Costa Verde Transport Department | Let’s Play

I returned to making Let’s Play videos this week. Thank you to the developer and Keymailer for providing a code for Costa Verde Transport Department. I hope you enjoy me fumbling through a few rounds of the game, which I enjoyed quite a bit. The puzzle aspect is right up my alley. And please subscribe over on YouTube if you haven’t done so yet.

Game Summary

A new city is emerging on the vibrant shores of Costa Verde, but the citizens need help: someone must build the roads for them! Luckily, they have you: the head of the city’s Transport Department. The growing city expands in all directions. People drive from home to work and back, industrial trucks transport resources between manufacturers, and you have to plan the road network for the city carefully!

The main gameplay consists of planning & building a road network for the growing city. You have to carefully plan the roads to balance the city traffic and obtain valuable resources that help you progress. Sooner or later, your roads won’t be enough: you’ll have to build detours, roundabouts, bridges, and use some magic!

Letting Go of Live Service

Yesterday I touched on quitting live service and MMOs for a month to see how my gaming habits change. I spend much of my gaming time keeping up with daily/weekly/monthly tasks for digital items in MMOs I don’t often use, leaving no time for everything else in the gaming world. These cosmetic items – mounts, transmog, and toys, are for collections I don’t own. I need to break out of the “must collect everything” thinking regarding these games because the collection is one business decision from going away forever.

A screenshot from the cozy mmo Palia. The back of a male character looking at a small medieval type village.
Screenshot from Palia Closed Beta

But, how do I accept the games I have always played are no longer right for me?

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A New Routine

Blaugust has already changed my morning. The first few steps remain the same. Get Coffee. Feed the dog. Shower. However, when I sit at my computer, I no longer open a video game first. Instead, go to Mastodon and check out the new posts from others participating in the event.

This is a nice feeling. It motivates me to come here to get some thoughts out of my head before I lose them all to the busyness of my day.

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