There’s an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It’s in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it’s one of my goto games.

Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you’re into there’s at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It’s actually novel to fly under the radar for once.

What do you do that doesn’t have a community associated with it?

  • fleck@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Absolutely! These are the obvious ones, maybe you already know them:

    • T-Square
      • “TRUTH” is an absolute classic, just like “サーキットの放浪者”, and “Travellers”
    • Casiopea
      • I think “Be” is my favourite Album, but all are solid
    • Masayoshi Takanaka

    And then also some that are maybe lesser known (no particular order):

    • Katsumi Horii Project
      • They have quite a lot of songs. “Way to morning” or “Flashback” are good examples. I also like “Jungle of Heaven”
    • Trix
      • “ECCENTRIX” is really nice, just like “An Index”
    • Dimension
    • Himiko Kikuchi
    • Naniwa Express
    • Yuji Toriyama
    • Chikara Ueda & The Power Station
    • Toshiki Kadomatsu
    • The Gran Turismo soundtrack also has some hidden Gems here and there

    I think what I like about this genre is that it combines very catchy melodies/riffs and chord progressions with really creative jazzy solos. I have not really found much recent stuff (>2010), though. But I can recommend SOIL & Pimp Sessions. They are more recent and more traditional-jazz-oriented.

    Bonus if you like light prog/math rock: Check out Elephant Gym. Spring Rain (春雨) is one of my favourite songs.