Successful dance battles earn you seeds that you can plant to grow new Ooblets. Explore everythingįarming sim veterans will recognise the hallmarks of the genre in Ooblets: You leave your home in search of better living you meet a quirky mayor who needs help restoring a charming but tumbledown town you move into a small, boarded-up home they bequeath you (hey, it’s free!), and work your spunky magic.īut Ooblets departs from the likes of similar games such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley by prioritising Ooblet collection and dance battles. To help you get started, and without any of the negative side effects of the ancient skull-removal procedure known as trepanning, (which I am considering performing on the rats), I present to you my top tips for anyone starting a leisurely game of Ooblets. I recommend you take a brain vacation with me.

None of the game’s mechanics - not planting crops, not decorating your home, not collecting squidgy Ooblets, nor engaging them in dance battles - require more than two micro units of higher-level brain power, which is currently my ideal level of cognitive function. To me, the whole appeal of Ooblets is its ability to liquefy your thoughts into happy, oozing non-thoughts.

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