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TFI Friday: three indie games to simulate the end of all thingsWhen you want the world to end but in a chill way, play Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Trash Sailors, and WorldBox - God Simulator
When you want the world to end but in a chill way, play Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Trash Sailors, and WorldBox - God Simulator
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator | Game Awards 2021Watch on YouTube
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator | Game Awards 2021
Obligatory disclosure for Xalavier Nelson Jr., whose game this is, having written for RPS quite a bit. This game is a nightmare, but in, like, a good way. You are, as the title suggests, involved in the trading of organs, via space. Although my avatar is a lil dog in a cool hat. You make trades: some organs are more expensive than others. The markets open for a few minutes at a time and it is hectic. You must learn to parse the organs that are for sale, and what they’re worth, and whether you should snap that lung up now or hold out for a better one. Sometimes you have to get a heart as a loss leader, to bump up your reputation and get into the upper echelons of trading.
This game simulates organ markets, too. You can look at how certain organs are performing and buy or dump shares. Should you get involved in nerve cluster futures? Idk man, go with your gut. Or buy someone else’s gut and flog it on. It’s a pretty stressful game, but in a fun way like pretending to be the Wall Street guys all yelling at the end of Trading Places. Oh wait, those dudes have almost destroyed society several times oh nooooooo-
Trash Sailors
Trash Sailors — Launch Trailer | Co-Op Trash Raft SimulatorWatch on YouTube
Trash Sailors — Launch Trailer | Co-Op Trash Raft Simulator
Like most ends of the world, this is best enjoyed with friends, for though it has a singleplayer mode, it’s really meant to be multiplayer. Trash Sailors is a hand-drawn survival game where the world has been flooded, so it’s a bit likeRaftand maybe a little bit likeThe Flame In The Flood, but it is more whimsical and chaotic than either. You have a little trash compactor that munches up any salvage you fish out of the water, and you can use that to repair your raft from crashing into things. You also have to steer to avoid said crashing, and watch out for all manner of aquatic and semi-aquatic beasties that can float up from the depths.
There’s a lot of multitasking, basically, and if you loveDon’t Starve Togetherthen you won’t love not starving togetherat sea. Sometimes the control prompts aren’t quite clear on what you’re trying to get at or do, but I’m completely in love with the art style on this. If I was lost at see with only my own pants and a talking bin for company, I’d want it to look like this.
WorldBox - God Simulator
WorldBox - God Simulator TrailerWatch on YouTube
WorldBox - God Simulator Trailer
I have become quietly and horrifically obsessed with WorldBox over the past few days. It’s in early access, but there’s already so much you can do, and I have spent hours in this game not fucking doing any of it. It’s a very detailed god sim, where you can build a biome any way you want, including swamps, deserts or even magical twinkly fairy ones, and then populate it with life. Animals, bees, plants. You can make it whatever shape. People have already made maps that are copies of e.g. Europe. And then you can put civilisations on them.
