[2+5 Extra GA] The First Ever SG Giveaways Foohfiehlshfdn mefhguuurglackHELPackaaffhurrackURhrRRkkgg

Don't question the title.

Hey! So I haven't created a thread in what feels like years. And now that I'm quarantined and bored as shit, nows a good a time as any :D

I have twooo giveaways to giveaway here (and a third in the near future from votes, that'll also be WL-gated) (personally my vote is for Hotel Sowls, and NOT JUST BECAUSE ITD SAVE ME MONEY,, ok maybe a bit, but seriously watch that trailer look how weird and cute it is?? the vibes??), the theme for which are that theyre amazing-looking indie games that havent been given away here on SG yet. one is open to all over level 3, and the other behind a whitelist gate. Since I thought it worked really well in my last thread, I'm going to do the same thing here

To get into my super exclusive cool kids club whitelist, all you have to do is give someone a compliment on this thread. Try find something you can genuinely compliment on/something you find great about them. It can be anything from their steam profile, to their avatar, to their presence here, whatever. And I'll add you. :)

OR

Mention a forum user you are grateful for! (for anything as well, maybe a game you won from them and really liked, or a comment they left, the threads they make, their general presence... etc). That'd be great too

If you took part in the last one, and want to show appreciation to the same person, or can't think of another right now, feel free to do just that. :)

Oh! And you have to have said your thank yous in past won giveaways as well!
Not ALL--because some are said through steam I understand, and sometimes its just late, your tired and/or feeling negative, and you forget.... But I want to make sure there are a few. Because saying thank you is always the bare minimum one can do, right?

disclaimer:your whitelist may not remain after the giveaways end depending on how many enter, since I like to try keeping it somewhat small, and somehow I've gathered 239 people (really not small) on it already apparently (too many kind and great people here on SG).. So please dont do any whitelist for whitelist stuff, and hate me if you find I then cut you out after :(

Also, here's a few random (totally objectively) amazing-looking and aesthetically pleasing upcoming indie games that may or may not interest you, that I've found stalking the steam upcoming tab over the years:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/473950/Manifold_Garden/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/757310/Sable/
^incredible trailer... and style. Damn, that style
https://store.steampowered.com/app/735290/Genesis_Noir/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/720560/Vigil_The_Longest_Night/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/720350/Mundaun
/https://store.steampowered.com/app/715020/Elden_Path_of_the_Forgotten/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/914210/N1RV_AnnA_Cyberpunk_Bartender_Action/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/865610/Backbone/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/853050/El_Hijo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/775580/ITTA/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201270/A_Space_For_The_Unbound/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/The_Drifter/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/Garden_Story/
^mmmm hit me with that background rain ambience and soft animal crossing-like soundtrack
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062000/Starmancer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1037120/Mutropolis/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/986040/The_Unliving/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/Spiritfarer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/962580/Summer_in_Mara/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/824000/Hokko_Life/
^some might say they took a few notes from Animal Crossing... (and that is a yes please)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164050/When_The_Past_Was_Around/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/

And on another unrelated note, has anyone got any recommendations for Ghibli-inspired games (other than Ni No Kuni)? If not in art style, games that invoke that same sense of breezy, soft, subtly magical, innocent, young and unhurried adventure as their films do. That invoke for you the same magical feelings as these tracks...
"Path of The Wind" by Joe Hisaishi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZgBjQFMPvk
Princess Mononoke - Departure to the West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxLh5Ak8U4A
2: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky CitS OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8MEO_2AYo
Spirited Away (2001) - The Name of Life (Instrumental piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPM5IDIYPs
(also - if you've never watched any Ghibli films, please considering that... For yourself. You might just very well need it right now:))

Giveaways:

extras from choice:

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/nBiZj/gris
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/sC1nJ/turok-2-seeds-of-evil
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/b9ZiR/opus-magnum
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/zsrf0/the-bards-tale-iv-directors-cut
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/pSN4b/hitman-2

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/tsgPn/lair-of-the-clockwork-god

Gated:
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/smks2/marco-the-galaxy-dragon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202540/Marco__The_Galaxy_Dragon/

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XRLdL/hotel-sowls

https://store.steampowered.com/app/968350/Hotel_Sowls/

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/DrE77/world-of-horror

https://store.steampowered.com/app/913740/WORLD_OF_HORROR/