Be a tiny brutalist
Genres are multiplying at the rate of black mould. The survivorslikes, the tidy-uppers, the gamblotrons - they spread beyond our control. I enjoyed that library game. Now I vomit at the sight of clutter in a screenshot. This era of PC games is the equivalent of that time you casually told your mum you like figs and now every week she shows up with another 1kg bag of figs. Dried figs, rehydrated figs, fresh figs, figs with roguelite elements, figs with character customisation. Please mum! No more figs!
But sometimes a genre grows quietly and gently, far from the slopweeds. The sandbox building game has yet to sicken me. Townscaper, Tiny Glade, and Sandcastle are toys of cosy architecture. But what if you wanted a toy for harsh architecture? Here you go. Tiny Brutalism is $5 and will have you feeling like... like... okay, look, I don't know famous architect names and every time I write about brutalism I have to go look them up. I thought László Tóth was a real person. Anyway, this little videogame about building blocky concrete shapes is good.
It's straightforward. Pick a plot size (8 x 8, 12 x 12, and so