Cozy Trophies for Cozy Gamers

[graphic_violins8]

Cozy Trophies for Cozy Gamers

 

Introduction

Why must all these trophy challenges be so demanding!  Why aren't there trophy challenges for the folks who just want an easy breezy experience of playing something relaxing to unwind.  Well, now there is!

 

The purpose of this event is to get folks to play the more relaxing side of gaming in the form of cozy games: the farm sims, the walking sims, the atmospheric puzzle games.  The types of games might change but be certain, the focus is the same: relaxation and the feeling of being at peace while you play.

 

First, what is a cozy game...
According to Jumpstart Magazine: Cozy gaming, also called “comfort gaming”, is a type of gameplay that emphasizes relaxation, comfort and self-care

 

Or, according to me...

A game which, while featuring goals, does not emphasize the results of failure and instead focuses on success either through player originated goals or the very act of existing within the games space.

Vague enough?  Good.  You're interpretation of cozy is important.  Sure, there's rules, but we'll get to that.

 

How to sign up
Simply post you're joining.  You can add a proposed list or just wing it, and feel free to swap out of your list as often as you'd like.

Rules

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Start Date: 01/01/2024 Midnight EST
End Date: 12/31/2024 Midnight EST

 

 

1.  You can play any game you want for the event as long as the game is relaxing or stress free.  Obviously this could be considered subjective, but in general, think "mellow" and "relaxed".

2.  With that being said, there is no time constraint.  Take it easy.  This event isn't timed, other than that it will complete 12/31/2024.
3. Upon completing a game, leave a review or post advice for others on a difficult part you experienced in the game.  What was the hardest part?  A particularly annoying achievement?  Or a difficult puzzle?  Whatever it was for you, explain it in your finishing post, or write a walkthrough on how to overcome it.  
4.  You can play games from ANY system, including non Sony systems, though there is a catch which will be explained in Points.  However, if you want to play something on PS4, Xbox 360, SNES, literally any system, go ahead.
5. When it comes to combat, we believe the best approach is that combat is fine, but shouldn't be the focus of the game.  Think the fighting in Stardew Valley or the combat in the Atelier games.  It's there.  It's fine.  But it's unlikely what draws people to those games.  Don't get me wrong, if you want to talk how awesome Doom Eternal is, go for it.  It just won't count for the event.
6.  There are two ways to finish a game.  One is to complete the story and watch the credits roll.  This won't be possible for every game (for example, The Sims), so these can only be completed the second way, which is platinum/100% the achievements.  This is what will exclude certain systems (specifically Nintendo systems and retro systems) from getting this particular award.

7.  Posting updates is encouraged but only as often as you can reasonably do it.  The only thing we ask is you @ us when you complete a game or 100%.  That way it's easy to keep track and when we do updates (weekly on Sundays) we don't miss anyone.
8. If there is a dispute over a game being "cozy" please PM me and we can work through why you believe it should count.  It may take me a bit to message you, but I want everyone to have fun, so I want to try to be as hands on as possible in these matters.  If it becomes too much, I may ask for someone else to assist me with vetting things.

Points

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The point system will be tracked all year and at the end of the year, tallied to determine the winners (we do have prizes, ooooo)

Points will work as follows.  Every trophy/achievement list is worth 1 point.  Doesn't matter if it has a platinum, if it has 1000G or 300G, every completed list is worth 1 point.  There are special goals worth extra points listed below.  However, if the game doesn't have achievements/trophies, or the system doesn't support them, you can still earn a point by finishing the game's story (just provide a screenshot).

 

1.  Completion and trophy 100% on Sony systems (excluding psone and 2) can simply be shown via your trophy list.

2. Completion and achievement 100% on Xbox 360, One and Series X requires you to take a screenshot and post it with your update that you completed it.
3. Completion and achievement 100% on Steam requires you to take a screenshot and post it with your update that you completed it.
4.  Now, for the games without achievements.  For all Nintendo systems, original Xbox, psone and 2, any sega systems, Steam games with no achievements, Atari, the cd-i and Tamagotchi's, take a picture at the completion screen and you'll receive your point.

5.  Games with no definitive ending (think The Sims or Minecraft's Create mode) can still count for achievements or trophies depending on the system you play them on.  If you choose to pursue any game with in game achievements, like the aforementioned ones, on a system that doesn't have trophy or achievement tracking, just grab a screenshot and post it.

6.  Finally, if you wish to opt out of points or the point tracking system, for whatever reason, just let me know and we'll remove you from the running for any prizes.

 

 

This last piece is just informational.  @graphic_violins8 and @Sea_Giraffe007 will be participating.  However, they are not eligible for any prizes and will probably separate themselves from the main list.  We haven't decided on that second part yet but for sure, no prizes for the moderators.  That would be lame.

 

Additional Points Can be Earned Via Challenges
How sad you wanna be??- Complete Gone Home, Dear Esther and Firewatch (Story only) - 5 points

You move and don't call?! - Platinum both Unpacking and A Short Hike - 5 points

The Snuggie Warrior - Complete the trophy list for a game in the Rune Factory series - 5 points
Mario and Link Say Hello! - Complete the story on 5 games on Nintendo consoles - 5 points
I Was Cozy Before It Was Cool! - Complete a cozy game on a Fifth Generation Console (PsOne, Sega Saturn, N64) or sooner (emulation and Switch Online/PS Classics or PS3 store count) - 5 points

The Farmer in the Dell - Complete the most farming games - 10 points - One Person Per Year
Cozy but Deadly - Complete an ultra rare platinum or 100% in a cozy game(photo evidence required) - 10 points
Quick and Cozy - Complete the most games overall (achievements/trophies)- 15 points - One Person Per Year
No Trophies For Me, Thanks - Complete the most games without finishing achievements/trophies - 15 points - One Person Per Year
My grandfather died...- Platinum/100% Stardew Valley - 15 points
Cozy to the Grave - Complete a cozy platinum/100% that took you over 200 hours (photo evidence required) - 15 points
Nook and Cranny - Complete the collections in Animal Crossing - 20 points
What did he say?! - Complete all PC achievements for The Sims 4 (In Game; Photo Evidence required) - 20 points

 

Recommendations

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1.  Animal Crossing - New Horizons (Switch), Wild World (DS), City Folk (Wii), New Leaf (3DS)
2. Stardew Valley - (Switch, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Android, iOs, PC)
3. Rune Factory - A Fantasy Harvest Moon, 2 and 3 (DS), Tides of Destiny/Oceans (Playstation 3 and Wii), Frontier (Wii)4 (3DS), 4 Special (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC), 5 (Switch)

4. The Sims - 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

5. Disney Dreamlight Valley - (Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, iOs)

6. Cozy Groze - (Switch, PS4, Android, iOs, PS5, Xbox One, PC) 
7.  My Time in Portia/Sandrock - (Android, PS5, PS4, Switch, iOs, Xbox One, PC)

8. Harvest Moon - Original (SNES/Super famicom, Switch), Gameboy (Gameboy, Gameboy Color), 64 (N64, Switch), Back to Nature (PsOne, PS3), Save the Homeland (PS3, PS4), A Wonderful Life (PS2, PS4) - There's a ton of these on other retro consoles, so there's plenty to choose from; there also the Story of Seasons games which are effectively the better version of Harvest Moon now, and they are also part of the Harvest Moon series\

9.  Powerwash Simulator

10. Farming Simulator

11. House Flipper

12. Two Point Hospital/Campus

13. Lemon Cake

14. Lawnmower Simulator

15. Slime Rancher

16. The Witness

17. Hohokum

18. Quell 

19. The Talos Principle

20. Portal

21. Unpacking

22. Teacup

23. Donut County

24. Tetris

25. Boxboy

26. Professor Layton

27. Snipperclips

28. Gorogoa

29. Echochrome

30. The Unfinished Swan

31. Baba Is You
32. The Gardens Between
33. Omno
34. Fe

35. Gone Home

36. Tacoma

37. Her Story

38. Firewatch

39. Telltale Games (Walking Dead, Batman, Game of Thrones, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc.)

40. What Remains of Edith Finch

41. Life is Strange
42. The Stanley Parable

43. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

44. Florence
45. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
46. Dear Esther
47. Grim Fandango

48. Day of the Tentacles
49. Lost Words: Beyond the Page

50. The Artful Escape

51. Journey
52. Flower

53. Abzu
54. Gris

 

 

 

Prizes (all prize can be gifted should you not need/want them):

3rd place - Premium Subscription to PSNProfiles
2nd place - 25 dollar psn card for your region 
1st place - 50 dollar psn card for your region

 

Leaderboard

nyx770 - 35

VersusCA - 17
setobox - 12
Platinum_Vice - 7
Hurricane_Tanya - 7
Mokkajunior - 7
DrBloodMoney - 6
esstee11 - 8
MDLarson74 - 3
BeesTrophies - 3
Breakingthegreen - 3
MissShake - 1
insainraven - 1
Xylobe - 0
Helyx - 0

MattbluePT - 0
RedBlaziken8 - 0
DoctorDrPepper - 0
AshestoAshes28 - 0
tentac00liest - 0

maxfighter23__ - 0

SuperPatch27- 0

G_J270216 - 0
Alex_Hedgehog - 0

 

 

Moderators
Sea_Giraffe007 - 11
graphic_violins8 - 6

I will flesh out the event further in the days leading up to Jan 1st.  Until then, hope to see you all relaxing in the new year.

Event moderators will be @graphic_violins8 and @Sea_Giraffe007.

 

Google Sheet with everyone's points (in case I miss something or mess something up): Cozy Games Leaderboard

Edited 14 hours ago by graphic_violins8

[VersusCA]

I'll sign up for this. I have a few of these kinds of games cooked up and I especially like that it includes Steam games! Bought a few walking sim/story-based games on sale and haven't had an excuse to play them yet. Will be a good break from torturing myself with the platinum difficulty challenge

 

 

[setobox]

I will totally sign up for this!

[graphic_violins8]

@setobox and @VersusCA welcome!  I’m gonna make my first additions to the main post tomorrow in the form of a leaderboard and I’ll add you both!

[Xylobe]

There's some fun irony in a "cozy games" event being a score-based competition, but I'll definitely be signing up!

[Helyx]

Cozy sounds great. 

[Hurricane_Tanya]

I’d love to join, a year of focussing on cozy games sounds good

[graphic_violins8]

@setobox @VersusCA @Xylobe @Hurricane_Tanya @Helyx  everyone has been added to the leaderboard.  I've also added some other stuff like how to sign up (exactly like how ya'll did it, but more for anyone else who finds the event), how to post updates and something else to points.  Excited to see the turnout so far!

[MattbluePT]

Well, why not? I could use a stress-free and relaxing event 😂

Count me in, I’ll be calmly participating through the year

[graphic_violins8]

5 hours ago, MattbluePT said:

Well, why not? I could use a stress-free and relaxing event 😂

Count me in, I’ll be calmly participating through the year

Sounds awesome!  Got you on the board.

[Platinum_Vice]

I'd be keen to join, too, please 🤓

[Redblaziken8]

Yeah sign me up for this! Could do with some cosy games this year coming up ☺️ nice idea!

[graphic_violins8]

@Redblaziken8 and @Platinum_Vice got you on the board!

[setobox]

I have a question. So we are doing fresh cozy games for this that we haven't played at all right?

 

For example, I played Gone Home when it was free on PS Plus a few years ago and got all but 3 trophies. If I got those three for this, it wouldn't count correct?

[graphic_violins8]

8 minutes ago, setobox said:

I have a question. So we are doing fresh cozy games for this that we haven't played at all right?

 

For example, I played Gone Home when it was free on PS Plus a few years ago and got all but 3 trophies. If I got those three for this, it wouldn't count correct?

I’m fine with you using things you already started the achievements or trophies for the 100% points. 
What I would say wouldn’t count is if, for instance, you played a game and finished the story in 2021, but mopped up the achievements or trophies next year. You’d get the points for the trophies but not the story completion, if that makes sense. 
 

Now with Gone Home, I see you beat the game already BUT two of the trophies require you to do so again. You would get both point values because beat the game and did the achievements during the event. So basically nothing will apply retroactively but anything earned during the event is fair game. Sorry if that’s super wordy but that’s my stance on it.

[setobox]

Gotcha! Thank you so much for explaining!

[MissShake]

Oh dang, this is right up my alley! Sign me up, I've already completed some games that would've counted for points (why didn't I wait until 2024 for Stardew...) so you know I am all about these games!

[viech54]

Not sure this event is for me, considering the games I want to play next year. I'll post here again should I decide to join. Good luck to everyone else, though, have fun.

 

On 12/6/2023 at 2:46 AM, graphic_violins8 said:

Narrative - Tell me a story, but make it really vague.  Yeah, and cryptic too.

So Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Bloodborne, got it. Just kidding. But it made me think of these games.

[graphic_violins8]

34 minutes ago, viech54 said:

Not sure this event is for me, considering the games I want to play next year. I'll post here again should I decide to join. Good luck to everyone else, though, have fun.

 

So Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Bloodborne, got it. Just kidding. But it made me think of these games.

Totally fair!  Hope to see you but I hope you enjoy whatever you do!  Also yeah it does kind of read like that doesn’t it haha xp

[esstee11]

Yay comfort and relaxation brought to you by a game, one of the greatest gifts a PS5 can bring! 👌 I love this kind of stuff (except any simulator that involves doing a job lol I cannot comprehend why anyone would derive pleasure from finishing their irl day job, getting home to relax on the couch, then going back to work in a PS5 job sim 😂???🤷‍♂️)

 

I've played a lot of the others, fun thing is figuring what other titles will be valid like:

Journey, Stray, What Remains of Edith Finch, Submerged, A Memoir Blue, The Witness, All TellTale games, Life is Strange games? island sims like Stranded Deep or Subnautica maybe? How puzzley can we go, like The Talos Principle? 

 

Edit: I'll throw in a few more suggestions: No Mans Sky, Spirit of the North, Road 96, N.E.R.O, Gris, and any Artifex Mundi (HOP -hidden object puzzle) games, all quite beautiful and super chill 🙂

 

I've never entered a psnp event before but I'm considering this one!

Edited December 7, 2023 by esstee11

[graphic_violins8]

15 minutes ago, esstee11 said:

Yay comfort and relaxation brought to you by a game, one of the greatest gifts a PS5 can bring! 👌 I love this kind of stuff (except any simulator that involves doing a job. I cannot comprehend why anyone would derive pleasure from finishing their irl day job, getting home to relax on the couch, then going back to work in a PS5 job sim 😂???🤷‍♂️)

 

I've played a lot of the others, fun thing is figuring what other titles will be valid like:

Journey, Stray, What Remains of Edith Finch, Submerged, A Memoir Blue, The Witness, All TellTale games, Life is Strange games? island sims like Stranded Deep or Subnautica maybe? How puzzley can we go, like The Talos Principle? 

 

I've never entered a psnp event before but I'm considering this one! 🙂

I’m not one to apply peer pressure but um…..dooooooooo it!

 

So for your questions as for games I think most of those would count.  I think things like The Witness and Talos Principle work in that technically they are relaxing puzzle games (even if the puzzles can be really difficult).  Edith Finch and those definitely count.  I’m going to say for Telltale that because the combat (if you call it that) is so seldom, I think those could count as well.

 

The only ones you mentioned I think wouldn’t count are Stranded Deep and Subnautica but only because (and I’m not super familiar with either title so feel free to correct me) but when you die in these, don’t your characters get wiped?  I think that could add a lot more stress. If that’s not accurate please let me know (I’m gonna do some research myself).

[AshestoAshes28]

Oh my goodness, this is literally my favourite genre of games, next to JRPGS, so I'd absolutely love to join! My plan is to replay some cozy games I already completed over on Xbox now I finally have a PlayStation again 😂. And I have a wishlist on the store full of them, so I'm set for next year! Might even finally find the motivation to finish my collection on Animal Crossing 🫣

Edited December 7, 2023 by AshestoAshes28

[DoctorDrPepper]

This sounds real fun, but I think i'm at a disadvantage because i've already platinumed a ton of these games. But i'd still like to participate even if i'm not gonna win.

[MDLarson74]

I'd like to join this event. I was planning to join one or two events next year to help me commit to finishing more of the games that I start, and I have a bunch of cozy type games in progress. This is the year that I will finish Stardew Valley, for sure!

 

Only downside is I just bought A Short Hike and was looking forward to playing it. I guess I better wait a few weeks...

[graphic_violins8]

@AshestoAshes28, @DoctorDrPepper and @MDLarson74 got you on the board!  I've also added a rule to that segment and finished up the extra point goals.