Nice. Minecraft used to be my go to answer for a first WASD game, too.
Lately, I recommend Mineclonia on Luanti, because it's free and has stronger optimizations supporting weak laptops and big multiplayer servers. (It's a popular Free Open Source Minecraft Clone).
I remember those days, as well!
I'm with you.
Thankfully, corporate bullahit isn't the only way to create a discovery algorithm.
I expect that we will have a diverse set of discovery algorithms available to opt into here, in a few years.
I always wonder about the people who drop off just before finishing the game.
That's me. It used to be common for games to have a sharp ramp up in challenge at the end boss, and I often don't have the time to get through that.
So I habitatually abandon games when I feel close to the end, and I watch the ending on a stream, instead of playing it.
I realize that minimal research could tell me which games are which, but even less research finds me a decent stream of the game ending.
Is also very very queer tho JSYK
That could be our new Lemmy slogan.
There's a couple of them, I think.
I found this one:
https://lemmy.ca/c/witchesvspatriarchy
Edit: Better link:
Thanks!
Did I miss something, or is a 12 year old in France now in (indefinite?) police custody for being curious online?
I used to always use Minecrat for this. Sure, they can't do everything immediately, but I put the game on peaceful and let them explore at their own pace.
I say "used to" because Luanti (formerly MineTest, an open source Minecraft Clone*) is finished and free.
(Okay, Luanti is a lot more than a Minecraft clone. But for this discussion that's all one needs to know.)