OSAMU SATO and Tong-Nou

Many people know of Osamu Sato from LSD Dream Emulator, but he actually developed a much cooler series of games a few years earlier. These games are

called "The Eastern Mind" and "Chu-Teng". Similar to LSD, its a total psychedelic trip, with visuals that dance on the

line between fun,

freaky, and even cute at times, in its own way. The main mechanic of the game is that you must die and reincarnate to progress.

The reincarnation

sequences are interesting because it's unclear if you're "playing as" someone or just looking at stuff

that happens on screen. For example, who chooses your body parts before reincarnation? It can't be "you" because you technically don't exist yet.


Sometimes we think everything ends after death but this game reminds me the world goes on, man. Make sure to love yourself. Give these games a shot, maybe you'll get lucky and have a breakthrough.

SPOOKY'S JUMPSCARE MANSION

I love this game, like so much. It's technically a fake-out horror, but it's more goofy than scary and it works to it's benefit. Basically you have to go

through 1000 floors of this backrooms-esque mansion for real no reason other than that's the objective of the game.

Occasionally, you'll

come across a cool
setpiece based on some classic horror trope, followed by an obligatory trip down a dingy elevator.

Overall, the game is

endearingly lolrandom and I think that helps

create its unique vibe. Probably the coolest thing about Spooky's though, is the sense of "being really in the weeds" that I've yet to see another game truly recreate. For example, when you get to about room 500, the air kinda becomes foggier and the music gets oddly relaxing.

(I just realized "in the weeds" is a little on the nose lol) Anyway, sure there's some creepy pngs that chase you but to me, the game's more about walkin' and vibin'