) ❤️Texture for metallic version located in a little part of Bicep R so it can bug with some accessories that use this part of texture, tho that means too that Hat version don't conflict with any accessory that use hat texture. ❤️Base game Compatible ❤️All LODs ❤️separate packages or merged packages ❤️HQ Compatible for Metallic version ❤️Custom Thumbnails ⚠️Known problem: With Skin version if you use a skin detail/makeup/birthmark/etc... that uses part of texture forehead frontal part and/or head, in skin version may appear in this mesh, it may be a problem or interesting things may come up, who knows.

If you download my CC it means your agree with my T.O.U (English/Español/日本語).

～LOD Information～ Metallic/Skin: LOD0: 3312 poly | LOD1: 1652 poly | LOD2: 825 poly | LOD3: 412 poly

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Metallic Version: ❤️PATREON or SFS❤️ (Always free, no adf|y) Skin Version: ❤️PATREON or SFS❤️ (Always free, no adf|y)

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[lord-shitbox]

im always thinkin about how like. Melinoe and Zagreus are total foils in a lot of ways & 1 of which is how they think about taking/stealing.

Meli grew up believing her family life had been stolen from her so to her, taking back her home and family is totally not stealing, which is Wrong. but Zag grew up with his father withholding things from him so he's more of a "im stealing everything nyehehe" as a rightful or justified action, more or less. like.

We got "stealing is Wrong" Melinoe & "i love plundering and stealing. ransacking 4ever" Zagreus. every time i think about how well they foil each other i keel over like walter white

[folkbreeze]

he loves being a dad now (he keeps getting whims of having another child even)

[manglw]

guh just finished playing dsaf 3 i am. mentally unwell

[beneathsilverstars]

anyway related to my "gullible" post i do think bonnie didn't really have a lot of friends / any good friends. i'm taking a watsonian approach to "some of the things bonnie does seem more like age 5-8 than 10-12", and a doylist approach to "everyone in this party grew up kinda lonely and feels disconnected from their peer group"