All posts tagged in Simulation Game
May 30, 2019
Robert Tatnell , developer of Hokko Life, is hard at work and adding new features and designs every day in his studio, Wonderscope, based in Stockholm. If you haven’t already heard of this game, you can get caught up with us here. We here at myPotatoGames are so excited to play this game and wanted to share with you all of the progress that has been made thus far. Therefore, below we’ve given you the recap from the developer himself for 2018 and a look at his latest updates from March 2019.
2018 Devblog Recap
- The main town area got built, at the beginning of the year it was a one-room demo, but now there’s a whole town!
- There are also mine and forest areas that are randomly generated each day, full of lovely resources!
- Speaking of resources: resource gathering and crafting got in!
- You have a backpack now to store stuff!
- The game is now aimed at a PC/Mac release initially, so a bunch of control stuff got changed to fit this decision.
- Fishing!
- Player Customization!
- Painting tool for making T-Shirts, Wallpaper and flooring!
- Dig holes! Weeds!
- Villagers can now move in if you’re good enough friends with them!
- Villagers give you tasks to do!
- A whole bunch of new villagers got added!
- I started getting sound FX into the game!
Recent Updates – Devlog 2019 Start!
Below are the updates from March which include: improvements on the tools for customizing furniture, improvements on conversations with the villagers, and new information on shop interiors and inventory, and more.
Customizing Furniture
The developer has been testing different “drawers” that contain all the pieces you can add to your creation; much like in a real-world workshop. Improvements to furniture creation were made by adding a very handy menu system so as to be able to categorize certain paints and materials.
There seems to be many options of material designs to work with and apply to your furniture which include: wood, metal, earthen, cushions, paint, and dyes. You will also be able to point and click anywhere, alternating between placing an object and editing it. As mentioned previously by the developer, you will also be able to scale the size of your own furniture when creating it. Moreover, you can see in the image that certain shapes are provided.
Dialog Options
Dialogue options are being reworked to give less of a “randomly generated” feel in favor of a more personalized approach. This ensures there’s more interesting variety in dialogue than there was before by giving you a selection of replies.
If you’re an Animal Crossing fan, then you probably enjoy chatting up the locals every day. Therefore, this new feature is sure to please! The overall dialogue system is still in the works but so far it’s exciting to have the option to choose different text and get different options every now and again. The developer ensures that there will be a little more variety in the player and character conversations. You can also see that it’s possible for you to change and create the outfit the characters are wearing and to take requests for items! One can only hope that they are also given audio of adorable nonsensical gibberish for dialogue.
Shop Interiors and More
The interior of the shops will now have all of their inventory laid out and on display. You can walk up to each item and interact with them before buying. The contents of the shops change every day, so you can look forward to checking what’s new as often as possible. Shopkeepers will have set hours and will otherwise have the store locked. You can find them roaming the town or enjoying certain activities when they’re not working. Robert Tatnell also added new animations for mining and fishing which you can read in more detail with the link to his official website here. There, you’ll find all his devlogs which include all the details of his journey from 2018 to present.
For exclusive information about Robert Tatnell and Hokko Life, be sure to check out our interview with him! There’s a lot of new information you will not want to miss!
- May 28, 2019
Adventure on the high seas with a crew of fun, quirky characters!
In Critter Cove you can explore the world, trade cargo, do missions for others, decorate cabins, customize your character, collect exhibit items for the Museum, go treasure hunting, salvage shipwrecks, swim, dig up treasure, meet new NPCs and befriend them, and upgrade your ship to home more crew members.
This game is an open-world RPG set in a world of fantastical islands, crazy critters, and high sea adventures. After a massive storm you awaken on a tropical island inhabited by a cast of quirky characters who help get you back onto your feet. At the helm of a second-hand ship, crewed by your new friends, you set sail on a quest to become the greatest captain of all time.
Critter Cove is currently being developed by indie studio Gentleman Rat Studio, a team of three people. The game will initially be on the PC, however, the developers will eventually take it to as many platforms as possible including all current generation consoles. Although there is no release date as of yet, you can take a look at the official website here.
Key Features
- Discover and explore islands in an open world tropical setting.
- Trade goods between ports and help those ports grow.
- Upgrade and customize your ship.
- Recruit a unique crew of odd characters, each with their own personalities and special quests.
- Manage your crews needs to keep them happy or you just might have a mutiny on your hands.
- Master the skills that all great captains must know.
- Collect items from all over the world and donate them to the Royal Museum of Science, Nature and Stuff!
- Find treasure maps to embark on special treasure hunts.
- Make your cabin unique by decorating it with a wide variety of furnishings. Help your crew decorate theirs based on their tastes.
- Fishing, digging, swimming, resource gathering, crafting, and much, much more.
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We here at myPotatoGames are so excited about this new and refreshing adventure game with the most adorable pirate crew you ever did “sea”! Similarly, if you love exploring beautiful tropical islands, check out our articles on Summer in Mara and Solo Islands Of The Heart.
- Discover and explore islands in an open world tropical setting.
- May 28, 2019
Garden Paws is a multiplayer RPG simulation game developed by indie team Bitten Toast Games. Grow plants, run your shop, tame animals, rebuild the town, go spelunking in the caves and more in this relaxing and unbearably cute game. The game was released early in 2018 on Steam here but is currently still in development. You can also play a shorter free demo here. The demo has a limited amount of quests that result in 2-4 hours of questing gameplay, but you can continue exploring the world and running your shop past that. Garden Paws will be set to officially launch in December 2019 on the Nintendo Switch and PC.
About Garden Paws
In Garden Paws you have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it can reach its full potential.
To build up the town you need coins, what better way to earn those then by running a shop! Explore the islands and its caves to collect everything from flowers to poop to sell in your shop. Over time and with each building built, new townsfolk sail to the island with new items for purchase and quests to complete.
Key Features
- Turn your small home and shop into a large farmland through upgrades and questing.
- Grow seeds into beautiful flowers and vegetables to sell in your shop.
- Raise and care for animals like chicks and chickens. With recent additions including calves, lambs, baby goats, baby alpaca, foals, and ducks.
- Build up the nearby town adding a Museum, Blacksmith, Inn and more!
- Overcome natural disasters with the help of the townsfolk!
- Upgrade your tools and weapons.
- Collect artifacts to sell or donate to the Museum for fame and rewards.
- Explore caves and dungeons for unique loot!
- Take a break and do some fishing!
- Invite up to 3 friends to play with you in your farm!
- Personalize your character with unique skins, accessories and more.
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Recent Updates
- There’s now a horse mount and stable. You can also ride many of the larger farm animals!
- There’s an assistant! You can now hire an assistant to run your shop, for a % of the sales that is.
- More cooking has been added! You can now use the churn, the oven or the cooking station to make over 20 new recipes!
- Furniture Blueprint Merchant has been added, and can be upgraded in town through Frank.
- You can now nap for multiple hours at a time at the hammock. (Only available in Single Player.)
- New quests, new items, new skins, new collectibles.
What’s Next
- More Quests with Fast Travel
- Procedural Dungeon (optional combat)
- Creative Mode
- A HUGE new island to explore
- More Furniture Sets and Building Pieces
- Berry Bushes and Fruit Trees
- Legendary Animals
- More Animals to Tame and Raise (plus Beekeeping!)
- Bunny and Chicken Breeding
- More NPC’s and Quests
Legendary Giant Chicken Mount For more information on this game you can check out the official website here. If you love town-building and adorable animal villagers, check out our article on Rolling Hills.
- May 24, 2019
In Merchant of the Skies you’re the captain of an airship! Sell items, gather resources, and build your own trade empire in the clouds! Merchant of the Skies is the trading game with light base-building and tycoon elements. You start off as a captain of a small cloudship and work your way towards establishing your own trade company. The game is created by indie developer Coldwild Games and will be available on Steam Early Access July 30th, 2019.
Key Features
- Become a trader! Find the best trade routes and profit from them.
- Discover the world! Travel between flying isles and face different encounters.
- Sandbox gameplay: do what you want at your own pace.
- Gain experience and become more savvy when it comes to trading, then start your own goods production.
Current Updates
Coldwild Games is currently working on adding set goals for Merchant of the Skies. In other words, you will have tasks to complete for those of you that like to have a purpose. For those of you that don’t, you can always set the game to “no objectives” and play at your own leisure. The goals will vary by length which you can often customize. For example, it will take 20, 40, 60, or 90 minutes to complete.
Uncover new islands on your map and visit each destination for information and goals. Once you have discovered the area and see what it has to offer, you can easily plan your trade routes accordingly.
With this game you can build a company in the skies. Similarly, check out our article on Flotsam where you build your village on the open seas!
- Become a trader! Find the best trade routes and profit from them.
- May 2, 2019
As of May 1st, 2019, Calico: Magical Girls Running Cat Cafés, successfully raised $70,634 with 2,721 backers! That is over 200% past their goal! If you missed our news about this game, you can get caught up and learn more here. With more funding came more customization options such as furniture, potions, outfits, and animals. Most importantly, the project hit 2 of its stretch goals to implement amazing new features! See below for what’s going to be added to Calico.
More items to decorate your household Character Creation
The first stretch goal was a character creator at $45,000! Now you can make your own playable character with several customization options. This includes skin tone, body type, gender, hair color and style, as well as outfits!
Animal Customization
Secondly, you now can dress up adorable animals in their own little clothing items, such as collars, hats, and bows! In addition to that, you also have the option of creating your own cats and dogs! You’ll be able to customize certain traits like fur color and size.
Merchandise
If you are as excited as we are at myPotatoGames for the release of this game (year 2020), you can continue to help support CatBean Games by getting these adorable shirts and tank tops here. Stay tuned with us as we keep you updated on Calico! Now we leave you with this adorable animation from their Twitter page.
- May 1, 2019
Automachef is an indie puzzle game in which you will have to build automatic kitchens for a robotic fast food tycoon who believes he’s a human. Automachef will be releasing for PC and Nintendo Switch in Q3 2019. This game is developed by Hermes Interactive and published by Team17 (My Time at Portia and Overcooked). Prepare yourself to become a masterful kitchen manager and wishlist it on Steam!
Robert Person is the name of the robot…we mean human…that will guide you and offer you help throughout the levels. You can choose from dozens of different machines to build your automatic kitchen in exactly the way you want. For example, conveyor belts, robotic arms, splitters, computers, gates and much more! Automachef features computers you can program in assembly code, or using a simple visual editor, to make other machines, such as robotic arms or ingredients dispensers.
Our very trusty “human” friend Robert Person The game features 30 campaign levels, 10 bonus levels, three exciting game modes, dozens of different recipes to prepare (i.e. cheeseburgers, salads, hot dogs), special events, disasters, and more! The three modes in Automachef are: the Campaign Mode, building a business in Contracts Mode and practicing your builds or playing freely in Test Site Mode. Furthermore, if you have created the perfect production line, you can save your plans as blueprints to use in future kitchens!
Filling out orders with your production line Key Features
- Plan. Position. Program: Design and build automated restaurants, then program them to run like well-oiled machines! Do you have a can-do attitude and the know-how to conquer the world of automated restaurants?
- Challenging Puzzles: Fine tune your mind as you tackle intricate spatial, resource management and scenario puzzles! Not enough hot dogs? You’ll sort it! Kitchens on fire? No problem for a smart human like you!
- Multiple Brain-Tickling Modes: Take on the campaign levels, traverse your way through the business world in contracts mode, or just go nuts and bolts in the sandbox test mode and play until you get your fill.
- Endless Charm and Quirky Humor: All delivered in an abundance by our helplessly misguided (robot) human protagonist – Robert Person. Who is definitely a human. Don’t ask questions.
- Mod Support (Steam): Think you could bring some more pizzazz to the table? GREAT! Step on up to the plate and create your own ingredients, recipes and scenario levels via Steam Workshop!
Do you love cooking games and want to play more? Check out our most recent news on Cook Serve Delicious! 2 right here.
- Apr 18, 2019
Animal Crossing New leaf: Welcome Amiibo is having its 8th! annual bunny day. Animal Crossing Bunny Day is the one day a year that all of your villagers will participate in the egg hunt. First introduced in City folk, bunny day has become a fans favorite holiday to celebrate. Zipper will appear in your town on a Sunday in March or April to celebrate Bunny Day! While this years Bunny Day is still a few weeks away, it always takes some time to prepare for major events in Animal Crossing.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome Amiibo the player will be able to hunt for six different kind of eggs. Easier said than done, finding the eggs can be challenging, so prepare yourself to turn your village upside down. You can find the eggs by performing certain activities, fishing, diving, tree shaking, hitting rocks, digging up holes, and shooting down presents from the sky with the slingshot.
All of these activities make the event more challenging but more fun at the same time. Once you find the eggs you can open them to receive a prize. Prizes vary and can either be candy (yum!) , winning tickets or even a grand prize ticket.
If the egg ends up looking super delicious, you might end up eating it, in which case you will receive a prize ticket. Tickets can be traded in for an item in the egg series, while the more rare grand prize tickets can be exchanged for Zippers picture. However, there is one item that can not be obtained using tickets, and that is the beautiful egg basket. This item is rare and can only be received if you collect all of the six different eggs on bunny day.
The friendly and adorable bunny – Zipper T. will award the player one of the following items from the egg series for every Bunny Ticket! If you can’t sleep without a photo of Zipper on your night stand, then you need to look for a grand prize ticket.
Trading in that ticket will make Zipper gift you his picture. You don’t have to settle with just one picture of him, the grand prize ticket can be obtained more than once during the Animal Crossing Bunny Day.
Animal Crossing Egg Series
Egg Basket
Egg TV
Egg Bed
Egg Bench
Egg Chair
Egg Clock
Egg Dresser
Egg Lamp
Egg Stereo
Egg Table
Egg Toy Set
Egg Wardrobe
Egg Wall
Egg FloorWhen Is Animal Crossing Bunny Day?
Bunny Day will always start at 6 am and end at 6pm, the day it takes place varies each year. In 2019 the Animal Crossing Bunny Day will take place on April 21st. So make sure you plan ahead and get ready!
If you want to know how other vide games celebrate easter, check out our list of all the games featuring easter events this week!
- Apr 11, 2019
It has only been three days since we talked about another game in which you can run your own restaurant. What can we say? we love food, so does Henry, our Potato mascot. Cafeteria Nipponica takes owning and running a restaurant to new levels, with an amazing overwhelming amount of customizations only known from games like The Sims or Animal Crossing.
In Cafeteria Nipponica you will of course be tasked with running your own restaurant, provide good food and of course amazing customer service. However, the game goes beyond the typical simulation features we are accustomed to. In this restaurant management game you will also decide how your interior looks, from the table cloth to the mounted tv on the wall. Customers will also rate your dinner based on how good the food is, but also on how stylish your dinner looks. This is an interesting twist to an already great genre.
Cafeteria Nipponica is coming to Nintendo Switch on April 18th, 2019 for only $12 we will be sure to picking up this game on day one. The game is currently also available on iOS and Android.
About Cafeteria Nipponica
Don your chef’s hat and hit the kitchen! You’re the chef de cuisine in this scrumptious simulation that’ll have you coming back for seconds… and more! Run your own restaurant, find ingredients, research recipes and spice up your culinary repertoire! Only you can bring your establishment sweet success!
Decide every detail of the floor from tables to TVs and do whatever it takes to make your customers happy! After all, their ratings determine whether you’re chef…or sap. Score enough points and you’ll be able to host a variety of fun events from eating contests to cooking classes, further boosting your popularity!
But of course, what’s a cook without a crew? Recruit eager faces to build your own five-star team. Play your cards right and you might find yourself running multiple restaurants at once!
The sky’s the limit in this sizzling new take on restaurant management, incorporating a uniquely Japanese spread that will train your brain and tantalize your taste buds!
