Apr 18, 2020
Play at your own pace, meet villagers, raise a dog and simply experience the country side in Japanese Rural Life an upcoming life simulation game.
I have had the privilege to sit down with the developer of one of the most anticipated upcoming indie games. The studio that also made the beloved Food Pup Truck is now working on a village and life simulation game!
Japanese Rural Life is all about experiencing the country side in Japan and enjoying the daily life. Fishing and farming are just a few of the activities that you can enjoy in this game.
Very few details are known about the title but during the interview I learned that players can experience a different gameplay during each of the four seasons the game offers. Furthermore a Nintendo Switch and PC release might be a possibility! Check out the full interview below for some more insights on this game!
Japanese Rural Life Details Revealed
Q: Do you have a name for the game yet? So far it is being called
“Japanese Rural Life” is this the codename? Or the final name
for the game?A: No.Unfortunately, the name is yet to be determined. “Japanese Rural Life” is not a development code. I really liked the phrase “Japanese Rural Life” in your article and I’m using it as a hashtag on Twitter. #JapaneseRuralLife I want to treat you to some Japanese tea.
The train can take you places in Japanese Rural Life Japanese Rural Life on Nintendo Switch and PC is an option!
Q: Will the game be available on iOS and Android? Are you considering
a Nintendo Switch release?A: Yes. First of all, I will release it on iOS and Android. If I can find a publisher who can make the most of it, I’d like to release it for the Nintendo Switch and PC as well.
Japanese Rural Life Release Date
Q: When do you plan to release the game?
A: Not decided. Thanks to your article, a lot of users got to know about this game. I’m adding a lot of elements to meet the expectations of a lot of users.
I’ll announce the release date on my Twitter account when I know it.（@game_start_llc). I would be very happy if you would post about it then!Q: What is the main purpose / plot of the game? What will players get
to do in the game? Is there a story?A: The main purpose is to let people enjoy the Japanese country life. I’ll provide a bit of a story, but that’s not really the point. It is of utmost importance that users enjoy rural life in Japan.
Experience all four seasons in Japanese Rural Life Q: What other games have inspired the Japanese Rural Life game?
A: This is a very difficult question. This is because if I say the name of a particular game, users will picture it and expect that game. So, please let me leave this question unanswered. Incidentally, I love “Animal Crossing”.
Farming, fishing and hints at raising dogs
Q: From the first few screenshots released it appears there is farming and fishing? Can you confirm these activities will be in the game? What other activities will players be able to enjoy?
A: Yes. Users can enjoy farming and fishing. As for the other actions, they are still secret. I’m working hard on it, it’s in production. Incidentally, I love raising dogs.
Puppy! Q: Will there be any sort of multiplayer / gift sharing ?
A: No. Server management can be very costly. However, I understand that having an online element makes the game even more fun. If a lot of users enjoy my game, I might implement an online element in an update. Please play a lot of my games and support me!
Q: Is there anything you like to share with our audience and fans of
the game?A: Thanks to this site and its viewers, we’ve been able to get a lot of feedback! The world is in a very difficult situation right now. All I can do is make a fun game that will make you smile a little bit. I would be happy if you could wait a little longer. Thank you for your continued support of me and myPotatoGames!
Big thanks to the tiny Game Start LLC indie studio for taking the time to share some insights on this adorable game!
More indie interviews!
Head over here for more interviews with indie developers, such as Brent from Mineko’s Night Market, Robert from Hokko Life, Rebecca from Ooblets, Little Witch in the Woods and so many more!
- Apr 16, 2020
You may have noticed a rusted communicator part in your recycling bin and wondered if it is just junk. However, rusted communicator parts can be used in the game. Here’s some info on the purpose of and how to acquire rusted communicator parts in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
What Are They Used For?
Rusted communicator parts are essential materials in order to craft the Robot Hero Nook Miles recipe. If you have the Robot Hero recipe, and 30 rusted parts as well as:
- 90 Iron Nuggets
- 10 Gold Nuggets
- 1 Gold Armor
- 1 Rocket
The Robot Hero item is yours!
How Can They Be Obtained?
Gulliver often can be found unconscious on your beach. Upon waking him, he needs to contact his crew with his ‘handy dandy’ device and be rescued. (Even though he’s a seagull?). However, it turns out his device is not as handy or dandy as he thought. He will request your help in searching for five (non-rusted) communicator parts on your island’s beaches. They resemble manila clams, spout a small amount of water and can be retrieved by digging them up with a shovel. The days Gulliver wash up are random, but the day after, there will always be a rusted communicator part in the recycling box.
The reason I told you about helping Gulliver? Well time for a not so wholesome method of gaining those rusted communicator parts more quickly. If you agree to help Gulliver, and dig up the five communicator parts he needs to be rescued, but don’t give them to him, eventually, they will turn into rusted communicator parts also.
If the crafting materials for the Robot Hero item still seem a little extreme, but you’d really like one, why not check out sites like Nookazon. Here, you may be able to facilitate a trade with somebody for one. 🙂
How To Stop That Menace Of a Seagull From Washing Up On My Beaches?Sorry, we can’t answer that one. Fill your beaches with rusted communicator parts? Oh the ‘iron’-y.
I’ll let myself out.
- Apr 16, 2020
Santa just returned to the north-pole and thousands of new players are starting their Animal Crossing New Horizons Island Getaway Adventure – here some things you should know before getting started.
With New Horizons having been released for nearly a year now, we’ve all got a pretty good idea of what we’re doing. However, the saying ‘you learn something new every day’ rang true for me! And sharing is caring right? So here’s some handy to know tips & tricks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
- If you take a while to collect Wisp’s spirit pieces, they tend to float around residents services to make things a bit easier for you.
- Keep a few tree stumps on your island in order to catch certain insects and add them to your critterpedia.
- Always hold a net when shaking trees (and do this before chopping at one with an axe). This way you can catch any wasps if you’re lucky. If you catch wasps 5 times in a row without getting stung, you will receive 1,000 Nook Miles for the ‘Netting Better!’ award.
- If you speak to Sable every day, she’ll warm to you and eventually start giving you daily patterns to use when customizing furniture. (You’ll also get an insight into the relationship and history of Sable, Mabel, and Label).
- Be sure to dig the glowing spots on your island each day. You’ll dig up bells and can plant a money tree in the glowing hole. But don’t just settle for burying what you just dug up, if you plant 10,000 bells from your inventory instead, you’ll be harvesting 20,000 bells each day.
- Make sure to pop into residents’ houses if they have a crafting bench. If you catch them crafting something, they will give you the recipe for it. There are some cute crafting benches out there, so even if you want to keep a resident’s house cute, you can give them a nice bench AND profit by getting more DIY recipes
- You can actually put items in trash cans that you place around the island. This I did not now until now.
- Make sure to check the recycling box regularly, even if you are the only human player. You’ll find other items in there from time to time.
- On a similar note, the recycling box is a good place to find cardboard boxes. Ensure to collect things such as cardboard boxes, shells, iron, and even weeds. If you invite someone to your campsite and they request something, you’ll only have a day to craft it, and may have insufficient materials.
- If you have a stack of flowers that you wish to keep on you, but need an extra storage slot, worry not! You can wear all 10 at once, without it even looking like you’re wearing more than one!
Ruste Communicator Parts
Have you found some rusted communicator parts? Find out what you can do with them here.
- Apr 15, 2020
Providing you have the Custom Designs app on your NookPhone, you can create your own designs (including transparent ones) and scan QR codes to obtain other people’s designs. If you have unlocked the Able Sisters store in New Horizons, you will probably know that there is a kiosk at the back of the store.
Once you have used Nook Miles to purchase the Pro Design upgrade, and have a Switch Online membership, you can share and save Pro Designs using ID codes. Entering a creator ID code at the kiosk will show you all of the designs created by that player. Entering a Design ID code at the kiosk will take you directly to a specific custom design.
Looking for even more Animal Crossing New Horizons Patterns?
There are so, so, many great designs being created by players, some of which you can find here, here and here. But guess what? Here are even more fan-made custom designs in Animal Crossing New Horizons! ?
Tees
Coats
Hoodies
Sweaters
Balloon-Hem Dresses
- Apr 15, 2020
Trading has always been an important part of the Animal Crossing franchise. From Animal Crossing Community, to The Bell Tree Forums, to social media groups and Messenger group chats. Nookazon, however, is a brand new website which makes all trading in Animal Crossing: New Horizons a whole lot easier.
What Is Nookazon?
Nookazon is a website that allows users to easily trade in-game items. You can search for any in-game item/villager on the website and see which users have this and are wanting to trade. Once you have created an account with the website, you will able be able to list items, villagers, recipes, etc that you own and wish to trade. You will also then be able to create your own wishlist whilst browsing the website’s extensive online catalogue.
How Does Nookazon Work?
For the time being, Nookazon uses Discord as a way of facilitating trades between members. If you see an item that you want, and have what the seller is looking for in return, you can send them a message on Discord (occassionally a member will prefer another form of social media or email). If you want to list an item, you will need to follow these steps.
Future Plans For Nookazon
Nookazon are working hard to implement a chat system for the website soon, which will make trading even easier again.
Useful Terminology To Know When Using Nookazon
- LF: Looking For
- FT: For Trade
- NFT: Not For Trade
- NMT: Nook Miles Ticket
- CO: Current Offer
- BO: Buyout Price
- TT: Time Travel – Refers to changing your Switch’s system clock to trick AC into thinking day(s) have passed
- Boxed Villager: When the furniture in your villager’s home is packed up in boxes the day before they move out.
Staying Safe During Trading
Nookazon have some helpful tips on how to stay safe and avoid being scammed when trading. These include:
- Using fences to limit the areas that visitors can access (I personally fence off the area around the airport to be extra cautious)
- It’s useful to know that hosts can only pick up fences if all guests are inside buildings (airport, town hall, etc). Additionally, the host cannot move, place, or pick up furniture items while there are guests on the island
- Something that I didn’t know is that guests can pole vault across beaches. Nookazon reccommends that all hosts restrict access to their beaches unless they have soundly tested their beach barriers.
For more tips on staying safe, such as cutting a connection via airplane mode and red flags to look out for, click here.
- Apr 14, 2020
Singing Constantly
Marina thinks she’s so cute singing the same darn song over and over in the plaza from her hideous hole for a mouth. Do you have a resident that does this and want them to pipe down? Bash them with a net.
Naruto Running/Being Airplanes
One resident ‘being an airplane’ is bad enough, but sometimes three of my island’s residents will plot a joint Naruto run (yes, I see you what you’re really doing) in the plaza. You’re scaring the bugs! Did Blathers send you? A solution for this behaviour you ask? Again, bash them all with nets.
Getting In The Way Whilst Terraforming
Um Rocket, I’m trying to pave? A solution? you could just give them a little nudge out of the way. Or, you could sentence them to six hours in jail for being a menace whilst YOU attempt to improve the island (also, for being ugly). If you don’t have jail bars, not to worry, just dig a nice few holes around them. owo
Sitting In The Middle Of A Bridge
“Hmm, I know where I’m going to sit and eat my lunch on this vast, beautiful island.” said Beardo. “Right in the middle of that bridge over there that connects the entire island!” Solution? you could gently push them until they stand up, and then nudge them off the bridge. Alternatively, you could passive-aggressively remove all of the bridges and pole vault. After all, the others ‘bearly’ contributed anyway.
Pretending To Think About Moving Out
Yes, you, Rocket, you serial offender, you. Wondering around with a pondering expression and ‘that’ cloud above your head. I get my hopes up that you’re thinking about finally leaving and decide to talk to you! But instead you just randomly give me some dumb item I already have. Solution? Amiibo time!
- Apr 14, 2020
Alongside Daisy-Mae, C.J. and Flick are visiting NPC’s that are new to the franchise. However, did you know that they are partners, and that there are hints that they are the offspring of Chip and Nat? Here’s everything we know about C.J. & Flick In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
C.J.
C.J. is a blue-eyed freckled beaver who hosts the fishing tourneys, replacing Chip. He will also randomly visit your island in search for up-and-coming fishing talent for his social media followers.
He will buy fish from players during fishing tourneys and his random visits for 150% of their usual selling price. Although players will need to complete his ‘Seasports challenge’ before he will offer to buy their fish during his random visits. These challenges entail catching three fish within the same size range in a row.
If players catch three of the same fish, C.J. can get his ‘partner’ (Flick) to create a model of it for you free of charge. You will receive the model in the mail the next day.
Flick
Flick is a slightly intense red chameleon who is a major bug enthusiast.
He hosts the Bug Off events, replacing the green chameleon, Nat. Like C. J., Flick will also visit your island randomly from time to time to collect bug specimens. He will pay 150% of the usual selling price of bugs during both random visits and the Bug Off events.
As an artist, Flick will take commissions from players if they bring him three of the same bugs. He will then mail a model of that particular bug to the player, which will be received the next day. Flick will only take one commission at a time.
Fun Facts
It’s heavily implied that C.J. and Flick are the offspring of Chip and Nat respectively. C.J. more so, as his name could suggest he is called ‘Chip junior’, and he also uses the phrase ‘nyuk nyuk’, like Chip would. He also highly resembles Chip and they are both beavers. In the Japanese and Localized versions of the game, their dialogue tells us that they are partners, with Flick taking commisions and creating models of bugs, and also of fish, via C.J.
The Japanese dialogue gives players a little more insight into the history of the two new NPC’s. C.J. will mention that Flick doesn’t get along with his family, especially his father. This is because whilst they both love bugs, Flick’s father likes to eat them. This, alongside C.J. mentioning that him and Flick’s families have known each other for a long time, could imply that Nat is Flick’s father.
- Apr 14, 2020
Journey’s End, the final major update for Terraria, is coming soon and brings loads of new content.
As if Terraria didn’t already have infinite playability, the fourth and final update for the game is bringing so much more new stuff, it’s practically like getting an all new game for free!
What exactly is coming in in version 1.4, Journey’s End? All of the details are yet to be released, but the official blog from the games developer, Re-Logic, outlines much of what we can expect to see on May 16th, when the update drops.
What will be in Journey’s End?
Journey’s End releases on the ninth anniversary of the release of the original game, and is possibly one of the biggest updates yet. Outlined in last years E3, the update is said to be bringing over 800 new items, enemies, challenges and a full revamp of world generation including new biomes.
Not only that, it seems that a master mode will be added to the game, for those that have spent extensive hours on the game over the years, and wish to test their might. This will be easier to do with the added bestiary, giving extra knowledge of weaknesses and loot drops, but I would expect an epic challenge none the less.
Golf will also be coming to Terraria, which makes sense given that the games shooting mechanics sorta resemble all the 2D mobile style golf games out there.
Journey’s End Trailer
More info
For more information on Terraria and the update, you can visit the official Terraria website. To stay up to date with everything going on with the game, be sure to follow the developers on Twitter!
Terraria is currently on sale in the Nintendo eShop for $20.99, down from $29.99.
For more fun and relaxing adventure games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
