Sprout Valley and Chicory: A Colorful Tale are two indie games I adore a bunch but don’t get much mainstream love.

Cattails series mentioned! I’ve replayed those two multiple times they’re so cute and the gameplay loop is so soothing and fun.

Cat Quest series (which is more dungeon-crawler, not cat sim) is also adorable and accessible but doesn’t seem to be mentioned too often.

Pajama Sam: You are What you Eat From Your Head to Your Feet was a favorite of mine as a child:

Also had to look it up but Elmo’s Preschool was a big feature of my under-5 PC gaming:

2nd grade or so was a lot of Disney Princess: Magical Dressup with some cute mini games and a LOT of uncanny valley jank lol:

And alongside that was the PC version of Battle for Bikini Bottom, with mini games instead of the platformer the console had, but I’m struggling to find any decent gameplay screen grabs.

Of course that’s all just PC gaming.

Anybody remember the Cartoon Network island flash games? It was like a resort and I could have sworn there were multiple installments.

That whole picture radiates genuine, contagious joy.

A good multitool or Swiss Army Knife.

Mine was gifted to me a few years ago but it’s come in handy more times than I can count. Use it at least three times a week.

I don’t meditate regularly but mostly it informally involves listening to music, using a sensory/fidget toy or petting an animal to ground myself. Or box breathing in a pinch.

Basically anything that lets me hone in on being directly present in the moment with a small focus in my physical environment. *Edit: the main draw for me is something I can directly control my reactions and engage with, if that helps.

I pretty much only use it to calm anxiety spikes or dissociative episodes from bad changes in routine, or sensory overload before hitting a meltdown if I can catch it in time.

This reminds me of an HGTV show episode where the main couple buys an old house and while renovating they discover the entire insides of the support columns had been replaced by bee’s nests.

Clarifying for anyone looking at my votes: I downvoted to help, not because I disagree.

We got you, OP!

The vibe is impeccable

Elmo and Grover!

Elmo is still so darn cute and thanks to him we got the joys of Mr. Noodle. Plus, he’s got so many memes of him lol

Grover is earnest and quirky, and his voice is fun. And he’s blue!

This is the reason I procrastinate finishing games, like I don’t want to be done yet! My gameplay loop 😭

Also why my average game completion hovers at about 83%

As I found out recently, drawing.

I took some classes in high school and only recently got back into it, and I’d consider myself…averageish? I know where I need improvements and I see the quirks and wonks, so to speak.

The people in my adult life who have seen my sketchbook make (positive) comments, which surprised me. Still, it’s nice.

Idk man I like having an ozone layer.

This could probably be done with hair gel though

I just slide ‘em up on top of my head if it’s like, more than 2 minutes but less than an hour, especially in the summer.

Windows as a usable OS.

There’s a special place in hell for CSS flexboxes

The open floor plan was the beginning of our demise.

Almighty Profit Motive™ forbid we proles find any semblance of joy in our lives and - gasp - interact with the physical world around us in any meaningful and engaged way!

No, we must be deprived of all dopamine outside of our designated corporate brainrot centers.

It is

MFW I can’t mix guitars and beans. I was planning on Sheeran it with you all

Moths are just fluffier butterflies. Always loved the lil dudes 🤎🩶