i'd like to know if you want to share your choice, something that you feel could be an "OCD approved game".

ultimate choice for me is factorio. a favorite game, also. but just discovered a rough (very rough) new, free, so much OCD satisfying pretty nasty little thing called LOGistICAL: ABC Islands. Sacada, the dev, recently decided to make it free, so you could no-much-risky try it.

game is about supply chains, all about... logistics. if you've played (and liked) factorio, maybe you've dreamt (for real) about transport belts, just like me. with this one, you could find yourself dreaming about optimizing those tuk-tuks.

also, game is huge. deep. ui is pretty messy. i'm still pretty new but an easy start would be:

  1. Flinders Island
  2. Isle of Man
  3. ABC Islands

Xmas 2017 is... hell ;)

LOGistICAL Tutorial Walkthrough

please share your thoughts, also about Your choice.


OCD Approved Game Giveaways
Mini Metro ֎
Factorio ֎
House Flipper ֎
PC Building Simulator ֎
Hexcells, Plus, Infinite ֎
Great Permutator ֎
A-Train 8 ֎
Viscera Cleanup Detail ֎
CK II ֎
Project Highrise ֎
Stardew Valley ֎
Orcs Must Die 2 ֎
TIS-100 ֎
Opus_Magnum ֎
SpaceChem ֎
SHENZHEN_IO ֎
Infinifactory ֎
Dwarf Fortress ֎ kotaku how to get into
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Factorio definitelyy

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+28937492791075807 to that.

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there's something strange next your nick!

haappy caake!

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Itsacakeeee

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Man, what a great show.

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grazie Mully. ti voglio bene.

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LOGistICAL Sale. Up to 50% off LOGistICAL and modules.

last one was Caribbean (not discounted). next one: Brazil! ...and, then, Earth!

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There are some puzzle game with OCD options (I'm thinking World of Goo, Human ressources machine, Kami, Splice) that I like a lot, but this seems to be on a whole another level.

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this seems to be on a whole another level

absolutely. think about it more something like a factorio-sh game (still being really far from it)

<3 human resources machine :D

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never played factorio, but yeah, I see the kind of game. I have a friend who'd be crazy about this. He was making automated factory type structures in Minecraft...

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there's (still?) no automation here, in Logistical. still, could be something he should enjoy :D

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Mini Metro

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<3 my friend paul, as usual.

didn't even think about it, writing this. see how powerfully dumb i can be? :D
mini metro is not only a game or a perfect puzzle, to me. it's more a special music generator. and, yes, it's 100% OCD approved.

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Oh man, how many times I have rearranged a train line just so it looks better when it connects to a stop ._.

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I have rearranged a train line

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Just tried the LOGistICAL free one for a minute but it's way too early in the morning for this :P

I gotta try it again sometime when I can concentrate and figure out wtf is happening. :P

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first time i tried Logistical was a complete wtf up 'till i closed it. but then, i got hooked. now i'm enjoying its "local" side playing italy, and that's just awesome... how i'm re discovering my country :D

imo, could be something for you, paul. i know you CAN play bad glitchy ui games, you've proved to able to do that :P

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Oh yeah, I had already wishlisted it when I first saw it. :)

Another game with horrible UI but which you might enjoy for similar OCD reasons is the A-Train series, famous Japanese rail system/city builder.

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these?!?

Dwarf Fortress for trains, basically

:O

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Yeah those are the ones. I first played in ancient times:

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  • Dwarf Fortress,
  • Minesweeper (as long as you don't get stuck having to guess a completely 50/50 choice, though I think someone wrote a better version in which this never happens)

Gonna check out Logistical now, cheers :)

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Gonna check out

noice! added dwarf fortress as ocd approved :D

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I don't think I could have got through this month without it

this is so... convincing ;) just found a blueheart ga for it... and quickly wishlisted. PC Building Simulator is really "peculiar". another wish!

as for complexity, Logistical tutorial was so... hard. but Sacada (dev) have done some fixes here and there. now it's easier to get into (i hope). but i trust him, seems to "work" really well and i'm pretty sure he'll do whatever he can do to make the "get into" more straight forward.

also complexity ends after a few hours of gameplay. then... it's all fine tuning and puzzling :D

thanks for sharing, Pete

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Someone mentioned a "better" version of Minesweeper, I think they are talking about Hexcells. Not too dissimilar but for the hexagon tiles instead of square. Levels can always be completed with correct thought process and there's one with infinite (seed-generated) levels, in the series as there are three games in total.
I may try the free version of this LOGistICAL thingi, out of curiosity alone, but the obsene amount of achievements (9K+ ! ), in the paid version, kinda turns me off. Is this an OCD things as well? Cheers..

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i'll add Hexcells ones, wonderful gameplay and plenty of hours.

achievements in Logistical are everywhere, paid and free. the one you mentioned was before steam limited the n° for each game. so, dev started to publish new countries as standalone and no more as dlcs.

logistical is 120% OCD. for achievs, too :P

thanks for sharing, Never!

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Cuphead.
I know it sounds strange, but think about it - there's a rating system. Which means that if you have OCD, nothing will be more infuriating than getting S rank on everything except that one damned level.

Ditto for Bloodrayne Betrayal

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You need to make an "OCD Approved" curator on Steam. Do it!

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ouch... that sounds SO nice

tho, ... i'm saying it striking this enerrrrgetic pose:

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They're both games about optimization.

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thanks for sharing, Zerakz. wishlisted great permutator. looks noice and i see transport belts :D

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It's an honestly great game and it's been as cheap as 69 cents in the past. will probably go low on the next sale as well.
I still have four desura keys for GP... hopefully they will still work 100 years from now, when desura is finally relaunched as promised.

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was searching for it in groupbuys leftovers with no luck... but could come bundled, again, maybe... or, even better, a good heart sgifter will feed a lucky OCD affected winner :D

edit: grazie kiki! <3

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Finally something I can contribute to!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/ CK II (I'll never give up managing borders gore)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/423580/ Project Highrise
https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/ Stardew Valley

(I could also list several other titles here but the OCD isn't that strong in them)

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Finally something

:D
noice!

ck is deep and wonderfully OCD approved. project highrise... yes it is, even if it didn't made that click in my head. oh, stardew. what to say about that beautiful satisfying fruity veggy (and grindy!) valley?

thanks for sharing, Archi (and yes, we need them strong :P)

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What are criteria for becoming "OCD approved game"? Might sound silly but it's an honest question.

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ah ha... you know what? was asking the exact same question to myself, no more than 3 minutes ago.

don't know if it's good or bad sign, for you, i mean... :D

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Not even the slightest hint? :D

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your nick was not new... you're a PA! i've lurked a bit your recent gameplay. 've seen minimetro AND stardewvalley. if you've already clicked this and you're still not seeing something in common as a hint... :P

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Well, I think I could suggest Football Manager then :P It made me feel the same way as MM and SV :P And maybe Volgarr where you have to do the same and same and same and same thing again and again and again and again due to the game's difficulty (and you don't want to give up because you have to finish it this time, okay this time, okay this time, okay but definitely this time, okay this time) :P

Seems like they're not :P But maybe Opus Magnum will fit ;)

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I think basically every game by Zachtronics will fit this category :)

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I define it as most often strategy/management game (but not exclusively - Stardew Valley for example) that is centered around building or adding something to the bigger whole and through non-trivial ways, very often optionally, makes you want to match everything in a perfect balance/layout/efficiency.

Example of OCD-approved layout.

Example of mess. You see that missing space in the right? TRIGGERED

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Now, that's the answer I needed! Thanks! Now I know my suggestions were not even close haha xD

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Opus Magnum could be one of those games though

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Example of OCD-approved layout.

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perfect ;_;

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The oil canister next to the two fuel canisters isn't even lined up with them, facing a random direction. Monk is not pleased.

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that triggers this

...beware, not OCD.

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My go-to OCD is Orcs Must Die! 2. Setting up the perfect kill box with multiple traps and being able to just spectate as orc after orc runs headlong into your domain of death. Ahhh, good times.

Fast forward to 8:18.

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I mean, like 86.6666666666% (most?*) of Zachtronics (full) games:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/558990/Opus_Magnum/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/92800/SpaceChem/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/300570/Infinifactory/
http://www.zachtronics.com/kohctpyktop-engineer-of-the-people/
http://www.zachtronics.com/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering/
In addition to the already mentioned TIS-100.
Not sure how Ironclad Tactics really fits in with everything else he's made....
Also:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/454320/the_Sequence/
And for your online OCD gaming needs:
https://factoryidle.com/
https://missions.factoryidle.com/
Almost forgot:
http://pleasingfungus.com/Manufactoria/

*Forgot his flash games and educational games, which makes that calculation a lot less precise. Frustratingly.

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