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I don't consider Coke Zero a sparkling water, so I'm going to rule "Sparkling Ice" out of this beverage category as well.

Lesson learned for me, read the ingredients before buying!

In the "URL" and "Body" sections, "Upload Image" button will fail with an obscure red status popup about HTML tags. I've confirmed it starts OK with images that are under the 100k limit. I'm guessing it's a problem in how the "too large" message is formatted.

I haven't tried from the apps, just https://lemm.ee

I just installed the demo, looking like a high chance of buying the full version.

Yes this is outside the scope of "Adventure" and "Point-and-Click" games, not really sure if the Narrative genre would be something different from visual novel.

I played two games by NeiLei on itch.io that were a little over an hour long each. Funny and the art was nice. Most of the games were watching the dialog, there was very limited player input but it was there.

Any suggestions for similar games that are 99% story, with different endings?

Minecraft, of course. I've enjoyed the Civcraft series of servers that simulate nation-building very well, in Survival mode with other players a danger. CivMC.net is the most popular current iteration.

Haven and Hearth is a non-Minecraft MMORPG along the same lines, similar to early Ultima Online in aesthetic but with inheritance instead of resurrection.

I got Slay the Spire on my tablet, spending $10 of those Google Rewards I've been saving up. I missed when that first came out, due to playing CivCraft :) Have been doing the daily runs, daily!

Shattered Pixel Dungeon was more last year, but I have played a bit of the update this year. It is very inspiring to have an open source Android+PC game that's a lot of fun with a great community, with people actually using the source to make their own variants on both platforms.

Picked up Mushroom Musume from itch.io, a nice almost-rogue-like adventure / story / creature-raising game . Definitely worth a few bucks but free if you can't.

Hexonia is a polished single-player mini Civilization-style game that at first glance seems gratuitously monetized, but any ads and purchases are voluntary; unlocking things without paying is it's own strategy game. The scope is limited, but I've really enjoyed the challenges and have gotten way more than my money's worth ($0).

Bought Phantom Brave on Steam sale, the story is cute but maybe too simplistic; good voice acting though. The turn-based combat on the missions is fun, I really do like an alternative to the grid.

Tactics Ogre Reborn on the same Steam sale, "good but not the greatest of all time" is how I'd describe it so far. Out of the two I've spent a lot more time on Phantom Brave and care about Tactics Ogre characters far less.