One of the games I’ve played a bit and didn’t mention yesterday is Gnometown.

It’s a cute little building game with some interesting tweaks to the usual formula. You start off with your gnome and one helper, and actions take a certain amount of time – the simple ones take 5-15 seconds, the major ones might take hours. As you play, you expand your play area, find more helpers (which increases your capacity to do things) and unlock and complete various quests.

The graphics are generally adorable (disclaimer: I know one of the artists on the project personally and I love her style,) but I’m not super focused on decorating and I’ve been totally, totally stuck on quests for ages because I need items that come very rarely (or cost money) and even when I get them, I haven’t gotten the random success on their use. So my play has dropped way off, and I’m not super thrilled with the game overall. I log in occasionally, though, and maybe I’ll break on through – they did add a way to get the machetes I need via gifting and not just paying money, and that’s a good sign.