Today’s game is some more Animal Crossing New Horizons. After last night I got some much needed rest. Afterwards I decided to check in on my island. I haven’t been on in a bit, and I needed to keep an eye on my pets anyways today. So I kicked back and opened up my island I never visit.
Last time I was on I got a room expansion. Not because I wanted it, but because I needed the storage space that comes with it.
It kind of strikes me as odd how little storages space the game has to start. It just always felt to me the game has this identity of being catering to players in a way it doesn’t really tell them no. Maybe I was wrong about that or misunderstood.
Anyways, after that I went digging around my island. No idea why but I found so much random crap in the ground. I found a sand dollar, a pet bowl, and a table. I must have buried it all previously. Either that or the game has some very interesting choices in what it spawns in the ground.
I finished collecting my fruit and stuff, sold it and donated my fish. And then messed around for a bit longer.
The last thing i chose to do was place the dog bowl in front of Lyman’s home. He hasn’t done anything to me, but he hasn’t done anything for me either. So, since I don’t really like him I chose to place it there.
I’ll probably check in again in a few months. It sucks I can’t keep a constant dedication with this game. Honestly something I’ve always struggled with. Any game that expects regular attendance is an immediate mood killer from me. Animal Crossing is a little forgiving. But still.
This is my biggest issue with mobile games. Log in every day to get a gift, or keep a streak, annoys me too much so I mostly just end up deleting them.
Animal Crossing was different, I mostly played it cause I wanted to, and since whole family was playing it, it was a completely different experience.
Mobile games are the bane of my existence for purely that reason. (That and I don’t keep games in my phone because I know I’ll get distracted).
Some Social Media is the same way, which drives me crazy. It’s like they expect me to get on regularly
I remember getting a notification from one that basically said “hey. You haven’t looked at anything today” and I immediately went to settings and turned off notifications.
Ironically I found my way over here to Lemmy and get on daily for my screenshots. So… I guess I ended up doing that anyways lmao
Same here, I turn off most of the these kind of notifications.
Well, those daily check-ins are just for consuming content, turning you towards what some people call “zombie”. You are here creating content, that is much different, having a daily streak for something positive is a great way to keep the momentum going. Jerry Seinfeld’s “daily chain” strategy is one of the famous examples.