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Mar 20, 2017
Ooblets has become one of the most anticipated games so far this year. It is a hybrid between Animal Crossing, Pokemon and Harvest Moon. These are games we all love and adore, comfort games we can turn to whenever we need a lift. Ooblets is aiming to become one of those games – you can play for years and still discover something new every time you return to the world.
Rebecca the developer behind Ooblets describes the game as ” Ever wanted a game that lets you collect cute creatures, manage a farm, and explore? Well you’re in luck buster, because that’s what I’m making! “. Not only can you farm, explore, and decorate your very own home, but you can also grow tiny little Ooblets, creatures to collect and love.
As the game is not going to be released anytime soon, we will just have to cozy up and enjoy following the development process of the game. The developers have recently announced that new characters have been added to the game. These are NPCs you can interact with. You may find them hiking in the beautiful countryside of Badgetown, the main city in the world of Ooblets.
The developers have also made great progress on the interiors. Badgetown is a booming city. Here you will find cafes, Shops, homes and more. The new Frunbuns clubhouse ( see below ) has recently been added to the game.
Some minor things like sprinting have also been added to Ooblets as well. The need to sprint hints at a rather large map of the game. The developers have stated that sprinting might be replaced by something more fun ” We’re hoping to expand on the idea a bit and maybe replace boring old sprinting with something more fun like rollerskating or skipping (or both!). “
The next steps the developers are working on is to integrate a new starter home. Similar to Animal Crossing you will start out with a tiny house, that with hard work and sweat can be upgraded to an actual home. Furthermore, the main city is undergoing constructions as Rebecca the developer behind Ooblets explains, “ Badgetown is going to go under a major rejuvenation project adding all sorts of new buildings like a real estate agency, furniture shop, salon, and more! “. Rebecca also points out that they are currently working on adding the option to have multiple save games at the same time. She claims this will be especially useful in designing the ever-elusive shopkeeping gameplay.
Ooblets is currently set to release on PC and Xbox One. A specific release date has not been announced yet. Check back for more updates on Ooblets coming very soon!
- Mar 16, 2017
Ooblets is a game between Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon and Pokemon. The adorable look of the game, including the cute Ooblets make every fans heart of the popular franchises above jump up high. Ooblets is coming to PC and Xbox One, and while there aren’t too many details about the actual gameplay yet, we have some cute artwork for you to look at. The animations have been posted on Twitter by ” nonplayercat ” the creater of Ooblets.
Home Sweet Home
It’s interesting to see is the furniture implementation in the first tweet. It seems you will be able to decorate your very own home in a similar fashion to Animal Crossing with the recently added placement system in Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome Amiibo first introduced in Happy Home Designer. Making object placement a lot easier and more fun.
THIS WAS V HARD TO IMPLEMENT
plz appreciate pic.twitter.com/3tixJxCasy
— Rebecca (@nonplayercat) March 15, 2017
Sprinklers!
The second video shows what seems to be sprinkler or irrigation system helping to farm more, faster and better. Watering your garden can be fun, but also time consuming. Having sprinklers do your work as your garden, or farm becomes bigger is a huge benefit. We can’t wait to grow our very own cute, adorable Ooblets!
the barrels are growing bountifully this season
gamedev doesn't always need to make sense pic.twitter.com/5RcmZ9xFW3
— Rebecca (@nonplayercat) March 15, 2017
Rainbow Cuteness!
By now it is no secret that Ooblets is an adorable looking game. In the short animation below you can admire the cute Ooblets dancing and running around in what appeas to be a living room kinda location.
I just posted a brief write-up on the serious subject of __FOOT FARTS__ for all of my loverly Patreon supportsters: https://t.co/hr0lnxEvpI pic.twitter.com/fpvsDbezLE
— Rebecca (@nonplayercat) March 14, 2017
- Mar 8, 2017
Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, and Pokemon fans are beyond excited about this game. Ooblets is a game with elements from all those games combined, with it’s own twist of course. The game was recently shown of at GDC ( Games Developer Conference ) in San Francisco, and many people got to try and play the game for a little while. Ooblets is still in development, features, graphics and more can change drastically along the way.
Ooblets is a collection and farming game at it’s heart. You will have to grow or catch the little Ooblets. And essentially collect them all. But there are more features in the game as listed below.
Plant, water, and harvest crops, manage and expand your farm, collect all sorts of junk, make friends, and also make littler friends (ooblets).
Use the crops you grow to befriend, upgrade, and heal ooblets. Buy a little shop and sell your excess crops and junk to the townspeople.
Explore regions like the Mamoonia desert, the spooky Nullwhere, bustling Hubton, and more! Discover loads of ooblets and battle other trainers all over the place.
- Some More Features
- Live a simple life working the land (and battling magical creatures)
- The open world will invite to explore
- You will have the ability to decorate, build and expand your house.
- Open your very own shop!
- Play at your own pace. Leave the stresses of city living behind. Just relax and play!
- Automate production with things like sprinklers
- Take part in a bustling little town full of characters
- There will be a variety of regions to visit and explore
Check out the trailer for Ooblets bellow, and dream away! Check back for more information on the game coming very soon.
- Mar 5, 2017
Albion Online has been stuck in the Beta phase for quite some time now. The game is a top down exploration and adventuring MMO. Albion Online is hard to summarize in just a few words because there is just so much you can do. Besides crafting, exploring, enhancing your character, you can also built your own settlements, create a guild with your friends to help you build your own village with a bakery, a farm, your own house and more. The settlement will function as the hub for your guild. This is where you gather, exchange items, and put all those resources you worked so hard to collect to use. You will have to work with your friends to advance your town faster. In a nutshell Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG set in an open medieval fantasy world. It has a fully player-driven economy; all equipment items are player-crafted.
One of many remarkable features in the game are the towns. A public town that can be visited by anyone, can also be changed and altered by anyone. You are able to buy a lot right in the middle of any town you wish to start a business. Within the town you can then see demand for certain items. let’s say the village you picked is lacking food, you can open a bakery, collect all the items needed to bake and start selling your baking goods. You can set the price for which you want to sell it for. You can even let other players use your bakery for a fee. This is also where Albions Online extremely fun player exchange market comes into play. Making and crafting your own things then selling them to other players is a big part of the game – and a lot more fun than you may be used to it from other games. In the end, any item available for your character is made by another player in the game.
Of course if you wish to keep to yourself, you can just build your very own player house. Build your home, then furnish and decorate it to your own style! Comfy beds, tables laden with hearty food, gruesome hunting trophies. Furniture not only makes your house a home; each item also provides distinct bonuses and abilities to your character.
Albio Online can be played in different ways, if you wish just to farm and built, you may do so in the sandbox mode. This makes the game feel surpassingly a lot like a Harvest Moon, or even the newly released open world Zelda: Breath of the Wild kinda game. But then there is another side of Albion, a side where you can explore dungeons with your friends kick some mobs, and overtake the neighboring city. You can freely combine armor pieces and weapons in the unique classless system – you are what you wear. Explore the world and tackle PvE content. Engage other adventurers in small- or large-scale PvP, and conquer territories. Gather. Craft. Trade. Conquer. Leave your mark in the world. Below are some main features of Albion Online.
Albion Online Beta is now available for PC, MAC and LINUX with the official launch set for July 17th 2017. Watch the gameplay trailer below.
- Mar 3, 2017
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]taxel is a game with elements from Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, Minecraft and even a bit of Animal Crossing. If all of those games make your gamer heart jump a little higher, than the new exclusive gameplay video is just right for you. Plukit the developer behind Staxel is currently working hard on refining the game. Even though it is in early development, it is packed with features!
If you wan to learn more about Staxel you can find our short preview here. We will have more exclusive Gameplay Videos highlighting the beautiful world of Staxel further. The game features a single as well as a Multiplayer Mode allowing you to build a farmland with your friends, trade, craft and build together. This is where the game really comes to shine. Imagine a world where you build your farm, then invite your best friend to build his or her farm right
next to yours.Create a small community and help each others along the way. Open your own shop and provide the town with Apples and Oranges, while your friends will cover crafts and more. Options are endless, and the Multiplayer Mode is what makes Staxel stand out the most. We will dig into the multiplayer in our next video. Plukit fully supports the modding community for Staxel, allowing an endless amount of new features to come for the farming game.
We have an exclusive Gameplay Video showing the first 10 minutes of Staxel, sit back, relax and enjoy the video below.
- Feb 28, 2017
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f Harvest Moon, would meet Minecraft and adds a bit of Animal Crossing then the result would be Staxel. The new game showcased this week at the GDC ( Game Developer Conference ) in San Francisco, is a Farming Simulation with the spirit of Animal Crossing. At least this is what Staxel at it’s foundation. But the game has a lot more to offer. The Online farming simulator takes place in a Voxel world, similar to Minecraft.
Staxel is a Sandbox games, that means you can play it however you like, there is no ending, and the limits are your creativity. Plukit the developer has it made easy to mod the game, so we will likely see and endless amount of expansions and enhancements free to add to the game, making the game more appealing to a broader range of players. The developer also states that ” Our game is really friendly,” director Bart van der Werf says. There are no enemies, or fighting, it is a relaxing game about building, farming, and hanging out with your friends online.
You will be able to create your own farm, plant seeds and harvest your crops. You can even invite your friends to play with you, farm and explore together. You will have to make sure that the crops you plant go along with the changing seasons in the game. Fruits and vegetables can be planted and harvested in the game. There will also be animals to take care of. Furthermore you can customize and build your own farm, and house from the bottom up. Create the house of your dreams, inside and outside! Watch the first gameplay trailer below.
More Features in Staxel
- A rich and rewarding farming system.
- A wide selection of hobbies to get stuck in with.
- Grow and improve your village however you like.
- Invite your friends to join you via online multiplayer.
- Extensive character customisation to create a character unique to you.
Farming
Put down your roots in Staxel as you settle into your new life. It’s your job to fix up, improve and maintain your homestead. Love and care for a variety of adorable animals. Work the fields and tend to your crops, making sure to adapt with the changing seasons so you can enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of your labour all year round!
Village Life
The local village is full of all sorts of characters to meet and fun activities to do! You could be making new friends, taking up a new hobby, hitting the shops, finishing one of many collections or just catching up on the latest news with your neighbours. Village life is rich and rewarding, there’s nothing quite like it!
The final version of Staxel is set to release later this year. But if you want to be an early bird you may jump right into the game and start playing here.
- Feb 28, 2017
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he popular Harvest Moon like game Stardew Valley is officially coming to Nintendo Switch! The company announced today that the game would be ported to Nintendos new console. Stardew Valley is currently available on PC/Mac, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. It will be released for Switch in the next few months. No exact release date has been provided at this time.
The Nintendo Switch version will be identical to the version currently available on the above named platforms. However, the Nintendo Switch will be the first console to feature the long awaited multiplayer mode. PC and Mac players will receive the Free Multiplayer Update even earlier.
The Multiplayer mode for Stardew Valley will allow you to invite your friends into your town, go fishing together, help each others maintain your farm, trade items and more. Players are especially excited to explore the mines with friends. The Multiplayer mode will be available when the game launches for the Nintendo Switch in Summer 2017.
Stardew Valley is just one of many indie games coming to the hybrid console. Other indie games that have been announced for the new console include Pocket Rumble, War Groove, Shakedown Hawaii and many more. The list of games for the Switch is growing daily.
- Feb 28, 2017
At first glance Pumpkin Online looks like a hybrid game between Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing and the Sims. But it is a lot more than just that. Pumpkin-Online is a multiplayer farming dating simulator that aims to be different than anything you have ever seen before. This game is as relaxing as Animal Crossing, with a big spoon of role playing elements. You can even craft to customize your items, decorate your very own farm, and go on various quest. The best part? You can bring your friends all along with you.
The game is based on a Multiplayer concept, this means that everything you can do in the game, you can do together with your real life friends. Farming by yourself is fun, but inviting a friend to help you – elevates the experience, and adds a whole lot of fun to it. Why do the chores of gardening yourself if you can pay your friends to do it for you? You can connect and share the experience with your friends from all over the world, much in the spirit of games like the recently revived Sims Online or other online worlds like World of Warcraft.Now what can you actually do in Pumpkin Online? How about getting married? Like Harvest Moon, this game will feature dating, bonds, friendship and even marriage – regardless of gender. Social interactions between players and computer characters give the game more depth, and makes it feel more alive. Having the option to get to know in-game characters adds a fun twist to the gameplay. Beyond dating the cutie down the road, you will also be able to fill your day with activities like fishing and bug catching – Animal Crossing fans are very familiar with those kind of activities.
Dating, Fishing, Bug hunting and going on a mission for quests all sounds like a lot of fun, but Pumpkin Online does not stop here. You will be able to fully customize and build your own farm, and invite your friends to help you along the way. You will be able to decorate the inside as well as the outside of your farmland. Furniture can be collected and placed in your home as well. Home sweet Home!
There is a lot more information to come on Pumpkin Online. The small indie developer studio is hard at work to make the game as perfect as possible. It is currently in development, graphics, and features are not final yet. It is currently set to release later in 2017 for PC only – however the game is being developed on the Unreal 4 engine, this is an engine that the Nintendo Switch supports, a port for Nintendo’s new console is more than likely. A Mac version is being considered as well. We will keep you updated on Pumpkin Online.
