Can't win mini games?

[BeastyBby]

Am I crazy or something or just that bad? I can't seem to get the hang of the festivals mini games - even the beach clean up tug of war, which is just space mashing, I had the bar to full power the entire time and still lost??? Might just need balancing because of Early access... However I would like to see at least a screen that tells me what place I came in also some prizes for winners in the future :P

[🙐 Ascawien 🙖]

I'd like to see a difficulty option added for the festival games. I'm the wrong side of forty now and my reactions are sadly NOT what they once were. Also, more importantly, when I'm in the mood for a 'cosy' game like this, I don't want to be challenged at all - I'm playing it to chill out and relax, I don't want 'arcade-y' elements - I have games that scratch that itch already. So, from my perspective, the easiest way the devs could make all players happy, is to simply add difficulty options for the mini-games.

[Gwynhwyfara]

While I've been able to win most of the events - although a few took a bit more than I'd like - I agree that they're balanced too sharply toward difficult. The sack race I just do not get - I know it has to do with stamina, but I've seen several villagers race through without pausing or falling once, whereas I'm already at year 2 with higher-than-mid ranks in most of my skills (meaning the stamina upgrades) as well as 3 stamina fruit under my belt, and I can only make it 2/3 of the way (on all perfect taps) before falling over.

The ring toss at Spooky Festival was another crappy one - apparently Archie nailed every single ring except for one so you have to have a perfect round to win. That's... a little off-putting. (I also noticed that the same 3 people had the exact same ranks for every trivia session and while that one was whatever because you can do it as many times as you want, it still felt a little unnatural.)

[Anketam]

I was going to say the Spooky Festival ring throw was atrocious but i was beaten to it. Though I will add to what made it so awful was one of the NPCs was CONSTANTLY snapping pictures on his phone, so while I was trying to concentrate all I was hearing was some phone making the cha-♥♥♥♥♥ sound.

[Izy]

Originally posted by Roland:

Originally posted by Izy:

I think at the current tuning and general wonkyness they should just all be infinitely repeatable until you get the prizes.

Aren’t they already? I know I did the ring toss a number of times until I won. I don’t remember any that couldn’t be played multiple times. Couldn’t test infinite tho…

Some are, others are not. It's fairly inconsistent in what can and can't be repeated.

[StoneFire!☭]

Originally posted by Roland:

Originally posted by Izy:

I think at the current tuning and general wonkyness they should just all be infinitely repeatable until you get the prizes.

Aren’t they already? I know I did the ring toss a number of times until I won. I don’t remember any that couldn’t be played multiple times. Couldn’t test infinite tho…

The only minigame I know that's NOT infinitely repeatable is the balloon minigame new years eve, caught me by surprise because it was the one time I decided I didn't want to use the practice option as I might as well try the real thing and try over if I failed the first try while learning the minigame.

[Hinotoriflame]

I have beaten all the mini games to date. But the pumpkin smashing game seems a bit random and unfair. It took me till year two to beat that one.

[BenTheVaporeon]

have noticed the bag race and swimming seem near impossible to win, the swimming one is funny to me given you reach a point were yourcharacter transforms into merfolk in the water, and its still hard, on top of that their movement speed and stamina in the diviving suit is very good, so a single swimming lane shouldn't be a challenge


from more of a story pov i could understand if some games or events werr always planned on being unwinable from the start, as its not entirely realistic for a single person to somehow be better then everyone on the island

[Darkspear]

Swim contest is impossible to beat for me.
Sunny swim at 15.62 seconds with no break. even with 800 stamina i run out before end and have to rest. my best time was 2nd with 16.72 sec

[Austin]

Originally posted by Darkspear:

Swim contest is impossible to beat for me.
Sunny swim at 15.62 seconds with no break. even with 800 stamina i run out before end and have to rest. my best time was 2nd with 16.72 sec

All of the characters don't even have swimsuits yet. Which is weird for a game based on an island and it is especially weird that everyone doesn't have a swimsuit for the beach festival

[Krul]

For your first year consumables that give +max stamina are a must. I had Jamu which i got in the post from an ambient event and it won me it, without it it was impossible to win. (literally)

[Rappeldrache]

The cow race drives me crazy ... I don't have the impression it is somehow about your skills to push the button, but more about "luck".

[mintavia]

Most people play these "cozy" games to get away from the hardcore aspect of gaming. (lets face it ...these games are targeting the soft woke who have been given participation awards all their lives and spend hours in a safe space with a coloring book. I say this with no malice, just plain truth. As for me...I am just to freaking old to smash the button like a mad person and then scream at the screen. I did that when I was younger. no more. I don't mind putting in the work i.e. the grind, but I do not have the time or inclination to do the ridiculously difficult. I do not need that kind of personal "best". These mini games give me the same aggravation as pvp. I am not any good at them and it just ticks me off. I will never be any good at them and I really hope there is not some collectible hidden behind a big win.
That would really stink.

[T1MB3R]

I won every mini game in my first year, AMA

[T1MB3R]

Minus the cow and pet ones cause i couldnt enter at the time

[16BitGuardian]

Originally posted by Dex:

just jumping in this old thread again. Just did the tug of war. Something is odd for sure.

I had a steady 510 power, and the bar fills with green a single time, and then drops to 40% and stays there no matter what I do, I'm either missing something, or it's bugged. I know it's just a mini-game, but it really does affect how enjoyable the events are. It makes me not want to bother going to them, which is a shame.

I was curious so I tried using a turbo controller, no matter how good you do its a back and forth afair since the other pullers on your team get weak and strong intermitently (represented by their bar), as long as you keep pressing A you'll win eventually but it goes on forever.

Game should honestly still be in Early Access so much is unfinished (which is a shame cause I'm loving the story, art style and gamepay)