All posts tagged in Simulation Game
Jun 29, 2019
Paralives is an indie game developed by Alex Massé, it aims to capture the hearts of fans that enjoy games like The Sims. In Paralives players will not only build their dream houses with tools Sim-fans could only dream of until now, but the game also features a small open world town and an engaging life simulation aspect.
Paralives is currently still in development, and while there aren’t many details known yet, Alex has already shared a few more bits on the game. Putting your creativity in actual creative work is extremely fun, but the right tools are needed to really capture your vision. The easier the tools are to use, the more fun it is to create exciting projects in a game. Paralives seems to be delivering on that front with creative building tools that go as far as your creativity can reach.
Shaping your walls, doors or even windows exactly into the size you want them to be and being able to place them wherever you want is a big step towards achieving your dream house! Take a looksie at the amazing mechanics Paralives has to offer below.
Besides amazing building tools and endless creative fun, the game will also offer the ability to actually create your characters and make them live in the house you just build, much in the style of games like The Sims. Paralives will also feature seasons, fully customizable small open world towns and most importantly – pets!
Paralives is still in early development, while things during this cycle of the game will change and advance, the games mechanics already look extremely promising and we can’t wait to get addicted to our next obsessions!
Alex is now also on Twitter, a great chance to stay in touch with the developer of Paralives!
If you are a fan of life simulation games and want to share the experience with a friend, check out FreeSO, a revival of the much beloved The Sims Online game – Sims with multiplayer.
- Jun 26, 2019
Garden Paws is a farming simulation game where you can grow crops, run your own shop, tame animals, rebuild the town, go spelunking in the caves, and much more. You can get all the details about the game in our previous article here. We here at myPotatoGames wanted to catch you up on what we think are the most exciting new features. This includes one of our favorite mythical creatures, unicorns, which have been added as a legendary mount. If you thought being an animal yourself was cute enough, well now you can tame and have more pet animals on your farm as well!
Taming Animals
You can now tame every animal that you see and give them a home on your farm which will yield rewards. Newer animals have also been added along with the capability of feeding them their favorite food which is displayed above their heads.
Let’s start with the Fox. The Fox can be found in the forest area and can be tamed with Small Fish. You need to pick up a Forest Animal Habitat from Roman the Blueprint Vendor and give the fox a nice home for it to stay with you. Once you have the fox tamed you can visit it every day to collect some fish, or some poop.
Next up, the Ferrets! The Ferrets are something Kristina, the designer of the game, really wanted to add since she grew up with them. Simply purchase the Ferret Habitat and grab some wool and you can head off to start taming these little ones. The ferrets can be found on one of the southern islands, or in the ruins. Once you’ve got them tamed they’ll collect all Fiber, Wool, Fur, Feathers and Eggs in the area!
Last but not least, the Dung Beetles! Once you have collected 100 poop you’ll be able to build a Dung Beetle Habitat (it’s stinking cute!) and craft some Beetle Feed. Beetles tamed and in their habitat will start collecting all the poop within the area the next day! The beetles come in 6 color variations, and if you choose to pursue the Beetle Mania achievement and tame 100 beetles, the Legendary Beetle will have a chance to spawn! This Gold Legendary Beetle is even a mount and can be ridden around the map!
Legendary Animals
The unicorn has a 1% chance to spawn every day, when you see the rainbow you’ll know it’s out there, somewhere. However, you’ll only be able to tame the unicorn when you have some Legendary Feed. You can get that by activating another Legendary to spawn. (Don’t worry the fastest legendary to trigger is just by collecting 100 poop.) The Unicorn, like all legendary creatures, is a little bit faster than regular mounts and a little more legendary.
Kahuna Chicken and Big Bunny can be found roaming the islands. Once you prove your worth as a tamer of that animal type that is, you’ll be able to find them in the wild. Certain achievements also have to be met.
New Animals
- Arctic Fox (doesn’t show up every season)
- Black Cat (tamed with fish)
- Mountain Goat (tamed with Hay)
- Black Horse (Roaming the lands)
- Pigs and Piglets (Poppy’s Shop)
- All sheep can be tamed (Black, White and Pink)
- New Black Bear variation (tamed with Honey)
- You can tame the Deer
More Coops and More Barns
A buildable barn has been added in this most recent update and therefore you can now raise more animals! You’ll receive the blueprint in the mail your first winter and start building barns that hold up to 4 animals! If you need some Hay there’s a blueprint for a Drying Rack to turn Tall Grass into Hay. Same goes for the coops so you can house more Legendary Chickens! Once you build the max level coop you’ll receive a Chicken Coop Blueprint to start building your own coops. Each coop will hold 6 Chickens or Ducks, and you can build as many of them as you’d like.
Creative Mode
To test out this new feature, the developers held many socials for their community online such as dance parties and trampoline jump puzzles. Now that Garden Paws has larger server sizes, you can do your own 10 Player Creative Server. In Creative Mode, you’ll instantly unlock all the items and you are able to build anywhere and everywhere. There’s no town and no quests, just room for you to roam.
New Items and Furniture Sets
Garden Paws has 2 new furniture sets amounting to over 30+ new items between them. The Heverli Set includes: a hot tub, beach umbrella, lounge chairs and a canopy. The Crystal Garden Set, which has lots of intertwining wood pieces decorated with leaves and crystals, is to give you an enchanted forest vibe.
With the new Seed Bundle Station, you can now combine 4 seeds and 1 Fertilizer to create a Large Seed Bundle. When planting this seed bundle you’ll notice it looks a little bit larger than other crops. This Super Crop will yield a seed when harvesting, and you’ll have a chance to find a Seed Mystery Box.
There are still many more additions to the game as it continues to receive large updates every couple of weeks or so. If you want the full low-down you can check out Bitten Toast Games’ Steam updates and news here.
- Arctic Fox (doesn’t show up every season)
- Jun 19, 2019
Dragons have been becoming so popular these days and so are their reptilian cousins, the dinosaurs. We here at myPotatoGames have found a couple games you can play right now, as well as one new one in early development that we will be keeping a close eye on. Some dinos may be ferocious but others can also be cute and lovable, and we want to take care of them forever! Well that dream is now a possibility, see how below.
Parkasaurus
The game is created by indie developer WashBear Studio, based in Canada. It is available on Steam Early Access here and continues to receive regular updates and added features. The most recent additions to Parkasaurus is the Workshop, where you can change dino skins (rainbow-colored woohoo), add new dinosaurs, add buildings and decorations, and the DinoBook, a guide to mini objectives, and a little insight into the Parkasaurus lore. Most importantly, yes those dinos in the trailer were wearing hats. We here at myPotatoGames are especially fond of that cheese hat. This is just the perfect game to play while we wait for Planet Zoo to release in November.
About Parkasaurus
Parkasaurus challenges the player to plan, design, and construct exhibits that maximize both their Dinos happiness and the park guests’ willingness to spend money! Starting with only a dream and an abandoned park the player will discover new technologies, new attractions, and a special bond with all their Dinos. It’s all captured in stunningly beautiful modernized 3D flat design graphics. In Parkasaurus, fortune is a real possibility and money management is an absolute necessity.
Key Features
- Exhibit Design: Each dinosaur requires a unique biosphere – the shape of exhibit, materials used, ecology, plants, elevation and humidity all make a difference
- Park Creation and Management: Wisely spend resources to build the ultimate Dino Park and turn a profit to ensure future stability
- Guest Monetization: By reading reviews and observing your guests, fine tune your parks flow and arrangement to maximize happiness
- Employee Management: Level up rookie hires or bring on established veterans to help run your park smoothly
- Time Travel for Dino Eggs: Go back in time to retrieve the hottest (and oldest) Dino Eggs
- Chaotic Dino Escapes: Handle with care your Dino rampages by switching into first person view
- Year Round Challenges: Manage unexpected weather disasters and the expected demands of each season
Unnamed Dino Game
This game has officially just received the green-light to move toward the development phase and therefore we have little to no information other than the dinos will be cute and tamable. Right now we have to make do with the occasional Twitter posts such as: “Here’s an important lesson for any dino rancher! Do you have the skills to tame and earn the trust of wild dinos.” You should also check out the adorable GIFs of dinos below and give them all the support they need!
About This Game by Italic Pig
It’s a casual prehistoric-themed farm/social simulation game where you can catch, collect & ride dinos on your ranch. Build dinosaur pens, keep them happy, and upgrade your farmhouse. Each dino will have different decor needs and preferences for their pens. There will also be a range of colors available for the dinos. Each species will have a specific pool of colors that you can find naturally in the wild.
Adorable Twitter Posts
Fossil Hunters
If you can’t wait to play games with dinosaurs in them, then you can actually play Fossil Hunters right now on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PS4! This game was created by indie developer Reptoid Games, based in Canada and you can go to their official website here. Sure this game isn’t really about live adorable dinos but you can assemble their bones, solve puzzles, and explore underground caverns with your friends!
About Fossil Hunters
Fossil Hunters is a casual action-adventure game about digging for fossils and building your own dinosaurs. You are an adventuring Fossil Hunter who has traveled to a remote, mysterious dig site to discover the most incredible fossils the world has ever seen! Discover and assemble your own fossil creations and avoid cave-ins, monsters, and traps while you explore exciting underground environments. Find secrets, treasure, and more as you uncover clues to the whereabouts of the fossil hunters who came before you, and endeavor to reach the very bottom of the caves.
Key Features
- Modular fossil building system allows you to build any way you like
- Your journey is your own: fill your field journal with notes, secrets, and sketches you discover along the way
- Play with up to 3 other friends in the frantic local co-op mode
- 30 hand-crafted levels with new fossils, secrets, and power-ups to discover
- Play as one of 4 unique Fossil Hunters with multiple colour variations
- Lush, fully orchestral soundtrack
Furthermore, if you want to tame more dinosaurs right now, check out our earlier article on PixARK, the cuter version of Ark. Hope you enjoyed that ride!
- Jun 8, 2019
This year EA Play was moved to Saturday, June 8th, 2019 and Sunday, June 9th, 2019 to the Hollywood Palladium. Players will be able to get their hands on games like Apex Legends, Battlefield V. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and other great EA Sports games. Today EA just announced the new expansion for The Sims 4 and we here at myPotatoGames are super excited that it’s a tropical themed one. Island Living will be coming to PC and Mac on June 21st, 2019 and on consoles July 16th, 2019.
Vacation or live on an Polynesian-inspired island full of lush greenery, colorful butterflies and flowers, palm trees, coral reefs and tropical fish, and of course the beaches. Now your Sims can enter the open water and go swimming or do some water sports. Watch out for the volcano, befriend adorable dolphins and play with them, and hang out with the friendly locals! You can watch the live-stream here and check out everything we know below about Island Living.
Outfits and Furniture
A lot of new items have been added so we can also look the part for this amazing island experience. There’s swimwear, skirts, flower hair adornments, etc. Most importantly, you can create yourself a Sim mermaid! Style your mermaid from head to toe with many fin options, scales, skin colors and more! The creators have also mentioned that these mermaids have mysterious powers and you can become more in touch with the sea.
The furniture and decor has a Polynesian style which the developers sought council on to really get things right. You can decide to live on the hills or the coasts, and you can also decide what style home you want whether it be ‘cabana beach’ or a more high-end modern approach.
Jobs and Activities
Sims can do tons of exploring on this island such as discovering multiple new alcoves. On the beaches you can go suntanning in the sand or on all of the lounge chairs, and you can build sand castles and pick up seashells with your family. There are unique traditions on this island and it is possible to join in on a kava party, festivals, and even barbecues with your neighbors. Unlock new behaviors with everything you choose to do.
If you want to make a difference on the island and this closed ecosystem, and see it change over time, you can choose to be a conservationist! The creators have mentioned that they feel passionate about helping the environment and chose today, World Ocean Day, to make this announcement. There are even elemental spirits that will either be pleased or upset with your efforts. In order to earn Simoleans, you can take on jobs with the hours you choose, such as life guards and diving instructors, or go fishing.
Extra Announcements
The Sims have entered into a partnership with the amazing cause It Gets Better for this Pride Month. New and inclusive content will be coming to The Sims 4 on June 18th, 2019 and then later on mobile. For example, gender neutral washrooms.
A Stuff Pack will also be releasing very soon that includes Moschino fashion. Dress up in hoodies and more along with a new available career choice! Now you can be a part-time freelance photographer to capture all of these new looks.
Later this year the creators have teased that a new expansion will be coming this Fall 2019, and gave us the title only; Realm of Magic. Stay tuned with us for more information on that!
- Jun 5, 2019
If you haven’t already heard of Kynseed, it’s a “quirky sandbox RPG adventure life sim from veterans of the Fable series”. You can catch up with our previous post of Kynseed here, before diving into all of the most recent updates. Raise a family, farm the land, run shops, and explore the world as its inhabitants age around you by heading over to Steam now!
Now that the dust has settled from the Steam Early Access release back in 2018, the developers, PixelCountStudios, have begun taking everyone’s feedback and adding it their own plans. Thus, the Kynseed Roadmap was made. Below we have written up this map for you which covers both the short-term view of updates to come as well as a long-term view of the entire game. As you can see, some updates have already been implemented and completed which adds many more features and content to Kynseed!
Completed Updates
First Steps
- Goods Store Selling Tables
- Sell items for a profit
- Stores have special “wanted” items
- Region and Season can affect pricing
- Player Hair Custimization
- Initial NPC Chat System
- NPC Friendship Levels
- NPC Favour Requests
- Fae Wanderers
- Other Additions
- Support for multiple saves
- Save files display character & current season
- Player created tasks system
- Basic NPC ownership permissions
Down to Business
- Blacksmith Ownership
- Purchase the blacksmith shop by interacting with its ledger
- Open & close shop
- Create, sell, & recycle Blacksmith goods
- Store crafted items in a shop cabinet
- Fulfill customer orders
- Greet customers at the counter before they get tired of waiting
- Choose to either accept or refuse their order
- If busy blacksmithing in the other room, you can tell customers to hang on to get a bit of extra time before they get impatient
- Greet customers at the counter before they get tired of waiting
- Hire staff to run the counter
- Locals can be hired to run the counter for you
- Use the ledger to see available locals, hire them, set wages, or fire them
- Some staff will have better traits than others
- More in-depth staff management to come just a few updates from now
- Locals can be hired to run the counter for you
- New Fairweather Items
- Trough (to assist with pig-related chores)
- Rootways (a magical way to get around)
- Home Sweet Home (keeps your farm close)
- Other Additions
- Updated art for growables
- NPC chat/favour improvements
- Snow in Winter
- New books & item collectibles
- Dandelions can now be picked up for later uses
Gnome Pun Intended
- New Region: Tir Na Nog
- New items and collectibles
- Mines containing rare ore
- New Minigame: Squeal Or No Squeal
- Hosted by Gnome Edmunds
- Strategically pop pig balloons and try to strike a deal
- A number of prizes up for grabs
- Pixie Lottery’s Goods Store
- Sells local Tir Na Nog goods
- Also sells H. Pepper’s Naming Nut, a new item for renaming pets
- New Hair Dye Items & Colours
- Hair dyes are now an in-game item
- This allows for changing hair colour at any time
- Can be purchased at various stores across the land
- Plus, a few new colours added!
- Hair dyes are now an in-game item
- Pugs! Because Pugs.
- Other Additions
- Return to Mr. Fairweather
- Yearly Fairweather Tax
- Lightning System Improvements
- Pets can now be renamed when purchasing them
- Added ‘the naming nut’, which allows for renaming already owned pets
- Ambiance added for mines
Keyboard Cartography
- New farm Mailbox Added
- Receive a letter from us for each major update
- (may break fourth wall)
- Added Keyboard Remapping (via Options Menu)
- Initial 3 items on new Cooking Skill Tree
- Other Bits
- Dev tools work (cutscenes, items, & navigation)
- New dev tool: Skill Tree Editor
- Spring Cleaning of unused textures & assets
Future Updates
A Song of Price and Hire
- Goods Store Ownership
- Sell various goods & animals
- Barter with customers
- Display Items
- Feed & care for animals
- Managing Hired Staff
- NPCs have different job-related skills
- Help keep employees happy
- Employee skill will impact reputation
- Gain Shop Reputation
Growing Up & Going Out
- New Region: Loverwood
- Player Aging to the Adult Phase
- Romantic Relationships
- Courting
- Marriage
- Moving in Together
Finally, it is important to note that this Roadmap is flexible so as to anticipate things that the developers can’t possibly predict. Each new batch of updates can take an estimated time of 3-4 weeks each and that is subject to change. The developers mention that catching up on bugs, working on behind the scenes engine systems, or addressing critical pieces of recent community feedback will be their priority.
- Goods Store Selling Tables
- Jun 4, 2019
Indie games are more often than not the hidden gems of gaming and Lil Tribals makes no exception. This indie title is all about making friends, building a community and creating your own village.
Lil Tribals is created by a tiny indie studio which consists of three passionate developers, Jesse Toyota, Jenny Luu and Shirley Tong. The indie title follows Bumi and Jamu who were left by themselves after a disaster struck that destroyed the surrounding villages. The two friends then decided to start building a whole new village to welcome all the people affected by the event.
This is where the story starts off and the player will have to create a whole new village for other characters to find a new home. You will need to gather resources and play a new village, that will hopefully become the new sanctuary for many new villagers to be recruited along the way.
The indie game already features many activities such as collecting resources, building, and even painting you very own tribal mask, a feature that reminds us of the clothing creation/painting tool in Animal Crossing: New Leaf – something we can pour hours into!
Lil Tribals is currently in Alpha, which is an early stage in the games development cycle. Many new features will be added going forward, and bugs can still be expected to be part of the game at this point. The developers have already made an early version available which you can start playing for free on PC today. The game also supports (and recommends) the use of a controller. Check out the cutesie gameplay trailer below and make sure to follow the developers on Twitter to stay up to date on Lil Tribals!
About Lil Tribals
After disaster struck the surrounding villages, the tribes were left without homes and searching for shelter. While searching for a new home, Bumi and Jamu discover a deserted campsite. Instead of leaving, they decide to start a new village, welcoming all the villagers without homes. It will take a lot of work, but maybe one day their little village will become something great.
A 3rd person village management game with city building, survival, and social elements. The game is currently in alpha, but provides the player with the core concepts:
- Paint your mask!
- Layout and build your village!
- Recruit a variety of unique villagers and assign them roles!
- Watch your villagers form relationships and engage in special events!
For more simulation fun, check out Snacko and the latest on the cat-tastic game!
- Jun 3, 2019
Sushi! Lots of it, make it beautiful and run your very own Sushi restaurant in this fast paced pixel adventure. The Sushi Spinnery is about you becoming a famous Sushi chef and running your own most creative and inviting sushi restaurant at the same time. The game is now finally coming to Nintendo Switch as well.
The Sushi Spinnery has been available on iOS and Android for some time now. It received mostly positive reviews and was well received by fans of the simulation genre. In The Sushi Spinnery the player hops into the role of a sushi chef. As you gather fame with serving yummy sushi, you “will unlock all new ingredients and amenities–and fresh possibilities with them!”
Creativity is encouraged and will help you succeed in the game. As you advance in the game you will start unlocking competitions in which you can compete against other sushi chefs – may the best sushi win!
You can already pre-order the game on the Nintendo eShop for $12. It is set to release on June 6th. Bon Appetit!
For more culinary gaming check out Rolling Hills a game about village life, making friends and rolling Sushi heavily inspired by Animal Crossing.
About The Sushi Spinnery
Expand your menu along with your conveyor belt by designing original creations to complement more classic fare.
But it takes more than fine food to win customers over. Show your creative flair not only in sushi but in your business model by offering amenities ranging from salad bars to sumo rings. Make enough fans and you’ll unlock all new ingredients and amenities–and fresh possibilities with them!
As your reputation grows, you’ll also become eligible for competitions around the country. Hone your expertise along with your fish knives and aim for #1 in the national rankings!
Try searching for “Kairosoft” to see all of our games!!
- May 31, 2019
Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game which allows you to create and nurture your own living ecosystems. To create an ecosystem you place plants and animals into the world, each of which has its own life-cycle, behaviour, and requirements so you need to make sure each species has a decent habitat with sufficient resources. The game was created by Karl Wimble, the solo indie game developer of ThinMatrix. It was released back in 2018 but has had many bug fixes, tweaks, and new features added since, which you can see down below.
Creative Mode Added
Creative Mode, a sandbox mode, was just added to Equilinox today, May 31st, 2019. You now have the freedom to put whatever you want and however much of it you want in your landscape without any restrictions or points needed. You can put things such as 10,000 swarming bees, Super Mario pixel art with mushrooms, millions of multicolored sheep, or a bunch of angry spitting camels. However, all species have to have been previously unlocked in your Normal World. Although. Although, you will have complete control of the day/night cycle (forward, backward, pause) and will be able to get some really nice screenshots in-game. You can take a look at what to expect with Creative Mode in the creator’s YouTube video below as well as a summary.
Key Features:
- Unlimited placing of plants/animals.
- Unlimited trait modification.
- New color customization options.
- The ability to “duplicate” an object, copying all its traits.
- Hold M when placing to place multiple objects at once.
- Hold N when placing animals to place a “swarm” of animals.
- Day/Night cycle controls.
New Species Added
Flies and carnivorous plants have been added to the game. These plants are able to grab passing flies with their long “tongues” before consuming them.
Meerkats are the first burrowing animals able to dig a network of holes and tunnels in their territory and use them for transport and to hide from predators. They can often be found standing on their back two legs to keep an eye out for danger. Two new plant species were also added for you to unlock. Desert grass provides a new food source for desert biome animals, and the marigolds are pretty flowers which can live in higher altitude woodland areas.
Eagles are now available in Equilinox. These birds live in the mountains but can swoop down to nearby biomes to go hunting for smaller animals. When they catch their prey they carry it back to the nest to feed their young. Furthermore, jellyfish came with the same update as this one. These strange fish will sting any fish that comes too close and can be genetically modified to be harmless or very effective killers. Also, the jungle has one new bush species which blooms spectacularly only once a year.
The most recent addition of species added to Equilinox are dolphins! These aquatic mammals dive in and out of the water when they’re happy.
The developer had mentioned in his latest devlog video that he intends to add pandas to a later update but is already starting to think about moving on to another project entirely. You can catch up all the news you have missed or purchase this game now on Steam here. For other related news, check out our latest article on Planet Zoo and become the very best zookeeper!
- Unlimited placing of plants/animals.
