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I've always said I can't imagine having children. It's probably past my point of being able to do so in real life, but this game is really interesting. First time parents simulator. The stress and anxiety and worry and care and concern. So, selfishly I wa
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The best thing videogames as a medium can do is to tell a story not with words or visuals (we have books and movies for that), but with gameplay itself. Bundle of Joy does exactly this, turning the life of a new dad during the pandemic into a hectic flurr
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I love a game that represents a real life experience through mechanics. The minigames are perfect for the story; they're just frustrating enough to feel overwhelming as they pile up, while still being fun to actually engage with on a moment-to-moment leve
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I really like games that try to simulate challenges of a person's normal daily life. Unfortunately, most of these games are about sad or negative experiences, but sometimes it's nice to just experience something "believable", not necessarily bad, but the
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A short but impactful game, delightful and thoughtful! The wariorware mini games are fun and challenging, and the writing is excellent.
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What a delightful game! As always with Nicholas' works you find yourself utterly vulnerable - and negotiating an intimate dialogue. Except here, instead of grappling with vast and systemic change - you are ensconced in a conversation with the littlest of
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This game is a short and fun experience, and if you're a parent (esp if you had a hard time with a newborn) you can likely relate. I love the tonal mismatch of the game and its bright fun WarioWare style mini-games and the overall more dark storyline. It'
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Really nice narrative that (as a non-parent) helped me understand more about parenting. Short but good! It also felt like the last set of mini-games scaled up the difficulty really well.
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Bundle of Joy is a true trojan horse of a game, presenting itself as a collection of fun parenting-themed mini-games while containing the sort of deeply poignant moments of raw self-doubt that any new parent will recognize but few new fathers openly discu
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The minigames are cute, I do wish there would have been more of a variety but the minigames are really a backdrop to the story of being a new parent. If you like stories about parenting and or games like Wario Ware you might enjoy this.
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A very cute game with a nice personal touch: a taste of parenthood! Writing is very nice, especially the bits between caring for the baby: I felt like I got a glimpse of a someone's world! The Wario Ware-esque games also carried me through the gameplay an
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Bundle of Joy is a short narrative-driven game that combines a series of quirky minigames with heartfelt storytelling. Set during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, you step into the shoes of a new dad navigating the chaotic and emotional journey of
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Emotionally enriching af! I love it!
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Been following the development of this for a few years, but wasn't expecting the final result to be so touching. Bundle of Joy is half a game about the ups and downs of parenting, half a snapshot of a very specific moment in time (COVID lockdowns), and ha
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The balance of the hectic minigames and the quiet, reflective moments really is something special. I've never seen parenthood written or portrayed quite like this before, and I think that's an awesome thing.
There's a moment in a downtime sequence where
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A wonderful use of mini games mechanics to explore an important facet of human experience that has been under-served by videogames. I found the game to be moving and deeply relatable. We need more games like this in the world.
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while the game is fun, its extremely short, and you cant continue the minigames on the same save to skip the story you have already played through, nor is there a freeplay mode.
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A really good Warioware like game that starts to dig into very personal reflections on raising a baby right around the pandemic. Despite opening up the protagonist POV for a player insert it does a really good job in grounding the experience in some very
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I was very fortunate to get to meet the creator of this game at MAGfest and even then I knew this game was awesome. You get the gaming aspect of the stress of the clicker minigames but also get to feel the story and frustration of being a new parent (duri
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This was a lot of fun! And stressful! But fun! And stressful! I imagine this is what having a child might be like. Beautiful visuals and touching music. And stressful. And, most importantly, fun. And stressful.
