This is kind of perfect in the sense that I literally went to the countryside today, watched Kiki's delivery service with my gran and had a cup of tea then watched my mate play Minecraft. Such a vibe. Great video.
For me it was 2 weeks ago, on a video by Noralities. But I don't think that's a coincidence considering Kiki and Moomin were both mentioned in this video. Maria must've seen that video before being inspired to make this.
I actually had this video planned back in October, but put it off because my laptop at the time struggled with display capture :( I haven’t heard of Noralities but that vid sounds right up my alley so I’m gonna watch that later!!
@@eurothug4000 oh wow, if that's the case this is certainly a crazy coincidence, but it happens to me a lot, where I hear something new and a few days later I see that same thing mentioned elsewhere if you do check out noralities, I'm referring to one video she made about the Moomins, and a different video she made about Kiki's delivery service, but it's the video about Kiki where she explicitly mentions cottagecore in the middle of the video, and I'm sure you'd love her channel in general, it's great!
The long dark actually can end up feeling very "cottagecore" once you get good enough at it. Sure it's a pretty harsh survival game, and you have to deal with wolves and all that. But once you know what you're doing then all this natural world end up feeling very peaceful to navigate (dare I say chill? =p). It's not exactly a lush and bright aesthetics but harsh winter are part of the natural world. There is also quite a lot of crafting and the more you advance through the game the more you end up relying on crafted items. Same with food, while you can't really grow crops and foraging is limited and mostly useful for medicinal herbs trapping rabbits and occasionaly hunting a deer or a wolf (or a bear if you're feeling adventurous) and then actually having to gut them and quarter them really does give this feeling of a natural lifestyle. The game is also very slow paced for the most part which fits with the aesthetics. Though not all map exactly give off the same vibe. Timberwolf mountain is a bit too harsh and has not a lot of real good place to live in for a long time for exemple, and climbing a mountain isn't exactly stress free. But maps like pleasant valley, mystery lake or coastal highway all are very slow paced and have great long term shelters to establish yourself in. Also overall the canadian cottages do a lot for the aesthetic.
I really wanted to feel this way, because on paper, it sounds like the perfect game for me. I love the setting, I love the idea behind it in general, and I'm a huge fan of survival games. But to me, the game is just TOO harsh to enjoy for any length of time. I understand that it's meant to be brutal, and I respect the devs for not pulling any punches if that was their goal. I just wish it was SLIGHTLY more forgiving so I could slow down and enjoy the surroundings on occasion. But instead, it just feels like you spend so much time scrounging for supplies and hanging on by a limb, that it's really hard to enjoy. It is very possible that I just didn't give it enough time to really get good at it, but after 30 or so hours, I just couldn't take much more, sadly. I really wanted to love the game too.
@@ninja_tony I mean, the game is pretty hard and you indeed need to be good enough at it that you can work yourself into a routine of sorts to feel that way. That's a common thing with a lot of games tbh, the difficulty tends to be very subjective based on skill level and lead to very different experiences. That being said have you tried the game at lower difficulty? it's still pretty harsh but a lot more forgiving and the wildlife isn't aggressive. Might not help but still, lower difficulty exist for a reason and sometimes we might not consider them even when they'd make the experience better.
@@miracufelix I liken it to speedrunning, the joy isn't the utility necessarily, just the effort and puzzle solving it takes to make something more optimal. It's a form of escapism but kind of the opposite form that cottage core represents, it's why its so cool minecraft has both to me
I'm not sure what "Cottagecore" is or if it applies to a sub-genre, but shameless to say, I adore that cosy feeling of decorating, building and basking in the virtual grass and sunlight that enriches my "hard" work. Thank you for being one of those channels that can put my incredibly specific and aesthetic preferences in videogames into words.
The term "cottagecore" didn't exist when I created the Minecraft modpack series Life in the Woods, but how you're describing the term (and overlapping terms) hits a lot of points that resonated with people when they played it. I was similarly seeking gameplay that wasn't being explored much at the time, in a pre-Stardew Valley world. I still have players thanking and reaching out to tell me about their deeply personal experiences. Both versions of the modpack are pretty dated now, but maybe this year is the year I have the health to work on a new version.
Recently watched a Life in the Woods let's play and started my own playthrough! Haven't been able to get very far yet since I'm a bit busy with multiplayer to do much singleplayer stuff!
Have you had a look at the "Hunger Overhaul" mod? It makes it so that you have to vary what you eat to replenish hunger. In combination with "Pams Harvest Craft" it almost turns Minecraft into a cooking game. It's nice to think about what you should cook next and what you have to farm to create nice meals.
I want some better farming mod. Pam's really just feels like inventory clutter. Everything is basically the same with just a reskin of the sprite :f But ever since I was spoiled on Sakuna's farming actually being good, I feel a lack of that in like every other "farming" game anyway, so maybe it's also from that
@@renzillian2436 Well, last I checked the only real new crop that adds is rice? Which is okay, especially as it's something a bit different from the normal crops. But that's kind of about it. Nothing nearly as indepth as you get in Sakuna where you fertilize (with trying to go for different fertilizer values depending on stage of growth etc), sort the seeds, plant them, keep the water level/temperature right, deal with pests, harvest them, process the harvested stuff in 2 steps etc
"There's a comforting insignificance in the face of the natural world." Beautiful writing! You clearly put so much care into your scripts and video editing, well done and thank you!
The solution I have at the moment for dealing with the combat problem in Minecraft is a couple of different mods: One called 'Bad Mobs' gives me a simple way to blacklist the mobs that I don't want to spawn and I've used that to disable undead mobs and creepers; and a second mod called "Apathetic Mobs" let's me switch mobs from being hostile to being neutral or passive and I've used that to set mobs to only attack me if I attack them first. I like that this means that I don't have to have all the difficulty settings turned down like I would if I were playing in peaceful; and it adds some of the content back into the game that would otherwise be taken out.
that intro is the perfect life that I stive to live lol this channel really validates me lol I used to find it really weird that I was into this stuff in gaming, I really enjoy looking at these worlds, the scenery, animals, plants, taking my time and just "hanging out" in video games, no even worried about progress or objectives. I used to get a lot of nature irl before quarentine, but seeing it in a virtual video game format is really interesting to me, especially because I know how much hard work game devs put into this stuff and most of the time we just rush through it looking for the next encounter. It's also the main thing keeping me sane during this pandemic (I'm a travel photographer, so I can't really do my job rn) Greetings from Brazil! Thank you for your work, it has positively affected my mental health during this year.
This video has been in my 'Watch later' for months, but I finally found the right time to watch it-while drinking the end of a nice cup of tea as it peacefully rains outside on the first morning of the New Year. What a lovely video.
My dream is to one day live in a cozy cottage in the woods. The only stipulation? Needs good Internet hehe Real talk though I found this incredibly interesting and inspiring. My girlfriend LOVES Minecraft and I enjoy playing with her a fair bit but I struggle to stay invested and am too overwhelmed by large builds to do anything interesting so my gameplay loop is usually; build a house in the forest ➤ go mining for a bit ➤ try to build a castle and give up a third of the way through. Making a cottage I can customize with nice furniture instead of trying to customize by building large structures sounds right up my alley. Now I need just need to convince the gf to download these mods but that should be easy! Thanks for this!
My issue with building big stuff in MC always was that it feels so abandoned and empty as no one is around. A cottage is nice and cozy even when you're alone, but a huge castle just feels cold
In addition to Kelpie the fox's, I suggest checking the tutorials and speedbuilds by blisschen and Zaypixel. Very cozy! Also I suggest checking out Vintage Story - it's a standalone minecraft-like developed by experienced MC modders, which adds its own lore and mechanics. The visuals aren't quite as bright and colorful as Mizuno's texture pack, but it has lots of decorative items and building options, and more in-depth crafting, farming and cooking systems. It also allows you to manually 'sculpt' all building blocks (as you can do in MC with some mods, but much better optimized) which massively increases your building potential.
Ah man, I always love when your videos pop up! So many video essays are very nihilistic, which is great I love it, but man your stuff is always so comfy and nice!
What a wonderful video! I now have a couple more peaceful games on my list. My current favourite is Stardew Valley because of the balance between social and private life: you can choose to be alone for days but it's also very easy to drop by neighbours or go to town when you want to. Being completely isolated makes me very anxious, even in a game.
I missed this in my homepage since I always disconnect the badass name 'eurothug' to your soft-spoken style. 😅 But your videos have always been remarkable, hence the search. Have you watched Liziqi videos? It's basically Chinese cottagecore.
I watched a few videos from your channel which I just found out about and I liked them so I decided to give this one a try even though I had no idea of what Cotttagecore was and having very little to no interested in Minecraft and I have to say: I LOVED IT! Apparently I have always liked many CottageCore stuff without even knowing what is was lol. Many Ghibli movies, games from the Atelier franchise, etc. Well, you got yourself a new subscriber!
As someone from the global south, thank you for mentioning the colonialist ideology present in cottegecore. It's something that has mildly bugged me about the aesthetic that I haven't seen anyone else talk about. You're doing great work, hope you get the views you deserve.
I once stumbled upon the Aesthetics Wiki by chance All of these aesthetics and "cores" are fascinating rabbit holes that I'd recommend anyone to dive into
This style definitely appeals to me. I think I prefer the less isolated version like Stardew Valley, where you can get to know the community and help them out, or just have a day working on the farm.
Mmm, so many feelings from all of this footage. I love having the option to slip into a simpler aesthetic in between bus rides and work hours and noisy bars. It's cozy to know so many others rally around the same images and sounds. :P
Terraria is my cottage core dream. The lush woodlands, forests and jungles paired with the giant Lovecraftian eye totally emerses you into the cottage core life.
This comment is going to be a bit on the longer end, so I hope you'll bear with me, but I just feel the need to share this. For starters, about this video in particular, I really enjoyed it. I never even knew there was such a thing such as Cottagecore, let alone its variants. You also made me want to play some minecraft more than I wanted before, so there's a good chance I'll end up enjoying my time leisurely on that blocky virtual world as I go and set out for a mixture of a great adventure and a chill relaxation period. I also really love your takes because you drive the discussion in games away from the general points, where most games talk about either action fueled segments, high octane horror thrills or very deep inter/intrapesronal drama, but you give it another focus. A more serene, much needed "zen" focus, so to speak. Really brings out some great things out there. Now, talking about your channel in general, I think it's changing the way I perceive things around me. Particularly, environments. Not to dwell too much on myself, but I've been described as a very sensitive, yet not very visual person. You could ask me to describe what someone is wearing or how a place looks like and I couldn't for the life of me describe it. However, if you asked me how it is to EXPERIENCE said person/place, I could give you a full breakthrough and make you FEEL there through my narrative prowess (which I sharpened even further through writing prose). Yet, I always had a deep admiration to excellent character/environment design, even if I myself didn't even realize it and I think that has to do with the fact that... design seems to have two purposes: To complete an objective (Utilitary design) and to convey something (communicative design), these purposes being very intertwined with each other. Your videos putting such emphasis on virtual spaces have started to make me start to pay more attention to the real environments around me and even trying to understand them better. I was always very good at my narrative making you feel like you're on that place, but the actual physical description would be mostly up to imagination. Now, when I look at these things, I feel like they're more tangible. I feel I can "see" the world better and understand why it looks the way it does. It even sprouted a few ideas about why sometimes people's clothes feel so bland compared to actual character designs (even if the character is realistic instead of stylised) and how it all comes down to how one's appearance, while not to be the defining factor and shouldn't be judged as the old book cover saying goes, it conveys and helps one express themselves a lot more. I want to avoid derailing this comment even more, but I just wanted to thank you for your great work with your videos and in opening my eyes to the "physical" realm around me and how its appearance convey so much about the world around me and, on a lighter note, for helping me realize how I want to decorate my room in real life. Thank you very much for your excellent work. I am very glad you're sharing these video essays with us. This platform doesn't deserve you, you're a true blessing to our video feeds and I hope your RUclips career treats you as well as you treat your scripts and those virtual environments: With all the love and care in the world.
Could you put the links or names for the "mods" you used in the description? This is exactly what I´m after when playing Minecraft Vanilla style without wanting to add crazy stuff beyond shaders and ambience mods. That would be much appreciated!
Ah yes sorry! So I used Mizuno’s 16 Craft for the texture pack and Mizuno’s CIT for the furniture/item mod :) you can find them here: mizunomcmemo.blogspot.com/p/resourcepack.html?m=1 I also used the BSL shaders for some of the shots ~
What a perfect way for me to be introduced to your channel! Right out the gates I absolutely adore how you paint a picture of the cottagecore aesthetic and lifestyle you would be accustomed to, you absolutely know how to paint a picture and articulate so well with points and just all around. And that’s this whole video, your passion for the topic is beyond noticeable and it’s so well edited and brought together, amazing stuff! Bout to go on a binge with other videos of yours I’m so amazed and impressed with your style and video making
i follow quite a few video game related channels on youtube, and no one else picks their topics and approaches their subjects quite like you. there's definitely things to be said about your thorough editing style and script writing skills, but what makes me love your channel so much is definitely your personality and the perspective you share with us. thank you!! and sorry that i don't have anything in particular to say about this video x_x
What a perfectly charming video! During this pandemic I have missed the sea and hiking on mountains. Using mods I played minecraft in VR and just wandered around the world. If you can, try your cottage minecraft place in VR, the feeling of existing in the space is quite interesting.
I learned of cottagecore because a small and gorgeous little anime called Priconne, based on a mobile game of all things. Its aesthetics, its kind hearted characters, but most of all its soft and cozy feeling had me looking for something similar.
I'm never that far away from falling right back into Minecraft, and oh gosh, this might've just pushed me over the edge. I'll need to look into these texture packs and mods. Your build makes the game look so appealing.
Never looked into this before, but when you were giving examples, I IMMEDIATELY thought of the Dragon Quest series as a whole. Visually, I think it taps into Cottagecore quite a lot!
Graveyard keeper has some elements of "CC" That game got me through a couple of months of the pandemic. Love games that allow players to multitask and allow various roles such as: Pub owner, baker, lumberjack, fisherman, handyman, graveyard keeper ect. Also Cottagecore games are recommended as a tool to cope with depression. Keeping the mind occupied helps ease off the volume of negative thoughts.
Great vid! May I suggest Starbound as a contender. It's a bit older and not a perfect game, but it can very much be played as a sci-fi cottagecore game (cottage-fi? sci-cottage... no, that doesn't work). The builds that you can make can range from really cozy and small to enormously epic. And it's all about that farming, ranching, foraging, and hunting for food. Best of all, you can basically just ignore the story and play however you want. Also, there are a TON of mods to tweak your play style and builds. The studio, Chucklefish, is uhh not great though, sadly, with a track record of exploiting their workers, so your enjoyment may vary.
Have you ever played Medievil? Ps1 game, I have a feeling you might like it! Esthetically it had a Burton-like combination of childish and twisted, an incredible soundtrack, and beyond the surface, a pretty serious fantasy lore you can discover through reading in-game texts.
Oh, to live the dream! I'm 100% a city guy, that's why this aesthetic attracts me, because when I play Stardew Valley, I can live the dream. I know I'm not made for the real thing. Whenever I travel anywhere out of the city, I love the travel (I always travel by bus), specially if there are pines (I love pine forests), I have a good day and night and I want to come back home the day later. But it's not only the land what attracts me to Stardew Valle; it's mainly the independence. Earlier this year I quit my job because I can't stand another day doing work within a working schedule, having a boss, and using all my energy in something that is not mine. Since I left, I have sold 6 articles to a French publisher specialized in tabletop roleplaying games, I have written advertising articles as freelance, so perhaps the dream is no dream after all. We will see. Thanks for an inspiring video!
For beginner Minecraft players! If you have cheats on in your world you can write in " /gamerule mobGriefing false " so even if a creeper explodes they won't destroy anything! Or if you hate going back for your stuff after you've died you can write " /gamerule keepInventory true ". So you'll keep all of your items after you've died. I can't play without these cheats.
It would be very interesting in your comparaison between the parameters by which you define Cottagecore/Dark Academia/Fairy Core with the painting and literary 19 century style of Naturalism, especially since it's a style that was heavily influenced by the development of photography it seems there are quite a bit of overlap With some variable dose of impressionism to let games express themselves graphically I'm rambling here but, if we factor in the concept of suspension of disbelief we could say that : Within our suspension of disbelief, a game like Minecraft can be considered naturalist and it's that suspension of disbelief, this fantasy factored in, that makes it Cottagecore Outside of it, a game like Minecraft is impressionist/naturalist I'm pretty interested in hearing what you think about this "^^
Such a confortable subject to approach! And right now it's raining outside, making it more confortably and "cottagecory" to watch your video. I think it's just a perfect timing haha.
This is one of many reasons I like to play Minecraft, to build my cousy places, be creative and self sufficient. I am from small village from Europe (and still living there). We have many farm animals and I am also a beekeeper with my dad. Location is also nice, around are mountains. When I first arive to capital city for uni, I cried for 2 weeks. It looks magical and slow paced to live in village, but Truth is kinda the opposite. Most urbanits would take it for more than 2 weeks. We do normal jobs + village staff, so we have less time then flat living city dwellers. You need to hard work, know how to use tools and machinery and how to repair it. Many important facilities are far away... When I had first gym class at Uni, one guy from capital was asking me how long I was going to the gym. I said I was in the gym for the first time. He was surprised and told me that I look I was visiting gym for some time. Luckily big portion of uni student are from villages too so I have like minded people. Eventhough living in big cities is way easier and they offer more opportunities I would still prefer live in a village
Maybe I'm late to comment on this but "Ryuutama", a natural fantasy japanese Tabletop RPG, really captures the aesthetic of cottagecore and a more nature focused life. In Ryuutama there is a farmer and hunter class and the seasons affect which spell your character is able to use and even though there is combat in the game, everything is mostly focused on the stories and interactions you have with people on your journey. Just look up the book and you can see the influences. Of course, being a game about traveling and a TRPG you can't avoid people completely but I think the nature of constantly changing places adds a little spice of wanderlust.
I think you should check out a game called “vintage story” which is heavily inspired by Minecraft but it nails the cottage core aesthetic even more. Things are much slower paced and it’s just a “comfy” game in general.
Minecraft was the game that I spent hours and hours into last year when I was depressed. It got me into gaming. Makes sense that it satisfies that need to be alone and create
late to the party, but great video! it was lovely listening to your insights about the games and the aesthetic itself, especially because you linked it to videogames, a field that does not interact that frequently with cottagecore aesthetic thank you! :) ps. i loved the Ludens flag in your AC's village
This video is so nice! Minecraft and stardew valley are probably my fav games, but with minecraft you get more freedom to build what you want and more options in terms of resourcepacks and stuff
I think that with its serene sylvan landscapes and themes of escaping the problems of your everyday life into the solitary peace of nature, Firewatch almost qualifies as a meta-cottagecore game.
Never heard of the term, and it's good to know. Looking at this makes me think less of cottage and more of cozy, like cozycore. But hey, each to their own, and something like cozy seems like something I like to unwind when I'm an oldie. But seeing these Minecraft mods do make the game look cozier.
If you did videos on any other king of core styles or genres that would be really cool and very interesting. Then again everything you post is interesting so just keep doing what you're doing! 😊
I dont wanna sound like a hater, but this all sounded very familiar to me. And then I figured it out, this is in most things that you mentioned Vincha Culture.
Modern language has brought forth a plethora of very... very weird words, huh. 👀 Interesting & cozy video though! o/ Wouldn't expect any less from your channel.
It mainly rubs me the wrong way that "core" is just lazily being tacked onto everything now, when it quite literally has no place there. Like I said in a comment above, I absolutely love the entire idea behind "cottagecore", and it's pretty much exactly the type of thing that I adore, but the term itself is really offputting and pushes me back a bit from it. That and the fact that it's a trend makes it less appealing as well. But in general, it's a pretty cool idea.
Watching Eurothug is like going into a restaurant no ones eating at and seeing tonnes of autographed pictures of a bunch of celebrities. And their food is absolutely delicious.
Another really great video - thank you! ...also imma need whatever texture packs you're using for that RTX minecraft... EDIT: So I unpaused and you immediately started talking about texture packs, haha. I really need to start waiting until the end of the video before I comment...
Among Trees is an early accesses survival game with a focus on chill gameplay and building up a cabin in the woods. The colour palette may not be quite right but I think it could a good option.
Among Trees is a FANTASTIC game! I can't wait for more to be added, because it's admittedly very short now, but I enjoyed every second I spend in its world.
This was such a wholesome watch. I went out to the countryside last weekend and this video made me want to go straight back there! It's also just kind of amazing to me that, even this many years later, Minecraft still offers so many different kinds of enjoyment. Love to see it!
Such a joyous video. really well presented and structured. I know sweet FA about cottagecore - all I know is my wife is addicted to stardew - thank you for helping me understand this wonderful affliction.
New Patreon goal to send eurothug to a cabin in the middle of nowhere
This is kind of perfect in the sense that I literally went to the countryside today, watched Kiki's delivery service with my gran and had a cup of tea then watched my mate play Minecraft. Such a vibe. Great video.
oh my god i am so jealous
Damn my grandma would never watch that with me, lucky ;-;
I literally saw something online about cottagecore yesterday, now this is nice timing
Wow I'm early to this comment
The algorithm works in strange ways, eh?😅
For me it was 2 weeks ago, on a video by Noralities. But I don't think that's a coincidence considering Kiki and Moomin were both mentioned in this video. Maria must've seen that video before being inspired to make this.
I actually had this video planned back in October, but put it off because my laptop at the time struggled with display capture :( I haven’t heard of Noralities but that vid sounds right up my alley so I’m gonna watch that later!!
@@eurothug4000 oh wow, if that's the case this is certainly a crazy coincidence, but it happens to me a lot, where I hear something new and a few days later I see that same thing mentioned elsewhere
if you do check out noralities, I'm referring to one video she made about the Moomins, and a different video she made about Kiki's delivery service, but it's the video about Kiki where she explicitly mentions cottagecore in the middle of the video, and I'm sure you'd love her channel in general, it's great!
The long dark actually can end up feeling very "cottagecore" once you get good enough at it. Sure it's a pretty harsh survival game, and you have to deal with wolves and all that. But once you know what you're doing then all this natural world end up feeling very peaceful to navigate (dare I say chill? =p). It's not exactly a lush and bright aesthetics but harsh winter are part of the natural world. There is also quite a lot of crafting and the more you advance through the game the more you end up relying on crafted items.
Same with food, while you can't really grow crops and foraging is limited and mostly useful for medicinal herbs trapping rabbits and occasionaly hunting a deer or a wolf (or a bear if you're feeling adventurous) and then actually having to gut them and quarter them really does give this feeling of a natural lifestyle.
The game is also very slow paced for the most part which fits with the aesthetics.
Though not all map exactly give off the same vibe. Timberwolf mountain is a bit too harsh and has not a lot of real good place to live in for a long time for exemple, and climbing a mountain isn't exactly stress free. But maps like pleasant valley, mystery lake or coastal highway all are very slow paced and have great long term shelters to establish yourself in.
Also overall the canadian cottages do a lot for the aesthetic.
I really wanted to feel this way, because on paper, it sounds like the perfect game for me. I love the setting, I love the idea behind it in general, and I'm a huge fan of survival games. But to me, the game is just TOO harsh to enjoy for any length of time. I understand that it's meant to be brutal, and I respect the devs for not pulling any punches if that was their goal. I just wish it was SLIGHTLY more forgiving so I could slow down and enjoy the surroundings on occasion. But instead, it just feels like you spend so much time scrounging for supplies and hanging on by a limb, that it's really hard to enjoy. It is very possible that I just didn't give it enough time to really get good at it, but after 30 or so hours, I just couldn't take much more, sadly. I really wanted to love the game too.
@@ninja_tony I mean, the game is pretty hard and you indeed need to be good enough at it that you can work yourself into a routine of sorts to feel that way. That's a common thing with a lot of games tbh, the difficulty tends to be very subjective based on skill level and lead to very different experiences.
That being said have you tried the game at lower difficulty? it's still pretty harsh but a lot more forgiving and the wildlife isn't aggressive. Might not help but still, lower difficulty exist for a reason and sometimes we might not consider them even when they'd make the experience better.
another banger !!!
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I love the automation and efficiency side of minecraft, it's really cool how the game can support both types of players
Yes, it really is. I am only in for building and decorating. All these automatic Iron farms and stuff never got me interested enough to build them xD
@@miracufelix I liken it to speedrunning, the joy isn't the utility necessarily, just the effort and puzzle solving it takes to make something more optimal. It's a form of escapism but kind of the opposite form that cottage core represents, it's why its so cool minecraft has both to me
I'm not sure what "Cottagecore" is or if it applies to a sub-genre, but shameless to say, I adore that cosy feeling of decorating, building and basking in the virtual grass and sunlight that enriches my "hard" work.
Thank you for being one of those channels that can put my incredibly specific and aesthetic preferences in videogames into words.
The term "cottagecore" didn't exist when I created the Minecraft modpack series Life in the Woods, but how you're describing the term (and overlapping terms) hits a lot of points that resonated with people when they played it.
I was similarly seeking gameplay that wasn't being explored much at the time, in a pre-Stardew Valley world.
I still have players thanking and reaching out to tell me about their deeply personal experiences.
Both versions of the modpack are pretty dated now, but maybe this year is the year I have the health to work on a new version.
@Jurij Fricke Thank you! 🤗💜✨
Recently watched a Life in the Woods let's play and started my own playthrough! Haven't been able to get very far yet since I'm a bit busy with multiplayer to do much singleplayer stuff!
Life in the woods is/was a really nice modpack
@@robertskitch 😊💜
@@miracufelix Thanks! 😊💜
Have you had a look at the "Hunger Overhaul" mod? It makes it so that you have to vary what you eat to replenish hunger.
In combination with "Pams Harvest Craft" it almost turns Minecraft into a cooking game. It's nice to think about what you should cook next and what you have to farm to create nice meals.
I want some better farming mod. Pam's really just feels like inventory clutter. Everything is basically the same with just a reskin of the sprite :f But ever since I was spoiled on Sakuna's farming actually being good, I feel a lack of that in like every other "farming" game anyway, so maybe it's also from that
@@MaakaSakuranbo try farmer's delight
@@renzillian2436 Well, last I checked the only real new crop that adds is rice? Which is okay, especially as it's something a bit different from the normal crops. But that's kind of about it.
Nothing nearly as indepth as you get in Sakuna where you fertilize (with trying to go for different fertilizer values depending on stage of growth etc), sort the seeds, plant them, keep the water level/temperature right, deal with pests, harvest them, process the harvested stuff in 2 steps etc
"There's a comforting insignificance in the face of the natural world." Beautiful writing! You clearly put so much care into your scripts and video editing, well done and thank you!
I would like to hire you to read me stories while I fall asleep. You're voice is so soothing.
I can't believe how underated you are
The solution I have at the moment for dealing with the combat problem in Minecraft is a couple of different mods: One called 'Bad Mobs' gives me a simple way to blacklist the mobs that I don't want to spawn and I've used that to disable undead mobs and creepers; and a second mod called "Apathetic Mobs" let's me switch mobs from being hostile to being neutral or passive and I've used that to set mobs to only attack me if I attack them first. I like that this means that I don't have to have all the difficulty settings turned down like I would if I were playing in peaceful; and it adds some of the content back into the game that would otherwise be taken out.
Only thing I'm doing is switching off that Creepers can destroy stuff by commands. Then they only do damage and I'm fine with that.
that intro is the perfect life that I stive to live lol
this channel really validates me lol I used to find it really weird that I was into this stuff in gaming, I really enjoy looking at these worlds, the scenery, animals, plants, taking my time and just "hanging out" in video games, no even worried about progress or objectives.
I used to get a lot of nature irl before quarentine, but seeing it in a virtual video game format is really interesting to me, especially because I know how much hard work game devs put into this stuff and most of the time we just rush through it looking for the next encounter. It's also the main thing keeping me sane during this pandemic (I'm a travel photographer, so I can't really do my job rn)
Greetings from Brazil! Thank you for your work, it has positively affected my mental health during this year.
When your favourite gaming youtuber makes a video about your addiction and sends you into withdrawal. God I miss this game. Thanks for the video!
This video has been in my 'Watch later' for months, but I finally found the right time to watch it-while drinking the end of a nice cup of tea as it peacefully rains outside on the first morning of the New Year. What a lovely video.
My dream is to one day live in a cozy cottage in the woods. The only stipulation? Needs good Internet hehe
Real talk though I found this incredibly interesting and inspiring. My girlfriend LOVES Minecraft and I enjoy playing with her a fair bit but I struggle to stay invested and am too overwhelmed by large builds to do anything interesting so my gameplay loop is usually; build a house in the forest ➤ go mining for a bit ➤ try to build a castle and give up a third of the way through. Making a cottage I can customize with nice furniture instead of trying to customize by building large structures sounds right up my alley. Now I need just need to convince the gf to download these mods but that should be easy! Thanks for this!
My issue with building big stuff in MC always was that it feels so abandoned and empty as no one is around. A cottage is nice and cozy even when you're alone, but a huge castle just feels cold
In addition to Kelpie the fox's, I suggest checking the tutorials and speedbuilds by blisschen and Zaypixel. Very cozy!
Also I suggest checking out Vintage Story - it's a standalone minecraft-like developed by experienced MC modders, which adds its own lore and mechanics. The visuals aren't quite as bright and colorful as Mizuno's texture pack, but it has lots of decorative items and building options, and more in-depth crafting, farming and cooking systems. It also allows you to manually 'sculpt' all building blocks (as you can do in MC with some mods, but much better optimized) which massively increases your building potential.
Ah man, I always love when your videos pop up! So many video essays are very nihilistic, which is great I love it, but man your stuff is always so comfy and nice!
What a wonderful video! I now have a couple more peaceful games on my list. My current favourite is Stardew Valley because of the balance between social and private life: you can choose to be alone for days but it's also very easy to drop by neighbours or go to town when you want to. Being completely isolated makes me very anxious, even in a game.
I missed this in my homepage since I always disconnect the badass name 'eurothug' to your soft-spoken style. 😅
But your videos have always been remarkable, hence the search.
Have you watched Liziqi videos? It's basically Chinese cottagecore.
I watched a few videos from your channel which I just found out about and I liked them so I decided to give this one a try even though I had no idea of what Cotttagecore was and having very little to no interested in Minecraft and I have to say: I LOVED IT!
Apparently I have always liked many CottageCore stuff without even knowing what is was lol. Many Ghibli movies, games from the Atelier franchise, etc.
Well, you got yourself a new subscriber!
As someone from the global south, thank you for mentioning the colonialist ideology present in cottegecore. It's something that has mildly bugged me about the aesthetic that I haven't seen anyone else talk about. You're doing great work, hope you get the views you deserve.
I once stumbled upon the Aesthetics Wiki by chance
All of these aesthetics and "cores" are fascinating rabbit holes that I'd recommend anyone to dive into
This style definitely appeals to me. I think I prefer the less isolated version like Stardew Valley, where you can get to know the community and help them out, or just have a day working on the farm.
Mmm, so many feelings from all of this footage. I love having the option to slip into a simpler aesthetic in between bus rides and work hours and noisy bars. It's cozy to know so many others rally around the same images and sounds. :P
Terraria is my cottage core dream. The lush woodlands, forests and jungles paired with the giant Lovecraftian eye totally emerses you into the cottage core life.
Terraria: for when you want to wake up in a beautiful woodland cottage before literally fighting a god.
This comment is going to be a bit on the longer end, so I hope you'll bear with me, but I just feel the need to share this.
For starters, about this video in particular, I really enjoyed it. I never even knew there was such a thing such as Cottagecore, let alone its variants. You also made me want to play some minecraft more than I wanted before, so there's a good chance I'll end up enjoying my time leisurely on that blocky virtual world as I go and set out for a mixture of a great adventure and a chill relaxation period. I also really love your takes because you drive the discussion in games away from the general points, where most games talk about either action fueled segments, high octane horror thrills or very deep inter/intrapesronal drama, but you give it another focus. A more serene, much needed "zen" focus, so to speak. Really brings out some great things out there.
Now, talking about your channel in general, I think it's changing the way I perceive things around me. Particularly, environments.
Not to dwell too much on myself, but I've been described as a very sensitive, yet not very visual person. You could ask me to describe what someone is wearing or how a place looks like and I couldn't for the life of me describe it. However, if you asked me how it is to EXPERIENCE said person/place, I could give you a full breakthrough and make you FEEL there through my narrative prowess (which I sharpened even further through writing prose).
Yet, I always had a deep admiration to excellent character/environment design, even if I myself didn't even realize it and I think that has to do with the fact that... design seems to have two purposes: To complete an objective (Utilitary design) and to convey something (communicative design), these purposes being very intertwined with each other.
Your videos putting such emphasis on virtual spaces have started to make me start to pay more attention to the real environments around me and even trying to understand them better. I was always very good at my narrative making you feel like you're on that place, but the actual physical description would be mostly up to imagination. Now, when I look at these things, I feel like they're more tangible. I feel I can "see" the world better and understand why it looks the way it does. It even sprouted a few ideas about why sometimes people's clothes feel so bland compared to actual character designs (even if the character is realistic instead of stylised) and how it all comes down to how one's appearance, while not to be the defining factor and shouldn't be judged as the old book cover saying goes, it conveys and helps one express themselves a lot more.
I want to avoid derailing this comment even more, but I just wanted to thank you for your great work with your videos and in opening my eyes to the "physical" realm around me and how its appearance convey so much about the world around me and, on a lighter note, for helping me realize how I want to decorate my room in real life.
Thank you very much for your excellent work. I am very glad you're sharing these video essays with us. This platform doesn't deserve you, you're a true blessing to our video feeds and I hope your RUclips career treats you as well as you treat your scripts and those virtual environments: With all the love and care in the world.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it was a really lovely comment to wake up to this morning!!
Could you put the links or names for the "mods" you used in the description? This is exactly what I´m after when playing Minecraft Vanilla style without wanting to add crazy stuff beyond shaders and ambience mods. That would be much appreciated!
Ah yes sorry! So I used Mizuno’s 16 Craft for the texture pack and Mizuno’s CIT for the furniture/item mod :) you can find them here: mizunomcmemo.blogspot.com/p/resourcepack.html?m=1
I also used the BSL shaders for some of the shots ~
What a perfect way for me to be introduced to your channel! Right out the gates I absolutely adore how you paint a picture of the cottagecore aesthetic and lifestyle you would be accustomed to, you absolutely know how to paint a picture and articulate so well with points and just all around. And that’s this whole video, your passion for the topic is beyond noticeable and it’s so well edited and brought together, amazing stuff! Bout to go on a binge with other videos of yours I’m so amazed and impressed with your style and video making
This video has inspired me to create the perfect cottagecore Minecraft world.
i follow quite a few video game related channels on youtube, and no one else picks their topics and approaches their subjects quite like you. there's definitely things to be said about your thorough editing style and script writing skills, but what makes me love your channel so much is definitely your personality and the perspective you share with us. thank you!!
and sorry that i don't have anything in particular to say about this video x_x
I haven't played Minecraft with mods in years but god does this really make me want to go back and try it. Great video as always!
What a perfectly charming video!
During this pandemic I have missed the sea and hiking on mountains. Using mods I played minecraft in VR and just wandered around the world. If you can, try your cottage minecraft place in VR, the feeling of existing in the space is quite interesting.
Dragon Quest VII field theme fits really well.
I learned of cottagecore because a small and gorgeous little anime called Priconne, based on a mobile game of all things. Its aesthetics, its kind hearted characters, but most of all its soft and cozy feeling had me looking for something similar.
I'm never that far away from falling right back into Minecraft, and oh gosh, this might've just pushed me over the edge. I'll need to look into these texture packs and mods. Your build makes the game look so appealing.
Never looked into this before, but when you were giving examples, I IMMEDIATELY thought of the Dragon Quest series as a whole. Visually, I think it taps into Cottagecore quite a lot!
As someone interested in making cottagecore videogames, this was very informative and really well put together. Thank you!
Graveyard keeper has some elements of "CC" That game got me through a couple of months of the pandemic. Love games that allow players to multitask and allow various roles such as: Pub owner, baker, lumberjack, fisherman, handyman, graveyard keeper ect.
Also Cottagecore games are recommended as a tool to cope with depression. Keeping the mind occupied helps ease off the volume of negative thoughts.
Great vid! May I suggest Starbound as a contender. It's a bit older and not a perfect game, but it can very much be played as a sci-fi cottagecore game (cottage-fi? sci-cottage... no, that doesn't work). The builds that you can make can range from really cozy and small to enormously epic. And it's all about that farming, ranching, foraging, and hunting for food. Best of all, you can basically just ignore the story and play however you want. Also, there are a TON of mods to tweak your play style and builds.
The studio, Chucklefish, is uhh not great though, sadly, with a track record of exploiting their workers, so your enjoyment may vary.
Have you ever played Medievil? Ps1 game, I have a feeling you might like it!
Esthetically it had a Burton-like combination of childish and twisted, an incredible soundtrack, and beyond the surface, a pretty serious fantasy lore you can discover through reading in-game texts.
Oh, to live the dream!
I'm 100% a city guy, that's why this aesthetic attracts me, because when I play Stardew Valley, I can live the dream. I know I'm not made for the real thing. Whenever I travel anywhere out of the city, I love the travel (I always travel by bus), specially if there are pines (I love pine forests), I have a good day and night and I want to come back home the day later.
But it's not only the land what attracts me to Stardew Valle; it's mainly the independence. Earlier this year I quit my job because I can't stand another day doing work within a working schedule, having a boss, and using all my energy in something that is not mine. Since I left, I have sold 6 articles to a French publisher specialized in tabletop roleplaying games, I have written advertising articles as freelance, so perhaps the dream is no dream after all. We will see.
Thanks for an inspiring video!
Loving your videos and a big supporter - but please lower the background music volume. It's often overpowering.
For beginner Minecraft players! If you have cheats on in your world you can write in " /gamerule mobGriefing false " so even if a creeper explodes they won't destroy anything! Or if you hate going back for your stuff after you've died you can write " /gamerule keepInventory true ". So you'll keep all of your items after you've died. I can't play without these cheats.
It would be very interesting in your comparaison between the parameters by which you define Cottagecore/Dark Academia/Fairy Core
with the painting and literary 19 century style of Naturalism, especially since it's a style that was heavily influenced by the development of photography
it seems there are quite a bit of overlap
With some variable dose of impressionism to let games express themselves graphically
I'm rambling here but, if we factor in the concept of suspension of disbelief we could say that :
Within our suspension of disbelief, a game like Minecraft can be considered naturalist and it's that suspension of disbelief, this fantasy factored in, that makes it Cottagecore
Outside of it, a game like Minecraft is impressionist/naturalist
I'm pretty interested in hearing what you think about this "^^
Such a confortable subject to approach! And right now it's raining outside, making it more confortably and "cottagecory" to watch your video. I think it's just a perfect timing haha.
This is one of many reasons I like to play Minecraft, to build my cousy places, be creative and self sufficient. I am from small village from Europe (and still living there). We have many farm animals and I am also a beekeeper with my dad. Location is also nice, around are mountains. When I first arive to capital city for uni, I cried for 2 weeks. It looks magical and slow paced to live in village, but Truth is kinda the opposite. Most urbanits would take it for more than 2 weeks. We do normal jobs + village staff, so we have less time then flat living city dwellers. You need to hard work, know how to use tools and machinery and how to repair it. Many important facilities are far away... When I had first gym class at Uni, one guy from capital was asking me how long I was going to the gym. I said I was in the gym for the first time. He was surprised and told me that I look I was visiting gym for some time. Luckily big portion of uni student are from villages too so I have like minded people. Eventhough living in big cities is way easier and they offer more opportunities I would still prefer live in a village
Maybe I'm late to comment on this but "Ryuutama", a natural fantasy japanese Tabletop RPG, really captures the aesthetic of cottagecore and a more nature focused life. In Ryuutama there is a farmer and hunter class and the seasons affect which spell your character is able to use and even though there is combat in the game, everything is mostly focused on the stories and interactions you have with people on your journey. Just look up the book and you can see the influences. Of course, being a game about traveling and a TRPG you can't avoid people completely but I think the nature of constantly changing places adds a little spice of wanderlust.
I think you should check out a game called “vintage story” which is heavily inspired by Minecraft but it nails the cottage core aesthetic even more. Things are much slower paced and it’s just a “comfy” game in general.
Final Fantasy IX's Village of Dali comes to mind... cool video!
Never heard of cottagecore before.
I’m new here from Razbuten’s channel, but your videos are amazing and can’t stop watching! I didn’t even know cottagecore was a thing!
Minecraft was the game that I spent hours and hours into last year when I was depressed. It got me into gaming.
Makes sense that it satisfies that need to be alone and create
Why Minecraft is the perfect game, you mean. It fits any need. I can give you the mods for any aesthetic. Or just browse Curse Forge. It is endless.
me hitting play: ok but are you gonna talk about Mizuno's 16craft
me at 8:59 : (leonardo dicaprio pointing)
You can literally play Atelier inside Minecraft.
Or be a witch.
Or do just about anything.
late to the party, but great video! it was lovely listening to your insights about the games and the aesthetic itself, especially because you linked it to videogames, a field that does not interact that frequently with cottagecore aesthetic
thank you! :)
ps. i loved the Ludens flag in your AC's village
Dude yes! We were just talking about Cottagecore at work too, such sweet timing, ty ET4K!
This video is so nice! Minecraft and stardew valley are probably my fav games, but with minecraft you get more freedom to build what you want and more options in terms of resourcepacks and stuff
Probably won't play Minecraft. But good video. Thanks
I think that with its serene sylvan landscapes and themes of escaping the problems of your everyday life into the solitary peace of nature, Firewatch almost qualifies as a meta-cottagecore game.
I can't express how surprised I was to hear someone mention the Boku no Natsuyasumi series. Kudos to you and thank you for the excellent video!
Never heard of the term, and it's good to know. Looking at this makes me think less of cottage and more of cozy, like cozycore. But hey, each to their own, and something like cozy seems like something I like to unwind when I'm an oldie. But seeing these Minecraft mods do make the game look cozier.
If you want to try some other cottagecore building mods, I'd suggest Cocricot and Minituria!
I also saw cottage core for the first time during the pandemic. Anyway, great video Maria!
Well great, one minute in and you've already condemned me to rewatching all of the Miyazaki movies this weekend.
I watch kiki film a week ago, good timing (i m russian, so i change comment couple of times, sorry)
If you did videos on any other king of core styles or genres that would be really cool and very interesting. Then again everything you post is interesting so just keep doing what you're doing! 😊
I found ur channel from ur silent Hill video. I gotta say I love ur videos. Very calming and a nice escape.
I dont wanna sound like a hater, but this all sounded very familiar to me. And then I figured it out, this is in most things that you mentioned Vincha Culture.
Modern language has brought forth a plethora of very... very weird words, huh. 👀 Interesting & cozy video though! o/ Wouldn't expect any less from your channel.
It mainly rubs me the wrong way that "core" is just lazily being tacked onto everything now, when it quite literally has no place there. Like I said in a comment above, I absolutely love the entire idea behind "cottagecore", and it's pretty much exactly the type of thing that I adore, but the term itself is really offputting and pushes me back a bit from it. That and the fact that it's a trend makes it less appealing as well. But in general, it's a pretty cool idea.
Watching Eurothug is like going into a restaurant no ones eating at and seeing tonnes of autographed pictures of a bunch of celebrities. And their food is absolutely delicious.
Another really great video - thank you!
...also imma need whatever texture packs you're using for that RTX minecraft...
EDIT: So I unpaused and you immediately started talking about texture packs, haha. I really need to start waiting until the end of the video before I comment...
Mizuno's 16 Craft texture pack! :)
I really look forward to these videos. Thank you Eurothug! 😊
Really calming, soothing and interesting video. 10/10!
We're lucky that someone decided to call this 'cottagecore' and not 'cottagepunk'.
I started a Georgian to Edwardian dock village, and so to me cottage core us your house in woods but cities can exist and they act as trade
Another beautiful, emotive and informative essay. Just golden!
I stand by what I said, one of the best game essayists on the platform.
Never heard of the terrm cottagecore before. You learn something new every day...
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It would be great if you can add the texture pack and such to the description. It's so hard to make out names in audio and I really like what I see
Will do! Not on my PC at the moment but i can tell you it’s Mizuno’s 16 Craft texture pack!
@@eurothug4000 thank you so very much! I will use it next time I play!
please how is the game at 6:26 spelled?
something like Eterniay??
i want to play it so bad
Among Trees is an early accesses survival game with a focus on chill gameplay and building up a cabin in the woods. The colour palette may not be quite right but I think it could a good option.
Among Trees is a FANTASTIC game! I can't wait for more to be added, because it's admittedly very short now, but I enjoyed every second I spend in its world.
made we want to own a cottage and run through a field of wheat, 12/10
Maria being a hero by posting the mod links in the description
The music makes me think I'm playing an RPG
I had subway for lunch. Good video :)
This was such a wholesome watch. I went out to the countryside last weekend and this video made me want to go straight back there!
It's also just kind of amazing to me that, even this many years later, Minecraft still offers so many different kinds of enjoyment. Love to see it!
Last time I was this early, Minecraft was still in alpha.
Are metal fans naming new lifestyle aesthetics now? :p
Eat cottage cheese as you look up cottage core.
so happy you mentioned boku no natsumi
Cottagecore is the perfect description of Minecraft
In watching this while crocheting a blanket 😂
I didn't even know what "cottagecore" meant before this video, but I've always enjoyed the little things of a simple life.
me with my 153 farming mod on skyrim
Sims 4 cottage living is also 10/10
5:00 how do you spell the name of the game seen here?
This video is cool and you're cool.
Such a joyous video. really well presented and structured. I know sweet FA about cottagecore - all I know is my wife is addicted to stardew - thank you for helping me understand this wonderful affliction.