Some other indie games I've played

Iiiii have three braincells today because I was up late last night thinking I was so close to the ending of one of these...

Both are games I've seen recced a lot, but the actual game not talked about much

* Return of the Obra Dinn ( No major plot spoilers )

* I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. Man, if ever a game should get an award for me hearing about it and hearing about it, but noooo one seems to talk to talk about specifics, this might win. What little I thought I knew about the game turned out to be not correct. I had a suspicion that this game would annoy me in certain specific ways, and I was right about that. But I pushed through those parts out of curiosity.

Also, I am pretending that there aren't tens of thousands of games out there I could buy. I am pretending only my library exists. It's a different approach, esp to indie games, to pretend like there aren't tens of thousands of options and maybe just keep browsing... It's easier to get really engaged in a game if you aren't thinking about finding your perfect game and just focus on what is in front of you.

( Anyway, this will contain talk of the core gameplay loop and that's inherently a spoiler for an aspect of the plot )