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Oct 6, 2019
Concrete Genie is a new action adventure game exclusively for the PlayStation 4. The game is being developed by PixelOpus and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment. I simply can’t wait to play this beautiful game starting October 8th.
About Concrete Genie:
The game follows Ash, a bullied teenager. Ash lives in the former fishing town of Denska. Denska is all but abandoned thanks to an oil spill. Now, the town’s water is inky and poisoned and the town is covered in a force called Darkness.
Ash is creative and spends his days working on his sketchbook. After bullies snatch the book and rip out the pages, Ash embarks on a journey to save them. Along the way, he discovers his creativity might just be what saves Denska.
You will follow and control Ash with a 3rd person perspective. You’ll use his magical Living Paint to paint creatures, called Genies, on the town walls. By creating colorful street art, Denska will slowly be restored. You will also find the lost pages of Ash’s sketchbook. Each page will expand the design toolset.
According to developers, each creature you paint will have its own personality and abilities. This is thanks to each one having its own A.I.
The game will launch with both a VR Experience Mode and a VR Free Paint Mode. In VR Experience Mode, you will follow a Genie and help it discover a new, mysterious power. This mode will then unlock VR Free Paint Mode. In VR Free Paint Mode, you’ll move your paintbrush by using PlayStation Move Motion Controllers. How awesome is that!
Watch the trailer here:
You can learn more about the game on PlayStation’s website. Want more beautiful games? Check out Ailuri or Mr. Tic Toc & the Endless City. Interested in PlayStation games? We recommend checking out the gorgeous Eastshade.
Thanks to our Potato Family Member Kikki for sharing this exciting news with us!
- Aug 3, 2019
In our last article here on this life simulation game about owning your own sushi restaurant and getting to know your customers, created by indie studio Catch & Release, we had mentioned that the crafting mechanics were getting an overhaul. Now when you make your sushi, the flavor, richness, and complexity will change when you switch ingredients. With the most recent Patreon post, Matthew Taylor goes into details with the revamped Customer I.D. card and the “Mood” section.
Customer I.D. Card
As stated, “All of these changes are in an effort to make furniture, food, and customer interactions (both with you the player and with other customers and the environment) as meaningful and interesting as possible.” See below for everything that will affect your customers’ moods and expectations when visiting your sushi restaurant. We’re also loving the wicked name of this wizard character if you catch our drift.
Comfort
Has the customer been standing for a long time waiting for a seat? You’ll see their comfort level fall steadily. Look for some comfy furniture when you’re shopping in town. Customers will be thankful!
Environment
Although the act of expressing yourself through customizing the restaurant’s interior is already fun, knowing that your customers appreciate the carefully crafted ambiance is a big plus.
Fun
In Rolling Hills, you serve a wide variety of customers. That includes children (and playful adults) who value having fun and being entertained. The most obvious examples here are music coming through a jukebox or a pinball machine in your waiting area, but even chatting with customers and serving extravagant dishes can make things more fun for your clientele.
Food
Saved the best for last! Managing a customer’s hunger is your #1 priority in Rolling Hills. Richer dishes will fill this bar even faster, so keep this in mind when crafting your next masterpiece!
Mood
This combines all of the previous stats, weighing food a little more heavily than the rest (it is a restaurant, after all) so that you can see at-a-glance how your customer is feeling.
Appetite and Budget
They are similar in that they determine how much a customer can consume. When a customer has a full belly or an empty wallet, it’s time for the check!
Expectations
These are kind of like the customer’s difficulty level. The reason we display each subcategory is because different customers expect different things. The Caveman character won’t be too concerned about the ambiance of the restaurant, but he’ll have high expectations when it comes to food. After all, he’s used to the freshest ingredients possible!
The developer has noted that there is an “Info” and “More” screen where the former is a summary screen with all the things you’ll want quick access to, and the latter is a secret for now which you’ll unlock as you level up the customer. We’re definitely looking forward to trying this game out on either Steam or through the PlayStation Store whenever it releases!
- Jul 11, 2019
Rolling Hills is a sushi simulation game where you own a restaurant, meet new characters, and form friendships. The game is created by indie developer Catch & Release who have done a complete overhaul of the previously mentioned “mini-game” players had to complete to make their sushi. Although many things have been changed or added, as explained in detail in their June Devlog, there has also been some work done on the conveyor belt we here at myPotatoGames where excited to learn more about.
“What felt like a big change a month ago now seems like small potatoes! When I talk to people about Rolling Hills, they normally say what excites them most is the prospect of being creative with their sushi making.”
Matthew TaylorConveyor Belt Sushi
Instead of someone coming in and telling you exactly what sushi roll they’d like to order, you’ll get to be more creative and find out what kind of ingredients they either love or hate. If you make a dish with that in mind and place it on your conveyor belt, customers will consider all dishes as they pass them by. Therefore, not all customers will be terribly picky unless they make a specific special request which you can either accept or refuse.
New Cooking and Crafting Gameplay
The old way of making your sushi was to play a timed mini-game and then place the dish in your menu. As long as the dish was in your menu, you didn’t have to replay the mini-game. This was to give you the feeling of physically making your sushi by chopping/rolling. However, the developers say it lacked creativity that the fans ultimately wanted.
Now, as you are crafting your sushi and you add or take away ingredients, you can actually see the results of that change in your dish. You can even add condiments that change the dish in a variety of fun ways. This is definitely what was more exciting about Little Dragons Café in our opinion; changing the ingredients around.
If you mess up adding a dish to the menu, you can recall it from your conveyor belt! Phew, it won’t go to waste!
Customer I.D. Cards
Customers no longer shout out their order so now there’s an I.D. card that displays when you interact with them. It shows their name, some stats that are still subject to change, and their ingredient preferences. The blacked out ones are ingredients they haven’t been served yet. It’s up to you to experiment and see what they like!
Rolling Hills is still in early development and does not yet have a release date but will be coming to Steam and the PlayStation Store. If you’re wondering what else is happening with other amazing indie games on our radar, check out Snacko, Alchemy Story, Ooblets, & Button City Indie Updates.
- Jul 3, 2019
Rolling Hills is a simulation game about owning your very own sushi restaurant, created by indie developer Catch & Release. To get all of the updates on this game you can follow the developers on Twitter here and their Discord channel here. You can also see below on everything we know so far with tons of new screenshots!
Here are some of the bigger changes coming to Rolling Hills this month:
- Conveyor belt sushi! We’ve finally come up with a fun way to learn what each customer likes while still letting you flex your creativity as a sushi chef.
- Procedurally generated customers, therefore a sci-fi convention might bring a dozen different robots to your restaurant instead of just the one.
- Occasional special orders that you can fulfill for big bonuses.
- Plates that need to be collected and washed for a more realistic restaurant sim vibe.
- Super cute receipts at checkout and lots of ways to reward different play styles (rewards for quality, for variety, for speed, etc.)!
Once all of these changes have been implemented, the developers plan on working on their long-term goals; the storyline, lots of recipes and ingredients to discover, and new people to meet! By people we mean adorably weird humans and talking animals.
Feast Your Eyes on This!
Below are a few animations from the prototype of the game to tie us over until we can get our hands on it for Steam and the PlayStation Store. As you can see, we have been shown three customers: a chicken wanting our recommendations, a caveman that’s free at last, and a wizard making ‘punny’ jokes. We also get to take a look at the overall aesthetics of the restaurant so far and what seems to be the way we can fill our displays with sushi. Moreover, that making sushi will require you use your skills at pressing buttons just at the right time.
Want more games with sushi in them? Check out our most recent article on The Sushi Spinnery, and own another restaurant. Because sushi is yummy.
- Jun 3, 2019
Sonic Mania will be absolutely free of charge starting this month for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Nostalgia titles will forever be a cornerstone in the gaming world. We can’t get enough of that feeling that washes over us when playing a throwback, and you are instantly teleported to a time when life was simpler, less tedious. Aside from maybe Mario, not many titles instill that emotion quite so deeply as Sonic does. Sonic has had much time in the spotlight as of late, with the recently postponed release of his very own feature film. What better time to allow free access to a more recent installment in the series with Sonic Mania.
What is Sonic Mania?
For those of you that missed it, Sonic Mania was released in 2017, and was created as a celebration of Sonic The Hedgehog’s 25th anniversary. It featured redesigns of levels from past games, as well as some new additions. It is a 2D side-scroller, unlike a few of the other heart-thumping titles in the series created for the newer gen consoles, like Team Sonic Racing. In Sonic Mania, you get to play as Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, for all the dashing, flying, and climbing action you could want.
More about PlayStation Plus.
Sonic Mania comes to PlayStation Plus starting tomorrow, June 4th, 2019. Every month, PlayStation Plus members get access to two free downloads of whatever titles Sony picks for that month. This months selections are Sonic Mania, obviously, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. If you are not a member of PlayStation Plus and would like to be, you can do so by clicking here. A PlayStation Plus membership costs $9.99 per month, or $59.99 per year.
- Apr 25, 2019
We at myPotatoGames absolutely love playing with and taking care of animals. With the rise of virtual reality games, we took a look at the most recent and adorable releases of games. What better way is there to interact with animals then to feel like you’re actually there! Note that a PlayStation VR and PlayStation Camera are required to play, with the exception of Konrad the Kitten. Konrad the Kitten will require a virtual reality headset but not necessarily the PS brand (see available platforms below). All of the games mentioned below are available to play right now!
Konrad the Kitten
Konrad the Kitten, created by FusionPlay, was released a year ago but is now getting the best update ever; the addition of kittens. You need to take care of a cat named Konrad by making him play, eat, clean himself or snooze. When switching the game into the optional “Plushy-Mode,” the game asks you to attach your PS Move Controller to the back of a plush toy. Doing so makes your fluffy friend come alive as Konrad in the virtual world. For example, you can hold him in your hands. With the addition of kittens, you can also have Konrad become the nursemaid.
Updates
Now, when your energy runs out, it becomes night in Konrad’s world. During the night, little kittens wake up and need the help of Konrad. You need to make sure Konrad cares for these kittens and cleans, feeds and plays with them. Some might even get lost in the world and need to be found and brought back home by Konrad. When all those tiny babies are happy, the night ends, Konrad’s energy is restored and a new day begins.
By leveling up Konrad, you unlock up to nine different little kittens step by step. Each kitten is unique and has its preferences. For example, how often it wants to eat or play. The new updates are available now as of April 24th, 2019. Buy it on the PlayStation Store, Steam, Oculus, or Vive. For more information on what to expect and other new changes to the game, go here.
Jupiter & Mars
Dive into a neon seascape as a dolphin with enhanced echolocation powers, and an AI partner, into a world transformed by water. Solve puzzles, hunt for treasure, meet legendary sea creatures, shut down the remnants of mankind’s legacy, and bring the bleached underwater world back to life!
Jupiter & Mars is an underwater adventure set in a future-Earth in which everything science warned us about has come to pass: sea levels have risen from melting ice caps and climate change. As a result, the coastal cities are all but completely submerged. Since man’s disappearance, the oceans have begun to reclaim themselves, with coral and nearly extinct creatures returning to their once-thriving levels. But the artifacts of man’s presence still remain, and an elite race of whales known as the Elders enlist Jupiter and Mars to help neutralize a global network of machines that are disrupting sea life.
Jupiter & Mars, published by Tigertron, launched on Earth Day, Monday, April 22nd, 2019, exclusively for the PlayStation 4 and PS VR. Find out more about it here!
Falcon Age
Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure. Play as Ara and learn to hunt, gather, and fight to reclaim your cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting. Fight against a force of automated colonizers. Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure on PlayStation 4 or immersive VR with PS VR.
The game starts on a dying colony planet with its culture destroyed, resources depleted, and turned into a desert by machine invaders. Ara’s been wrongfully thrown in jail for a minor infraction. While she awaits her fate in a lonely cell, she passes the time by befriending a young falcon. Together they escape and set off on an adventure to help the resistance reclaim their freedom and drive off the invaders.
Falcon Age, created by Outerloop Games, is available now as of April 19th, 2019. For more information on the game, go to their official website here.
For more games where you can play with adorable animals, check out our review on Fun! Fun! Animal Park here. You can also check out our latest news on Planet Zoo here.
- Apr 16, 2019
Sony has officially released some information about the Next-Gen Playstation! Even though all of this info is focused on the hardware, there are some technological leaps being made. Here is what we know about the system so far:
Console Name
- The name of the next console has yet to be announced. Sony developers are referring to it as the “next-gen console”. For this article, we will refer to it by it’s unofficial fan-given name of “PS5”.
Release Date
- The PS5 will not be released in 2019. So there is still time to save up some money!
What games will be available?
- Sony recently accelerated the deployment of Devkits for the system. Many game studios are already working on PS5 content.
CPU / GPU
- The PS5’s CPU is based on the 3rd generation of AMD’s Ryzen line and will contain eight cores.
- “Ray tracing” support will be part of the GPU. This is a newer technology commonly seen in movies but has yet to be used for a gaming console. Basically, this technology mimics how lights bounce from object to object.
3D Audio
- 3D Audio support which will improve the quality of sounds in-game.
Hard Drive
- To help support game file sizes growing bigger and bigger as years go by, the system will have it’s own hard drive. An example given during Sony’s interview with wired.com was with the new Spider Man (2018) title. Loading screens that once took 15 seconds, now take 0.8 seconds on PS5!
Compatibility
- Just bought a 4k TV? Well now it’s time to purchase an 8k as the PS5 will support these graphics!
- Last but not least, the system will have backwards compatibility so all your PS4 games will still work on the PS5.
With all of these new technologies being utilized in the PS5, there is no doubt that the next system is going to be visually amazing. Stay tuned to myPotatoGames for more info on the PS5 and current Playstation 4 games. Happy Gaming!
- Mar 26, 2019
Yesterday on March 25th, 2019, Playstation had a 30-minutes presentation of upcoming games. State of Play will now be the first of many short videos with new announcements and gameplay footage, much like the Nintendo Direct is for Nintendo. We at myPotatoGames picked out one game in particular that we thought you might like and that’s ReadySet Heroes coming out for the PS4 this year.
ReadySet Heroes’ gameplay has a unique spin on the typical dungeon-crawling or arena battling type of games. This game is a race through dungeons, while avoiding traps and slaying monsters. You will be competing against another team doing the same thing and trying to finish first. In the dungeons you can also collect loot for better armor, weapons and spells.
You can play with 4 other players either online or locally (split-screen). If you choose to play locally, you can either play on the same team with your friends or you can compete against them!
The cute avatars you get to choose from with customization options. If you want more information and media on this game, go here, or follow the developers, Robot Entertainment, on their website here. Watch the video in this article for the full Sate of Play presentation by Playstation.
