Game Reviews 8 - Click Games

Hello, and welcome to some more game reviews of click games or click-and-point games. These games are great for grinding those precious achievements. 

Meh - A game where you click a computer to fill a bar to gain one point. Each of the 61 achievements didn't pop up while I was in-game, so I didn't actually realise I had finished the game because none of the achievements popped up while I was in the game. All I know is you click to fill the bar, and each time you do it adds a point to your total. Maybe you need to get 128 points to complete the game, but I am not fully sure. You can also spend your points on opening boxes to customise the computer. There is one that is a skeleton, and that's a pretty cool thing.

Apple clicker - 7 achievements for this fruity game. Click the fruit and earn an achievement for 1, 10, 100, 1000, and so on and so forth.

Peach clicker - You will get in-game drops every 3 hours, but they aren't always successful, so even if you aren't going to be around to click the peach, I recommend you leave it open running in the background. The skins you can get are pretty cool and make it easier to look at if you change them up in a long gameplay session. You will need skins to complete a few of the achievements; most of them are decently priced in the Steam market, too, if you want to complete the game faster. 31 achievements to get, it's a decent amount for a free game, and I do love those achievements. The background will change to keep it interesting. Don't stop clicking, and good luck if you try it.

Flag Clicker - Click the flag and gain drops every 3 hours. Not every drop is successful, so prepare to spend a while getting all of the 31 achievements; you may even learn what flags are and what over the course of playing this; you could say it's educational. I know I am not fully aware of what every flag looks like, so it's been a learning experience for me.

Thank you so much for reading, and if you try any of these, I really hope you enjoy them. Good luck with your achievement hunting, and I will see you next Friday with another blog post, possibly more game reviews, maybe another movie review, or something completely different. Have a great rest of your day. :)

Game Reviews Part 7 - Everyone Has Their Vices

Hello and welcome to the seventh installment of my game reviews. I really hope you have enjoyed these games if you have played them, and about 90% of them should be free on Steam, so this should be very inclusive to Steam gamers. Eventually, I will review some games on epic but for now, I have a lot in my Steam library that I have tried and want to share my thoughts and feelings with you. 

Palia - Such a cozy game! You can explore, play games, and develop the storyline. Interact with the characters and give them gifts to level up your friendship with them. You can run around and catch bugs either to keep or sell, make furniture on your plot, hunt the animals in the various locations, mine rocks to find precious gems, and a whole lot more. There is a lot to this game, but not in a way that I would say is overwhelming. I will say it may be overwhelming to catch up with the storyline, especially if you have a friend who has finished it all, but don't worry, you can play at your own speed. It has a wonderful community, and most of the people I have come into contact with have been so lovely. They brought in a new area called the elderwood. If you have motion sickness, you may struggle exploring this area, as I struggle with it, but it might just be a me thing. 4/5

Dung Beetle Adventure - This is a very cozy game, and I don't want to give too many spoilers if others would like to try it, but I got to the last puzzle and had to consult a guide. I only check Steam guides if I am really stuck. The last puzzle needs you to click something so it lights up, and then you can reach the thing your beetle has been asking for since the start of the game. I really could not figure out what I had missed throughout the game in order for it not to just light up at a click. It's a very cozy little game, probably a one-and-done if you are going to try it. I probably will go back and try to figure out what I had missed previously, but for now, I am taking some time away from that one. I might watch someone else play it and see what the difference is. 3.5/5

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator - This game is so chill, I actually fell asleep playing, or more watching what was going to spawn next. There are a lot of dlc's for this game. I would wait for them to be on sale, so it isn't a huge cost when you do choose to buy them. 48 achievements to get, but you may want it running in the background, or if you have multiple screens, you may want it off to the side so you can enjoy it, but do something else at the same time.41 Achievements to get as you progress through the game. 4.5/5

Lost In Random: The Eternal Die - If you want to roll dice and battle one, this is the game for you. There are really cool power-up type things, basically, you pull cards and get through a maze to reach the boss fight. I didn't do terribly well with this one, but the characters you meet along the way are cool, and you don't have to voice said characters yourself. I will be going back to this game eventually because I would love to know what the rest of the storyline is. 3.5/5

Three out of four of these I would call cozy games so if you want a chill day/ night of gaming these could be a good fit for you to try, Lost In Random is not something I would call a cozy game but there aren't too many of these style games that I have tried and it was rather irritating dying in the same few places for a while but once you work out what went well it feels really rewarding. Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you have a great weekend. :)

Game Reviews Part 6 - Click Games Help Me Pass The Time

Hello and welcome to another click game review, since I have found quite a lot more click games, and I am excited to try them all and let you know how they actually are in the coming weeks. But let's focus on this week's four games.

Tapple - Click the middle of the screen and gain achievements fast. This game makes an annoying sound when you click the apple, but when the achievements are coming in this fast, who really cares? The only achievement I couldn't figure out how to get was the hidden button, but because of that, I am calling this completed. I would have rated this 5 stars if I could have found that button. 4.5/5

Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online - If you are going to try this game, I suggest that you buy the auto clicker in the shop its going to make getting chests that much easier in order to complete the 98 achievements quicker. If you want to play it more casually, just spend the money on the chests or the gambling game offers. Collecting all the skins is the aim of the game, but I really like this, so I am hoping the person who made this comes out with another game like it or updates this one (with new achievements). 5/5

Egg - Technically, I put work into this game for 2 days, not continuously, but when I closed it at the end of day 1, I thought it would have an auto save since there was not an obvious button. It didn't save.  I had to start over, and there is only one achievement. On day 2, I decided I needed to get an auto-clicker to assist me in this journey to 10000000 clicks for that one achievement. It took all day, 12 hours, genuinely, to finish this one day. My hand was dying from the amount of clicking I did, and I probably would not have gotten it without the auto-clicker.  I do not like using an auto clicker, but I knew that for this game, I had no choice when it didn't save my progress from the previous day. 1/5

Click to 10 - you get to 10, and it then closes the game, no achievements. 1/5

Thank you for reading. I really hope you enjoy these if you do play them, especially since I did not enjoy the last game very much, but I think that's because I mostly lean towards games that have achievements these days, since I would like to get five thousand achievements this year. Good luck if you try any of these on Steam. I have to note that there are more achievements on Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online since I wrote the review. Have a great rest of your day, and thank you for reading. 

There's So Many Games to Review - Part 5

Hello friends, and welcome back to the saga of Lilly reviewing games. It's not weird, I referred to myself as my name or anything, why would you think that? I really hope you enjoy these as much as I do, its so great sitting down every other week and writing a few reviews or putting them into a post because I do put these out on minimap before hand, if you would like to check that app out or maybe the website, you can track your achievements, share them on the feed and see what other gamers are getting up to. This week is about games I play on stream, so if you are looking to start streaming, these could be a good recommendation. Let's do this. 

Golf with your friends - Great to stream, get your whole community involved, and rage together on the harder to play maps. In all of the experiences I have had with this game, there has always been one person who is better than the rest of us. I keep telling myself I am going to put more practice in before I play it with people, but I never do. This is a game you can dust off and come back to at any point. There is no storyline, just you and the course. You got this! 5/5

Lurkbait twitch fishing - If you stream on twitch this is a great game to keep chat interacting, and you can add your own things to fish up. You can even add sounds to go with the items that come out of the pond. Great for starting so, brb, and ending screens or just the whole stream, do what you want. You can just connect it to Twitch and do your own fishing if you don't stream but want to play. I tried the demo of it, but the demo is just for you, so if you aren't going to stream and use it on stream, I suggest you go for the demo version if it is still available. You can also change the seasons! 4.5/5

Gamble With Your Friends - This could be a good game for streaming because you can get a group of friends together and try to work to make money in a casino together. You will have to start over if you don't meet your daily goal. There are different floors you can unlock by playing the game well. Getting out of bed in the starting area may set off people who have motion sickness, as I struggle with it, but if you play with someone who can tell you when you are out while you aren't looking, you should be all good. Hours of fun can be had playing, so if you give it a go, good luck. There are 55 achievements to get, and they are shared with the people you play with. It would be nice if more multiplayer games did that. A casual mode would be cool for people to practice in, but maybe they will bring something like that in the future. 4/5

Coin Pusher World - The best game I have found for twitch interaction! '!All' to drop coins. There is a leaderboard, and maybe you might see your chat coming to life and appearing on it if you get this game. When I have days where I don't run this, my chat gets upset, so I would say it's a stream staple. Customise your coin, earn tickets to put walls up so you can gain more points with the '!wall' command. 4.5/5

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you for another blog post next week. Take care.

Gaming Reviews?

Hello friends, and welcome to another post. I hope you are having a great day so far. I wanted to write about an app that I found for mobile recently, it's called minimap, and you can track all of your achievements on there as long as you link your accounts. I will say I have emailed the team asking why there isn't a button to connect to Epic Games, because I am loving the graphs it uses to show you how many achievements you have gained. 

If you are an achievement hunter trying to beat your all time record of achievements this is for you, it lets you post all of your achievements and there is a section where you can write reviews about the games that you play so I am thinking maybe I will do about 4 game reviews in one blog post so it isn't so short but you get to see what I have been up to before it comes out on my YouTube channel or even after a stream. I will start off with the few core games I love, and I will try to keep this as neat as I humanly can. If you do check out minimap, if you would like to drop me a follow, my username is LillyLeather420 YT. 

I know my life isn't filled with a lot of new experiences, but I am more of a home person. I don't like to leave my safe zone, but I do really like trying different games out, so much so that I could not tell you what types of games are my favourite. I do know what games I gravitate to, but only in the title sense, not a category. These reviews will be in no particular order. 

Dead by Daylight - I have over 1000 hours in this game because it is so good. I started on Xbox and then moved to Steam. Don't get me wrong, there are some not-so-great people who play this game, and they can be horrible in end-game chat. There are people who full-on troll whilst playing, but they play how they want to play, and you can play how you want to play. Your game style may upset other people, but as long as it isn't a reportable offence, you should be fine. I have met many great people whilst playing, and that is a giant part of why I continue to play. Because you meet those lovely people who want to farm with you, or you have a funny moment. It's really great to connect with people. I do wish they would have end game chat for Xbox, switch and PlayStation users, but hopefully they will bring that in in the future. Play on your own or with friends. I find myself taking breaks from it and coming back to it all the time. Can't wait for new killers and survivors, and 2v8 is my all-time favourite game mode, so I always love it when that comes back. 4.5/5

ASKA - This game is stunning visually. I streamed it and even played off-stream; I was that addicted to it. It is hard to play on your own, and there is definitely a learning curve. The first winter, I kept dying over and over, so I am a little traumatised anytime winter rolls around, but you just have to be prepared, and I really wasn't. I don't want to scare people away from this game because it is genuinely one of my favourites. I do recommend playing with friends because it will be easier. I think you can play with 4 people. The blood moons can be a little tricky, but if you just follow what the wisps tell you to, you should be fine. I love that there is a fishing aspect because fishing games can be some of the most chilled games, so it's nice to just choose to fish while you let your villagers chop trees, gather food and rocks, build a train and protect the base. You can never have enough flax. If you think it's enough, you are wrong. Get more. You will find you need it for crafting just about everything. Exploring is amazing, and I haven't even gotten into building the ships and sailing across the ocean to new islands. I cannot wait until I am at that point. 5/5

Bongo Cat - This little pixel cat has motivated me so many times to write YouTube descriptions or blog posts and now reviews because I want to be able to open the chests. I will never run out of clicks. It's almost the mentality that most people have for Pokémon, but instead of gotta catch 'em all, it's gotta collect all the skins and hats. You can dress your little typing companion anyway you want, and you can have your friends on the screen too. There are achievements for all you achievement hunters out there.  Try it cause why not its free, and I think you will find you quite like it, sitting in the corner of your screen. I love mine so much. 5/5

Minecraft - I spent a lot of my time before becoming more of a social game player playing Minecraft. I love the updates they bring out regularly. It's nice that a game that is quite old still has people thinking about it. So many great people are in the Minecraft community and actually make a living off this one game all on its own. Your only limit in this is your imagination; you don't have to be creative to play it, though. You can play at your own pace, go exploring, tend to crops, look after your own animals, raid temples, and battle enemies. I see why people love it so much. I love it so much. Build and create or destroy its up to you what you do. Invite your friends to worlds and share in the caving experiences. You might argue that the game has everything, and it genuinely might. 5/5

Thank you so much for reading. I really hope you like my reviews. I may be able to get these out every other week, but when I run out of games I have tried, they will be fewer and farther between. Have a great rest of your day, and I will be back with another post in a week. :)

Besties Across the World - The Power of Twitch

Hello and welcome to another post by me, Lilly. Today, I would like to talk about an online platform that could help you if you are feeling alone.

 It's crazy to think that I have met some of the best people in my life on Twitch; basically, my whole friend group is people I have met on Twitch. A lot of them are from England or pretty close, such as Ireland and Scotland. The group I have all have similar intrests but when someone finds something new, they share it with the group. It's a great community we have created over a three-year span, but seriously, these people are some of the best I have ever met in my life, and I am glad something like Twitch exists where people all across the world have the opportunity to chat and hang out without it being in person.  I actually came across Rambo because of my sister raiding into her, and I am so glad to call Rambo my bestie. This woman is outgoing, has similar goals in life to me, and she will message me every day. Twitch really has changed my life for the better, and you don't need to be streaming to make great friends from the platform. Just make a profile, search for a game you are interested in, and find someone who doesn't have that many viewers. I feel like a lot of people make the mistake of going into the bigger streamers' streams, but a lot of messages in the bigger streamers' chats will get missed. I recommend that you find someone who has single to double-digit viewers, as you may have better luck making a connection with the streamer and their viewers. Just remember, you are never alone. There is always someone out there willing to listen you just have to find them.

A little warning, if you are brand new at twitch there is such a thing as Twitch etiquette. Not every streamer wants to hear things such as bad thoughts or experiences; try to keep the conversation light. Maybe after sending a few messages in someone's chat, tell them it's your first time on Twitch or that you are new and are still learning what to do and what not to do. If you stream do not say in their chat that you stream too, I can only speak for my community but we tend to just give everyone a shout out so it will become known that you are also a streamer, some people will ask if you stream or what you stream, that ids your moment to shine let them know a little bit about what you do. Respect the chatters, respect the streamer, and respect the rules. If you follow this guide, you should be pretty good to go. Good luck in your Twitch adventures.

Thank you so much for reading. I really appreciate your time, and if you are someone who is feeling alone and wants to talk to someone, I stream most Thursdays and Saturdays, 8pm to 11 p.m. GMT. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you in the next blog post, I do or see you in a stream :)

Lilly's thoughts and opinions on the recent changes to Dead By Daylight

Hello and welcome to some game talk. I try my best to play a lot of games, but I keep going back to a few favorites every time. Dead by Daylight is one of those games, and if you have seen any of my YouTube content, it is probably something related to Dead by Daylight. I don't quite have 1000 hours in the game yet, but as of me writing this, I have 900 hours in the game on Steam, so I am getting there. Dead by Daylight was my gateway into gaming with friends, as I had played a few games on my Xbox and Nintendo DS that were solo, such as Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and Nintendogs. But Dead by Daylight was my first game that wasn't really in my comfort zone, and it was multiplayer. My sister said I should try it, and I did. That very night, after I had downloaded it, I hopped into a VC with her friends and tried the game. I wasn't the biggest fan at first, as everything was new, including these people with whom I was now hanging out. For those who don't know, I am an introvert. I don't really like meeting new people or spending time with people, but it has gotten better through streaming, and I am decent at hanging out with people online if I know them a little. Streaming was a way to take me out of my comfort zone, and it really has! I have met some wonderful people through playing DBD and through streaming. I am so glad I tried both. 

Once I got more into the game Dead By Daylight I then experienced some of the different events that they have started doing more often for example the anniversary events of the game being out turned into playing the game as much as possible and getting all the blood points I possibly could because the blood point bonus cakes were in the blood web at the time so it turned into a whole grind situation. Then they started doing the 2v8 limited-time event game mode, and I absolutely love this, as you can play as a killer with your friends. It's so much fun, but it takes roughly 20 minutes to get a match as a killer, and if you are playing survivor, you can get a match almost instantly. I love this game mode so much that I even made a series on it for YouTube, so if you would like to see what I am talking about, you can head on over and check it out. It's called through the killer's eyes. I am recording the content for season two of this series, as so many people loved it. When Behaviour (The makers of the game Dead By Daylight) brought this game mode back, they had added a new feature for the killer. The feature is that if you are playing Killer, you don't have to wait in these ridiculously long killer queues; you can ready up with your friend you are playing killer with for a survivor game. The ratio ends up being 2:1. You get about 2 games as a survivor before you get 1 killer game. This is okay if you like both sides, and I do. However, it can be a little annoying going back and forth. I have been clicking wrong buttons as the killer because when I load into the killer match, my brain is still in survivor mode, plus with my series hanging in the balance, I would like to get more killer games recorded than survivor games. For the series, I like to have a total of twenty-two episodes, just like a regular TV series. 

Don't get me wrong, I love that they have made it so you can play as a survivor while you wait for a killer game. I  just wish the ratio were a little more balanced. They could introduce some incentives to have new people play the game, such as some free cosmetics for simply playing during the event, and not just a login bonus while this specific event is running. Maybe one day they will fix it, but maybe not. One can always hope.

Thank you so much for reading my mad ramblings. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you in the next one. 

Getting To Affiliate - It's Different For Everyone

There are many different paths you can take in life, and a lot of those paths can lead to the same goal. That is because there is no one correct way to go about anything. Sometimes different paths can be found because you have different capabilities, sometimes it's a matter of what connections you have, sometimes it's that the path was already forged before you started on your journey.

When I was working on hitting affiliate on Twitch, I had my own alternate motives; I was helping a friend. It eventually became I continued streaming because I enjoyed it and I enjoyed the community connections, and I wanted to have a way to relieve stress but by that point I had already gotten affiliate due to pushing my way into other communities and making connections with folks who helped to push me and keep my numbers up. Because of that community, I try my best, every chance I can, to help push others to get to that point. Where they take it after that is completely up to them, but I can help at least get them started.

Whether this is the best means of achieving something like affiliate status on Twitch or monetization status on YouTube, is still up for debate but at least it gets rid of the stress of when will you make that status if at all.

There are some folks out there who streamed for months and years on end before finally getting that status, and only because they happened to be playing a game that brought in somebody bigger with the numbers to help push them there.

Over time, your drive can diminish, and that's unfortunate because that drive is what should be helping to push you into triumph rather than into a wall of defeat.

But maybe I am wrong

Prepping Content

Being a content creator is a lot more work than people often think.

Like sure there are some instances of you being able to achieve popularity overnight from a random video gone viral, but that is not always the case. Not to mention, it does not end there when that is the case. You don't just continue to go viral and achieve success from that one video. If you want to continue making something of your name, you must continue to work hard and pump out content. Preferably relevant content, but not always is the content relevant to you that is relevant to others. You often have to put on a facade, you need to embody something you are not. And if you are like me and prefer to try and stay true to your roots and who you are, you can find that climb to be a little bit harder. More of a struggle. Slower on the progress. 

Working for that progress means keeping constantly busy. It means making a schedule and trying your best to stick to it. Making a plan for what gets posted when and where. It can be a lot to do and it can really start to wear you down. That is why I try not to sweat when I miss a day, when I falter a step, when I forget to post something. I don't want this to become a chore for me. I want to continue to have fun and have an escape. Will I still make a plan and try my best to stick to it? Yes. And I will continue to wish I could grow more. But I know that my efforts are enough for me and that I am doing it the way I see fit. 

A Little Bit of Chaos

Just a little reflection on my weekend shenanigans.

Sometimes isolation isn't all it is cracked up to be. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it is nice to be left to get your work done and just do as you wish without worrying about what others are thinking or wish they were doing instead. But there are also the times when you are left by yourself not completely by your own choice but because the others around you do not wish to spend time with you. Sometimes it is hard to tell people you wish they would include you. Sometimes it is hard to tell people you wish you could spend more time with them just goofing off. Sometimes you need somebody else to step in and say let the Chaos Commence!

So that is what we did this weekend, we let the chaos take over. There were still some periods of downtime when we did not bother talking to one another. There were definitely some hiccups of not knowing what to do or what to watch. Not being able to get the camera working properly, the microphone being too quiet. Etc. Etc. That did not stop the Chaos though. The fun times, the laughs, the memories; they happened regardless. And I am grateful for that.

Thank you <3

Content Creator Challenge Day 29: Future Goals

I am one of those people who thrives with checklists so that being said, I have always had an idea of what tasks I need to complete to get myself where I want to be. Planning for the future is no different.

Looking toward the future, I have goals of continuing on in my full-time job but also continuing to grow as a part-time streamer/content creator. It will never be a money thing for me, just a relaxation and destressing kind of thing. Any money I do happen to make from it will end up going right back into this hobby and right back into the community. I plan on saving to get a real gaming PC instead of just my laptop so that it can store more games and play more games with fewer issues. Eventually, I would like to eliminate the laptop from the regular streaming setup as a whole and save it for gaming/streaming on the go! Baby steps though, one PC at a time. I want to continue to grow our community in the future and help other people have a safe place to just decompress and laugh at my stupidity. I want to be able to give back and help out other communities and other struggling individuals.

Making these lists though, that's the easy part; seeing them through and helping them come to life is a whole other ballgame and will require just a smidge of effort on my part.

Till next time Nightlings!

Content Creator Challenge Day 27: Introduce Your Mods

 Any streamer will tell you that it is a good idea to have MODs on your team, they help make your life just a little bit more seamless when you are trying to be active with your live community. Even as a first-time streamer who doesn't know what they are doing. Having somebody there who can help let you know that you muted your mic and forgot to unmute it. Having somebody who can help answer chat when you have gotten a little too into the virtual world. Somebody who can take care of the spam bots that are going to come through, because they will, even for noobs, ESPECIALLY for noobs. MODs are a very essential part of the streaming world. 

Now you can certainly try and take care of everything yourself, but you may end up finding yourself getting more stressed that way. You may end up having three or four different bots with different features to help keep everything reigned in. You may find that you are constantly having to stop what you are doing as an entertainer to press extra buttons. You may find that you inadvertently missed something because you were trying to fix something else and now you can't get back to the original item. 

Make sure your MODs are somebody that you trust and not somebody who is just going to take advantage of the power though. You want somebody that you can rely on to be honest with you about your content and your mistakes. You want somebody who is going to have fun with the chat but knows when enough is enough and time people out for doing stuff they shouldn't. You want somebody who is not going to disappear on you when you need them most like during a raid.

My MODs may not always have the time to drop in but they are always there for me when I absolutely need them and I know that if I am really starting to struggle, they will come help take away at least a tiny bit of that burden.

Content Creator Challenge Day 26: Share Your Discord

I worked really hard to set up my own discord when I first started streaming, it took some time but I pieced together bits from other servers I had been in and made it include all the things I liked most. Things such as designated channels for different types of conversations like those about superheroes or Disney princesses. Channels that posts for my various platforms can go into so that the community can stay up to date. Channels that not everyone has access to unless they are given special permissions or roles. All the roles you could imagine. Not to mention channels with various bots to entertain yourself if you're bored. Pretty visual titles to break up the monotony of most servers. Emotes to freshen it up and be unique for my server. So many things continue to get added as well, like counts to visually see how our community is continuing to grow. I am proud of what I have managed to accomplish and I will continue to update it as I continue to grow and learn new things!

 
https://discord.com/invite/JqD9sZxh3p

Content Creator Challenge Day 24: Favorite Streaming Moments

I have loved most of my streaming moments, there have been a few moments that were not as fabulous as others but that does not mean I did not appreciate it and the growth it brought me. Some of my proudest moments have definitely been when I first started streaming and when I made my affiliate status. There are also the few bigger raids I have had, while I appreciate any and all raids I am able to receive, I had a lot of fun with all the chaos that the bigger raids brought with them. Being able to finish games with my community and share in the relief of finally finishing hard missions. Being able to show more than just myself that I am capable of hitting sniper shots on occasion. Being able to show growth in terms of moving into my own place or adding things to the background of my stream. I love it all and I love being able to share it with others, whether it is with just one person or with 100 people. 

Content Creator Challenge Day 23: Collab with Another Streamer

When I first started streaming, I was mostly playing Sims 4 on my own and that was my content but then I started playing games like Minecraft and Goose Goose Duck with my friends and I was becoming a primarily collab streamer. You may think that collaborating with other streamers is good and that you will grow your community that way, and sometimes you will if you do it correctly. But you will also quickly find out that you can sometimes end up fighting with those friends you collab with for their viewers or their chatters and you will struggle to grow at the same exponential rate you could be growing if you just let the viewers see you being your goofy self on your own. 

Now that isn't to say you can not occasionally collab with other creators but I just speak from experience when I say that there is a right and a wrong way to collab with others. Especially when it comes to streaming with others. It is definitely easier to make content collab-ing with other creators in terms of YouTube videos or TikTok but streaming can become problematic. However, it has gotten easier since Twitch added a co-stream option for their users. 

That being said, I will not be doing a specific collab stream for this challenge (although I play games with my streamer of a boyfriend on Wednesdays if you would like to come watch that!). Instead, I will find some clips from me playing games with other streamers and post that for you to view on TikTok.

Content Creator Challenge Day 22: Share Your Game Wishlist

Everyone has a list of things they wish they could have if money was not an issue. Things like new cars, new houses, new books, new games, new everything. Because of this, I have several lists in different places such as Amazon or Steam or Throne. Amazon actually has multiple lists. Lists of things I want for my apartment. Lists of things I would want in my future house. Lists of things I would want for my stream set-up. Lists of things I would want for collections. I have a lot of lists. 

Below you will find links to two of my lists. The Amazon list is just games I would want, primarily for my Switch console; the Throne list on the other hand has a lot of my gaming computer components I would want so that I can start taking PC gaming a bit more seriously.

Amazon Wishlist

Throne Wishlist

Content Creator Challenge Day 20: You Playing a Horror Game

I am a cozy gamer girl.

I do not do horror games.

I will watch horror movies. I will make comments about how silly and stupid the people are being in the movies by opening the doors or answering the phone or peeking out a window, but I jumpscare way too easily from the games.

And honestly, that is saying something because growing up, my dad would randomly come up behind us and jumpscare us all the time. Although maybe that played a role in why I am so jittery and easily jumpscared.

Regardless, it is a challenge we need to do for this 30 day content creator challenge (not to mention the audience loves being able to scare me) so I will be streaming a horror game over the weekend if anyone wants to join in the fun...

Content Creator Challenge Day 19: Finally Touching Grass

One of the most common comments normies make to gamers, "go touch grass". Do you know where that originated from? Technically it started back in 2015 on Twitter but it definitely gained more popularity in 2020 and 2021 when the global pandemic took over and normies temporarily became engulfed in our gaming communities. 

Most people probably think oh you spend all day inside gaming you need to go outside and meet people and have social interactions, which is definitely the biggest part of the whole saying; but it also was about how you literally could not leave the house to do anything and therefore needed to go out into your yard to touch grass occasionally and get that fresh breath of clean air, even if it was while wearing a mask.

As a gamer who also works a full-time job, I get to touch grass quite frequently though. I touch grass when I am leaving to go to work and when I am at work. So the comment of needing to go outside and touch grass is not super applicable to me. At least not that I feel like.

Content Creator Challenge Day 18: How Streaming has Impacted Your Life

While streaming is no longer the biggest part of my world, when I first started streaming, I did try and make it my everything (although, let's be honest, I tend to do that with a lot of the things I get into). Streaming has affected me greatly in that it has allowed me to remain sociable, to make a lot of new friends, it has allowed me to realize who some of my fake friends were, to learn more about myself such as likes or dislikes, and the biggest thing I feel that streaming has done for me, it has provided me with a way to relax and destress. 

Having an outlet for yourself is very important in life. If you keep everything bottled up then you are likely to have a very unhealthy mental state and you can go crazy. You will stop taking care of yourself in regards to normal functionality and will start to see a decline in more aspects of your life. All that is just to say that having an outlet like how I have streaming is important. While gaming in itself can be an outlet and you can find relaxation in just getting to let your mind relax, I find that being able to share my crazy with others and see what others have to say about how I do things is nicer because I don't feel so alone all the time.

Content Creator Challenge Day 17: Try a Challenge for a Game you Play

Playing games in itself is great. I find it very fun to just run through the game as it was intended to be played and complete the quests that the DEVs have put into place. Sometimes though, you finish the storyline or the game is more open concept and you want to give yourself a harder task to accomplish than what the DEVs thought up. Because of this, gamers of all likes have been creating their own challenges and then some even go on to share them with the community so that other gamers can try and complete the challenges themselves. 

Most games have speed run modes. Lots of games you can reverse controls on. FPS games have different weapon load-out restrictions. Sims has challenges like Rags to Riches and the 100 Babies. Minecraft even has its own hardcore mode on Java where once you die, there is no respawn. You can catch me trying out that gameplay for the first time over on our YouTube once I finish editing the video! 

(Spoiler - I did not die on the first night like I totally expected myself to!)