The Harvest Season

We Are Wholesome-Ish

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:20: What Have We Been Up To
00:06:37: Game News
00:38:38: The Farmer Was Replaced
01:43:56: Outro

Contact

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We Still Have Each Other

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about Little Rocket Lab.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:32: What Have We Been Up To
00:24:37: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:25:27: Game News
00:42:24: Little Rocket Lab
01:39:03: Outro

Links

Fantasy Life i on Mobile
Bubblegum Galaxy Study Mode
Cozy Caravan “An Excess of Accessories” Update
Out and About “Invasives and Sustainable Harvesting” Update
Heartopia “Modular Streets Festival” Pack
Wholesome Direct

Rocket Lab Screenshots:
Layout 1
Layout 2
Layout 3
Toasty
Lighthouse
Broken
Postcard

Contact

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Tangent Factories

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Greg talk about Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:13: What Have We Been Up To
00:21:57: Game News
00:57:42: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
01:49:37: Outro

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Cozy Keylogger

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about Pokopia, again again.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:02: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:43: Pokopia
00:27:28: Game News
00:51:19: New Games
01:06:55: Outro

Links

Starstruck Vagabond on Consoles
The Ranch of Rivershine “1.10.0.0” Update
Palia “The Royal Highlands” Update
Starsand Island “Shining Star” DLC
Pokopia Sableye Event

Monster Harvest
Typing Farmer
Kitaria Fables 2
Silicone Heart

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Pokottage Core

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Micah talk more about Pokopia

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:01: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:56: Game News
00:27:21: New Games
00:29:57: Pokopia
01:27:21: Outro

Links

Outbound Delay
Seeds of Calamity 1.0
Hello Kitty Island Adventure “City Town” DLC
Roots of Pacha “Anniversary” Update
Slime Rancher 2 “Radiant Slime Sanctuary” Update
The Farmer Was Replaced “The Typer was Replaced” Update
Farmer’s Dynasty 2

Contact

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A Very Pokémon Time

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:28: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:06: Game News
00:28:07: Pokopia
01:25:03: Outro

Pokopia “More Spores for Hoppip” Event

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Weeb Island

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al talks to Kev about Starsand Island

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:42: What Have We Been Up To
00:22:40: Feedback
00:25:54: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:26:23: Game News
00:33:06: Pokopia
00:55:03: Stardew 1.7
01:02:55: Starsand Island
02:06:28: Outro

Links

Seeds of Calamity
The Ranchers “Next Fest” Update
Pokopia New Trailer
Pokopia Treehouse
Stardew Valley 10 Year Anniversary Video

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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I See Blossom but Rarely Is It Peach

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Codey talk through the recent news

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:44: Pokemon Day Is Coming
00:06:55: What Have We Been Up To
00:23:42: Game News
00:54:56: New Games
01:03:57: Outro

Links

Collector’s Cove Release
Everholm 2.0 Update
Ancient Farm “The Well” Update
Echoes of the Plum Grove 1.0.6.01 Update
Farlands 0.8 Update
Everdream Village 1.13 Update
Go-Go Town “Lunar New Year and Valentine’s” Update
The Farmer Was Replaced “Themes” Update
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure “Springtime Celebration”

Timber Life

Contact

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It Makes Me Want to Murder Someone

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al, Codey, and Kevin choose games they think will get high critic scores this year.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:25: What Have We Been Up To
00:22:49: Game News
00:32:43: New Games
00:39:09: Fantasy Draft
01:13:59: Stardew Concert
01:16:21: Outro

Links

Tiny Garden Switch
Disney Dreamlight Valley “Puppy Love” Update
Doloc Town “Harvest Fusion” Update
Little Witch in the Woods “Gathered Memories and Blossoming Excitement” Update
Farm to Table
Bitter Harvest

Contact

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Rent a Moped

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Kev goes through the news, Al plays the Starsand Island Demo

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:22: What Have We Been Up To
00:07:58: Starsand Island Demo
00:23:41: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:26:20: Game News
00:41:23: New Games
00:50:46: Outro

Contact

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Silly Sims

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Kev talk about the new Tomodachi Life direct, and Al plays the Bubblegum Galaxy demo

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:38: What Have We Been Up To
00:13:09: Game News
00:43:10: New Games
00:48:29: Bubblegum Galaxy
00:56:14: Outro

Links

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Direct
Japanese Rural Life on Steam
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: Hinula’s Sprit Journey
Haunted Chocolatier Dev Update
Fossil Quest on Steam
Fossil Quest on itch.io

Bubblegum Galaxy

Contact

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Baffling Decisions

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Kev talk about the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 Update

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:06:20: What Have We Been Up To
00:31:58: Game News
00:42:50: New Games
00:44:59: Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0
01:28:15: Outro

Links

Bubblegum Galaxy Release
The Ranchers Early Access
Everdream Village “1.8”
Star Birds “Flora and Fauna” Update
Emberlands: Desktop Village

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Capitalism Again

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Kevin talks to Al about Discounty

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:06: What Have We Been Up To
00:19:42: Game News
00:29:36: New Games
00:40:22: Discounty
01:04:28: Outro

Links

Sky Harvest Early Access
Heartopia on Steam
Palia “Winter’s Wonderland: Snowbound Sanctuary” Update
Sakuna Replica Tools

Farming Camp
Milki Delivery
Bel’s Fanfare

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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What Are We Judging Next

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Kev catchup on all of the news over the holiday period

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:41: What Have We Been Up To
00:21:14: News
00:21:29: Game Releases
00:32:31: Game Updates
00:45:34: New Games
00:57:18: Miscellaneous News
01:00:48: Outro

Links

ACNH Free Switch 2 Edition
Cozy Caravan 1.0
The Farmer Was Replaced
Super Farming Boy on Xbox
Tiny Garden on Switch
Outbound Physical Editions

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:05: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:20: Game News
00:28:50: Wholesome Snack
00:43:09: Business/Politics Crashout
00:44:18: Outro

Links

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:08: What Have We Been Up To
00:27:29: Game News
00:34:51: Pokopia
01:15:45: New Games
01:24:03: Game Key Cards Discussion
01:46:03: Outro

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Why We Like

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Aislinn talk about why they like farming and cottagecore games

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:13: What Have We Been Up To
00:20:26: Pokémon Legends Z-A
00:33:10: Game News
00:43:14: Why We Like Farming Games
01:28:49: Outro

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Are You a Rollercoaster Fan

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about Sunseed Island

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:32: What Have We Been Up To
00:24:26: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:25:39: Palfarm
00:32:56: Game News
00:58:01: New Games
01:07:56: Sunseed Island
01:37:58: Outro

Links

ILA: A Frosty Glide Release
Starsand Island Trailer
Ages of Cataria Early Access Release
Disney Dreamlight Valley “Return To Beast’s Castle” Update
Rusty’s Retirement “Autumn” Update
Fields of Mistria “Feedback” Update
Fields of Mistria Merch
Firefly Village “Smooth Moves and Fluffy Friends” Update
Hello Kitty Island Adventure Spooky Celebration
Go-Go Town Halloween Decor
Coral Island Roadmap
Fae Farm News Update
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin
Petit Planet

Contact

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All Roads Lead to Mayonnaise

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Aislinn talk about Firefly Village

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:43: What Have We Been Up To
00:24:22: Game News
00:47:56: Palworld: Palfarm
00:56:00: Pokopia
00:59:02: Firefly Village
01:40:05: Outro

Links

Gaucho and the Grasslands Farroupilha Month Update
Rune Factory Guardians of Azume x Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar
Discounty “Deep Pockets” Update
Fae Farm Purchased
Palworld: Palfarm

Firefly Village

Contact

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Tricked Into Early Access Again

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Star Birds

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:33: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:24: Game News
00:33:57: Star Birds
00:56:00: Early Access And Kickstarter Discussion
01:05:47: Outro

Links

Little Rocket Lab Release
Overthrown 1.0 Release
Moonstone Island “Character Customisation” Update
Cinabunny “Community Events” Update
Hello Kitty Island Adventure “Jam Jamboree”
My Time at Evershine Info Update
Cosmic Coop

Contact

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Rogue Life

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk about Farm Land. Although we spend more time talking about Pokopia.

Timings

Al and Kev go through a list of 22 farming games

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:11: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:37: Game News
00:43:58: New Games
00:48:23: The 22 Best Steam Farming Games of all Time
01:33:28: Outro

The 22 Best Steam Farming Games of All Time

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Like a Blind Rat

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about their favourite games this year so far

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:23: What Have We Been Up To
00:25:31: Game News
00:43:48: Story Of Seasons X Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
00:47:59: Mid-year Check-in
01:18:11: Outro

Links

Moonlight in Garland 1.0 Release
Above Snakes Console Release
Out and About Release
Coral Island 1.2 Update
Sugardew Island Dog
Aether Wizard Life “Announcement” Trailer
Fields of Mistria Merch Collection
Story of Seasons x Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Certifiably Not Kevin

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0100

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:34: What Have We Been Up To
00:21:32: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:23:38: Game News
00:42:07: See How Many Of The Top 10 Steam Games Kevin Can Guess
00:52:10: Tamagotchi Plaza
01:12:25: Outro

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Tiny Harvest

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about Tiny Garden

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:25: Anti Relationship Drama Rant
00:05:34: Actual Intro
00:06:56: What Has Kevin Been Up To
00:16:46: Anti Capitalist Rant
00:30:31: What Has Al Been Up To
00:42:44: Game News
01:03:41: Tiny Garden
01:18:27: Outro

Links

Len’s Island 1.0 Update
Sun Haven 2.5 Update
Moonstone Island “Evolutions” Update
Disney Dreamlight Valley “Mysteries of Skull Rock” Update
Snacko 1.0.1 Update
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time “Roguelike” Update
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home coming to Steam/Consoles

Contact

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Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

A Quick Tangent About Fruit

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Kev go through all the news we missed on our time off.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:53: What Have We Been Up To
00:23:04: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:29:01: Codey’s Wholesome Direct Thoughts
00:34:33: Game Updates
00:48:28: Teased Updates
00:58:06: New Games
01:03:45: Other News
01:08:43: Tangent About Fruit
01:10:00: Outro

Links

Critter Crops “The Witch Reborn” Update
Travellers Rest “Pet Party” Update
To Pixelia “Controller Support” Update
To Pixelia “Keybinding” Update
Lightyear Frontier “Shifting Gears” Update

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:00: What Have We Been Up To
00:06:21: Game News
00:27:44: Bug And Seek
01:05:05: Outro

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Little Frog-Like Friends

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about the updates to Mika and the Witch's Mountain

Timings

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:23: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:58: Game News
00:29:07: New Games
00:31:44: Wanderstop
01:15:33: Outro

Links

Pixelshire Release Date
Honeymancer Early Access Release Date
Space Sprouts Release Date
Dave the Diver “Ichiban’s Holiday” DLC
Another Harvest Moon G-Mode Game
Cattle Country Optional Combat

Funguys Swarm

Contact

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Feed the Plants

Oppidum
Ashwood Valley
Farming Simulator VR

Contact

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Climb to the Highest Point

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Micah talk about Natsu-Mon 20th Century Summer Kid

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:30: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:54: Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home
00:29:22: Game News
00:54:46: Natsu Mon
01:41:16: Outro

Contact

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You Say Azure, I Say Azure

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Codey talk about Mini Mini Farm

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:33: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:26: I Know What You Released Last Month
00:13:57: Game News
00:28:37: New Games
00:41:43: Other News
00:56:24: Mini Mini Farm
01:33:42: Outro

Contact

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Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

A Complete Game

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Codey and Jonnie talk about Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:06: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:11: Game News
00:31:34: Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete
00:58:36: Outro

Links

Into the Emberlands Release
Tiny Garden Release
Echoes of the Plum Grove Switch Release
Amber Isle Switch Release
Ova Magica “0.8” Update
Overthrown “Livestock” Update
Grandpa’s Farm TTRPG

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
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Rustorio

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Codey interview Jordan, the developer of Rusty's Retirement

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:43: What Have We Been Up To
00:17:26: Game News
00:40:24: Rusty’s Retirement Interview
01:22:47: Outro

Rusty’s Retirement on Steam
Rusty’s Retirement Links

Contact

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Macabre Like Death

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Dalan talk about Honkai Impact 3rd, and it's farming minigame, Wilderness Development Logs

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:37: What Have We Been Up To
00:28:48: Game News
00:35:02: Honkai Impact 3rd: Introduction
00:52:29: Honkai Impact 3rd: Wilderness Development Logs
01:14:23: Outro

Links

My Little Life Release Date
Sun Haven Switch Patch
Echoes of the Plum Grove “New Year” Update
Roots of Pacha Upcoming Regions

Wilderness Development Logs Youtube Playlist
Wilderness Development Logs Fandom Page

Contact

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Tell Us About Your Puppy

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Codey and Kev catch up on all the recent news

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:06: Feedback
00:08:21: What Have We Been Up To
00:43:30: Game Releases
00:57:44: Game Updates
01:06:41: New Games
01:28:43: Outro

Links

Al and Codey talk about Honey Grove

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:18: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:21: Game News
00:33:27: New Games
00:44:24: Honey Grove
01:14:35: Outro

Links

Stardew Concert Dates

Pixelshire Delay
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure Release Date
Rusty’s Retirement Winter Update
Go-Go Town “Creative Corners” Update
Mika and the Witch’s Update 2nd Update
One Lonely Outpost “Act 2” Update

Sugardew Island Romance Info
Loftia Neighbourhoods Info

Wylde Society
Litle Rocket Lab

Contact

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Spider Mode

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie talk about Luma Island

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:55: What Have We Been Up To
00:13:53: Game News
00:37:20: Luma Island
01:32:07: Outro

Links

Wholesome Snack
Wholesome Snack Humble Bundle
Wanderstop Release Date
Overthrown Early Access
Snacko Roadmap
Haunted Chocolatier Development Update
Farm Folks Gameplay trailer

Contact

Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Episode About a Game

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kelly talk about Fields of Mistria

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:05:39: What Have We Been Up To
00:13:12: November Game Releases
00:15:25: Stardew Concert
00:27:34: Game News
00:40:41: New Games
00:51:38: Fields Of Mistria

Links

Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons
Sun Haven UK/Switzerland/NZ Switch Release
Everdream Valley “Family Time” DLC
Snacko “Builders Dream” Update
Spiritea “Phantom Friends” Update
Farlands 0.3 Update

Ratopia
Dreamland Farm
Ooze Keeper

Contact

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What a Joker

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Balatro

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:04: What Have We Been Up To
00:14:32: Game News
00:50:58: New Games
01:00:19: Balatro
01:49:09: Outro

Hobnobbers
Desktop Cat Cafe

Contact

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BeeDHD

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey tells Al about the new bee breeding Minecraft mod

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:21: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:55: Should Codey Get A Steamdeck
00:16:50: Game News
00:41:54: New Games
00:50:04: Feed The Bees
01:08:32: Outro

Contact

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Living Vicariously

I Think You Were Mad at It

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about the games that should have farming.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:25: Feedback
00:09:04: What Has Codey Been Up To
00:18:53: News
00:41:00: What Games Should Have Farming
01:08:35: Entomology Rant
01:12:51: Outro

Links

Fae Farm on Consoled
My Time at Sandrock Kickstarter
Lightyear Frontier “Neighbours and Animals” Update
Stardew Valley 1.6 on Mobile/Consoles
Paleo Pines Upcoming DLC
Tales of the Shire Video

Contact

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S Tier

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev rank the Stardew Valley Characters

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:36: What Have We Been Up To
00:25:25: New Games
00:33:54: Stardew Character Tier List
01:02:17: Outro

Links

Orange Season 1.0 Release
Petit Island Story Trailer
Paleo Pines new DLCs
Go-go Town Major Update 1
Moonstone Island “Festivals” Update
Seasonspree
My Time at Evershine

The Last Farmer
Castaway
Artisan Story
Luma Island

Stardew Tier List Video
Stardew Final Tier List

Contact

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Delayed

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk about Coral Island 1.1

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:04: What Have We Been Up To
00:20:18: Game News
00:42:25: News Games
00:48:02: Coral Island 1.1
01:28:16: Outro

Links

Tales of the Shire Delay
Tales of the Shire Hobbit Day Announcement
Sugardew Island Delay
To Pixelia Delay
Go-go Town “Build and Bustle” Update
Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos “Great Outdoors” Update
Len’s Island “Controllers and Steam Deck” Update
Danchi Days on Steam

Sea Sniffers on Steam
Garden Trills on Steam
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam

Contact

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I Have Many Things to Say

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Micah talk about Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:09: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:01: Game News
00:39:50: New Games
01:15:05: Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home
02:18:35: Outro

Links

Let’s Build a Zoo “Monstrous Structures” Update
Cat Cafe Manager 2 Kickstarter
Super Zoo Story Kickstarter
Wylde Flowers “Magical Creatures” Update
BokuMono: Life and Love
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain Boardgame

My Time at Evershine
Dreamland Farm
Danchi Days
Amber Isle

Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home on Apple
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home on Android

Contact

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The Episode of Tangents

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kelly talk about the story of Dave the Diver

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:12: What Has Kelly Been Up To
00:04:19: Tangent 1 - The Scots Language
00:11:53: What Has Al Been Up To
00:21:22: News
00:35:50: Tangent 2 - Rockstar North
00:44:55: Dave The Diver Upcoming DLCs
00:53:45: Kelly’s Mechanics Thoughts
01:02:31: Dave The Diver Story
01:16:01: Tangent 3 - Game Hyperfocus
01:18:44: Dave Story Conclusion
01:29:12: Outro

Links

Research Story “0.9” Update
Sprittea “Moving & Grooving” Update
Loddlenaut “Goddles” Update
Outlanders “Wandering Star” DLC
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Trailer

Dave the Diver Upcoming DLCs

Contact

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Mika and the Witch's Mountain Review

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Mika and the Witch's Mountain

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:22: What Have We Been Up To
00:13:13: Game News
00:30:30: New Games
00:37:25: Mika And The Witch’s Mountain
01:08:10: Outro

Links

Animal Crossing Pocket Info
Melobot: A Last Song
Disney Dreamlight Valley “Dapper Delights” Update
Steamworld Build “Skull Valley” Update
Farming Simulator 25 Info
Smushi Come Home Physical Release

Herdling
Floatopia

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this product from https://www.keymailer.co #MikaandTheWitchsMountain

Contact

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Exclamation Mark, Exclamation Mark, Exclamation Mark

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie go through all the news while Al was on holiday.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:10: What Have We Been Up To
00:16:13: Game Releases
00:34:54: Game Updates
01:09:23: Other News
01:15:30: New Games
01:26:09: Outro

Coral Island “1.1” Update
Coral Island Humble Games Issue
Roots of Pacha “1.2” Update
Sun Haven “Teleportation” Update
Moonstone Island “Cooking” Update
Disney Dreamlight Valley Roadmap
Cult of the Lamb “Unholy Alliance” Update

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:40: What Have We Been Up To
00:10:32: Game News
00:22:53: New Games
00:32:54: Office Cat
00:48:56: Outro

Links

Critter Crops Release Date
Natsu-Mon 20th Century Summer Vacation
Spirittea Physical Release
Go-Go Town Roadmap
Len’s Island “Game Modes” Update
Outbound Kickstarter Trailer

Trade Tales

Office Cat

Contact

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Elected Monarch

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk about their first impressions of Go Go Town, now that it is in Early Access.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:02: What Have We Been Playing
00:11:15: Game News
00:23:43: New Games
00:30:11: Go Go Town First Impressions
01:02:05: Outro

Links

Sun Haven “1.4” Update
Loddlenauth “Loddlepedia” Update
Song of the Prairie “0.9” Update
Spirittea “Hook, Line & Spirit” Update

Littlelands Gameplay Sneak Peek

Star Birds
Among The Wild
Hotel Galactic
Super Farming Boy
Everholm

Contact

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Fish That Song

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Len’s Island “Frozen Lands” Update
Ooblets “Spring 2024” Update
Sugardew Island Delay
One Lonely Outpost Roadmap
Flotsam “0.8.0” Update

Cozy Grove 2 Announcement

Contact

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The Cat Is the Best Character

Wed, 22 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Homestead Arcana

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:41: Feedback
00:05:56: What Have We Been Up To
00:22:36: News
00:49:30: New Games
00:57:20: Homestead Arcana
01:18:39: Outro

Little Known Galaxy
Overthrown

Contact

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We Gon’ Sue You

Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Bev talk about Window Garden

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:14: What Have We Been Up To
00:16:50: News
00:48:02: Window Garden
01:26:46: Outro

Links

Wholesome Direct
New Animal Crossing Lego
Moosntone Island DLC and Update
Tiny Garden Kickstarter
Forage Friends
Cozy Caravan

Contact

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Farming Simulator Sickos

Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about Rusty's Retirement

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:14: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:02: News
00:36:48: Jonnie Rants About Coral Island
00:43:23: Rusty’s Retirement
01:16:02: Outro

Contact

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I Am Child

Wed, 01 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Aislinn talk about Botany Manor

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:05:28: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:24: News
00:47:09: Botany Manor
01:19:53: Outro

Codey’s Instagram
Aislinn’s Linktree

Contact

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The Philosophy of Marriage Candidacy

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about how much they hate marriage in games. Also who their favourite marriage candidates are.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:51: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:13: News
00:26:55: Marriage Candidates
01:18:41: Outro

No Mickey in Fortnite

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:12: What Have We Been Up To
00:07:30: News
00:27:50: Piczle Cross: Story Of Seasons
00:43:16: Outro

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Infinite Storage

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about Palia.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:12: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:33: Groundhog Day
00:17:59: News
00:39:26: Palia
01:42:20: Outro

Links

Wylde Flowers Eury’s Salon Update
Lightyear Frontier Early Access
Ages of Cataria Delay
Rusty’s Retirement Public Demp
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge

Contact

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Sensible Completionist

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Moonstone Island

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:05: What Have We Been Up To
00:14:27: News
00:54:26: Moonstone Island
01:47:58: Outro

Southfield
Sugardew Island
Sugardew Island Kickstarter
Sunkissed City
Abyss: New Dawn
Abyss: New Dawn Kickstarter

Contact

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Extinction Level Event

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Bev and Jonnie talk about Stardew 1.5

Contact

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Upcoming 2024

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie talk about the games they are most looking forward to in 2024

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:07: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:54: News
00:20:55: 2024 Upcoming Games
00:51:04: Outro

Links

Terra Nil
Travellers Rest Christmas Update
Sprout Valley Winter Holidays Update
Len’s Island Companions and Languages Update

Tales of the Shire
Snacko
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain
Rusty’s Retirement
Go-Go Town
Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom
Horticular

Contact

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Year in Farming 2023

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al, Kevin, and Micah go through the games of the year and crown their winner for 2023.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:42: What Have We Been Up To
00:27:56: 2023 Releases
00:34:54: Previous Winners
00:36:30: Our Nominations
01:53:00: GOTY Debate
02:08:06: Decision
02:15:50: Outro

Games Mentioned

Games released this year

Above Snakes
Before the green moon
Everdream valley
Fae Farm
Farming Simulator 23
Flutter Away
Garden Buddies
Garden In
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure
Homestead Arcana
Innchanted
Lego Fortnite
Loddlenaut
Mineko’s Night Market
Moonstone Island
My Time at SAndrock
Paleo Pines
Roots of Pacha
Rune Factory 3 Special
Season: A Letter to the Future
Silent Hope
Smushi Come Home
Spells and Secrets
Spirittea
Sprout Valley
Steamworld Build
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Sun Down
Tchia
Terra Nil
Wildmender

EA released in a previous year, 1.0 this year

Ikonei Island
Moondrop
Sun Haven
Coral island
DDV

EA released this year

Cornucopia
Fabledom
Moonlight in Garland
One Lonely Outpost
Research Factory
Song of the Prairie
Snacko

Previous Winners

2019: Doraemon SoS
2020: Summer in Mara
2021: Spiritfarer
2022: Ooblets

Contact

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Unhinged and Low Energy

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie talk about Lego Fortnite

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:59: What Have We Been Up To
00:15:39: News
00:37:27: Lego Fortnite
00:59:17: Outro

Tiny Garden
Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom

Contact

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We Are at Peak Witch

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about Disney Dreamlight Valley

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:25: What Have We Been Up To
00:07:41: News
00:39:07: Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Second Harvest
01:23:09: Outro

Links

NPR Best Video Games 2023
Moonstone Island Update and DLC
Dredge x Dave The Diver
Palia Coming To Switch
Harvest Moon 64 On NSO
Lego Fortnite
Ooblets Plushies

Loose Leaf
Rusty’s Retirement
Home Free
Bug and Seek

Contact

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You Just Lost the Game

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0100

Research Story 0.6 Update
Len’s Island Harvest Moon Update
Potion Permit Mobile Release
Distant Bloom Release Window
Nintendo Indie Showcase
Farming Simulator Kids

The Game Awards Nominees

Contact

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Cool Guy Berry

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Micah talk about Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:58: What Have We Been Up To
00:32:53: News
01:12:15: Harvest Moon: The Winds Of Anthos
01:50:34: Outro

Links

Disney Dreamlight Valley Upcoming Releases
Disney Dreamlight Valley Apple Arcade Edition
Roots of Pacha 1.1 Update and Console Release
Ooblets 1.4 Update
Everdream Valley 1.6 Update
Slime Rancher 2 Update
Echoes of the Plum Grove Kickstarter
Snacko Early Access
My Time At Portia Optimisation
Concerned Ape Cool Fruit

Contact

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You Better Run

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kelly talk about Pumpkin panic

Join Al and Kelly in a quick journey through the world of cottagecore gaming. They share their experiences with “Pumpkin Panic,” discuss recent news, and leave you feeling cozy and inspired.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:00: What Have We Been Up To
00:13:42: News
00:55:48: Pumpkin Panic
01:24:30: Outro

Links

Disney Dreamlight Valley Leaves Early Access
Spirittea Release
Len’s Island Roadmap Updated
Moonstone Island Updated and DLC Released
Stardew Valley Horseradish Juice
Echoes of the Plum Grove Steam Page
Echoes of the Plum Grove Kickstarter

Pumpkin Panic

Contact

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Zombie Doing Yardwork

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Kev and Kelly do a second harvest of Graveyard Keeper

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:17: What Have We Been Up To
00:06:11: News
00:34:56: Graveyard Keeper
01:14:29: Outro

Graveyard Keeper

Contact

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Pterosaurs Are Not Dinosaurs

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Kev and Spencer talk about Paleo Pines

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:21: What Have We Been Up To
00:14:37: News
00:37:08: Paleo Pines
01:45:09: Outro

Links

Garden Buddies Release
Garden Buddies Release Trailer
Ikonei Island Friends Pass
Farming Simulator 22 Carrots Preview
Garden Galaxy Autumn Update
Mineko’s Night Market Patches
Paleo Pines Patches

Animal Crossing Lego

Paleo Pines

Contact

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Not a Hat Expert

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Jonnie and Codey talk through the week's news and cover Fae Farm

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:52: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:01: News
00:33:22: Fae Farm
01:15:40: Outro

Links

Wildmender on Steam
Spells and Secrets Release Date
Spirit of the Island Console Release
Haunted Chocolatier New Screenshots
Stardew Pet Hats
Animal Crossing Lego

Fae Farm

Contact

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I Have a Bean

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Mineko's Night Market

Also, we talk about Stardew Valley 1.6, the recently teased Lord of the Rings cottagecore game, and a number of recent release date announcements.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:42: What Have We Been Up To
00:15:56: News
00:45:50: Mineko’s Night Market
01:32:52: Outro

Stardew Valley 1.6 Sneak Peek
Stardew Valley Joja Parrot

Tales of the Shire Teaser
Tales of the Shire Site

Mineko’s Night Market

Contact

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Bunnies, Not Cats

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk about Usagi Shima

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:05: What Have We Been Up To
00:10:49: News
00:26:50: Usagi Shima
00:58:19: Outro

Links

Loddlenaut Release Date
Ooblets Update
Ikoeni Island Roadmap
Spells and Secrets Release Content
Out and About Kickstarter
The Ranchers Release Update

Usagi Shima

Contact

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A Ghost in My Basement

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al talks about Sprout Valley

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:48: What Have We Been Up To
00:21:54: News
00:44:42: Sprout Valley
01:09:13: Outro

Eastward Octopia
Japanese Rural Life Simulator

Sprout Valley on Steam
Sprout Valley on Switch

Contact

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Island Hopping

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Jonnie and Kev talk about Smushi Come Home

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:40: What Have We Been Up To
00:10:43: News
00:27:36: Smushi Come Home
00:39:13: Spoilers For Smushi Come Home
00:56:09: Outro

Links

Coral Island Merfolk and Fall Update
Spirit of The Island DLC
Research Story 0.5 Update
Research Story Roadmap
My Time at Sandrock Trailer
Haunted Chocolatier Screenshot

Usagi Shima

Smushi Come Home on Steam
Smushi Come Home on Switch

Contact

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Silly September

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about all the new Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos news and try out the original Harvest Moon.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:53: What Have We Been Up To
00:17:35: News
00:45:31: Harvest Moon The Winds Of Anthos Medium Dive
01:09:27: Harvest Moon (SNES)
01:35:23: Outro

Links

Sprout Valley Release Date
Moonstone Island Release Date
A Tiny Sticker Tale Release Date

Disney Dreamlight Valley Cozy Edition
Spirittea Release Date
The Wandering Village Birtdahy Update

Stardew Valley Cookbook

Fogu Winds of Anthos Info

Contact

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Wylde Podcast

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0100

Kev interviews Wylde Flowers voice actor Ray Chase.

Also, Al and Kev go through the news of the week.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:27: What Have We Been Up To
00:12:55: News
00:49:49: Plugs
00:55:47: Intro To Interview
01:00:53: Ray Chase Interview
01:41:34: Outro

Pumpkin Panic
Mobberville
Chronomon

Rainbow Road Radio on Twitter
Ray Chase on Twitter

Contact

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Unsuspecting Culinary Captives

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:53: What Have We Benn Up To
00:17:15: News
00:49:05: Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
01:54:32: Outro

Links

Research Story Update
Kynseed Update
Ikonei Island Update
Fabledom Update
Everdream Valley Update

Spirit of the Island
Cloudscape
Turnip Boy
Monster Patch
Gogo Town

Prehistoric Kingdom
Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
On Steam
On Switch

Contact

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Actual Farming

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Jonnie talk about Farming Simulator

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:26: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:33: News
00:43:36: Farming Simulator
01:40:57: Outro

Farming Simulator

Contact

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A Tub of Noodles

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev summarise the year so far

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:07: What Have We Been Up To
00:02:08: Marvel Chat
00:08:58: Feedback
00:11:40: Upcoming Releases
00:15:35: News
00:29:51: Mid Year Checkin
00:55:35: Outro

Links

Palia Switch Release Date: https://twitter.com/playPalia/status/1671529751419256834
Sun Haven Romance and Barns Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1432860/view/3646274937573768716
Silent Hope: https://twitter.com/RuneFactory/status/1671661784225259521
Wildmender: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/

Contact

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Capybaras Are on the Rise

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Bev and Codey talk about Capybara Spa

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:04: What Have We Been Up To
00:06:41: News
00:47:59: Capybara Spa
01:06:28: Outro

Capybara Spa

Contact

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Axolotl Dragon

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie go through all the news from the Wholesome Direct

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:49: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:37: News
00:10:44: Releases
00:27:14: Updates And DLC
00:31:33: Other Info
00:42:43: News Games
00:46:27: Summary
00:48:14: Outro

Links

Wholesome Direct
Videos from Wholesome Games

Original Harvest Moon on Switch
One Lonely Outpost Early Access
One Lonely Outpost New Trailer
Fae Farm Release Date
My Time at Sandrock Release Date
Moonstone Island Release Window
Smushi Come Home
Paleo Pines New Trailer

Disney Dreamlight Valley Update
Spirit of the Island: Beach Resort
Orange Season Frostfall Update

Grimoire Groves Kickstarter
Fields of Mistra
Gourdlets
Farming Simulator Tyres

Garden Buddies
Bubblegum Galaxy

Contact

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French Candle

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Micah talk about Little Dragon's Cafe

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:36: What Have We Been Playing
00:34:09: News
00:58:31: Little Dragons Cafe
01:38:47: Outro

Links

Coral Island Roadmap
Traveller’s Rest 0.6 Update
Disney Dreamlight Valley Update
Disney Dreamlight Valley Roadmap
Roots of Pacha Roadmap

Solarpunk Kickstarter
Circle of Kerzoven Kickstarter

Iridium Scythe Tweet

Contact

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Fewer Game and Flower Games

Wed, 31 May 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie go through all the news and newly announced games

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:07: What Have We Been Up To
00:20:06: News
01:16:56: Outro

Links

Roots of Pacha Back on Steam
Wholesome Direct Date
Above Snakes Steamdeck
Coral Island Summer Update
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos Plushie
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos New Screenshot
Everdream Valley Release

Marvelous Showcase
Starstruck Vagabond
Just Life
Natsu-Mon 20th Century Summer Vacation
Grandma Green
Grimoire Groves
Revenant Hill
Circle of Kerzoven

Contact

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The Best Characters Are Non-Romancable

Wed, 24 May 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Kev talk about Roots of Pacha

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:32: What Have We Been Up To
00:08:54: News
00:11:59: Roots Of Pacha Dispute
00:22:47: Roots Of Pacha Discussion
01:20:43: Outro

Links

Ooblets Plushie

Roots of Pacha Disagreement Tweet 1
Roots of Pacha Disagreement Tweet 2

Roots of Pacha

Codey on Twitter
Kev on Twitter
Kev’s Art Twitter

Contact

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FrieNDA

Wed, 17 May 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Kev interviews Valerie Rose Lohman, the voice of Tara Wylde from Wylde Flowers.

Also, Al and Kev go through the news of the week.

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:47: What Have We Been Up To
00:11:23: News
00:27:59: Interview

Links

The Ranch of Rivershine Early Access
Fabledom Roadmap
Paleo Pines Accessibility Considerations
Go-Go Town Power Tools
Farming Simulator Competitive Mode

Valerie’s Linktree
Kev on Twitter

Contact

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Eating a Sandwich in a Spiral

Wed, 10 May 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Jonnie talk about Florence

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:36: What Have We Been Up To
00:14:03: News
00:27:36: Florence
00:34:36: Spoiler Zone
01:01:00: Outro

Links

Sun Haven DLCs
Farming Simulator 23 Gameplay Trailer
Farming Simulator 20 on Apple Arcade
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Localisation Blog

Florence

Contact

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Hopefully I Will Care About People

Wed, 03 May 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Bev talk about Coral Island

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:46: What Have We Been Up To
00:08:02: News
00:17:22: Coral Island
01:40:08: Outro

Links

Research Story Update
Sun Down Update
APICO Console Update

Grave Seasons

Coral Island

Contact

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More Humane Than the Flintstones

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Codey and Kev go through your questions

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:37: What Have We Been Up To
00:17:32: News
00:39:09: Mailbag
01:13:52: Outro

Links

Mineko’s Night Market Release Date
My Time at Sandrock Release Window
Ooblets Spring Event
Sun Haven Update
Stardew Valley 1.6

Go-Go Town
Poglings
Paleo Pines

Contact

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Wylde Story

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Kev talks about all the story spoilers he held back on in the last Wylde Flowers episode

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:01:57: News
00:15:44: Wylde Flowers Spoilers
00:33:04: Outro

Tchia
Above Snakes Release Date
Terra Nil Mac/Linux Delay
Innchanted
Ankora: Lost Days PS/XB Release
Len’s Island Controllers and Currents Update

Contact

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A Person Who Became a Frog

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk through all the recent news

Including some release dates, some game updates, and some screenshots for Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:02:15: What Have We Been Up To
00:19:04: Releases
00:26:35: Updates
00:43:06: Announcements
00:56:21: News Games
01:01:13: Harvest Moon: The Winds Of Anthos
01:11:23: Outro

Links

Rune Factory 3 Special Release date
Rune Factory 3 Special Limited Edition
Sun Haven 1.0

Coral Island Update
Potion Permit Update
Garden Galaxy Update
Orange Season Update
Song of the Prairie Release Date

Lightyear Frontier Delay
Terra Nil Trailer
Solarpunk Kickstarter
Traveller’s Rest Roadmap
Moonstone Island Switch
Loddlenauts Demo

Mudborne
Outlanders

Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos Screenshots
Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos Screenshots

Contact

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I Want to Be a Cult Leader

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Bev talk about Cult of the Lamb, again

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:04:42: What Have We Been Playing
00:17:23: News
00:34:12: Cult Of The Lamb
01:01:27: Outro

Links

Bloom 1.1
Ooblets 1.1
Verdant Village Engine

Before The Green Moon
Season: A Letter to the future

Original Cult of the Lamb Episode
Cult of the Lamb

Contact

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We Are Going With Our Idea

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Bev and Codey talk about how to use research and science in games accurately

Timings

00:00:00: Apology
00:00:53: Theme Tune
00:01:23: Intro
00:04:08: What Have We Been Up To
00:09:11: News
00:29:04: How To Gamify Science And Research Accurately
01:12:37: Outro

Above Snakes Imagery Update
Bear and Breakfast Switch Patch
Disney Dreamlight Valley Lion King Update

Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Honeymancer
Garden of the Sea PSVR2

Garden Galaxy

Contact

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Very Little Knowledge

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Kev and Jonnie talk about the 3DS and Wii U farming games we are about to lose

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:02:15] What Have We Been Up To
[00:13:39] News
[00:45:54] 3DS Games
[01:11:28] Outro

Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
Story of Seasons
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
Rune Factory 4
Farming Simulator 18
Funky Barn

Contact

Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

I Don’t Know Why I Started the First Dark Souls

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Bev, Kelly, and Maddy talk about Potion Permit

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:01:12] What Have We Been Up To
[00:06:51] News
[00:18:26] Potion Permit
[01:15:20] Outro

Links

SoS: AWL Release Date
SoS: AWL PRemium Edition
Disney Dreamlight Valley Roadmap
One Lonely Outpost Delay
Orange Seasons Relationships Info

Farlanders on Steam
SteamWorld Dig

Contact

Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Genres Are Stupid

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about game genres

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:02:47] What Have We Been Up To
[00:09:27] News
[00:33:45] Game Genre Names
[01:04:45] Outro

Bear and Breakfast Update
Turnip Boy on PS
Research Story EA Date
Aka Update

2023 Games List:
One Lonely Outpost
Roots of Pacha
SoS: A Wonderful Life
HM: The Winds of Anthos
Rune Factory 3 Special
Mineko’s Night Market
Snacko
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain
Terra Nil
Above Snakes
Cornucopia
Lightyear Frontier
Fae Farm
Cloudscape
Sprout Valley
Dragon Acres
Kloa: Child of the Forest
Petadachi
Wanderlost
Everafter Falls
Sun Haven
Arclands
Critter Crops
Little Witch in the Woods
Ova Magica
Elusive People
Moonhaven
Wholesome - Out and About
Super Zoo Story
Pixelshire
Moonstone Island
A Last Song
Distant Bloom
Spirittea
Loddlenaut

Codey on Twitter

Contact

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I Don’t Like Repetition

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Al, Bev, and Micah talk about their farming games of 2022

Timings

00:00:00: Theme Tune
00:00:30: Intro
00:03:00: What Have We Been Playing
00:17:28: News
00:43:40: Farming Game Of The Year
00:45:43: Nominations
01:35:56: Debate
01:44:42: Winner Announcement
01:48:02: Outro

Links

Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
ConcernedApe Interview
SoS: AWL Premium Edition
Princess Farmer Coming to Mobile
Disney Dreamlight Valley Update
Garden Galaxy

GOTY Nominations:
Ooblets
Cult of the Lamb
APICO
Harvestella
Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey
Bloom

Micah on Twitter
Bev on Twitter

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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Countdown to a Countdown

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Codey run down all the recent news including from the Wholesome Snack

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:03:52] What Have We Been Playing
[00:12:51] Game Releases And Dates
[00:24:12] New Trailers
[00:25:29] Game Updates
[00:29:00] Physical Merch
[00:33:32] New Games
[00:52:40] Outro

Links

Kynseed
Aka
Roots of Pacha Release Date
Above Snakes Beta
Snacko Delay

Disney Dreamlight Valley Update
Coral Island Update
Stardew Valley Winter Cassette

The Garden Path
The Witch of Fern Island
Horticular
Loddlenaut
Distant Bloom

Codey on Twitter

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Zen Cottagecore

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Kev and Jonnie talk about Lonesome Village

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:01:19] What Have We Been Playing
[00:11:39] News
[00:23:47] Lonesome Village
[00:54:10] Outro

Links

Wholesome Snack
Disney Dreamlight Valley Update
Spiritfarer Soundtrack
Bear and Breakfast Roadmap
Orange Season
Stardew Valley Chicken Plush

Gourdlets

Kev on Twitter

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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An Aspiring War Criminal

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Micah talk about Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:29] Intro
[00:01:23] Pokemon Chat
[00:07:22] Intro Again
[00:08:32] What Have We Been Playing
[00:28:17] News
[01:04:40] Doraemon Story Of Seasons: Friends Of The Great Kingdom
[01:47:45] Outro

Links

Lonesome Village Out Now
Brewmaster Out Now
Farming Simulator On Mac App Store

Aka Release Date
Kynseed 1.0 Release Date

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:01:22] What Have We Been Playing
[00:10:53] News
[00:32:25] Ankora: Lost Days
[01:06:17] Outro

Ankora: Lost Days on Steam
Ankora: Lost Days on Switch

Kev on Twitter

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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Gleamy Gloopy Long Legs

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Bev talk about Ooblets

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:02:41] Why Are There So Many Farming Games
[00:07:34] More Intro
[00:08:02] What Have We Been Playing
[00:14:42] News
[00:40:31] Ooblets
[01:43:53] Spoilers
[01:55:40] Outro

Links

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:30] Intro
[00:01:26] Random Discussion About Silksong
[00:05:41] The Rest Of The Introduction
[00:06:49] What Have We Been Playing
[00:22:11] Spiritfarer DLC
[00:38:43] Spiritfarer DLC Spoilers
[01:25:00] Outro

Links

Spiritfarer on Steam
Spiritfarer on Switch

Kelly on Instagram

Contact

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kev talk about Let's Build a zoo.

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:31] Intro
[00:01:17] What Have We Been Playing
[00:09:12] News
[00:28:49] Let’s Build A Zoo
[01:01:49] Outro

Links

Capybara Spa
Hundred Days
Ooblets new Shop
Princess Farmer Hint
Research Story Demo
Grow: Song of the Evertree Update
Re:Legend

Kevin on Twitter
Kevin’s Sprite Twitter

Contact

Raschelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Al on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/scotbot
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Why Is Your Screwdriver Single Use

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk about Farmville 3

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Song
[00:00:31] Intro
[00:04:16] What Have We Been Playing
[00:09:12] News
[00:28:50] Farmville 3
[01:37:23] Outro

Links

Villager Monsters Delay Announcement
Mika And the Witch’s Mountain Footage
The Ranch of Rivershine
Hundred Days Roadmap
Above Snakes Stretch Goals Update
Wylde Flowers
Doomsday Vault

Codey on Twitter

Contact

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The Bev and Kev Show

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Al, Bev, and Kevin talk about whether they think Early Access is a good or a bad thing.

Timings

[00:00:00] Theme Tune
[00:00:31] Intro
[00:02:06] What Have We Been Playing
[00:05:30] News
[00:34:17] Is Early Access Good Or Bad
[00:59:43] Outro

Kevin on Twitter
Kevin’s Art Twitter
Bev on Twitter

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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Farming in VR I Guess

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Al talks about some new games he has found.

Timings

Hippo-Potato

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Codey talk through the recent news and the recent Wholesome Snack.

Timings

[00:00:30] Intro
[00:02:06] What Have We Been Playing
[00:08:14] Deiland
[00:10:15] Ankora: Lost Days
[00:12:23] Re:Legend
[00:15:24] Grow: Song Of The Evertree
[00:18:01] Factory Town
[00:20:12] Ooblets
[00:22:38] Epic Chef
[00:26:20] Rune Factory 4S
[00:27:21] Wholesome Snack
[00:34:37] Aka
[00:38:23] A Garden Witch’s Life
[00:45:50] Sunnyside
[00:49:15] Outro

Codey on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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Hammy Home Paradise

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Kevin talk about Animal Crossing 2.0 and the Happy Home Paradise DLC.

Timings

[00:01:02] Intro
[00:01:13] Feedback
[00:08:33] What Have We Been Playing
[00:15:55] News
[00:21:43] Animal Crossing 2.0
[01:17:20] Happy Home Paradise DLC
[01:32:13] Outro

[00:00] Theme Tune
[00:33] Intro
[02:07] What Have We Been Playing
[07:39] News
[30:57] Farmville 2
[01:16:03] Outro

Codey on Twitter

Contact

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Where Is Koa?

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Bev talk about Stories of Mara, Chapter 1.

Timings

Timings

[00:00] Theme Tune
[00:33] Intro
[02:13] What Have We Been Playing
[10:43] Cookie Clicker
[54:10] Outro

Links

Cookie Clicker

Contact

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Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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This Is the Final Fantasy Podcast

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Greg talk about why farming games don't really grab Greg.

Wed, 12 May 2021 19:00:00 +0100

Al and Bev talk about Deiland

Also, news about Turnip Boy, an upcoming mobile BukoMono game, the Stardew Valley Album, and Beasties.

Timings

[00:35] Intro
[02:58] What Have We Been Playing
[08:40] News
[22:38] Deiland
[01:25:48] Outro

Links

Turnip Boy Update Roadmap
Stardew Valley Album
Beasties Kickstarter

Deiland on Switch
Deiland on Steam
Deiland on PS

Bev on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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No One Is Farming for the Fun of It

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Al talks about Castaway Paradise

Also, news about Story of Seasons DLC, Updates for Alba, Animal Crossing, and Lemon Cake, and a few new games announced.

Pioneers of Olive Town DLC info

Coral Island Kickstarter
Ooblets Info on Wildlands Update
Ova Magica Kickstarter
Castaway Paradise Trailer
Lonefarm on Steam
Lonefarm on Twitter

Animal Crossing Updates List

Kevin on Twitter
Kevin’s Art Twitter

Contact

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Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
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We Haven't Got Fishing

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Al and Codey discuss Blocky farm.

Also, news about Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town customisation, Stardew Valley patches, Sun Haven release date, and Coral Island kickstarter.

Timings

[00:00] Theme
[00:32] Intro
[02:49] What Have We Been Playing
[14:07] News
[14:10] Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Tow
[19:23] Stardew Valley
[21:49] Sun Haven
[22:53] Coral Island
[26:41] Blocky Farm
[01:50:05] Outro

Links

Links

Animal Crossing Winter Update
Summer in Mara Playstation Release
New Rokaplay Game
FoMT: PoOT Deluxe Edition

Dragon Quest Builders 2 Websites
Dragon Quest Builders 2 on Switch
Dragon Quest Builders 2 on Steam

Kevin on Twitter
Kevin on Twitter, spriter account

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

PoOT Not ToT

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Al talks about a bunch of new information about Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

Also info about Stardew 1.5 and Everafter Falls.

Timings

[00:32] Intro
[01:14] What Have I Been Playing
[03:29] News
[03:33] Stardew 1.5
[04:50] Everafter Falls
[09:22] Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town
[22:09] Outro

Links

Stardew 1.5 info
Everafter Falls Kickstarter
SoS: PoOT Trailer

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Everything Wrapped in Plastic

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Al talks about the new Story of Seasons that has just been announced, and unboxes his new Stardew Valley collectors edition

Also we have the Japanese release date for Fune Factory 5, Forager is now on iOS, and Farmer Supreme hit it’s funding goal.

Timings

[00:33] Intro
[01:37] What Have I Been Playing
[02:19] News
[02:19] Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town
[09:09] Rune Factory 5 Japan Release Date
[11:23] Forager On iOS
[12:14] Farmer Supreme Kickstarter Funded
[14:03] Stardew Valley Collectors Edition Unboxing
[22:37] Outro

Links

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town English Website
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Xseed Tweet
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Marvelous Tweet
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Nintendo Tweet
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Trailer
Rune Factory Japanese Release Date
Forager on iOS
Farmer Supreme on Kickstarter

Unboxing on YouTube

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

A Blob With Sunglasses

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al and Micah talk about some active farming game kicksters

Also a million items of news.

Timings

[00:33] Intro
[02:47] What Have We Been Playing
[17:30] News
[17:35] Stardew 1.5
[23:10] Turnip Boy
[25:47] Farmer Supreme
[28:26] Forager
[32:13] Village Monsters
[36:10] Staxel
[39:00] Verdant Village
[39:40] My Time At Sandrock
[47:30] Arclands
[52:32] Petadachi
[57:30] Kickstarter Roundup
[01:11:27] Outro

Active Kickstarters (as of 28th October 2020)
My Time at Sandrock
Deiland
Sun Haven
The Wandering Village
Arclands
Farmer Supreme

Micah on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Today in Pumpkins

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al and Bev talk about the Animal Crossing Fall Update

Timings

[00:33] Intro
[02:11] What Have We Been Playing
[11:42] News
[11:48] RIP Farmville
[15:14] WoMen In Science
[15:14] Deiland
[19:42] Lemon Cake
[20:32] Everafter Falls
[22:26] Animal Crossing Fall Update
[56:14] Outro

Links

Farmville shutdown
WoMen in Science update
Deiland Switch Kickstarter
Lemon Cake Demo
Everafter Falls

Animal Crossing Fall Update

Bev on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Jack Is Back

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al talks about the farming game news

Timings

[00:32] Intro
[01:03] What Have I Been Playing
[01:43] Updated Release Dates
[04:18] Game Updates
[08:32] Kickstarters
[12:05] New Games
[15:04] Outro

Links

Plant Daddy

Codey on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

I Used to Own Chickens

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Raschelle, Al, and Micah talk about Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Also, we talk about the animal crossing update, my time at portia update, how many games we have bought recently, and the silly number of times we have bought Stardew Valley

Timings

[00:33] Intro
[06:27] What have we been playing?
[17:43] News
[43:00] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
[02:15:38] Outro

Links

Stardew Physical Release
Animal Crossing Update
My Time at Portia Update
Lemon Cake

Friends of Mineral Town on Switch
Friends of Mineral Town on Steam

Micah on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Too Many Games, Not Enough Time

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al and Britney talk about their Summer in Mara.

Also, we go over a bunch of update and release information.

And The Harvest Season now has a YouTube Channel!
The Harvest Season on YouTube

Timings

[00:34] Intro
[01:48] What have we been playing?
[06:39] News
[13:36] Summer in Mara
[1:45:55] Outro

Links

Stardew 1.5 Teaser Tweet
New Chibig Studios Project
Stranded Sails Update
Littlewood 1.0 Release Date

Summer in Mara on Switch
Summer in Mara on Steam

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Just Sell Me a Kitchen

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al and Raschelle finally delve deep into Rune Factory 4S

Also, we find out what Raschelle has been up to the past few months, we chat through a load of news, and Raschelle live reacts to the first Harvest Moon: One World trailer.

Timings

[00:33] Intro
[01:38] Feedback
[05:28] What have we been playing?
[19:45] News
[46:01] Rune Factory 4 Special
[1:43:02] Outro

Rune Factory 4 Special

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Get a Library Card

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al goes through the news of the fortnight, and then gives his initial thoughts about Sumemr in Mara

Also, Raschelle appears for a very important statement. Black Lives Matter.

Timings

[00:00] BLM Statement
[08:30] Intro
[09:16] What have I been playing?
[09:45] News
[15:11] Summer in Mara Initial Thoughts
[18:53] Outro

PLACES TO DONATE:
Black Lives Matter
Transgender Law Center
Unicorn Riot
Here is a huge list courtesy of absolute hero Anna Hossnieh

PODCASTS:
AfroQueer
Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata
Black History Buff
Code Switch
Culture Kings
The Dark Weeb
It’s Been A Minute with Sam Sanders
Nerdificent
The Nod
Noire Histoir
QueerWOC
The Read
Scam Goddess
Small Doses with Amanda Seales
The Stoop
This QPOC Life
Yo, Is This Racist?

BOOKS MENTIONED
“Me and White Supremacy” - Layla Saad
“White Fragility” - Robin DiAngelo
“How to be an Antiracist” - Ibram X Kendi
“One Person, No Vote” - Carol Anderson
“The New Jim Crow” - Michelle Alexander
“Fearing the Black Body” - Sabrina Strings
“Let’s Talk About Love” - Claire Kann
Try out this great reading list

ALSO CHECK OUT
Justice in June
Who cares that June is over! Do it in July!

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Maybe We Will Get Some Info on Rune Factory 5

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al goes through the news of the fortnight, and talks to himself.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:01] What have I been playing?
[03:05] News
[15:24] Outro

Links

Summer in Mara Release Date
Summer in Mara Demo
Summer in Mara on Steam
Summer in Mara on Switch

Harvest Moon: One World PS4 Tweet

Littlewood Travellers

Red Planet Farming

Itch.io Racial Justice Bundle

Atomicrops Website
Ooblets on Epic
Friends of Mineral Town on Switch
Garden Story on Steam
Littlewood on Steam
Harvest Moon One World on Switch
Village Monsters on Steam

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

They All Have a Gimmick

Wed, 27 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al and Micah talk about a load of news, including some from the new Wholesome Direct.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[03:46] What have we been playing?
[13:20] Littlewood
[16:57] Village Monsters
[18:15] Story of Seasons: FOMT
[25:33] Harvest Moon: One World
[30:23] One Lonely Outpost
[33:23] Ooblets
[37:13] Snacko
[42:12] Little Witch in the Woods
[45:44] Roots of Pacha
[47:23] Garden Story
[52:49] Critter Cove
[55:04] Mondo Museum
[01:02:29] Outro

Micah on Twitter
Micah’s Website

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Not Even Cabbage

Wed, 13 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al talks about the newly announced Harvest Moon game.

Also, some new littlewood, my time at portia, and factory town updates, and Snacko is now on steam.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[01:34] What have I been playing?
[03:07] News
[12:26] Outro

Links

My Time At Portia Update
Factory Town Update
Snacko on Steam
Littlewood Release Teaser
Bigger Town in Littlewood
[https://twitter.com/Natsume_Inc/status/1260193279922053122](Harvest Moon: One World Announcement)
[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/05/harvest_moon_one_world_announced_for_nintendo_switch](Harvest Moon: One World Information)

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

I Love Leif

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al, Raschelle, and Britney talk about the new April update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Also, there’s a littlewood update, Atomicrops is coming out of Early Access, and oh there’s some Animal Crossing update, did we mention that?

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[03:07] What have we been playing?
[13:58] News
[18:38] Animal Crossing April 2020 Update
[48:04] Outro

Links

Atomicrops Release
Future Atomicrops Updates
Littlewood Flowers
Littlewood 0.93
Doraemon SoS PS4 Release
Animal Crossing: New Horizons April 2020 Update

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

It Sounds Like I Hate This Game

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Al talks to Steve, from It's Super Effective, about Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Also, some news about Summer in Mara, Autonauts, and Village Monsters.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:17] What have we been playing?
[04:14] News
[09:10] Animal Crossing
[40:09] Outro

Links

Autonauts Update
Village Monsters Upcoming Update
Summer in Mara release coming soon

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

It’s Super Effective on Twitter
Animals Crossing Lines Podcast

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Give Me Rectangles

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

We talk about our first impressions of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Also, some news on the release date of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral town.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:33] Feedback
[04:04] What have we been playing?
[04:35] News
[11:23] Animal Crossing: New Horizons
[01:15:59] Outro

Links

Village Monsters v0.65
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town Eur and Aus release date
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town US pre-order
Upcoming Factory Town update

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

I've Already Asked That Question

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:00:00 +0000

We talk to Sean, creator of Littlewood.

Also, some littlewood updates, the future of Forager, upcoming updates/releases, and a lengthy discussion about 1 single question in Rune Factory 4s.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:00] What have we been playing?
[15:27] News
[25:21] Littlewood Interview
[57:34] Outro

Littlewood on Steam
Sean on Twitter

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

This Is Not an Animal Crossing Podcast

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:00:00 +0000

We talk about our Doraemon Story of Seasons challenge, and it's ... challenges.

Also, we have some littlewood updates, some new games hinted at by the creator of Stardew, and FarmCon 2020 is announced.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[01:55] What have we been playing?
[09:29] News
[23:35] Doraemon Story of Seasons Challenge
[01:06:43] Outro

Links

FarmCon 2020
Stardew Future Projects
Littlewood Romance
Littlewood 0.91 update

Our Patreon

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

There Are More Than 3 Before 4

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000

We chat about the history of Rune Factory.

Also,

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:07] Feedback
[03:57] What have we been playing?
[10:31] News
[18:17] Rune Factory
[28:22] Rune Factory 2
[33:51] Rune Factory Frontier
[38:41] Rune Factory 3
[45:07] Rune Factory Tides of Destiny
[51:07] Rune Factory 4
[01:01:00] Outro

Links

Stardew 1.4.4
Stardew 1.4 Mobile
Ooblets Devlog
Summer in Mara Gameplay Video

Rune Factory 4 Special

Our Patreon

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

You've Played Hundreds of Hours of Stardew

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000

We chat about what is new in Stardew.

Also, Rune Factory 4 finally has a release date, more and more updates for Littlewood, and Farming Simulator is free on EGS.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[01:18] What have we been playing?
[12:00] Doraemon SoS Challenge Info
[14:02] News
[37:02] Stardew 1.4
[01:29:25] Give us your money
[01:33:14] Outro

Stardew 1.4 Changelog

Our Patreon

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thspod

Don't Quote Us on That

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:00:00 +0000

We get the chance to interview the creators of Snacko.

Also, a few game updates, and Al is going to PodUK.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[01:48] What have we been playing?
[07:40] The Pokemon Section
[16:48] News
[22:47] Snacko Interview
[01:38:54] Outro

Links

PodUK
Littlewood Bug Update
Forager Nuclear Update

Snacko Website
Snacko Patreon

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Idle Capitalism Dystopia

We Are Now a Pokemon Podcast

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about Pokemon. Because we are a relevant podcast.

Also, Pokemon, Pokemon, and Pokemon.

Also Village Monsters, Snacko, Stardew, and WoMen in Science new info.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[03:41] Feedback
[08:34] What are we playing?
[13:27] News
[17:20] Pokemon Farming
[48:39] Outro

Links

Village Monsters in Early Access
Snacko Alpha
Garden Story Beta
Stardew 1.4
WoMen in Science Delay

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Watch Doraemon, Play Picross

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about Doraemon Story of Seasons, with a special guest.

Also, some newly announced physical releases, some updates to games, and some sales.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:54] What are we playing?
[08:27] News
[23:32] Doraemon Story of Seasons
[01:28:25] Spoilers about the horse
[01:30:50] End of spoilers about the horse
[01:31:47] Spoilers about the dog
[01:33:28] End of spoilers about the dog
[02:00:57] Outro

Links

Stranded Sails Physical Release
Forager physical release
Forager Episode
Farming simulator 19 Platinum
Littlewood Exotic Pets
Harvest Moon Mad Dash
Natsume Sale

Doraemon Story of Seasons on Switch

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Spooky Scary Skeletons

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about Graveyard Keeper, a spooky scary game.

Also, some exciting news from Snacko, Story of Seasons: Friend of Mineral Town, and Atomicrops.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[02:17] Feedback
[03:24] What are we playing?
[10:59] News
[23:35] Graveyard Keeper
[01:11:11] Outro

Links

Doraemon Story of Seasons on Switch

Snacko
SoS FoMT
Atomicrops

Graveyard Keeper Website
Graveyard Keeper on Steam
Graveyard Keeper on Switch

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

The Most High Energy Episode

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about My Time at Portia. Finally.

Also, we have a load of new release dates, lots of updates, and a delay. Again.

Timings

[00:32] Intro
[02:28] What are we playing?
[11:45] News
[25:31] My Time at Portia
[01:10:25] Outro

My Time at Portia on Steam
My Time at Portia on Switch
My Time at Portia Wiki

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Hashtag Swimsuits for All

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about a number of games we want to play.

Also, there are a few new trailers, an exciting Humble Bundle, some game updates, and of course … a brilliant pre-order DLC for Rune Factory 4 for Switch.

Timings

[00:29] Intro
[01:51] Feedback
[08:52] What are we playing?
[12:54] News
[35:06] Future Games
[59:57] Outro

Future Games 1 Episode

Kynseed
Winkeltje: The Little Shop
Autonauts
Mendel’s Garden
Garden Story
Dinkum
WoMen in Science

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Microtransactions!!!!!

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about a couple of mobile farming games.

Also, Farming Simulator 20 is coming out, apparently, Stardew is getting fish ponds, and Japan is getting an exciting Friends of Mineral Town pre-order DLC.

Timings

[00:29] Intro
[02:22] Feedback
[04:54] What are we playing?
[15:01] News
[20:26] Mobile Games
[21:00] Hay Day
[42:06] Tiny Pixel Farm
[1:06:49] Outro

Links

Farming Simulator 20
Farming Simulator 20 release platforms
Stardew Valley Fish Ponds
Friends of Mineral Town pre-order DLC

Hay Day on Android
Hay Day on iOS
Tiny Pixel Farm on Android
Tiny Pixel Farm on Android

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

A/Nother Wonderful Life (SE)

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about the classic game Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.

Also, there have been a number of release date announcements, farming simulator is on Google Stadia, another game is coming to Epic Games Store, and Al has some exciting news for Raschelle.

Timings

[00:29] Intro
[01:40] Feedback
[09:10] What are we playing?
[20:01] News
[27:12] A Wonderful Life
[1:16:07] Outro

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life SE on PS4
Your House
Characters
Lumina
Daachan
Tartan, the creepy plant

Transcript

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Raschelle Just Wants to Be a Gingerbread Farmer

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about all of the news of the past month, and talk about the Ooblets Epic exclusivity controversity

Also, Summer in Mara is delayed, Doraemon Story of Seasons has a release date, Snacko devs are going full time, and we have a bunch of new information on upcoming games.

Timings

[00:30] Intro
[03:07] Feedback
[08:21] What are we playing?
[11:28] News
[31:46] Ooblets Controversy
[01:09:57] Outro

Links

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/MissDellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/

Mods Mods Mods

Wed, 29 May 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about Farming Game mods. What are they? What games have them? What are our favourite ones?

Timings

[00:29] Intro
[00:42] Feedback
[03:13] What are we playing?
[17:08] News
[43:50] Mods
[01:17:38] Outro

Links

My Time at Portia Update
Forager Single Island Challenge
Ooblets Closed Alpha
Flotsam

Trio of Towns, True Love Edition
Stardew Valley Farm Automation
Stardew Valley Battle Royale
Stardew Valley Pokemon Retextures
Other Stardew Mods

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTE-txDVCiYV2rqT2aJ16jcSgjtDY4UMDgNKlJQZK2c/edit?usp=sharing

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

The Best Soybeans in the World

Wed, 15 May 2019 20:00:00 +0000

We talk about our Trio of Towns challenge. Who will win this one?

Timings

[00:29] Intro
[01:54] Feedback
[07:25] What are we playing?
[13:28] News
[29:24] Challenge
[01:08:18] Outro

Links

Links

Corn Warriors: https://twitter.com/cornwarriors/status/1103026101272657925
My Time at Portia on consoles: https://twitter.com/MyTimeAtPortia/status/1108005200911089664
Gleaner Heights: https://www.gleanerheights.com/
Littlewood: https://store.steampowered.com/app/894940/Littlewood/
Village Monsters: http://villagemonsters.com/
Atomicrops: https://www.atomicrops.com/
Chuck and Bull: https://philliphermans.com/chuck_and_bulletin/
Snacko: http://bluecurse.com/snacko/

Story of Seasons, Trio of Towns: https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Story_of_Seasons:_Trio_of_Towns

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y1q0z8-xh453H5obKvDyv7oJbfoZWwjHKjUURMNfmHw/edit?usp=drivesdk

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Automate All the Things!!

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Al and Raschelle look at the new game Factory Town. Raschelle gets addicted.

You can get Factory Town on Steam now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/860890/Factory_Town/

Timings

[00:28] Intro
[05:28] Feedback
[06:35] What are we playing?
[13:30] News
[25:02] Factory Town
[01:15:00] Outro

Links

The Good Life: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/476090608/the-good-life/
Forager on mobile screenshot: https://twitter.com/_HopFrog/status/1103330053423841283
Confirmation of Forager coming to mobile: https://twitter.com/_HopFrog/status/1103681095197970434
Farm Folks development roadmap: https://trello.com/b/i8jAzlrv/farm-folks-development-roadmap
Islanders: https://twitter.com/_grizzlygames/status/1105135020128256000?s=09

Factory Town: https://store.steampowered.com/app/860890/Factory_Town/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MB2C2gUHEFMaYkdgRQH8IqG39CuS_BMfrFk5NIn-ye8

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Read All About It

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:00:00 +0000

An introduction to Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, a whole lot of news, and some discussion about Pokémon.

Timings

[00:28] Intro
[01:16] Feedback
[13:22] What are we playing?
[25:09] News
[40:13] Raschelle Cries about Pokémon
[41:05] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns Introduction
[58:08] Outro

Links

Stardew Valley e-sports: https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1098718354506805248?s=09
Stardew Valley Android Release Date: https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1100439231732674561
Stardew Android/iOS updates: https://www.stardewvalley.net/android-version-coming-soon/
Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari: https://nintendoeverything.com/doraemon-and-story-of-seasons-crossover-doraemon-nobita-no-bokujou-monogatari-announced-for-switch-in-japan/
Rune Factory 5: https://www.marv.jp/special/game/runefactory5/
Airborne Kingdom: http://www.airbornekingdom.com/
Good Company: https://store.steampowered.com/app/911430/Good_Company/
Noa Noa: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/noa-noa/id1439125393?mt=8?itsct=TOD_SC02_PT069_US_SI1439125393&itscg=as10001
Factory Town: https://store.steampowered.com/app/860890/Factory_Town/
Al’s stream of Factory Town: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387176915

Trio of Towns: https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Story_of_Seasons:_Trio_of_Towns
Trio of Towns on Fogu: https://fogu.com/sos2/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ny1FG3B--iSMfSLccozfiwGe053cLqGaaXzPz3WpbZ4

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Mining Is a Dangerous Profession

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Raschelle and Al talk about their first Challenge, mining in Stardew.

Timings

[00:26] Intro
[01:45] Feedback
[03:05] What are we playing?
[05:57] News
[23:47] Stardew Challenge
[1:04:02] Outro

Links

Stardew Valley for Android: https://twitter.com/ChucklefishLTD/status/1096087279465058305?s=09
Stardew Valley 1.4 “beginner’s” fishing rod: https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1093686536443293697
Rune Factory 4 Special for Switch: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1095810112562782208
Rune Factory 5 tweet: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1095810362740375552
Rune Factory 5 Japanese website: https://www.marv.jp/special/game/runefactory5/
Summer in Mara: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1602345155/summer-in-mara-an-adventure-set-in-a-tropical-ocea?ref=TW1
Factory Town: https://store.steampowered.com/app/860890/Factory_Town/
Re:Legend Alpha Release: https://twitter.com/playrelegend/status/1094231728061702144?s=09
Fishing Star World Tour: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/fishing-star-world-tour-switch
Hint about Forager Release Date: https://twitter.com/_HopFrog/status/1095431829983805447?s=09

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpccOGuJy-VTgcSR1GNuQsc4Vw-p4j_9ztpFiqfO-4Q

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Farming With Friends

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about the newest update for Stardew Valley, including the multiplayer functionality

Timings

[00:26] Intro
[01:05] Feedback
[03:17] What are we playing?
[08:44] News
[24:50] Stardew 1.3 update intro
[29:18] Intro to multiplayer
[39:29] New single player content
[55:36] Multiplayer opinions
[1:04:00] Stardew Challenge (next episode)
[1:06:14] Outro

Links

Farming Simulator e-sports league: https://twitter.com/verge/status/1088087297810202624?s=09
Stardew for switch patch: https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1087399910721257472
My Time at Portia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/666140/My_Time_At_Portia/
Voice actor payments controversy: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/24/my-time-at-portia-devs-apologise-claim-voice-actors-will-soon-be-paid/
Re-legend: https://www.play-relegend.com/
Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Island: https://stranded-sails.rokapublish.de/
Forager: https://hopfrogsa.net/forager/
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles: https://www.yonderchronicles.com/

Stardew 1.3 update for Switch: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-3-multiplayer-update-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-this-week/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FBj72bRYuzD7damWTwxfqOvAyV1XGbGnGhcQ5_5Jw8w/edit?usp=sharing

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Meeting the Villagers

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about one of the biggest farming games, and an indie sensation of the last few years ... stardew valley

Timings

[00:26] Intro
[01:30] What are we playing?
[20:30] News
[29:38] Stardew intro
[31:30] History
[41:20] Gameplay
[44:18] Characters
[58:35] Marriage candidates
[01:02:03] Automation
[01:08:30] Outro

Links

Story of Seasons, Trio of Towns: https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Story_of_Seasons:_Trio_of_Towns
Stardew 1.3 update for Switch: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-3-multiplayer-update-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-this-week/
Animal Crossing, New Leaf: https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Leaf
Harvest Moon, A New Beginning: https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Harvest_Moon:_A_New_Beginning
Harvest Moon, Light of Hope: https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Harvest_Moon:_Light_of_Hope
Little Dragons Cafe: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Little-Dragons-Cafe-1440093.html

Harvest Life: https://sites.google.com/rokapublish.de/harvest-life
Farm Folks on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/895160/Farm_Folks/
Farm Folks out of proportion character: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bisonbit/farm-folks/posts/2366561

Stardew Valley: https://stardewvalley.net/
Stardew Valley Blog: https://stardewvalley.net/blog
Stardew 1.1 update: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-v1-1-changelog/
Stardew 1.2 update: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-2-is-here/
Stardew 1.3 update: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-3-multiplayer-update-is-now-available/
“What’s in store for Stardew Valley”: https://www.stardewvalley.net/whats-in-store-for-stardew-valley/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L2MERbwAIgnHKs4AyfYYFtVsbMElGoKynL5cz92FYQg/edit?usp=sharing

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

New Beginnings

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 21:00:00 +0000

We talk about who we are, and what the podcast will be about.

Timings

[00:30] Intro to the podcast
[02:04] What are farming games
[07:13] Who are we
[17:00] Our favourite games
[20:19] What are we playing?
[24:11] What are we looking forward to?
[27:44] Outro

Links

Stardew Valley: https://stardewvalley.net/
Stardew Valley mobile: https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-coming-to-mobile/
Trio of Towns for 3DS: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/Story-of-Seasons-Trio-of-Towns-1248829.html
Ooblets: https://ooblets.com/
New Friend screen on Ooblets: https://twitter.com/nonplayercat/status/1051486114593329152?s=19
World’s Dawn on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/432010/Worlds_Dawn/
Stardew Valley Multiplayer Update: https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-3-multiplayer-update-is-now-available/
Story of Seasons Switch Announcement: https://nichegamer.com/2017/01/14/story-of-seasons-games-coming-to-nintendo-switch/
Garden Paws on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/840010/Garden_Paws/
Garden Paws on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gardenpawsgame?lang=en

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CdPRr2vFpkWQ_C4lMnb-vxfP024PoN19p6puwxxfYfU/edit?usp=sharing

Contact

Raschelle: https://twitter.com/missdellaney
Al: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot
Website: http://harvestseason.club

Coming Soon

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 09:00:00 +0000

The Harvest Season: Coming Soon

The Harvest Season is a new podcast from Al McKinlay and Raschelle Dellaney.

It’ll cover farming games, what we like, what we play, what we dislike, our favourites.

Coming in 2019.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Theme Tune

(0s) Theme Tune:

[music]

Intro

(30s) Al:

Hello, farmers, and welcome to another episode of The Harvest Season. My name is Al,

(36s) Codey:

And my name is Cody.

(38s) Al:

and we are here to talk about one thing and one thing only, and that is pokopia.

(44s) Codey:

Sucksong, woo-hoo, woo-hoo, Sucksong.

(51s) Al:

Now, our actual main topic, for some reason, is a YouTube playable called Farmland. Now,

(58s)

if you’re thinking what is a youtube player

(1m)

that is a great question. YouTube apparently have games now and they’re called youtube

(1m 6s)

playables and I found out about that like last week and there I had a look through and I was

(1m 7s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(1m 9s)

Mm-hmm.

(1m 14s) Al:

like are any of these farming games and one of them was a farming game so I went let’s talk about

(1m 19s)

that then and we’ll maybe get 10 minutes discussion out of it I don’t know we’ll see I suspect the main

(1m 26s)

topic will not actually be that, but that’s what we’re listing.

(1m 29s) Codey:

Wow

(1m 30s) Al:

As the main topic, I said, I said maybe, maybe.

(1m 31s) Codey:

You think we’re gonna get

(1m 36s)

Okay, well I am playing it right now, so I’m gonna see how far I can get that’s true I

(1m 39s) Al:

I have played it for at least 10 minutes, so surely I can talk about it for at least 10 minutes.

(1m 44s) Codey:

Also have played it for at least 10 minutes. I’m currently

(1m 49s)

Doing stuff so yeah very cool

(1m 51s) Al:

It’s going to be quite the jump from two hours talking about Grand Bazaar last week too.

(2m)

We’re going to talk about that. We have a bunch of news because the Nintendo Direct was yesterday,

(2m 2s) Codey:

I’m sure we can find a way to talk about it for…

(2m 10s) Al:

and all I want to do is talk about Paul Coppier, so we will talk about that.

(2m 11s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

What Have We Been Up To

(2m 14s) Codey:

But first Al what have you been up to uh-huh, uh-huh

(2m 17s) Al:

Well, Cody, thank you for asking, so kind of you. This week I’ve basically just been continuing

(2m 23s)

playing Grand Bazaar, which is unusual. I’m continuing to play a game after I covered it

(2m 28s)

it on the podcast. And I think

(2m 30s)

I think I’ve doubled my playtime on it now. So, yeah, that’s something. I’m very much enjoying

(2m 37s)

it. I’ve unlocked a bunch of stuff that I knew about in theory, and a bunch of stuff that I

(2m 42s)

didn’t know about. So it’s, yeah, continuing to be good, continuing to be fun. I am half a million

(2m 50s)

and one stall away from finishing to become the… Interestingly, not. So, you haven’t listened.

(3m)

the last podcast, Cody. So you won’t know about this, but your bazaar ranks up. So you start off

(3m 1s) Codey:

Nope, yep.

(3m 5s) Al:

as a local bazaar, and then you become a regional bazaar, and then a national bazaar, and it gets

(3m 11s)

bigger, bigger, bigger. And I was like, “Oh, OK, cool. So the last rank is going to be grand bazaar,

(3m 16s)

right? Because it’s grand bazaar.” No, it’s not. It’s called a world bazaar.

(3m 18s) Codey:

Yeah, but that, but it’s supposed to be grand.

(3m 24s) Al:

Yeah, I don’t know why they’re calling it…

(3m 24s) Codey:

So that means there’s not, you’re not at the, it hasn’t achieved its final form yet.

(3m 30s)

There’s going to be more.

(3m 30s) Al:

Maybe. I doubt it. But yeah, so I’ve got half a million of sales to make and one more stall to

(3m 40s)

put up, which this stall is taking a while because I need to have three-star honey, three-star

(3m 46s)

mushrooms, and three-star fish. And I haven’t been doing the honey and the mushrooms, and I’ve not

(3m 52s)

really been doing the fish. I’ve been doing a bit of the fish, but not really. So I’ve been kind of

(3m 56s)

of just grinding away at those three to try and level them up while doing other

(4m)

things. And I think I’m pretty close to getting married. I’ve got like, is it 8 out of 10 hearts with

(4m 9s)

Kagetsu? I think that’s her name. So yeah, that’s probably about it.

(4m 10s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. I’m gonna nod like I know

(4m 16s) Al:

I also found, oh no, one last thing. I found out there is a teleporter in the game. You can get,

(4m 22s)

once you get three stones, there’s like a wind stone, a something else stone,

(4m 26s)

and something else. It might be water and fire. I don’t know.

(4m 30s)

Am I playing Avatar? No Earth, though. Or maybe there was an Earth one. There are three,

(4m 30s) Codey:

That would make sense.

(4m 36s) Al:

not four, so there’s three of them. And once you combine them, you can then warp to anywhere

(4m 41s)

on the map. So I want to do that. So I guess we’ll see how long it takes to get to that as well.

(4m 50s)

If I finish everything else I want to do before that, then I’m probably not going to continue

(4m 54s)

playing the game just to do that. But anyway. Yeah, that’s…

(5m)

That’s me, Cody. What have you been up to?

(5m 2s) Codey:

Uh, well right now I’m playing farmland and I need to set it down, um, to see what I’m

(5m 8s)

talking about.

(5m 9s)

Uh, what I have been up to is, uh, y’all won’t believe it still my PhD though I, we have

(5m 19s)

started trying to set a date.

(5m 21s)

I was going to try and defend in December, but then we were like, there’s a lot of holidays

(5m 25s)

around there.

(5m 26s)

It’s also kind of hit or miss some of the people on my committee, um, are from other

(5m 30s)

countries and usually travel back to the U.S.

(5m 32s)

internationally during that time.

(5m 34s)

Um, and so we were like, let’s just do January after the holidays and everything.

(5m 39s)

So it’ll be the last two weeks of January.

(5m 41s)

We are narrowing it down.

(5m 43s)

So I have a lot to do until then.

(5m 46s)

Um, I have a lot of writing and I really hate writing.

(5m 50s)

Like, I mean, I, so I enjoy writing.

(5m 52s)

I enjoy reading the things that people do, but because of my ADHD, I have really

(5m 58s)

ridiculous executive dysfunction when it comes to writing.

(6m 3s)

And because I’m like, Oh, what do I start with? Like, where do

(6m 6s)

what do I do? Where do I whatever? And so luckily, right

(6m 11s)

now for one of my chapters, I’m in the massaging stage of it.

(6m 14s)

So like, it’s there, I just need to like, add some more stuff

(6m 16s)

and read some more papers. But yep. Also, on top of that, we

(6m 18s) Al:

Fair enough.

(6m 21s) Codey:

are gonna get a puppy.

(6m 24s)

Oh, whoo, literally. Oh, whoo.

(6m 28s)

Yeah, I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this on the pod, but

(6m 31s)

but my geriatric.

(6m 32s)

Beagle is now on the across the Rainbow Bridge.

(6m 37s)

He was very old, very crotchety, and he went on his own terms.

(6m 42s)

But it was his time.

(6m 42s)

So I’m like, I’m pretty I’m pretty sure with it.

(6m 44s)

But Stella does seem to want another furry creature.

(6m 49s)

And we also have been wanting to possibly get another Aussie puppy.

(6m 53s)

So we’ve put them down the deposit.

(6m 56s)

We have four possible ones.

(6m 58s)

I’ll put these in the spoiler thread.

(7m 2s)

I got four options. They’re all blue murals, and they’re voo-ver-cute.

(7m 6s) Al:

people to click into before the podcast is even out as they always do. They’re really, really

(7m 23s) Codey:

There you go. You can look at them now.

(7m 25s) Al:

I’m, I’m looking, no, so fluffy.

(7m 26s) Codey:

Okay, so I have this…

(7m 32s)

I’m going to pretend that this is the same moment I’m getting a puppy, I put it in a thread on slack to be looked at after Wednesday the 17th.

(7m 42s)

I’m getting one of these. I don’t know which one.

(7m 44s) Al:

Yo, does one of them have heterochromia?

(7m 44s) Codey:

It might be. They might. The blue murals?

(7m 46s) Al:

Heterochromia.

(7m 49s)

Looks like one blue in one brain, eh?

(7m 50s) Codey:

So it’s possible that their eyes are just still changing colors.

(7m 56s)

We’ll know more when they’re older.

(8m 2s)

But I don’t think we have any more updates of them, but it’s the same breeder that we got Stella from.

(8m 9s)

We love her dogs. She takes really good care of her dogs. She really cares about all of them. There’s not updates.

(8m 17s)

So yeah, we just we’re getting another one. That’s very exciting.

(8m 21s)

We’re trying to figure out names. So if it’s the female, there’s one of those that’s female.

(8m 25s)

And if it’s a female, we want to name her Peppercorn. If it’s a male, we don’t know what to name him.

(8m 32s)

We’re not soliciting names at this time. So I named Stella after that game that broke my heart, Spiritfarer.

(8m 41s) Al:

Oh, yes.

(8m 42s) Codey:

So I am soliciting game. Peppercorn, it’s a lady.

(8m 43s) Al:

So, Hornet then, obviously.

(8m 49s)

So the one from Hollow Knight, he doesn’t have a name, does he?

(8m 50s) Codey:

Yeah, but also I’m an entomologist.

(8m 55s)

The one from Hollow Knight. What one from Hollow Knight?

(8m 58s) Al:

The main character, the playable character.

(8m 59s) Codey:

He’s just the knight, I think.

(9m) Al:

Yeah.

(9m 1s)

So, yeah, that’s not a name, that’s my point.

(9m 2s) Codey:

But yeah, he doesn’t have his own name.

(9m 5s)

Yeah, I know.

(9m 7s)

So if I’m going to go with Hornet, I would have to go with, like, Dolico.

(9m 11s)

Or Dolico Vespi.

(9m 12s)

Like, I have to go, like, the scientific name.

(9m 14s)

And I did start, their names are…

(9m 19s)

Their names are, right now, they are the baby sharks.

(9m 22s)

And so there’s, like, Tiger, and Whale, and Great White, and Mako.

(9m 28s)

So that’s, like, their names right now.

(9m 31s)

the theme of–

(9m 32s)

this litter, and so I was looking up shark stuff last night, and I came up

(9m 38s)

like sharks– the entire clade of sharks is called like solachia, but I

(9m 44s)

don’t want to do that, but it looks like it’s slouchy. I don’t really love that

(9m 49s)

either, so we’re workshopping it. I would love advice, suggestions, give me some

(9m 53s)

suggestions y’all, but most importantly the biggest thing I’ve been up to–

(9m 57s)

actually it’s not the biggest thing, biggest thing is my PhD, but the thing

(10m 2s)

Y’all, no. No, because it’s free on Game Pass.

Silksong

(10m 4s) Al:

So song. So did you buy it on releasing?

(10m 9s) Codey:

Yes.

(10m 11s) Al:

Did you download it on release day?

(10m 14s)

Could this be? This is like this is this was like when when

(10m 20s)

my six year old Craig, he’s very like single minded on things.

(10m 24s) Codey:

Uh-huh.

(10m 24s) Al:

Right. And I’ll go right.

(10m 26s)

Can you put your plate in the kitchen, please?

(10m 28s)

And he was like, it’s not a plate, it’s a bowl.

(10m 30s)

I’m like, OK, can you put your bowl in the kitchen, please?

(10m 34s)

And that felt like that interaction there.

(10m 36s)

It’s like, did you buy it on the release day?

(10m 38s)

And like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, because it’s free.

(10m 39s) Codey:

I got it for free.

(10m 40s) Al:

And it’s like, OK, but did you get it on release day?

(10m 43s)

Oh, my word, I’m sorry for choosing the wrong words.

(10m 45s) Codey:

What I’m hearing is Craig and I would get along.

(10m 49s)

If you ever have any questions about bugs,

(10m 52s)

I would answer any and all questions.

(10m 54s)

I am going to play it at first, because I thought I was going to get sucked in and not be able to get sucked in and only play and not work.

(11m 8s)

Which has happened for like a day, like one day, but I also needed a day off because right now I’m just not taking days off, I’m just working like a little less on the weekends and quote unquote weekends.

(11m 24s)

Like I don’t have certain days that I’m supposed to week, so sorry work, so anyway, slow song, love it, 10 out of 10, I have it.

(11m 34s) Al:

Yes, so you got some song you did not purchase it and and yeah, tell me about it cuz I so you played Hollow Knight, right? I

(11m 43s)

Did I played it up to?

(11m 46s)

What was the one there’s like one where you’ve got like like three big rolling bugs and they’re like, yeah

(11m 53s) Codey:

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

(11m 53s) Al:

I hate those ones

(11m 54s)

I couldn’t get past them in the time that I had and then I went moved on to a different game

(11m 59s)

can’t remember what it was and

(12m 2s)

Every time I went back, I went, “Oh!”

(12m 4s)

I’m right at it, like I paused it right at the point where I was having the most difficulty

(12m 8s)

and struggling, and it’s like, you can’t get back into a game at that point, so I never got back into it.

(12m 14s)

And yeah, so I love the combat, and I love the exploration, and I hate the backtracking,

(12m 21s)

and Silksong seems bigger and more annoying, and therefore I’m glad that people are enjoying it,

(12m 27s)

but I don’t think I’m going to get it. So now tell me how you’re enjoying it.

(12m 31s) Codey:

I’m enjoying it. I do agree. We think that my husband and I talk about it a lot and we think

(12m 36s)

that like Team Cherry has knocked it out of the park. They basically took Hollow Knight and just

(12m 41s)

increased the difficulty level a little bit. Some people might say a lot of it, but I think a lot

(12m 47s)

of us have like become disillusioned with how difficult Hollow Knight is because people have

(12m 53s)

been playing it for years. And so they’re like, oh, this isn’t hard. And I’m like, you don’t remember

(12m 54s) Al:

Mm hmm. Oh, hey, no, it is. Yeah.

(12m 57s) Codey:

when you first started playing this game and you

(13m 1s)

were dying to like tiny little mobs like they people just like have forgotten that and they’re

(13m 6s)

like this is so hard it’s like no you just you just forgot because you’ve been playing hollow

(13m 12s)

night for seven years um but I really like it um I haven’t been putting as much time as my husband

(13m 19s)

has and uh he says i’m more efficient at bosses so not to brag but um I also like that there are

(13m 27s)

multiple things you can do and multiple ways you can go so it’s not just like one

(13m 31s)

path um and I think hall and I did this as well but like it there are things that my husband or

(13m 38s)

one of my friends who’s been playing have like found and they’re like oh have you gotten to this

(13m 44s)

part yet and i’m like oh I completely when I went through that area that didn’t happen

(13m 49s)

so like there’s just completely different storylines based on what you do um and yeah

(13m 54s) Al:

Yeah, they definitely did that in Hollow Knight, where especially at the end there were like

(13m 58s)

a million different endings, depending on exactly what you did during the game.

(14m) Codey:

Yeah.

(14m 1s)

Yup, so they have that.

(14m 4s)

You don’t want to play a million times.

(14m 4s) Al:

Which is murder. Which is murder for me. Like, because you’re like,

(14m 8s) Codey:

Yup.

(14m 9s)

Well, but Al, the current speed run is only an hour.

(14m 10s) Al:

“Which ending do I want? How many times do I want to play? How many endings do I want? I don’t know.”

(14m 15s) Codey:

So you can beat it.

(14m 19s) Al:

oh for goodness sake that’s just

(14m 21s) Codey:

Yup.

(14m 22s)

Yup.

(14m 23s)

You beat it.

(14m 24s) Al:

so stupid how it’s been it has been just over a week just over a week and and someone has

(14m 31s) Codey:

Yup.

(14m 32s) Al:

managed to get to the point where they can complete it in an hour that is madness

(14m 36s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(14m 38s)

Mm-hmm.

(14m 39s)

Yeah, I don’t know how people are doing this.

(14m 42s)

People are weird.

(14m 43s)

People are wild.

(14m 46s)

But yeah, so I’m really enjoying it.

(14m 48s)

I think it deserves a lot more time to talk about it

(14m 53s)

than just this little what have I been up to.

(14m 56s)

So I have prepared some notes about why we should have silks.

(15m 1s)

So first of all, we have had other podcast episodes that were about games that were not cottage core, and actually if I remember correctly, we started out as a farming podcast, but then we did Animal Crossing, so then we opened it up to a cottage core.

(15m 17s) Al:

Excuse me, Animal Crossing has farming in it, thank you very much.

(15m 21s) Codey:

It didn’t at the beginning when we played it.

(15m 25s)

But we played it. Buh buh buh buh buh buh buh.

(15m 30s) Al:

I said it has, not had, it has farming in it.

(15m 32s) Codey:

Yeah, but when we when it did not at the time, so.

(15m 37s) Al:

OK, so you’re trying to suggest that instead Silksong is Cottagecore, is that what you’re

(15m 43s)

trying to say?

(15m 43s) Codey:

No, no, I would not say this song is cottage core. What I would say is that it is a game that is well loved by people who play this, who are who host sometimes co host this podcast.

(15m 45s) Al:

Okay.

(15m 59s) Codey:

Um, and I

(16m 1s)

I believe that people would enjoy hearing it hearing us talk about it hearing me rant about it for like an hour

(16m 12s)

So I’m just saying like if we’re sticking with the oh but it’s not cottagecore like we played Animal Crossing when we were just farming

(16m 18s)

podcast we also have played Balatro

(16m 21s)

which before Balatro got

(16m 23s) Al:

Was that not a greenhouse episode?

(16m 26s) Codey:

Nope that was a regular episode

(16m 28s) Al:

We did a regular episode in Balatro?

(16m 30s)

Why on earth did we do that?

(16m 31s) Codey:

It’s yeah, I don’t know. I I was scrolling back through the previous episodes and I found that so

(16m 33s) Al:

What?

(16m 38s)

Oh my word, so it’s last November?

(16m 40s)

What on earth was that about?

(16m 41s)

Who did that?

(16m 42s)

Me and Kevin?

(16m 43s)

Why did we do that?

(16m 45s)

Oh, I tell you exactly what it was.

(16m 48s)

It was because that was when they released the “Dave the Diver” crossover.

(16m 49s) Codey:

Following

(16m 52s)

Okay, but but

(16m 56s)

Also, there is farming in Silksong I’ve been farming to get rosaries

(17m 1s) Al:

Yeah, OK, so there’s two, I’m sorry, you literally grow something at the very start of the first

(17m 1s) Codey:

You just do the same area. Oh also turnip boy

(17m 5s)

The fact that he is a turnip does not mean that it’s a farming game or a cottagecore game. I’m sorry you rob a bank

(17m 15s) Al:

Turn and Buy game. Thank you. Yeah, I know, I’m pretty sure you still grow stuff in that

(17m 16s) Codey:

The first one but the second one you rob a bank

(17m 21s) Al:

one as well. Plus, we all know this is not just a Cottagecore podcast, this is a Cottagecore

(17m 22s) Codey:

I’m pretty sure

(17m 29s)

Okay. Well, so that’s the thing is that you, when I suggested it, you said that’s not a cottage

(17m 34s)

core game. So I was like, okay, so I came prepared, uh, some other things. Um, it has sold so many,

(17m 40s)

so many copies. It sold over 50, no, over 5 million. No, sorry. It made over $50 million

(17m 46s)

in the first three days. Um, it has over 5 million players right now. And that’s not including people

(17m 53s)

like my husband who bought it on multiple. So he bought it, he bought it on multiple platforms.

(17m 59s)

Um, uh, team cherry is arguably another concern concerned ape human where this is a very limited

(18m 7s)

studio. They only have three people and they just develop this behemoth that basically spawns its

(18m 14s)

own little like genre and like love of things and like little creature stuff, like love it. Um,

(18m 23s)

and they sold it. It is only $20. They could have made this game.

(18m 29s)

Like the full 60, $70 and people would have bought it on multiple platforms again,

(18m 34s)

but they didn’t. And you know what? That is anti-capitalist and arguably that is cottage core.

(18m 41s)

Uh, and finally they do have cozy vibes. So I don’t know if you’ve seen the videos of Sherma.

(18m 47s)

She’s this little character that like is playing music. Um, and she’s trying to open gates and

(18m 53s)

stuff based on, uh, these music that she plays. And she thinks that her music is getting her through

(19m)

it. Um, but she’s so sweet and people have made entire remixes of her song. Um,

(19m 7s)

yeah, there’s a lot of singing in this. Like you come upon multiple characters that are singing.

(19m 12s)

Uh, I also really love chakra. So listeners, if you are, uh, if this hasn’t been cut out

(19m 19s)

and if you would have liked to see to hear a song song episode.

(19m 20s) Al:

I like how I’m going to cut stuff out of this short episode, come on.

(19m 30s) Codey:

Uh, if you would like to hear a silk song, a silk song episode with me and another human,

(19m 36s)

uh, just say, uh, pachanko in the, in the Slack and tweet it to us, uh, Instagram it at us, whatever.

(19m 44s) Al:

I don’t have an Instagram, do we?

(19m 47s) Codey:

I do. And I usually say, uh, whatever. I don’t know. I think it’d be fun.

(19m 50s) Al:

OK, so.

(19m 54s) Codey:

Think of all the new listeners we’ll get when we have a silk song episode.

(19m 56s) Al:

Are you going to listen to me, Cody?

(19m 57s)

Are you going to listen to me?

(19m 59s) Codey:

I’m trying to think if I have anything else to say. No.

(20m) Al:

You…

(20m 1s)

Yeah, exactly.

(20m 2s)

So listen.

(20m 5s)

You missed out two arguments that you really should make.

(20m 9s) Codey:

Okay. In the game, he’s in. Oh, and you don’t think the team cherry devs are.

(20m 9s) Al:

One, concerned ape is in the game.

(20m 12s)

So, that’s the thing.

(20m 14s)

Yeah, he’s credited as a voice in the game.

(20m 20s)

Wait, what?

(20m 21s)

Concerned Ape is in Silksong.

(20m 22s) Codey:

Yes. Oh, I didn’t know that. Nevermind. Okay. There you go. So you came more prepared than

(20m 28s) Al:

Like, they don’t know who he is, but he is a voice.

(20m 29s) Codey:

I did. I didn’t know that. Okay. Okay. Okay. Bugs. Bugs. Okay.

(20m 32s) Al:

He is one of the voices in game, in Silksong.

(20m 35s)

And two, and this is really the biggest argument, right, that you should use.

(20m 41s)

And it’s probably the reason that I’m going to say fine, let’s do it.

(20m 44s)

No, no, no, definitely not.

(20m 47s)

I hate thinking of episode topics.

(20m 52s) Codey:

Oh my God. You’re so right. Well, let’s.

(20m 54s) Al:

You know this, because you see me almost every week going, “Oh, right, what’s the next topic?

(20m 59s)

We need more topics.”

(21m) Codey:

You’ve really only been doing that like once a month. Now you’re like, uh, what are we going

(21m 4s)

to do for the next month? And then we just like throw stuff out and you’re like, yeah,

(21m 8s)

cool. Let’s run with it. Uh, so you’ve had to, you’ve had to do that less and less. I will admit,

(21m 14s)

but yeah, we got you. I did. I already, I already added it y’all.

(21m 15s) Al:

Oh, thank you.

(21m 15s)

That’s so kind.

(21m 19s)

You actually put it in the Notion.

(21m 23s)

You put it in as an episode.

(21m 27s)

Wow.

(21m 29s)

So, for the listeners, we use Notion for tracking the episodes.

(21m 33s)

And like, I have a planning board that I put on episodes, and there’s different stages of planning for them.

(21m 40s)

and Cody has literally put it on the board under the sedan.

(21m 43s) Codey:

I’ve already made one.

(21m 44s) Al:

I will I will approve that you didn’t put it in suggestion.

(21m 48s)

You didn’t put it in planned.

(21m 48s) Codey:

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

(21m 50s)

I put it in suggestion.

(21m 50s) Al:

So I will give you that.

(21m 52s) Codey:

I added me as one of the hosts.

(21m 56s)

I don’t know who else, which of the other hosts,

(21m 59s)

or if there’s someone…

(22m) Al:

Well, I think you do know who it’s going to be.

(22m 2s)

I’m not going to say it on the podcast, but you go.

(22m 4s) Codey:

Okay.

(22m 5s) Al:

I’ve added it into notion.

(22m 7s) Codey:

Okay. Who?

(22m 8s)

I don’t know who else is playing it.

(22m 10s) Al:

Are you not looking at the

(22m 11s) Codey:

Oh, no.

(22m 13s)

H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h

(22m 26s) Al:

All right. So, look, I’m not promising this will happen, listeners. I never promise episodes.

(22m 32s)

Never promise episodes. But we’ll see. We’ll see. Is that all you want to talk about with

(22m 36s)

Silksong today, then? All right. Is that meant to mean something? Is there something in Silksong?

(22m 43s) Codey:

Yes. No. A-woo!

(22m 44s) Al:

Is it a character in Silksong? Okay. Let’s talk about some news. All righty. As I desperately

Game News

(22m 56s) Al:

find where my news document is, here it is. First up, Dingkum, the Australian cosy survival

(23m 2s)

sim has a release date for Switch. So I’m pretty sure we knew this was coming. It’s

(23m 8s)

out on Steam and they had originally been like, oh yeah, we’ll come to Switch as well.

(23m 12s)

But as with so many games, who knew when it was actually going to happen? And the answer

(23m 16s)

is we knew. We knew. We now knew. So, it is. Oh, did I say that?

(23m 18s) Codey:

We knew it. We were aware.

(23m 26s) Al:

Did I say the date? I don’t know. 6th of November. That is the day after Craig’s birthday.

(23m 28s) Codey:

Yep, ooh nice happy birthday to him. Is he gonna play this?

(23m 36s) Al:

No, probably not, no. He’s still playing Astro Bot because he’s obsessed with it.

(23m 39s) Codey:

Okay, oh

(23m 41s) Al:

He’s done everything in the game, but he still continues to play it.

(23m 41s) Codey:

Yeah, fair

(23m 44s) Al:

I’m trying to get him to start playing.

(23m 44s) Codey:

There I

(23m 48s)

Haven’t I don’t know if I’ve ever actually looked at this game and

(23m 53s)

I just saw that there are planes and jousting and

(23m 58s)

I’m just like, I don’t know what this game is.

(24m 1s) Al:

This is one of the games, and I’ll talk about this later in the podcast as well, that really

(24m 7s)

tell you when someone doesn’t play many games of this art style, because they go, “Oh, it’s

(24m 14s)

a Minecraft rip-off,” and you’re like, you can’t call anything that uses like, you know,

(24m 20s) Codey:

Yeah.

(24m 21s) Al:

poly, what’s it poly, low poly, low poly, there we go, low poly art styles as a Minecraft

(24m 24s) Codey:

The blocks, yeah.

(24m 28s) Al:

rip-off.

(24m 29s)

of Minecraft has now been out for–

(24m 31s)

or was it 14 years, 2011, 14 years.

(24m 33s) Codey:

Oh my gosh don’t say that. Nope. Nope. I’m not that old.

(24m 36s) Al:

Minecraft is a teenager now.

(24m 39s)

There are teenagers alive that were born after Minecraft came out.

(24m 40s) Codey:

It’s on its it’s on its way to vote. It can almost vote. If we still can vote and by the time it’s 18.

(24m 48s) Al:

Well, you can vote 16 in Scotland, so it’s not far away from that.

(24m 50s) Codey:

Well in America voting is gonna about to become not a thing.

(25m 1s) Al:

Yes, so there are so many games that do low-poly art.

(25m 6s)

Stop comparing everything to Minecraft.

(25m 8s)

It just shows that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

(25m 11s)

It’s boring, right?

(25m 12s)

It is a low-poly survival sim,

(25m 16s)

and so I understand why people would compare this one to Minecraft,

(25m 19s)

because it’s obviously, you know, Minecraft is a survival game as well.

(25m 23s)

But this is, I think, very much focused on, like, kind of actually living a life,

(25m 29s)

whereas like the minecraft was

(25m 31s)

you know much more about the creative aspects of things. And this is about exploration and

(25m 36s)

survival and you can catch like massive sharks. So that’s interesting. I’ve not played this game.

(25m 39s) Codey:

Mm-hmm I saw that

(25m 45s) Al:

It might be something that I would play at some point, but yeah it’s cool that it’s coming to

(25m 51s)

Switch finally in November. Next we have Linked Banner of the Spark. This is another game that

(25m 53s) Codey:

Yep, yep, looks cool

(25m 59s) Al:

that was already out on Steve.

(26m 1s)

I’m just going to read the blurb on Steam. I feel like that’s the easiest way to try

(26m 5s) Codey:

[laughs]

(26m 6s)

I’m excited for you to explain this.

(26m 10s)

OK.

(26m 12s) Al:

and explain, because this game is unexplainable I think.

(26m 16s)

Build a bright new world alongside a band of rescued robot buddies. In this colourful

(26m 21s)

action RPG battle waves of enemies in solo or co-op, then return home and use their part

(26m 31s)

to craft a thriving town. Assemble your crew and grow stronger with each new adventure.

(26m 38s)

It feels a lot like, obviously not in tone at all, but in terms of gameplay, it feels

(26m 46s)

a lot like Cult of the Lamb, where you’re out. I think the roguelite aspect is, although

(26m 48s) Codey:

Mm-hmm, yeah.

(26m 54s) Al:

they never said that in that description, but it is roguelite, the roguelite aspect

(26m 59s)

I think is you go out and do right.

(27m 1s)

It was I’m going out to do a run and get stuff, and if I die on the run, sure, I lose some of the stuff that I got on the run, but then I come back to my base and my base is the same. It’s consistent and you build it up, and you don’t lose it if you die in a run. That’s what I liked about cult of the lamb, and so I’m interested in this game. I mean, we vaguely talked about it in June because I think it was in the wholesome direct.

(27m 31s)

Interesting version of wholesome when there’s such a big combat element, but that building is a poke center.

(27m 41s)

Are you looking at this on Steam?

(27m 43s) Codey:

at the banner of the Spark game.

(27m 47s) Al:

Yeah.

(27m 47s) Codey:

I mean, I already looked at it earlier.

(27m 49s)

What– oh, yeah.

(27m 49s) Al:

Go look at the third image in the image reel. That is, tell me that’s not just a poke center.

(27m 57s)

That is a pokebond center, if I’ve ever seen one.

(28m) Codey:

And a Pokemart– it’s a Pokemart and a PokeCenter.

(28m 1s) Al:

It’s like it’s a yeah, it’s a Pokemon center just with like a random thing stuck on the top and the pokeball logo taken away.

(28m 6s) Codey:

Yeah.

(28m 8s)

Yeah.

(28m 10s) Al:

I like the style of this game, the art style of the game, like the kind of the thick lines around all the character models is quite, you know, eye catching. The colors are quite poppy, vibrant. There’s the word, yeah.

(28m 19s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(28m 24s)

Vibrant they’re so vibrant. Yeah, I was just thinking that

(28m 31s) Al:

Maybe I’ll try this at some point. Okay, it’s on my wish list. We’ll see how things go.

(28m 32s) Codey:

It looks it looks really cool

(28m 36s) Al:

Yeah.

(28m 37s) Codey:

It’s really loud

(28m 38s) Al:

Oh, they called it rogue life.

(28m 40s) Codey:

They call it a rogue life RPG

(28m 41s) Al:

You know what? I don’t hate that term, right? If this term comes to mean like games like

(28m 50s)

Cult of the Lamb, where you have a base that is the consistent thing, and you go out and do stuff and bring stuff back to your base.

(28m 56s)

I quite like that term because it’s showing how it’s got the

(29m 1s)

aspects to it in your runs where you can die and lose stuff, but it’s life sim, but it also

(29m 3s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(29m 5s)

But it’s a life sim

(29m 8s) Al:

like, I think makes that, like that would then tell me which games I like, right? Like it’s

(29m 13s)

rogue life. I like rogue life games. I don’t like rogue likes or road lights. I like rogue lives.

(29m 14s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(29m 18s) Al:

There we go. I’m going to make it a thing. Rogue life. Let’s go for it. That’s the name of the

(29m 21s)

episode. Rogue life. No, no, no, they have written it, but that doesn’t make it a thing, right? We’re

(29m 22s) Codey:

Well, you didn’t make it a thing. They made it a thing.

(29m 29s) Al:

We’re gonna make a thing.

(29m 30s) Codey:

Okay. Okay. Cool. Was one of the first rogue lives.

(29m 31s) Al:

We’re gonna make everybody use it.

(29m 33s)

OK, so Cult of the Alarm is a rogue life.

(29m 38s)

Yes, there are probably others as well.

(29m 39s) Codey:

Okay, like Minecraft?

(29m 41s) Al:

Well, no, because there’s no rogue aspect there.

(29m 44s) Codey:

Well, you go out and go in dungeons and collect stuff and then you come back to your base

(29m 48s) Al:

Yeah, but like, yeah, but that’s not the rogue part.

(29m 53s)

Like, if you like.

(29m 55s) Codey:

If you die, then you’re all your stuff drops where you died you have to go get it again

(29m 58s) Al:

Yeah, but you can just go and get it again, because it’s

(30m 1s)

like a survival RPG, right?

(30m 3s)

Whereas with, yeah, well, surprise, surprise.

(30m 3s) Codey:

Sorry, I’m just trying to I’m trying to pick I’m trying to be a but

(30m 9s) Al:

The point is you lose stuff, right?

(30m 9s) Codey:

It’s a day that

(30m 10s) Al:

If you just drop stuff and you can go pick it up, it’s not a rogue like.

(30m 14s) Codey:

It’s a day that ends in y being a but yeah, no, I get it

(30m 17s) Al:

All right, I’ve added it to my wish list.

(30m 20s)

No promises I’ll play it, but.

(30m 22s) Codey:

I will not promise that

(30m 24s) Al:

Oh yeah, so it says linked banner of the spark, by the way, bad name, fuses

(30m 29s)

the action-packed fun of a rogue

(30m 31s)

light with the rich progression and charm of a life sim.

(30m 34s)

That definitely makes it sound like your your bass is consistent and stays between runs.

(30m 42s) Codey:

Yeah, you build it up, and you get stronger with each run.

(30m 43s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah.

(30m 45s)

OK. OK. OK.

(30m 45s) Codey:

That’s what they say.

(30m 46s) Al:

Let’s let’s let’s do this.

(30m 49s)

All right. Next, we have.

(30m 50s) Codey:

Do this like you’re going to cover that episode, that game.

(30m 52s) Al:

No promises, I don’t promise episodes.

(30m 54s) Codey:

But you said, let’s do this.

(30m 55s) Al:

Let’s do this as in let’s consider playing the game next.

(31m) Codey:

OK.

(31m 1s) Al:

We have Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar, that game.

(31m 4s)

They’ve released an update.

(31m 5s)

There’s not a lot in it.

(31m 6s)

It’s mostly bug fixes.

(31m 8s)

But there was one thing that I was very excited about.

(31m 9s)

And that’s that if you fall in the water, you lose less stamina than before the update.

(31m 13s)

And I am.

(31m 14s) Codey:

Why did you lose stemma?

(31m 15s) Al:

Well, because you’re draining, you drain in the water and you have to get out of the water.

(31m 17s) Codey:

Oh, oh.

(31m 19s) Al:

So you lose stamina.

(31m 19s)

But it was like it was like a third of your health you lost.

(31m 24s)

So much. Whereas now it’s it’s like, you know, a heavy usage on.

(31m 31s)

The rocks like it’s it’s annoying, but it’s not like you could die if you were

(31m 35s)

if you only had a third of your health left is not.

(31m 39s) Codey:

Yep, well, I still haven’t played this game so good. I’m happy for you though though. Swimming is tiring. I get it.

(31m 46s) Al:

It is, it is, it is.

(31m 49s)

Next we have Traveller’s Rest.

(31m 51s)

They have released their 0.7.3.0 update, The Pledge Banquet, and continuing the fun with

(31m 59s)

Traveller’s Rest where every time they have an update they go, “Oh, right, OK, they didn’t

(32m 2s)

have that.”

(32m 3s)

They’ve added the first chapter of the storyline.

(32m 6s) Codey:

Now, well it’s free, I get it.

(32m 7s) Al:

So this game had no story before, and now it has some story.

(32m 13s)

I would love to go back and play the f-

(32m 16s)

The first version of this game back in 2020, and be like “What is in this game? This is such a fascinating- like, was it just a proof of concept? Like, what was it back then?”

(32m 20s) Codey:

Yeah

(32m 24s)

I mean lens island lens island was like that as well

(32m 27s)

I remember when I first played it it was very bare-bones and now it’s way more of a thing

(32m 28s) Al:

Yeah, that’s fair.

(32m 31s)

That’s fair.

(32m 33s)

Yeah.

(32m 33s) Codey:

So it’s showing promise

(32m 37s) Al:

Yeah, no, this is not to market in a mean way. This is just like, it’s funny because every time they’ve updated, we’re like, “Oh, they didn’t have that either.”

(32m 46s)

And it just, it’s very funny because I would just love to see what the game actually was back then, five years ago.

(32m 47s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(32m 51s)

Yeah, well more important than that

(32m 55s)

No, sorry before that they also changed bug fixes

(32m 58s)

And I loved that one of the bug fixes says fixed a bug that caused the housekeeper to get stuck while cleaning

(33m 4s) Al:

infinite cleaning. Oh, no, it’s it’s my way.

(33m 8s)

I was going to say it’s my home and realize, no, it’s just life with children.

(33m 12s) Codey:

Um

(33m 14s) Al:

Oh, wait, no, it definitely here.

(33m 16s)

No, here’s a funny joke, right?

(33m 17s) Codey:

Okay, okay

(33m 18s) Al:

That’s just they just described ADHD.

(33m 21s)

Right, where you end up in like your

(33m 23s)

infinite recursion of tidying different things and never finishing anything

(33m 27s)

because you go down in a little loop, you know, like, oh, no, what about this thing?

(33m 30s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Yeah, rip. But in their, like, post, did you see that they mention a new game called Cozy

(33m 38s) Al:

I did not notice this, and I only just looked at your notes right now, so I’m going to have

(33m 38s) Codey:

Sanctuary? Yeah. Yeah. So, on the pod. So Cozy Sanctuary is a new game, and it is made by,

(33m 45s) Al:

to look at this live on the pod.

(33m 51s) Codey:

I want to say, the same people that make, or, like, their friends of the people. Yeah,

(33m 55s) Al:

Oh, this is never Rusty Lake, it’s another Rusty Lake.

(33m 58s) Codey:

Yeah, so it’s another rusty, like, so, quote,

(34m)

it’s coming soon, they don’t have anything out about it quite yet, but yeah, it’s another little rusty-like, so it sits at the bottom of your screen, looks like there’s decorations, like a windmill,

(34m 28s)

You can unlock new.

(34m 30s)

You can unlock new species.

(34m 32s)

There’s some really cute little things.

(34m 34s)

I think the icon is a fox.

(34m 36s)

But I’m not seeing a fox.

(34m 38s)

I see a peacock.

(34m 40s) Al:

[laughs]

(34m 40s) Codey:

I see a duck and a horse that’s bouncing really weird.

(34m 46s)

And a llama.

(34m 48s)

I guess that’s a deer.

(34m 50s)

There is a demo available now.

(34m 52s)

So you can go out and play the demo.

(34m 54s)

Oh, I see the fox.

(34m 56s)

No, that’s a red panda.

(34m 58s)

and squirrels I’m seeing

(35m)

more more of the pictures it’s dark it’s dark they’re dark it’s like a

(35m 3s) Al:

The koala looks not healthy.

(35m 6s)

What are those legs?

(35m 9s) Codey:

two-tone Rhea

(35m 12s) Al:

It’s more the length of them.

(35m 13s)

They are very long legs, like.

(35m 14s) Codey:

oh oh let me go back yes

(35m 18s) Al:

Do you know what I mean?

(35m 19s)

Like, it’s legs are the same length as the horse’s legs.

(35m 22s)

A koala should not have legs that long.

(35m 24s) Codey:

I mean what

(35m 25s) Al:

I think it was on, you know, one of those like racks they used in medieval

(35m 28s)

times to try and make people taller.

(35m 29s) Codey:

Yeah.

(35m 31s)

Oh no.

(35m 33s) Al:

The giraffe, I think I see a sloth.

(35m 33s) Codey:

Oh no.

(35m 35s)

Mm-hmm.

(35m 36s) Al:

So many, oh, a duck-billed platypus.

(35m 38s)

There are so many animals, sheep, goat, very interesting.

(35m 39s) Codey:

Yeah.

(35m 42s)

It looks really cute. There’s porcupine.

(35m 45s)

So just demo out now. Go play it.

(35m 47s)

It is unfortunately Windows only.

(35m 50s)

Maybe they’ll make it not Windows at some point in the future,

(35m 54s)

and I can play it along with Cat Cafe, but alas, not yet.

(35m 59s)

So, that was it.

(36m)

That was the last thing in the Traveler’s Rest post, they just mentioned that.

(36m 4s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, no, no, good. That’s all good.

(36m 8s)

Next we have Tomodachi Life, Living the Dream. This is the new Tomodachi Life game. We got

(36m 13s)

a new trailer in the Nintendo Direct, including not a release date, but a release season.

(36m 21s)

So it’s coming out. We knew it was coming out in 2026. We now know it’s coming out in

(36m 25s)

spring 2026.

(36m 28s) Codey:

Ooh, so I think I made the comment of will this make it worth it, but I think that what I was thinking was that this was the Plaza game, but it’s not the Plaza game.

(36m 37s) Al:

Oh, no, no, this is not Tamagotchi Plaza, this is Tomodachi life.

(36m 43s)

Yeah, I’m sure I made that joke again at some point.

(36m 45s)

Yeah, it’s funny because they were both announced in the same

(36m 50s)

in the same Nintendo Direct and whenever it was March or whenever.

(36m 54s)

And that was very amusing to me,

(36m 57s)

the fact that they were such similar in titles, Tomogachi and Tomodachi.

(37m 3s) Codey:

Yeah okay well I was very confused so never mind redact my will this make it worth a comment.

(37m 8s) Al:

You’ve redacted the thing you never needed

(37m 10s)

to say because it was just written on the document.

(37m 10s) Codey:

Correct it was not.

(37m 13s) Al:

I know that some people absolutely love this game.

(37m 16s)

I am fascinated by this game.

(37m 18s)

I obviously have to buy it and play it.

(37m 21s)

I honestly don’t know if it’s going to be my kind of thing or not.

(37m 25s)

It’s very weird.

(37m 27s) Codey:

It’s giving sims.

(37m 28s) Al:

Yeah, but it’s giving Sims if everything was just weird.

(37m 33s)

You know, it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s literally like someone took Sims and went.

(37m 37s)

What about, what about we do The Sims, but everything’s weird.

(37m 41s) Codey:

[laughing]

(37m 42s) Al:

That is literally what it just like, and it’s,

(37m 44s)

it’s hard to even describe how weird everything seems, but it is all weird.

(37m 48s) Codey:

Yeah, I think the thing that got me was there’s a me character that eats lettuce and the lettuce is photorealistic, but it’s like the me.

(37m 59s) Al:

Yeah, all the characters are me style, but yeah, it’s funny to me that they’ve not upgraded

(38m 11s)

the me characters, they’re all still the same as they were back in the Wii times, except

(38m 16s)

they’re all seem a bit shinier in this game, but like yeah, the facial expressions and

(38m 22s)

all these things are all exactly the same as they were, just like higher res, but.

(38m 29s)

No more detail, just more pixels of the same.

(38m 33s)

Yeah, yeah, I don’t know, I don’t know how to feel about this game, but it’s interesting.

(38m 34s) Codey:

As is tradition.

(38m 41s)

That’s okay.

(38m 43s)

Yeah, I mean, I thought it was it looks interesting.

(38m 45s)

Yeah, I think that’s the best way to describe it.

(38m 49s)

It sure is interesting.

(38m 50s)

I don’t think I’ll play it.

(38m 52s) Al:

Yeah, fair, but some of that lettuce is terrifying.

(38m 57s) Codey:

That should be the podcast title.

(38m 58s)

The lettuce is terrible.

(39m) Al:

No, it’s rogue life.

(39m 2s)

All right, Stardew Valley, again,

(39m 5s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

(39m 7s) Al:

they also announced in the Nintendo Direct

(39m 10s)

that there is a Switch 2 version coming.

(39m 13s)

It will be a free update to everyone

(39m 15s)

who owns it on Switch already.

(39m 16s)

And it includes mouse mode and game share.

(39m 22s)

You can play multiplayer with game share.

(39m 24s)

So if one of you owns the game,

(39m 25s)

up to four of you can play multiplayer together.

(39m 29s) Codey:

which is just awesome. Yeah, um, like

(39m 29s) Al:

So that’s cool.

(39m 33s)

The mouse mode is funny because it’s like,

(39m 35s)

obviously it was a mouse-based game originally,

(39m 38s)

and then it added controller support to go to consoles,

(39m 40s)

and now it’s mouse is back again.

(39m 41s) Codey:

[laughing]

(39m 42s)

Nature is healing.

(39m 43s) Al:

I really don’t understand who’s using mouse mode

(39m 47s)

on the Switch too, except for gimmicks and stuff like that.

(39m 52s)

Like if you’re playing Stardew Valley, are you gonna set up your thing to play it in mouse mode?

(39m 56s)

I guess maybe if it’s like your one game playing thing and you set it up on a desk like a gaming

(40m 4s)

PC, then I could maybe see doing it that way. But that feels like a very niche mark.

(40m 8s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(40m 12s)

Yeah, I, I don’t know.

(40m 15s)

I don’t when people get like all of these other consoles and like,

(40m 19s)

or other like ways to do it, like even controller support.

(40m 22s)

Sometimes I don’t understand it because I just my peanut brain

(40m 26s)

can’t handle too much stimulation.

(40m 30s)

So, but good that they’re giving it and they’re offering it.

(40m 35s)

I think it’s really cool that he is continuing to…

(40m 38s)

You know just make it easier for people to play his game

(40m 41s)

And enjoying it. I feel like I saw maybe you guys mentioned this last episode

(40m 46s)

I feel like I heard something about like Stardew Valley 2 like he might make a second one

(40m 53s)

Okay, cool

(40m 53s) Al:

I haven’t heard anything about that. He’s got a new 1.7 update coming, and obviously there’s

(40m 55s) Codey:

It was a fever dream

(41m 2s) Al:

haunted chocolate here, but I’ve not heard anything about Stardew Valley 2. I don’t think

(41m 7s)

he would, like I feel like if he’s going to add more stuff about Stardew Valley 2, he would just

(41m 12s)

add stuff into the game. Here we go, there is a quote from four months ago where he says,

(41m 23s)

quote, I hate when they just like take a quote and like split it up over a whole article. It’s

(41m 30s)

like, let me just read the quote.

(41m 31s) Codey:

Yeah.

(41m 33s)

No, they want you to do the whole thing.

(41m 36s)

Like, they want you to read the whole article because it gives more screen time

(41m 40s)

and they get more ad revenue from that.

(41m 43s)

The more screen time you are on the…

(41m 45s)

Capitalism, Elle.

(41m 46s)

Capitalism.

(41m 48s)

No, I thought it was something recent and I feel like he was streaming with someone.

(41m 52s)

It also could have been a dream.

(41m 54s)

I have literally…

(41m 54s) Al:

OK, here we go. I’ve got the actual quote finally.

(41m 56s)

It only took me four different articles to find it.

(42m)

This was on a podcast

(42m 2s)

and he said, I might eventually make a Stardew Valley too, to be honest.

(42m 6s)

It’s just so much easier to add more stuff

(42m 8s)

to Stardew Valley than to make a whole new game from scratch.

(42m 11s)

The major systems are already done.

(42m 13s)

That’s the stuff that’s not fun to do.

(42m 15s)

When I make an update, it’s like, you know, oh, throw this in, throw in that.

(42m 19s)

Let’s add green rain.

(42m 21s) Codey:

Yeah.

(42m 22s) Al:

I do love the green rain.

(42m 23s)

and your name’s great.

(42m 25s)

Yeah, I don’t think he will.

(42m 27s)

I don’t think he’ll make a Stardew Valley, too.

(42m 29s)

I think we’ll be lucky if Hunter Chocolatier ever comes out.

(42m 32s)

I don’t see why he would, realistically, right,

(42m 36s)

when he can just keep adding more to Stardew Valley.

(42m 39s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(42m 39s) Al:

I think the only reason you would want to make another version of that

(42m 42s)

is if you have a whole different cast of characters do you do?

(42m 45s)

In which case it’s not really Stardew Valley, too,

(42m 45s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(42m 47s) Al:

unless it’s like, you know, far in the future or far in the past,

(42m 50s)

where nobody is around anymore.

(42m 50s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(42m 52s)

It would be cute I think it’d be cute to do like a prequel where you build the valley

(42m 58s) Al:

Yeah, but then you also know that the problem with all prequels is you know that it ends with the farm being run down. Sad.

(43m 5s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Yeah stuff happens

(43m 9s)

Can’t make me sad

(43m 9s) Al:

Well done. Not swearing.

(43m 11s) Codey:

Can’t make me see you’re welcome. I can’t make me sad. I’m an American

(43m 18s)

Sadness is in my blood

(43m 19s) Al:

So Bruce Banner in “The Avengers” when he goes, that’s my secret. I’m always angry.

(43m 24s) Codey:

I’m always angry. Yeah

(43m 26s) Al:

That’s my secret. I’m always sad.

(43m 28s)

All right, we have one more piece of news before we get on to our main topic of farmland.

Pokopia

(43m 37s) Al:

Sorry, it’s the fact that I got like the main topic.

(43m 41s)

And that is the new Pokémon game has just been announced. This is for After Legends ZA.

(43m 46s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

(43m 50s) Al:

This is coming out in 2026, and this is Pokopia, which if you don’t immediately catch it,

(43m 58s)

Pokémon Utopia. And this is a Pokémon farming game. And let me tell you, Cody,

(44m) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(44m 6s) Al:

did you watch the director? Did you just like what?

(44m 9s) Codey:

I didn’t watch the direct, but you put a video in.

(44m 12s)

I mean, I skipped through the direct,

(44m 14s)

but you put a video in.

(44m 16s) Al:

Let me run you through how my brain goes when we do this, right?

(44m 17s) Codey:

And so I just watched the video on two times speed.

(44m 25s) Al:

So it pops up, you get the Switch 2 logo, fantastic.

(44m 28s)

And then it goes, it’s black, and it opens up with this like, little kind of snowy scene,

(44m 33s)

and then a Pokeball drops in, and you’re like, “Oh, Pokemon, that’s interesting.

(44m 36s)

I wasn’t expecting Pokemon in this, okay.”

(44m 38s) Codey:

in the Nintendo Direct.

(44m 39s) Al:

And then it hatches, and there’s a ditto, and you’re like, “Oh, interesting, ditto.”

(44m 42s)

And then you’re like, “Oh, but wait a minute.

(44m 44s)

That doesn’t look like our model.

(44m 46s)

I literally said this in the Discord, I’m like, “That does not look like it’s a Legend ZA thing.

(44m 50s)

What is this? Is this a different game?” And then Ditto looks at this…

(44m 57s) Codey:

Okay.

(44m 59s) Al:

Pokedex, that’s it. I was like, “Poked-cyclopedia? I can’t remember what the word is, yeah, Pokedex.”

(45m 5s)

And you’re like, “Okay, interesting.” And then Ditto transforms into a human, and you’re like,

(45m 9s)

“Oh my word! This is horrifying! I love it!” And then you see the blocks of the world,

(45m 14s)

and then it zooms out and you just.

(45m 16s)

Like, oh my word, this is, this is, this is, I’m just swear Cody.

(45m 18s) Codey:

Minecraft.

(45m 22s) Al:

And I’m like, oh my word, is this what I think it is?

(45m 25s)

Is this a Pokemon farming game?

(45m 26s)

And you’re like, I don’t know, I don’t want to get too excited yet

(45m 29s)

because it could be anything.

(45m 30s)

It could be an RPG or something like that, maybe.

(45m 31s) Codey:

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, because you’re a Pokemon.

(45m 33s) Al:

And then Bulbasaur is talking to you and you’re like, oh, interesting.

(45m 36s)

OK.

(45m 36s)

And Ditto’s thinking, Ditto’s thinking and going, oh, I’ve learned vine whip

(45m 42s)

and I can now make grass.

(45m 44s)

Okay.

(45m 46s)

I’m now thinking maybe this is a Pokemon farming game, because that’s not a thing you

(45m 49s)

just normally do in a Pokemon game. And then you learn Squirtle’s Water Gun, and you squirtle

(45m 51s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(45m 56s) Al:

on the grass to make it happy again. And then I’m like, I’m going to fill in something. And then

(46m 2s)

Charmander pops out, you learn some fiery thing from Charmander, and you can set a fire, and great,

(46m 9s)

fantastic. And then it very much is very clear that this is a Pokemon farming game, because you

(46m 16s)

and you cut down trees. And not only that, but you then start being Hitmonchan and punching

(46m 22s)

away the land, you’re terraforming, and then you’re building tables, and you’ve got a crafting table,

(46m 28s)

and you’re, you are properly farming at this point. You’ve got tomatoes, you’ve got carrots,

(46m 31s)

you’ve got potatoes, you’ve got, you’ve made fences, you’ve made a little hut,

(46m 36s)

you’re doing more terraforming, there’s water, there’s a waterfall. And I’m like,

(46m 40s)

guys, this is a Pokemon farming game, and all my dreams are coming true, and I can’t believe.

(46m 42s) Codey:

Pokemon farming. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

(46m 46s) Al:

We finally, nearly seven years after starting this podcast, finally got a Pokemon farming game,

(46m 54s)

Pokeopia. I’m so, so excited about this. It’s also funny because it’s actually Game Freak that’s

(47m 3s)

making this, which is interesting, because obviously they did, what was the other block-based

(47m 4s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(47m 9s) Al:

Pokemon game? Can you remember the one? Quest, yeah, yeah, so they did Quest. It looks very much

(47m 13s)

kind of similar sort of art stage.

(47m 16s)

The blocks and stuff, obviously the Pokemon are like normal Pokemon, they’re not horrifying abominations of nature, except obviously the digital human.

(47m 22s) Codey:

Yeah.

(47m 26s) Al:

I don’t know what to say, except that I’m super excited and I can’t believe I have to wait till next year for this.

(47m 33s)

Oh yes, let me look at my bullet points then, if I don’t know what to say. It looks like Dragon Quest Builders.

(47m 39s)

It looked basically like Pokemon version of Dragon Quest Builders, which we do have an episode on Dragon Quest Builders too.

(47m 46s)

I enjoyed that, but I would enjoy it a lot more if I have Pokemon.

(47m 52s)

It’s like a Pokemon game with no humans, you just have Pokemon, which is excellent. I enjoy that.

(47m 57s) Codey:

Mm-hmm though you I think you can do multiplayer because there was a second person running around. Yeah, okay

(48m 1s) Al:

Yes, but it’s just another ditto.

(48m 5s)

I love that Pokemon have said that our version of a Utopia has no people. I mean, same, right?

(48m 9s) Codey:

Same

(48m 13s) Al:

It’s a Pokemon farming game.

(48m 14s) Codey:

Yeah, well I they were gonna have to do it eventually I mean farming games have just exploded

(48m 21s)

And it’s clearly a moneymaker, which is why I think game freak would would get on it

(48m 27s)

Because why would they let all of that sweet sweet cash cow go to someone else?

(48m 32s)

Literally cow look we’re probably gonna milk milk tanks. Are we gonna get milk from milk tanks and sell it?

(48m 37s) Al:

This is interesting, they didn’t show any of that, they just showed like crops, they didn’t show.

(48m 43s)

I think it would both be weird and also make a lot of sense, so I don’t know which way.

(48m 49s)

I think you could make an argument either way as to why.

(48m 56s) Codey:

It makes I mean there’s it’s it’s clearly like I think you can buy that in a lot of games of the game, so it’s

(49m 2s) Al:

Yes, but we are also a Pokemon, so we’re not a human, we’re a Pokemon talking to Pokemon,

(49m 3s) Codey:

Well known that it’s a thing

(49m 10s) Al:

and I think it would be a little bit weird if we were milking a Miltank as a human.

(49m 15s) Codey:

they’re allowed to use Pokemon as Pokemon too it is weird you’re right yeah

(49m 24s)

I I really like it I think it’s one of those things that as I get older I

(49m 31s)

suspend my excitement for the later times because I just have so much going

(49m 38s)

on in the present but like when it comes out I’m 100% playing it does it was it

(49m 45s)

for the switch - did they say that Jeff just yeah Jeff just asked he was like

(49m 46s) Al:

I believe it is switched to, yeah, not switch.

(49m 52s)

Look, it was gonna, it was gonna happen at some point, right?

(49m 58s) Codey:

do you would you rather have a switch to her a steam deck I was like a steam

(50m 1s) Al:

Oh no.

(50m 2s) Codey:

deck so but I have time I have time to get this game I mean I didn’t get the

(50m 3s) Al:

Oh no, Cody.

(50m 9s) Codey:

switch for for like the first year or two that it was out either I didn’t I

(50m 13s)

waited until Animal Crossing was coming out.

(50m 15s)

so yeah I think yeah go for it okay uh well they also have the thing I was

(50m 18s) Al:

You know what interesting, so see the last, sorry, nope.

(50m 27s) Codey:

gonna say is that they also have combi in it and so they might have like honey

(50m 34s) Al:

Honey, honey I could definitely see that makes a lot that’s a lot less weird right because it’s

(50m 38s)

just like Combee is making the honey and saying like “hey here’s some honey” right whereas like

(50m 44s)

I guess could miltank milk itself? Would that make it less weird?

(50m 51s)

You don’t think it’s weird a ditto be pretending to be a human milking a miltank?

(50m 57s) Codey:

I don’t think you know what happens in, in the world.

(51m 1s) Al:

I mean, ditto aren’t milking cows.

(51m 4s) Codey:

I mean, puppy, like a dog will raise kittens a lot of the time.

(51m 9s)

Like if she has extra milk.

(51m 10s) Al:

Okay, sure, but it’s the digital going up and actually doing the milking that is the

(51m 12s) Codey:

So other animals benefit from the milk provided by other animals all the time.

(51m 21s) Al:

weird thing to me.

(51m 23s) Codey:

Oh, so, okay, I’m gonna, I’m gonna suck.

(51m 24s) Al:

I think if the milk tank provides the milk and just goes here’s milk, that I think solves

(51m 28s) Codey:

Yeah, milks, milks itself.

(51m 30s) Al:

the problem.

(51m 31s)

That’s not weird.

(51m 32s)

Yes, I think that’s not weird.

(51m 37s)

I don’t know.

(51m 40s)

And see the end of the trailer, right, it zooms out onto this clearly like mid-game

(51m 45s)

area or like version of the game where you’ve got a bunch of crops.

(51m 50s)

I think the crop management is really bad.

(51m 52s)

Why have you got those massive empty spaces?

(51m 53s) Codey:

[laughter]

(51m 55s) Al:

Go deal with that.

(51m 56s) Codey:

Yeah.

(51m 57s) Al:

But that aside, a couple of interesting things I’d like to hyper focus on here.

(52m 2s) Codey:

OK.

(52m 2s) Al:

One, they have a Pokemon center at the top of the center.

(52m 8s)

Is that actually a focus center or is it

(52m 10s)

a building in the shape of a focus center?

(52m 11s)

Like what is it there for?

(52m 14s)

That leads me to believe that there are lots of other buildings that we’re going

(52m 22s)

to be building, right, because obviously at the beginning you just see like this

(52m 23s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(52m 25s) Al:

little shack, essentially, right?

(52m 28s)

And then we’re now at this point, we’ve got our Pokemon Center.

(52m 28s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(52m 32s) Al:

Interesting.

(52m 33s) Codey:

There’s also a Snorlax that’s blocking the way.

(52m 36s) Al:

That was another thing that I thought was interesting.

(52m 38s)

Uh, it’s.

(52m 40s)

Is that just as Norlax has decided to fall asleep or is that a story based thing or is that just for the trailer?

(52m 45s)

This whole thing makes makes me feel like this specific bit, you know, this specific scene looks like something out of Pokemon Let’s Go.

(52m 57s)

And I wonder if they’re trying to make that connection, the Kanto connection.

(53m 3s)

There are non Kanto Pokemon in this scene, but not many.

(53m 7s)

Most of them are Kanto Pokemon in this scene.

(53m 10s)

Lots of non Kanto Pokemon throughout the whole thing, but I’m only seeing three in this that aren’t Kanto, whereas all the rest are Kanto here, I think.

(53m 19s) Codey:

Mm-hmm, well, that’s something that can be added in DLCs, so.

(53m 23s) Al:

Yes. Yeah, no, I’m not saying that I’m worried that there aren’t going to be lots of non Kanto Pokemon.

(53m 27s)

I just think, are they trying to make us think about Let’s Go in this scene and is that leading to some hints of what could be to come?

(53m 40s)

I’m just spitballing ideas is what I’m thinking.

(53m 43s)

There’s a bike.

(53m 43s) Codey:

Mm-hmm I mean it this straight up by the end this just looks like a root

(53m 45s) Al:

Are we going to ride the bike?

(53m 49s)

Well, that’s the thing.

(53m 50s)

They also have the root sign at the beginning as well.

(53m 53s) Codey:

Yeah

(53m 54s) Al:

Like, are we going to be able to believe, is this a Pokemon maker, right?

(54m) Codey:

a Pokemon game maker.

(54m) Al:

Like, are we going to make our own Pokemon region?

(54m 3s)

Like, that’s essentially what we’re building here, right?

(54m 5s) Codey:

That’s what it looks like you’re building.

(54m 7s) Al:

Yeah, it really does.

(54m 9s) Codey:

I like the idea of that.

(54m 10s) Al:

I’m absolutely fascinated as to what this is going to be like to play.

(54m 12s) Codey:

Yeah, I don’t know.

(54m 17s)

I would like the idea of you making your own little route

(54m 21s)

and then being a gatekeeper about your route.

(54m 25s) Al:

I mean, the top comment on this YouTube is, how long after launch will we see a recreation

(54m 34s)

of the whole Kanto region in this game? Yeah, I mean, it’s not going to take long.

(54m 35s) Codey:

[laughs]

(54m 36s)

Yeah.

(54m 39s)

Yeah, it just depends on how much space they give us.

(54m 42s)

If they give us other areas other than just this basic route

(54m 48s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(54m 49s) Codey:

style, or is there a forest?

(54m 52s)

Is there water other than the little stream?

(54m 55s) Al:

Is there going to be a story or is it completely sandboxy?

(54m 57s) Codey:

I don’t know.

(55m)

It’s– uh-huh.

(55m) Al:

So this is OK, let’s go back to the Minecraft thing, right?

(55m 3s)

Because the thing that all the big games websites are doing is,

(55m 9s)

“Oh, they’ve made Minecraft Pokémon!”

(55m 12s)

And you’re like, I get annoyed by that, because again, like with Dinkum,

(55m 16s)

But even more so on this.

(55m 18s)

This is clearly not like a survival game, right?

(55m 26s)

It’s town building, it’s you know, but it’s not survival.

(55m 30s) Codey:

The existence of a POKI Center

(55m 34s)

Infers to me that are not infers but like suggests

(55m 37s) Al:

Our main Pokémon games, are they survival games?

(55m 40s)

No, exactly.

(55m 41s) Codey:

No, they’re adventure

(55m 44s) Al:

It’s a base building game, clearly, but it’s not.

(55m 48s)

Like, I don’t think it’s going to be like a survival like Dinkum and Minecraft are,

(55m 52s)

but my point is just like, again, people just jump to “there are blocks, therefore Minecraft”,

(55m 57s)

and it gets me so annoyed because no, I know exactly what you were doing, but I’m annoyed

(55m 58s) Codey:

Yeah, that’s why I made the comment.

(56m 4s) Al:

because it’s like big games news publications are doing this, and I just like “you should know better,

(56m 11s)

no more games”. There are other games that have blocks, and there are other games you can compare

(56m 16s)

compare this to.

(56m 18s)

I understand why people are comparing this to Animal Crossing, but it’s also not, right?

(56m 23s)

Because it’s a huge part of Animal Crossing is the villagers.

(56m 27s)

And yes, there are Pokemon here, but I don’t think that are.

(56m 30s)

I don’t think this is going to be like building relationships with the Pokemon.

(56m 34s)

I think the Pokemon are really just there as one, obviously, to learn their skills and use them.

(56m 40s)

Right. Because you have to meet a Bulbasaur to be able to grow the grass.

(56m 43s)

You have to meet a Squirtle to water the plants, which I really like.

(56m 45s)

It’s a fun way of doing farming.

(56m 48s)

I’m excited to try that out, but I don’t think we’re going to be learning about Charmander’s

(56m 53s)

story, right? They’re going to have things to say, but they’re not going to have huge backstories,

(56m 59s)

I don’t think. And I just feel like people, they jump to these three things, right? “Oh,

(57m 7s)

it’s like Minecraft because block, it’s like Animal Crossing because you’re making a town,

(57m 12s)

or it’s like Stardew because farming.” And you’re like, “No, there are other games,

(57m 15s)

And if you’re going to compare it to something.

(57m 18s)

Which you don’t need to, but if you’re going to compare it to something.

(57m 20s)

It is Dragon Quest Builders 2, right?

(57m 22s)

That is what it is.

(57m 25s)

And it’s unknown exactly whether there will be story elements.

(57m 29s)

And that was the case with Dragon Quest Builders 2.

(57m 32s)

It had a story.

(57m 34s)

Is this just going to be sandbox-y?

(57m 35s)

Or is there going to be a progression through that story?

(57m 39s)

I don’t know.

(57m 40s)

Is there just one island?

(57m 42s)

Are there multiple islands?

(57m 43s)

Because another thing with Dragon Quest Builders

(57m 45s)

is you have different islands that you travel to throughout the story.

(57m 48s)

Build up bases there on different islands.

(57m 50s)

That’s an interesting question to me.

(57m 52s)

Is this just going to be one island or multiple?

(57m 54s)

How big is it?

(57m 55s)

What exactly will the terraforming be?

(58m 1s)

Are you just able to do it to a certain point like with Animal Crossing.

(58m 4s)

Where you can’t expand the island.

(58m 6s)

You can only go up or down.

(58m 8s)

And only like up three levels or whatever.

(58m 10s)

Is it going to be that restrictive?

(58m 11s)

Or is it going to be less restrictive like Dragon Quest Builders 2.

(58m 14s)

Where you can go up really high.

(58m 16s)

I still don’t think you can expand the a–

(58m 18s)

or is it going to be Minecrafty where it’s like, you can do whatever you want, you can get rid of any block, you can add any block.

(58m 26s)

Are you going to have to get resources to build blocks or are you going to be able to just make them out of nowhere?

(58m 35s)

So many questions. I’m really fascinated. But yeah, get better games to compare this to, right?

(58m 42s) Codey:

Yeah, I agree.

(58m 43s)

I think that also there’s just like, there’s a lot of possibilities, like a

(58m 48s)

lot of different directions this could go in.

(58m 51s)

Um, so like saying, Oh, it’s a Minecraft.

(58m 55s)

Oh, it’s a whatever.

(58m 55s)

Like we don’t know yet.

(58m 58s)

We know very little right now.

(59m 1s) Al:

Yeah, agreed, agreed, I saw Vulpix at one point, where was I saw Vulpix?

(59m 1s) Codey:

So, but I am excited.

(59m 4s)

I was mostly looking for Vulpix and I did not see it.

(59m 9s)

Oh, okay.

(59m 12s)

That was the most important thing to me.

(59m 14s) Al:

So the section after, so two, two minutes 18 sleeping on a bench.

(59m 15s) Codey:

What’s the timestamp timestamp timestamp?

(59m 21s)

Oh, look at him seeping.

(59m 26s)

It was barely there.

(59m 27s)

I think I was distracted by the Ludicolo in the next one.

(59m 30s)

Look at him.

(59m 30s)

He’s so, oh, you could see his.

(59m 33s)

Bings screenshot.

(59m 39s) Al:

there’s a water wheel, there’s definitely more like you’re building beds inside a building.

(59m 45s)

So it’s definitely some decoration aspects to it inside. I need I have a feeling that

(59m 51s)

the POCA Center is just a building with that design. That is my theory because it is smaller

(59m 57s)

than normal and it just looks like it’s the same sort of physical size as the original hut. It’s

(1h 4s)

just it’s you know the outside looks fancier and I think it’s

(1h 10s) Codey:

how do I edit this? I don’t think I can. We’re good.

(1h 15s) Al:

Okay, look, we’re going to have a lot more to talk about this in the future, but that’s

(1h 21s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

(1h 21s) Al:

probably enough for just now. So that is the news.

(1h 26s)

POCOPIA.

Farm Land

(1h 27s) Al:

All right, on to our main topic. Let’s see how long we get out of this. This is farmland,

(1h 33s)

a YouTube playable, as I mentioned earlier in the episode. It is a thing that YouTube

(1h 39s)

does now where you can get games and, oh boy, are they things that exist.

(1h 44s) Codey:

Yes.

(1h 46s) Al:

Okay, so a quick explanation of this game. You start out on this teeny tiny little piece

(1h 51s)

of land you are farming. You click a button to start sowing seeds. I think you start with

(1h 59s)

corn. You walk around the place of land, automatically sowing seeds after you press the button. And

(1h 1m 5s)

then once you finish sowing, it then shows another button to water. You see water everything

(1h 1m 11s)

and they grow almost immediately and then once you’ve grown them all you then get a

(1h 1m 15s)

little button to harvest them, you harvest them all, and then you go and sell them,

(1h 1m 22s)

and then that’s pretty much it. With the money you can do a few things but it’s all basically

(1h 1m 29s)

just to do more of the same. There’s different crops, so they start off with one tiny little

(1h 1m 36s)

island and with the money you can buy other bits of land and you can also buy workers who do things

(1h 1m 42s)

automatically and the different pieces of

(1h 1m 45s)

land give you like different, different crops to grow. So there’s three on the first section

(1h 1m 50s) Codey:

um and plus animal they have there’s animals um and you don’t know what’s going to be on the next

(1h 1m 52s) Al:

and then there’s three others on the next section.

(1h 2m 3s) Codey:

area so it just shows like later on it just shows how much it costs to get to the next section

(1h 2m 11s) Al:

And sometimes it’s literally just like half a bridge or it is a corner to get to another

(1h 2m 13s) Codey:

but it doesn’t tell you what’s on that section so you just kind of like are randomly dispensing

(1h 2m 18s)

money.

(1h 2m 20s)

Yep.

(1h 2m 27s) Al:

piece of land. There are multiple where I’ve gone and it’s literally just been a piece

(1h 2m 27s) Codey:

Yep.

(1h 2m 30s) Al:

of land. There’s nothing on it at all. You don’t get to. You don’t get. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

(1h 2m 32s) Codey:

I do really like there’s a cat and a dog.

(1h 2m 35s)

We got into them yet.

(1h 2m 38s) Al:

Um, you don’t-

(1h 2m 41s)

you don’t choose what is where, uh, you- you go and there is what is on the land, so like,

(1h 2m 47s)

you might find a single chicken on the piece of land, um, or you might find a farm, or you

(1h 2m 53s)

might find a tree with apples, um, or as you say you might find a cat or a dog or nothing,

(1h 2m 58s) Codey:

Yep.

(1h 3m) Al:

just some- just the path. Um, it’s very much like, I think the idea behind it is

(1h 3m 8s)

automating things quickly and then just

(1h 3m 11s)

like building that up with the money that you have because like you can you can unlock workers

(1h 3m 15s)

and then like upgrade them with more money.

(1h 3m 17s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 3m 20s)

Yep, they get faster.

(1h 3m 23s) Al:

Trying to think if there’s anything else to say.

(1h 3m 27s) Codey:

There’s also– you can upgrade your barn capacity.

(1h 3m 31s)

I think– yep, I’ve got fishing.

(1h 3m 34s)

I got some boats.

(1h 3m 35s)

So I’m assuming as the game gets more and more ridiculously

(1h 3m 39s)

huge, you can–

(1h 3m 42s) Al:

I can’t figure out how to do the fishing.

(1h 3m 43s) Codey:

you have to just find, you find fish that spawn around your

(1h 3m 47s)

islands. He’s just buying the fish and he has lines, but yeah.

(1h 3m 48s) Al:

Oh right, okay, so I thought that he’s just buying the fish, right, okay.

(1h 3m 53s)

Of course.

(1h 3m 56s)

Oh, I found the fish, there we go, I see.

(1h 4m) Codey:

But yeah, so it’s, it’s very, very simple. It’s like those

(1h 4m 2s)

games that are like additive where, you know, you, you have

(1h 4m 8s)

a small amount of something in the beginning and you get like,

(1h 4m 12s)

they have them in like zombie survival games where in order to

(1h 4m 17s)

area to escape zombies, you have to have like a certain amount

(1h 4m 21s)

of energy or something. And then as you just gets bigger and

(1h 4m 25s)

bigger number go big is what this this game is. I do like

(1h 4m 31s)

the every so often, I want to say like every four minutes or

(1h 4m 36s)

something. It just randomly rains.

(1h 4m 39s) Al:

Yeah, so that’s an interesting mechanic. It seems to be whatever island you’re on at that

(1h 4m 45s)

time, whatever section of the map you’re on, it will rain on. And so if you’re on the first

(1h 4m 51s)

section, then you have like four fields that it uses up. But if I’m on, because it just

(1h 4m 57s)

literally just rained for me there, but I was on the second island where I only have

(1h 4m 59s) Codey:

Mm-hmm, mhmm, womp womp.

(1h 5m 1s) Al:

one plot of stuff. The interesting thing about the rain is it makes things grow even if you

(1h 5m 5s)

haven’t sewn any seeds, which I’m not sure.

(1h 5m 7s) Codey:

Yep.

(1h 5m 10s)

Uh, pharmacy legacy crops, they’re seeds.

(1h 5m 14s)

You’ve, you spilled some seeds and they go up.

(1h 5m 17s)

I don’t know.

(1h 5m 18s)

I’m not going to complain.

(1h 5m 19s) Al:

It’s a thing.

(1h 5m 19s) Codey:

Um, it’s a thing, but yeah, just number go big, um, and try and

(1h 5m 29s)

like upgrade your people and they automate and get crops for you.

(1h 5m 32s)

And then the one thing I don’t have, I don’t see automation for

(1h 5m 35s)

you is taking stuff from your barn to the celly guy.

(1h 5m 40s) Al:

Yes, I’ve not encountered that either. I suspect there won’t be one for that, because they still

(1h 5m 46s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 5m 49s) Al:

want you to actually do something in the game, right? Because otherwise you would just sit with

(1h 5m 54s)

it doing nothing and it would literally be like cookie clicker or, you know, paperclip maker,

(1h 5m 59s)

where at some point you just stop playing the game. Which is a thing you can do,

(1h 6m 6s)

but the question is, do you want to encourage people to stop playing your game eventually?

(1h 6m 10s) Codey:

I don’t know. This is mind-numbing. I kind of like it. I don’t I don’t there’s not there’s no incentive to

(1h 6m 17s)

keep going other than

(1h 6m 20s)

unlock all

(1h 6m 22s)

locked areas

(1h 6m 24s)

I

(1h 6m 25s)

Also love so it says rain will grow your fields while you watch this video, but you can X out of that

(1h 6m 31s) Al:

I haven’t experienced that, and I presume you’re not YouTube Premium. I am YouTube Premium,

(1h 6m 31s) Codey:

So it’s like please watch this video, which I’m sure they would get content from

(1h 6m 40s)

You

(1h 6m 42s) Al:

so I wonder if I don’t get that because I’m YouTube Premium, which is interesting. Look,

(1h 6m 46s) Codey:

That would make sense

(1h 6m 50s)

Yeah, I’m not

(1h 6m 51s) Al:

I’m not going to pretend this is a good game. This is not a good game. You know what this

(1h 6m 53s) Codey:

It’s it’s just a very basic

(1h 6m 58s) Al:

feels like so you know how you get the

(1h 7m 1s)

phone game ads which is like “oh here’s an exciting like zombie game” or whatever

(1h 7m 2s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(1h 7m 5s)

Mm-hmm

(1h 7m 6s) Al:

and then you actually play it and it’s something completely different.

(1h 7m 9s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(1h 7m 9s) Al:

This is the something completely different that you would get. This is not the one that they would

(1h 7m 14s)

make an advert for because nobody would look at an advert for this and go “oh yeah that looks

(1h 7m 18s)

like a good game” but it is definitely a game that exists that you could put in as that game.

(1h 7m 25s)

Well, we have to have our game, so this is the game.

(1h 7m 26s) Codey:

Yeah, I think that this is a very simple game.

(1h 7m 31s)

I think that people will play it and they’ll get ad revenue for it.

(1h 7m 36s)

Um, for sure.

(1h 7m 38s)

For the videos, if you can’t, for people who might not be able

(1h 7m 40s)

to X out of them, I don’t know when it rains.

(1h 7m 44s)

Um, but yeah, I mean, it’s very, very simple and I am able to play on my phone.

(1h 7m 52s)

Like I’m playing on my phone right now.

(1h 7m 54s) Al:

Oh, cool. I yeah, I was playing on my on my computer with the mason keyboard. So interesting.

(1h 7m 54s) Codey:

Um.

(1h 7m 57s)

Yeah, I was curious.

(1h 7m 59s)

Yeah, I basically just like clicked the link that you sent and then it was like sign into your thingy sign into your YouTube and then I did.

(1h 8m 7s)

Um, and that’s it.

(1h 8m 7s) Al:

That’s cool.

(1h 8m 10s) Codey:

So, um, yeah, I it’s it’s game that exists.

(1h 8m 12s) Al:

Nice.

(1h 8m 16s) Codey:

Uh.

(1h 8m 17s) Al:

I’d also, one other thing I would like for this is I’d like another barn where I can hire more people for the other areas.

(1h 8m 23s) Codey:

I’m assuming you unlock that.

(1h 8m 25s) Al:

Yeah, I’m guessing so, but I’m at the point where it’s like my next one is like 60,000, I have to earn to get there, it’s going to take a while.

(1h 8m 31s) Codey:

Oh, yeah, I’m not there yet.

(1h 8m 31s) Al:

So I’m not going to do that because I’m not enjoying this.

(1h 8m 37s)

I’m not game enough to do that.

(1h 8m 38s) Codey:

But it gets– number get big so fast, Al.

(1h 8m 41s) Al:

It does, but also my number get big in Grand Bazaar as well.

(1h 8m 46s)

I sold like 800,000 this week in my Bazaar, so.

(1h 8m 49s) Codey:

That’s true. That’s, that’s, that’s, that’s this game. Nope. A simple game. Interesting

(1h 8m 53s) Al:

That’s a game.

(1h 8m 55s)

I really don’t think there’s anything else to talk about, is there?

(1h 9m 1s)

Cool.

(1h 9m 2s)

Good game.

(1h 9m 3s)

Well, no bad game.

(1h 9m 4s)

Good chat.

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All right. Thank you.

(1h 9m 7s) Codey:

game. Thank you for listening to and being convinced by my request to have a Silksong

(1h 9m 8s) Al:

Thank you, Cody, for joining me to talk about bookopia.

(1h 9m 18s) Codey:

episode.

(1h 9m 18s) Al:

I never promised anything. Thank you listeners for listening. Cody, where can people find you on

Outro

(1h 9m 26s) Codey:

I’m on Instagram @hikingbeagle, @beagle, I am on that other thing, @bluesky@codymanathos which is just my name, and I’m on the Slack with cute photos that I’ve put up there and I will continue to put cute photos up there.

(1h 9m 44s) Al:

Cool. I should close this tab. You can find the podcast on Tumblr and on BlueSky at THSPod.

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You can send us feedback from our website harvestseason.club, where you can also find

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links to everything to do with the podcast, including our Patreon, patreon.com/thspod,

(1h 10m 4s)

where you can get bonus episode of the podcast. One just dropped as we were recording for

(1h 10m 12s) Codey:

That was a very fun episode!

(1h 10m 14s) Al:

Spencer talking about insect kaiju. It was a good episode. I enjoyed listening to it

(1h 10m 20s) Codey:

I hope you had fun editing it.

(1h 10m 21s) Al:

while I was editing it. I did. Yeah, yeah. And you can also get into our Slack, where

(1h 10m 22s) Codey:

Yeah.

(1h 10m 27s) Al:

we post pictures of baby dogs, puppies, and Stuart. Stuart looked in the thread literally

(1h 10m 32s) Codey:

puppies, and toe beans, and yeah, Stuart’s already–

(1h 10m 41s) Al:

three minutes after you posted it, so…

(1h 10m 46s) Codey:

Another thing I’ll post a video of is I’m watching

(1h 10m 48s)

my tattoo artist’s hairless cat right now,

(1h 10m 53s) Al:

Oh, fair enough. Cool. All right. Well, I think that’s everything. Thank you, Cody, again,

(1h 10m 53s) Codey:

and he is in love with Stella, so I will post photos of that.

(1h 11m 1s) Al:

for joining me. Thank you, listeners, for listening. And until next time, have a good

(1h 11m 2s) Codey:

Thank you for having me.

(1h 11m 6s)

Have a good harvest.

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The harvest season is created by Al McKinlay, with support from our patrons, including our

(1h 11m 10s) Codey:

Ow, ow, ow, puppy, ow, ow.

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pro farmers, Kevin, Stuart and Alisa.

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Our art is done by Micah the Brave, and our music is done by Nick Burgess.

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Feel free to visit our website harvestseason.club for show notes and links to things we discussed

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in this episode.

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[Music fades]

(1h 11m 42s) Codey:

But first, you’ll go first about what you’re up to because mine’s.

(1h 11m 44s) Al:

Really, that’s how you’re going to word it.

(1h 11m 46s)

That’s really how you’re going to do it.

(1h 11m 47s)

That’s how you’re going to do it.

(1h 11m 49s)

Yes, I paused so that you could do it.

(1h 11m 49s) Codey:

How is it?

(1h 11m 51s) Al:

I thought you were going to do it properly, Cody.

(1h 11m 52s)

Come on.

(1h 11m 53s) Codey:

Oh, but first, Al, what have you been up to?

(1h 11m 57s) Al:

Smooth!

(1h 12m) Codey:

They’re they’re here.

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All the listeners are here for the professionalism that we bring

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to the podcast.

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(0s) Theme Tune:

[Music]

(30s) Al:

Hello farmers, and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. My name is Al.

(35s) Aislinn:

And my name is Aislin.

(37s) Al:

And we are here today to talk about cottagecore games.

(40s) Aislinn:

Whoo!

(43s) Al:

Hello, Azeland. It’s been a while. How are you?

(45s) Aislinn:

I am good.

(46s)

I am happy to be sitting.

(50s)

I’ve been running around like a lot as of recently.

(56s)

So I’m very happy to be sitting.

(58s)

And yeah, I’m good.

(1m)

I’m good, I’m good.

(1m 2s) Al:

Cool. I am also good. I don’t tend to run around, but I do tend to be busy. My kids are now in bed, so this is the best time of the day.

(1m 13s) Aislinn:

Wonderful, perfect. This is peak sitting right now.

(1m 17s) Al:

Yes, I’ve you I haven’t finished listening to your latest podcast episode and I remember at the beginning you mentioned you can have alluded to K-pop demon hunters. I presume you don’t talk about that later on in the episode.

(1m 32s) Aislinn:

No, I know, I do not. I do not.

(1m 33s) Al:

No, but you have presumably seen the film. Yes, so the I’m thinking of when they’re walking back to their their lounge after their show at the beginning and just chanting couch. That is that is how I feel many evenings.

(1m 36s) Aislinn:

I have. I have watched it once, and I did enjoy it.

(1m 49s)

that is what I crave desperately right now in life. I crave couch and then just the immediate

(2m 2s)

just cut to and we’re debuting a new single is just how I feel.

(2m 5s) Al:

Yeah. Yes. There is no rest. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right.

(2m 8s) Aislinn:

Illusion is the illusion of the couch.

(2m 18s) Al:

Yeah. So we are not here to talk about K-pop demon hunters. Although maybe, but who knows?

(2m 24s) Aislinn:

if it comes up you know who knows oh my gosh yeah you’ve definitely seen it

(2m 24s) Al:

We’ll see. I’ve seen it more than you though. Apparently, I’ve seen it three times now.

(2m 32s) Aislinn:

more than me

(2m 33s) Al:

One of my top films of the year.

(2m 34s) Aislinn:

wow that’s crazy

(2m 36s) Al:

So, I know, right?

(2m 39s)

Like imagine, I often think about how I think teenage me would hate adult me.

(2m 49s)

You go back and tell like 15 year old me that one year his, I mean, first of all,

(2m 54s)

he’d say, what is K-pop?

(2m 56s)

But guess that like, you know, well, yeah, it wasn’t really, I think I was aware of it.

(3m 1s)

You know, when I was 15, was that 20 years ago?

(3m 5s)

But if you, if you went back 20 years ago and told me that in 20 years,

(3m 11s)

your favorite, one of your favorite films of the year will be a, uh, uh, but a K-pop band.

(3m 16s) Aislinn:

That’s just how it would be with K-pop, you know?

(3m 18s) Al:

Uh, he would be very confused and very disappointed in what I became.

(3m 24s)

But, uh, yeah, well, yeah, yeah, uh, where was I?

(3m 31s)

Yes, we’re- we are instead here to talk about Coach Gorgames.

(3m 35s)

The main topic this episode is Firefly Village, which we will get onto.

(3m 40s)

Before that, we have a bunch of news.

(3m 42s)

But first of all, Aislyn, what have you been up to?

(3m 45s) Aislinn:

I have been up to a lot of working, that’s nothing new.

(3m 52s)

I just finished the post game or specifically the looker stuff and Pokemon X, and that

(3m 59s)

is better than the entirety of Pokemon X.

(4m 4s)

In my opinion, I loved, I loved the looker storyline and everything.

(4m 5s) Al:

Wow. Oh man.

(4m 13s) Aislinn:

But other words…

(4m 15s)

I’ve been still working through Persona 3 reload, and I’ve been watching one of my friends while I wander stop for the first time.

(4m 23s) Al:

Hmm.

(4m 23s) Aislinn:

So in a way, I’m kind of replying the game.

(4m 26s)

So that’s been really, really nice because I gifted her.

(4m 29s)

I was like, it was on her wishlist for a while and I was like, “You need to play this game.”

(4m 34s)

And we were in a call and I was like, “You know what? You need to play this game.

(4m 39s)

I’m going to give you the game.”

(4m 40s)

And then during one of our gaming sessions, you’re going to play the game and I’m going to watch.

(4m 43s)

And that’s what we’re doing now.

(4m 43s) Al:

Yeah, the, one to stop is definitely on my list of games I’m going to play before the end of the year,

(4m 45s) Aislinn:

Because I just love the game.

(4m 52s) Al:

especially when I find out how short it is. I’m like, oh yes, I definitely like, when I see a game that is,

(5m)

people really like and is a game that I think I’ll like, and you can complete it in 10 hours,

(5m 6s)

that sounds perfect to me. So, you know, that’s like, that’s like a week of playing a game for me,

(5m 10s) Aislinn:

Yeah, it’s definitely, it’s definitely a bite-sized game,

(5m 13s) Al:

like, some other games we might be talking about later this episode.

(5m 15s) Aislinn:

which is really nice.

(5m 19s)

True, I think.

(5m 23s)

Spoiler.

(5m 24s)

[laughing]

(5m 25s) Al:

Um, the other, my other question for you is persona. Is this your first persona game?

(5m 25s) Aislinn:

That don’t make sense later.

(5m 32s) Al:

Of you played others, right? Okay. Would I like a persona game?

(5m 32s) Aislinn:

Yes, Persona 3 Reload is my first Persona game.

(5m 38s)

Oh. I…

(5m 40s)

Um… Yeah.

(5m 40s) Al:

I know they’re not short, right? So I know that I know that

(5m 43s)

about them, it’s not like I only play short games. I do play longer games. I have

(5m 48s)

put, you know, Pokemon Viola, I currently have like 350 hours in, right? So I, you know,

(5m 54s)

and I put like 150 hours into tears of the kingdom in the first month, right? So like I am open

(6m 1s)

to games where I put in, you know, over 100 hours. I am aware that that is a thing that

(6m 7s)

would probably have to happen if I was to get the full experience of this game. But is I don’t

(6m 13s)

know, if persona games are the sort of games I would like or not. Ooh, my favorite parts

(6m 17s) Aislinn:

What is this going to be a very odd question, but what are your favorite parts of Pokemon like Pokemon games?

(6m 26s) Al:

of Pokemon games would be the collecting of the Pokemon. Yeah.

(6m 30s) Aislinn:

Okay, because I’m like, if it’s the, if you don’t mind or you enjoy like the grinding to an

(6m 42s)

extent, I think you would enjoy persona. If you don’t like a grindy experience, I might be just a

(6m 51s)

little bit hesitant, but the dialogue and the story. And again, to be fair, this is A, I have a

(6m 58s)

for a rich persona 3.

(7m)

It’s my first persona game, so I don’t know if this carries over the English.

(7m 7s)

Carries over to other persona games, but it’s very dialogue/story heavy.

(7m 15s)

And you do just kind of like a lot of repetitive tasks in a way to get more dialogue

(7m 15s) Al:

So I guess one thing to talk about is do I like grinding? Do I like doing repetitive tasks

(7m 24s) Aislinn:

and get to know the characters, and then you grind up and level up your characters

(7m 28s)

is to do like boss battles and stuff.

(7m 42s) Al:

four hours to get to an end.

(7m 45s)

Well, what games do we talk about on this podcast?

(7m 49s) Aislinn:

I was going to say, with that said, with all of the farming games that are very repetitive…

(7m 58s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah, I don’t I feel like grinding is not and I’m not the biggest fan of grinding in

(8m 7s)

Pokemon games, but I think it’s because of the type of game it is. I prefer to do the collecting

(8m 13s)

and get through the story.

(8m 15s)

And then, well, as Kevin said, I do shiny hunt.

(8m 18s)

So let’s not pretend like I don’t do grinding.

(8m 20s) Aislinn:

[laughing]

(8m 23s) Al:

But I think if I expect that going into a game that

(8m 28s)

is a different thing, right, I wouldn’t want grinding

(8m 31s)

in a Mario Kart game, for example.

(8m 34s)

Because I’d be like, this is not–

(8m 34s) Aislinn:

Yeah. Well, obviously, you don’t want to grind the rails in the new Mario Kart.

(8m 35s) Al:

I’m not here for grinding.

(8m 36s)

Well, I don’t think you grind on rails, hey, hey.

(8m 40s)

But I don’t want to have to play the same course 100 times

(8m 46s)

that’s– I’m here to play the courses until I’ve gotten first

(8m 51s)

in all of them, and then I move on to the next.

(8m 53s)

I’m here for that fun.

(8m 55s)

But do I have in other games and enjoy those games?

(8m 59s)

Absolutely.

(9m)

I think until maybe a month ago, I would have

(9m 5s)

said, I’m not a big fan of dialogue heavy games.

(9m 8s)

However, story season’s grand bazaar changed me on that.

(9m 12s)

in the, um, I presume you’ve not heard the episode on Gram.

(9m 15s)

One of the things I really like about how they did dialogue in that game is, uh, one,

(9m 16s) Aislinn:

No, I have not been able to listen to it yet.

(9m 23s) Al:

it has, uh, not full voice acting, but all the dialogue that matters, like all the story-based

(9m 29s)

stuff has, has full voice acting. Um, but also the conversations you can set to auto advance.

(9m 38s)

So what I was doing, because part of my problem is I, I will sit with a game and I’ll be like,

(9m 43s)

you know, I’ll just, I’ll, I’ll be playing and it’ll come to,

(9m 45s)

a dialogue bit and I’ll just like mash through the dialogue. And it’s not, I don’t want to hear the dialogue. It’s that when I’m not a big reading fan, right? Like I just not super fun. I don’t enjoy looking at text. I’m reading it. Ironic that I am a software developer and that entire job is text based, but I don’t enjoy.

(9m 54s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(10m 4s)

You could burn down you know you don’t want to keep reading during your off time

(10m 6s) Al:

Maybe that’s, maybe that’s the reason. Maybe it’s, you know, and it’s why I’m not a huge book reader. I just don’t like looking at text and trying to figure out what it is.

(10m 16s)

So that I think as part of it, but also like my hands sometimes just need something to do and I struggle to hold a console or a controller and not press buttons on it, right? And you’re sitting there for ages, reading text, not pressing buttons. That’s not how, that’s not how games work. Games work when you press buttons. So why did with story season’s grounds bizarre is that when the dialogue came on, I pressed the also thing turned up the volume and put the switch down and took my hands away and played with a fiddle toy or something.

(10m 45s)

Um, which is what I’m doing just now, I’m playing with a fiddle toy. So I don’t do other things. Um, and that I actually enjoyed the story and the dialogue from the characters much more being able to sit there fiddle and hear the story rather than having to read and wait and press about it at the right time. The other thing is like obviously quite often, uh, text will be really slow and you have to press to speed it up, but the problem is if you press too quickly, you then advance to the next.

(11m 15s)

Part of the text and you’ve missed the previous text. Um, and that’s a big problem I have in Pokemon games all the time, right? It’s like trying to advance the text, but not skip the text. Um, so being able to do that and like actually just slowing down that part of the game and forcing me to have my hands not on the switch meant that I enjoyed that a lot more. So I know persona three is not I suspect persona three being how old it is. We’ll not have fill vice acting. Um,

(11m 16s) Aislinn:

Mm-hmm

(11m 21s)

Oh my god, yeah

(11m 45s)

No, it does, for the most part, it does.

(11m 45s) Al:

Oh, he does. Oh, really interesting. Oh, okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

(11m 47s) Aislinn:

It has a lot of voice acting.

(11m 50s)

It has a couple cut scenes.

(11m 53s)

There is, it’s definitely still text dialogue,

(11m 57s)

relatively heavy, but there is a good amount of voice acting.

(12m 2s)

So I think it’s something to consider.

(12m 4s)

I think it’s worth giving a shot.

(12m 6s)

I have been really enjoying it,

(12m 7s)

but I also like reading, but there is still voice acting,

(12m 11s)

but I also have it, I’m playing it in Japanese voice acting,

(12m 15s)

just prefer to play a game from like in the native region

(12m 19s) Al:

Yeah, that’s fair. That’s fair. I’m a big, I’m a big, uh, a dub guy, uh, not because not because I,

(12m 19s) Aislinn:

where the game came from in their language.

(12m 23s)

So I’m just reading it all.

(12m 29s) Al:

like I totally, because I’m one of these people that people hate who I watch the dub of squid game.

(12m 35s)

Um, and, uh, I know that people really hate that. And yes, when you have a dub quite often,

(12m 42s)

especially when it’s a Japanese to English dub, quite often the, uh, speech can be a bit weird

(12m 49s)

not been like translated into a natural way of speaking. And so some of it can be a bit jilted

(12m 55s)

and I get that. I, I just, and it’s not that I don’t like, it’s not that I hate reading subtitles

(13m 1s)

because I watch everything with subtitles, um, because I find it helpful to like back up where I

(13m 7s)

was here and go, yes, that’s what I heard. That’s fine. Let’s continue. It’s that I, I don’t like

(13m 13s)

how I can’t look away from the screen at any time or you miss stuff. When you are listening,

(13m 19s)

to something in English and you’ve got subtitles, it’s like you’ve got two ways of getting the

(13m 23s)

information in, um, which as people will tell you all the time is the best way to take information in

(13m 28s)

is with multiple ways, right? Listening and reading at the same time is a, is a, you take in much more

(13m 34s)

that way. Um, but also it means that like if I’m playing game or I’m doing, I can like look somewhere

(13m 41s)

else and I don’t miss a sentence, right? Whereas if you’re, if you’re listening in a, in Japanese or

(13m 47s)

or whatever, you just can’t.

(13m 49s)

Because I watch Pokemon in Japanese, but that’s because I’m too lazy to wait for the dub to come out, because it’s so late, and so I watch fan translations of the the Pokemon anime, but like that’s one 20 minute episode a week, right?

(14m 6s)

It’s a whole different thing.

(14m 6s) Aislinn:

Yeah, that’s, that’s, that’s, yeah.

(14m 9s) Al:

And also it’s Pokemon, it doesn’t really, the story doesn’t hugely matter if you miss a sentence, you still get the idea of it, whereas with squid game in particular, if you miss one sentence, you could miss a huge twist.

(14m 12s) Aislinn:

And also true.

(14m 19s) Al:

Right, like there was a lot of things happening. So that’s why I generally watch dubs, even though some of the voice acting is not the best.

(14m 19s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(14m 28s)

Yeah, I will say I am a dub hater for myself and only myself.

(14m 35s)

I, anyone else that listens or watches anything with that’s like dubbed.

(14m 41s)

It’s fine. It’s not affecting me. It’s just a personal preference. I’m just like, no.

(14m 42s) Al:

[laughing]

(14m 43s)

Yeah, yeah.

(14m 46s) Aislinn:

I’m like, you know, I’m a subtitle elitist for myself and only myself.

(14m 46s) Al:

That’s fair, yeah.

(14m 52s) Aislinn:

Because again, I’m like, it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter. And I agree with you that being able

(14m 56s)

I was able to listen to it in English.

(14m 58s)

And also have subtitles does allow you to take in the information better, so if I did the same thing, I probably would take in the information better.

(15m 6s)

But I just, I just definitely have this preference towards, again, just listening to something in the language that it was made in.

(15m 14s)

Whether it be a movie, a show, a game, whatever it may be, but with that said, I will say I have heard very, very, very good things about specifically the personas areas and their English translations,

(15m 28s)

in acting, I’ve heard it’s really, really, really good.

(15m 32s) Al:

It definitely depends on whether it’s done right or not because I’ve only seen one of the studio Ghibli films

(15m 32s) Aislinn:

So, yeah.

(15m 39s) Al:

It was the newest one the boy in the head and but it was it had excellent voice acting in English

(15m 41s) Aislinn:

Mm-hmm

(15m 45s)

Yeah

(15m 45s) Al:

And and I’ve heard that generally their films are very good with the dubs

(15m 50s) Aislinn:

Yeah, they have they get like some big time like American or not always American, but like big time like actress

(15m 55s) Al:

Well, yeah, they had they had Robert Robert Patterson was in the in the boy in the head and like yeah, they do but yeah

(15m 58s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(16m 2s) Al:

Absolutely

(16m 3s)

Depends on how much effort they’ve put in and it’s just sometimes a lot of them

(16m 7s)

Especially Netflix ones do tend to be like it was somebody in a box reading

(16m 13s) Aislinn:

[laughs]

(16m 14s) Al:

Like an automatic translation of what was said and they like have weird

(16m 20s)

Intonation of words and you’re just like that’s not how people talk. Why are you saying it like that?

(16m 22s) Aislinn:

[laughing]

(16m 25s) Al:

So yeah, it definitely massively depends so I can see how

(16m 32s)

I think if it’s I can see how games would be better than film and TV because I think you

(16m 41s)

How do I

(16m 43s) Aislinn:

I feel like you have the budget for it, first of all.

(16m 44s) Al:

That is a that is part especially the big ones, right?

(16m 48s)

But I think you know like for example the

(16m 53s)

You know the Zelda ones to use the kingdom and breath of the world had pretty good voice acting

(16m 59s)

Yeah, I know some people found Zelda annoying

(17m 2s)

that’s not an issue with voice acting. That’s just it was an a posh English accent. That was the issue, you know, no matter who is you’re going to be annoyed by a posh English accent, same.

(17m 9s) Aislinn:

Fair enough.

(17m 18s) Al:

I think that people if you’re putting in the effort to be voice acting in a game, you care about the voice acting. If you’re not putting if you don’t care about voice acting, you’re probably not putting it in the game at all.

(17m 26s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(17m 32s) Al:

Whereas you can’t do a film without words. Well, I mean, you can, but people don’t want that now, right? So it’s easier to not care as much about the effort of a dub when you’re making a film because you care about the original or whatever, and not necessarily. And it’s different people doing the translation and the dubbing. It’s not the original creators.

(17m 37s) Aislinn:

Well, I was gonna say you can, but…

(17m 59s) Al:

So the effort isn’t necessarily there.

(18m 2s)

There is much.

(18m 2s) Aislinn:

I will say I’m not I’m not confident in this, but I do wonder to bring it back to K-pop demon Hunter.

(18m 4s) Al:

So.

(18m 11s) Aislinn:

I will say I do wonder how these dubs for the other languages are if they also sound like it’s in a box. So that’s all my list of things to look up later.

(18m 21s) Al:

Yeah

(18m 23s)

With that so yeah, because it was Sony but Sony are

(18m 28s)

They’re a South Korean company aren’t they Sony

(18m 30s) Aislinn:

That is a great question. I have no idea

(18m 35s) Al:

No, Sony and American apparently I thought Sony were South Korean that American interesting, okay, my bad

(18m 36s) Aislinn:

I was gonna it’s a

(18m 40s)

If you want to know it’s it’s Japanese

(18m 44s) Al:

Wait, really oh, yeah, yeah, I’m mistreating this thing Sony

(18m 48s) Aislinn:

My reliable source Wikipedia tells me

(18m 49s) Al:

And sorry, interactive entries.

(18m 51s)

Entertainment LLC is an American video game in digital age and to date company, all of Japanese

(18m 55s)

conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

(18m 57s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(18m 57s) Al:

So they’re Japanese.

(18m 58s)

Okay.

(18m 59s)

There was this, but what is there, where did their animation happen, Sony animation?

(19m 5s) Aislinn:

I think it was because it was Korean Americans that made K-pop demon hunters, I want to say.

(19m 9s)

So it’s an American branch of Sony, worked on by Koreans and Korean Americans question mark.

(19m 14s) Al:

So Sony Sony Sony so any Sony pictures animation is American American some situation owned by Sony based in Los Angeles

(19m 17s) Aislinn:

This is all big question marks.

(19m 25s) Al:

I guess not that surprising

(19m 28s)

But yeah, no, I’m I’m aware that the

(19m 31s)

Singers and music was written by Korean Americans. Yeah, but I guess

(19m 37s)

What was my point?

(19m 39s)

It’s not as simple as going. It’s an American thing

(19m 42s)

What is it sound like in other language?

(19m 44s)

which is because it’s it’s both and but also I was making that assumption based on Sony being South Korean not being Japanese, which is very different

(19m 56s) Aislinn:

I’m glad we, I’m glad we figured that out.

(19m 59s) Al:

Yeah, okay. I don’t know what we figured out. We figured something out

(20m 3s) Aislinn:

We, we figured Ellie’s so funny’s not South Korean.

(20m 9s)

And we figured it out that I’m going to try and bring things back to K-pop demon hunters for, for funsies.

(20m 10s) Al:

Yeah, break in the news.

(20m 15s)

Nothing wrong with that is a great film and great music, and I’ve got I’ve got Craig my son. He’s obsessed with it now. So

(20m 16s) Aislinn:

What’s, what’s the all’s favorite song?

(20m 26s) Al:

Oh, I think my favorite is what it sounds like

(20m 32s) Aislinn:

hmm that one’s that what that one’s my number two oh my god I were just

(20m 35s) Al:

Golden is my number two

(20m 38s) Aislinn:

reverse really just the first gold is my number one and this is what it sounds

(20m 40s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I asked Craig what his favorite is and he just says all of them.

(20m 45s) Aislinn:

like right is my number two good picks good pick good taste you should listen

(20m 52s)

more kpop all of them easy

(20m 57s) Al:

I’ve been listening to some I’ve been listening to some K-pop recently. I was listening to I’ve been really enjoying jump

(21m 4s)

by black pink. Yeah, I’m enjoying that song.

(21m 5s) Aislinn:

from Blackpink. I want to get into that song, but I just can’t. I can only get, I can only get

(21m 10s) Al:

Mmm, it does need a good base.

(21m 11s) Aislinn:

into it if it was like, I’m seeing it live. Otherwise, like, I’m sitting in my, in with my earbuds on,

(21m 17s)

just listening to that. I’m just like, I just can’t, I can’t do it. It does. Yeah. Maybe like in my car,

(21m 25s)

maybe that’s where I can get into it more. Totally safe.

(21m 28s) Al:

Just driving driving down the road very fast with your windows open.

(21m 34s)

We’re driving within the speed limit paying attention obviously.

(21m 35s) Aislinn:

Oh, and then the speed limit fast. That has to within the speed limit.

(21m 40s) Al:

Fast within this speed limit. You can be you can be fast while also driving legally. Thank you.

(21m 48s) Aislinn:

True, you could be slow while also driving legally. So you, you make a good point.

(21m 53s) Al:

Okay, so that’s what you’ve been up to. I have been playing firefighter village, which we’ll talk about later in the

(22m 1s)

episode and I also got Craig my youngest into playing Donkey Kong, but answer and he is enjoying that. So that’s fun.

(22m 10s)

It takes he doesn’t play a lot of games because he gets like really obsessed with games.

(22m 14s)

He’s basically been playing astro bot for the last year. He is he’s a hundred. He’s done everything

(22m 17s) Aislinn:

Aww, I love that.

(22m 21s) Al:

in the game. There were a couple of bosses that he needed to my help with, but other than that,

(22m 27s)

he did basically everything. And yeah, there’s there’s one level in the newest batch of update levels

(22m 30s) Aislinn:

Like even like the challenge levels?

(22m 33s)

Oh my gosh, I’m impressed.

(22m 40s) Al:

hasn’t done yet. The mega mixed mastery. That that is the one he hasn’t done, but he’s gotten very close. He’s in the,

(22m 46s)

he’s managed to get to the last section of it. And I think it’s only a wee bit before he manages to finish,

(22m 52s)

he’s he’s freely good, which is terrifying. Yeah.

(22m 55s) Aislinn:

It’s crazy yeah, he’s like significantly better than me and maybe even better than my husband. I don’t know

(23m 4s) Al:

I think these things are very much about how early you start doing these things right because I’ve seen a lot of people who grew up with 3D platformers, not understand and know how to use 2D platformers, which is very interesting.

(23m 4s) Aislinn:

That’s crazy

(23m 18s)

is interesting, it makes sense though, because I do struggle with 3D platformers because

(23m 22s)

of just like the depth of fields, but 2D platforms is generally easier for me, but I also

(23m 27s)

grew up probably with more 2D platformers versus 3D.

(23m 30s) Al:

Yeah

(23m 32s)

When I was I grew up playing basically both at the same time because I grew up playing Sonic

(23m 39s)

And then straight into Crash Bandicoot

(23m 42s) Aislinn:

Ah, ah, so you have the balance.

(23m 43s) Al:

Which if

(23m 45s)

If any game is is gonna mess with your field of vision it’s Crash Bandicoot

(23m 51s) Aislinn:

I only have like the Vegas memory.

(23m 54s)

I played a lot of like the demo, like the CD demo that you got in like the monthly magazines

(23m 59s)

or something from PlayStation of Spyro.

(24m) Al:

Yeah

(24m 3s)

Interesting. Yeah, I never actually I never played Spyro crash was my was my 3d platformer

(24m 10s) Aislinn:

What’s, what’s, we, we, we, I don’t know, what’s the listeners 3D platformer.

(24m 15s) Al:

What was your first 3d platformer

(24m 16s) Aislinn:

Well, who’s your first 3D platformer?

(24m 21s) Al:

All right, let’s talk about some news

(24m 25s)

We don’t have a humongous amount in use because

(24m 30s)

recording

(24m 32s)

three days after the last episode was recorded but

(24m 36s)

Pocket pair came in at the end with some big news

(24m 39s)

So we’ll get to that in a minute, but let’s go through the other news first

(24m 42s)

First up. We have a get you on the grasslands

(24m 46s)

Have announced an update for their game. They say

(24m 49s)

Couldn’t miss me. Am I really gonna try this in honor of

(24m 52s) Aislinn:

[laughing]

(24m 53s) Al:

Faro

(24m 53s) Aislinn:

Same.

(24m 54s) Al:

Faro Pula

(24m 56s)

month. I am so sorry, Kevin and anyone

(25m)

else is embarrassed by that pronunciation. In order of

(25m 5s)

Faroopila month, Gauture in the Grassland is receiving a special update that

(25m 9s)

introduces new mechanics, exclusive skins, customization items, and

(25m 13s)

adjustments that further enrich the player experience. So this is introducing a

(25m 20s)

new minigame, the magic of the Geitah, Geitah. It’s an instrument. It looks kind of

(25m 27s)

kind of like an accordion type thing.

(25m 30s)

And instrument the players can now play in the game beyond music. It also introduces a brand new teleportation mechanic to travel across different regions of the map as very, very different having to play our musical mini game to teleport to fast travel.

(25m 46s) Aislinn:

That is interesting. I like that though. That’s cute. I like that a lot. Just any music incorporated into a game is is always a plus one for me

(25m 55s) Al:

They’ve also added new traditional skins, new stylized assets.

(26m)

I buy southern soccer teams, a new NPC in some quality of life.

(26m 6s) Aislinn:

It looked like a pretty good update, and the game just came out pretty recently, right?

(26m 10s)

July of 20, 25.

(26m 12s) Al:

Yeah, I think it was July, yeah, yeah.

(26m 13s) Aislinn:

It’s pretty quick, which feels like the trend for a lot of these new, like a lot of the

(26m 19s)

news that we have.

(26m 20s)

I’m like, this game just came out, and there’s already an update.

(26m 21s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, and it’s not, and it’s not early access, is it? It’s just, yeah, it’s just a game.

(26m 23s) Aislinn:

It’s nice though.

(26m 24s)

It’s very nice.

(26m 25s)

I think it’s just the game.

(26m 29s)

Yeah, it’s just the game.

(26m 31s)

What is this episode generally coming out also?

(26m 35s) Al:

The episode will be coming out on the first of October, a week tomorrow.

(26m 37s) Aislinn:

Okay, disregard.

(26m 38s)

I was like, it’s on sale now.

(26m 40s)

It’s not going to be on sale by the time this episode comes out.

(26m 43s) Al:

No, no, it’s not, it’s not going to be on sale by the time I normally record and never mind the release of the episode coming out.

(26m 43s) Aislinn:

So disregard.

(26m 53s) Al:

Next, we have a written factory Guardians of Azuma and Story of Seasons grand bazaar crossover, both games made by marvelous. So Guardians of Azuma will come out.

(27m 5s)

We’ll have a free DLC entitled Story of Seasons grand bazaar. It’s coming soon and that’s all we know.

(27m 12s) Aislinn:

I was gonna say like what I mean, yeah, I see that the the blue sky post

(27m 17s)

It’s like yep, it’s coming soon and that that’s that’s that’s it

(27m 19s) Al:

[laughter]

(27m 20s) Aislinn:

I was like is it gonna be like a DLC for both games like four

(27m 25s)

Guardians are of Azuma. There’s gonna be like a story of seasons grandpa’s arthing and then vice versa

(27m 31s) Al:

Yeah, I don’t think so.

(27m 31s) Aislinn:

It just says

(27m 31s) Al:

I think it’s just a DLC for, in fact.

(27m 36s) Aislinn:

Fair enough is it just it’s probably just gonna be the careraker

(27m 43s)

Can you tell I’ve never played any of these games?

(27m 43s) Al:

Maybe I don’t know I I I I mean characters grandpa’s our characters in room factory would be interesting because they’re quite different tonally, right?

(27m 54s) Aislinn:

they look completely different.

(27m 56s) Al:

They are I

(27m 58s) Aislinn:

I can tell.

(27m 59s) Al:

Guess it could be that it might I mean my assumption immediate was like items

(28m 5s)

Cosmetics and stuff

(28m 7s) Aislinn:

You’re telling me these cute cows are not going to be in Guardians of Azuma?

(28m 13s) Al:

Look, I mean if there’s anything that would improve room factory game. It’s a more whimsy

(28m 20s) Aislinn:

Yeah, it’s very like, it takes itself, it feels like it takes itself very seriously.

(28m 24s) Al:

It’s gotten more it’s got yeah, it’s it’s gotten more like that over time because room factory originally was just

(28m 25s) Aislinn:

And I’m like, “Are we just farming?”

(28m 31s) Al:

Harvestman, but also combat

(28m 34s)

But it’s gotten it’s gotten more gritty and more serious

(28m 38s)

It’s the

(28m 41s)

Zack Snyder

(28m 43s) Aislinn:

I love that, love that comparison.

(28m 48s)

I like the, I, when I, because I, again, I’ve never played this game before.

(28m 51s)

I, seeing the fact that it’s like combat, but it’s also a farming game.

(28m 55s)

I was like, oh, this is interesting.

(28m 56s)

But it did feel like it was taking itself a little bit too seriously.

(28m 59s)

And I was like, we need a little bit of like, ha, ha funny, like cute whimsy,

(29m 2s) Al:

Well, yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean, in four, the, when you were carrying like a stack of

(29m 3s) Aislinn:

somewhere in there.

(29m 4s)

And I’m like, I don’t know if I’m getting that.

(29m 6s)

That guy just said in the trailer, lovely weather we’re having.

(29m 8s)

I need a little more.

(29m 16s) Al:

turnips or wherever, you would literally see the stack above your head. So it did have some

(29m 21s)

silliness like that, but they’ve kind of, I don’t think they had that in five. I don’t remember

(29m 25s)

them having that in five. So they’re kind of like, yeah, they removed some of the whimsy and kind

(29m 31s)

kind of gone more.

(29m 32s)

So I think as they’re leveling up and go I a lot of that happened when they moved made the move to like 3d relevant 2d.

(29m 41s) Aislinn:

Mm-hmm. Maybe I’ll check on an older, older one.

(29m 45s) Al:

I don’t like them but maybe you will.

(29m 47s) Aislinn:

Oh.

(29m 50s)

It might be worth the shot.

(29m 51s) Al:

Some people I mean lots of people do.

(29m 53s) Aislinn:

They keep making them for a reason.

(29m 55s) Al:

Lots of people that you can go back and listen to our Run Factory 4S episode if you want.

(29m 59s) Aislinn:

You know what? I will. I will do that.

(30m 2s)

Ah, that’s my list.

(30m 3s) Al:

[laughs]

(30m 5s)

Never ending list.

(30m 7s) Aislinn:

Literally.

(30m 9s) Al:

Next we have a discountee update. This is the deep pockets update.

(30m 13s)

It is coming soon. Although the beta for it is out now if you want to subscribe to the

(30m 18s)

beta channel on Steam. You can add a basement to your shop. They call it they say dig a basement.

(30m 25s)

You need more space and can’t expand outwards. What but straight down this update adds a new

(30m 30s)

a new quest line that sees you expanding this guarantee once again.

(30m 32s)

But as you’ve known out there and nothing in blum-kest, blum-kest, blum-kest comes easy and there might be some other people in town who take an unexpected interest in your new basement project.

(30m 42s)

I really hope this is like that tunnel girl on TikTok. Do you remember that?

(30m 47s)

Were you aware of that? Are you not aware of this? There was this, there was this, there was this woman on TikTok who was referred to as “Turno Girl” and she was building a tunnel under her house.

(30m 48s) Aislinn:

What what I’m not on tick-nock first of all tunnel girl on tick-tock

(31m 2s) Al:

But she just lived in like a suburb, right? So she was like essentially digging like underneath her neighbor’s houses.

(31m 10s) Aislinn:

Oh… Oh my god. Oh…

(31m 12s) Al:

And she had no like permission to do this. She didn’t have like a parameter or anything. And it was just this wild like couple of weeks where she was digging this massive tunnel under her house before the local government sure died.

(31m 26s) Aislinn:

I’m I’m seeing I’m seeing it on on YouTube. I’m seeing it via Reddit because again, I don’t have tik-tok

(31m 34s)

Oh my god, this is this is new. This is new information to me. This is this is white. What why?

(31m 44s) Al:

It looks like she did eventually manage to get approval for the tunnel and she got a proper

(31m 48s)

permit and is doing the tunnel the proper way. But yeah, she got a mandatory evacuate and no,

(31m 52s) Aislinn:

As long as it’s not under other people’s houses, sure!

(31m 58s) Al:

that was a mandatory evaluation. I remember mess read that, I mean. But yeah, she got to, it was

(32m 2s)

December last year that she was told to stop constructing and they would evaluate it and then

(32m 9s)

She would get there. Permit. It’s just…

(32m 14s) Aislinn:

This is crazy.

(32m 14s) Al:

It’s mad that you just start doing that without checking if you should or not.

(32m 20s)

Like, and I’m not saying that people don’t, you know, it does look like she knew, or she learned enough to know what she was doing.

(32m 29s) Aislinn:

She was crushing it, she was doing great for what I saw.

(32m 32s) Al:

Apparently so, and apparently it was fine. It’s just like, we have a, you know, system to make sure that people know where they’re doing, and she wasn’t following that, so yeah.

(32m 41s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(32m 43s)

Man imagine I’m just reflecting back on like when I lived with my parents in the town that would grew up in it

(32m 51s)

Was like an incorporated village type of thing and they’d like told you like you have to like you have to like mow your grass

(32m 56s)

In order to keep up with like the the the the rules of the town

(33m)

I guess or whatever, but one of my neighbors he installed like a curb in front of his house and he got in trouble for that

(33m 9s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It’s like I’ve heard people complain about being told off for the

(33m 9s) Aislinn:

So if you got a drink.

(33m 11s)

Just for installing a curb in front of his house. Imagine the trouble that you could get in trouble for.

(33m 20s) Al:

grass being the wrong length and stuff like that. And she managed to go months of digging a tunnel

(33m 23s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(33m 26s) Al:

under her ass. Anyway, so I hope this storyline includes something about that. That would be really

(33m 29s) Aislinn:

The duality of man.

(33m 32s)

Crazy.

(33m 37s) Al:

funny. Uh, uh,

(33m 39s)

they also got upgrades to your shop. Um,

(33m 39s) Aislinn:

and give us tunnel girl.

(33m 46s) Al:

their little up your shop. They’ve got new items to the reward shop. Um,

(33m 51s)

they’ve got, um, new, uh, decorations for the outside of your shop. Um,

(33m 59s)

and obviously quality of life and bug fixes discount. He’s definitely on my list of,

(34m 3s)

I want to play it at some point, uh, but I haven’t done yet.

(34m 7s) Aislinn:

let me know how it is when you do because I like watched I watched a streamer

(34m 12s)

play it for like a little bit and I just wasn’t sure if I liked it or not so to get like a full

(34m 16s) Al:

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it has a thousand, a thousand mostly positive reviews.

(34m 17s) Aislinn:

in-depth analysis rather than like having to like watch the full game would be nice so

(34m 22s)

because it looks really cute it looks very very cute and I think yeah so it’s got to be decent

(34m 31s)

and I like the undertone that they have had with the game where it’s like

(34m 37s)

description of the game selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community dot

(34m 42s)

dot dot right so I like that like undertone of like there is more to this game than you

(34m 49s)

you perceive kind of like wanders stop it’s like wandershop you think it’s just a cozy

(34m 54s)

team making game and it’s like nope it’s way more than that buckle in

(34m 57s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The, um, how long to beat for discount he’s giving 16 and a half hours for the main story 20 hours for completionist. So that’s definitely, uh, that’s, that’s pretty good. Pretty good length.

(35m 7s) Aislinn:

That’s not bad.

(35m 11s) Al:

That’s, uh, a week if I’m in the mood for it two weeks if I’m going casually.

(35m 18s) Aislinn:

Yeah, I would I would say something

(35m 19s) Al:

Um, okay. Next, we got a couple of other pieces of news. First stop, um, concerned eight has said.

(35m 27s)

That’s, that’s, that’s, that’s all the news about that. Uh, we are definitely at the point of over analyzing concerned eight tweets.

(35m 32s) Aislinn:

yep yep why why I just I just want to know why I thought we were done after 1.6 and we were

(35m 44s) Al:

No. No. What happened is, what happened is he had ideas. So, well, so you, you, you obviously

(35m 44s) Aislinn:

going to focus and lock in on haunted chocolate here what happened what I mean I know he said

(35m 50s)

in one of those interviews but uh give us haunted chocolates here

(35m 58s) Al:

hadn’t had the news in the previous podcast, which is where we pointed out that he says that

(36m 5s)

he is not really doing the work on this, but he’s the ideas and helping move it forward rather

(36m 14s)

implementing it. His team is big enough now, and he trusts them enough that he can like get

(36m 18s)

them to do most of the work. And he’s doing basically all the chocolate, the chocolate to taunt

(36m 25s)

dear, uh, onto his chocolate here, uh, instead. So he says it shouldn’t delay haunted chocolate

(36m 27s) Aislinn:

[laughs]

(36m 32s) Al:

here much. That’s what he’s saying. So it sounds like he’s got a much more sensible, uh,

(36m 34s) Aislinn:

Okay, okay. All right, I’ll take it. Yeah, I am very…

(36m 39s) Al:

Stardew Valley balance, if you

(36m 42s) Aislinn:

Okay, all right, we’ll take that. We’ll take them. I definitely miss the news. I’m very back

(36m 45s) Al:

I mean, we’re I mean, let’s not pretend like we’re

(36m 46s) Aislinn:

loyalty podcast. So this all, this all tracks, this all makes sense.

(36m 52s) Al:

getting it before I try to be. I don’t know. I don’t know. I mean, look, I

(37m 2s)

wouldn’t it’s it’s always it’s hard to

(37m 4s)

predict these things, but if you gave me an

(37m 6s)

over under 2030, I would struggle to decide which one I

(37m 10s)

I was going for at this point.

(37m 14s) Aislinn:

Yeah, you know, I might, I might agree. Maybe I’ll just lock in just 20-30s, call it a day.

(37m 20s) Al:

I think I would do the under on 2030, but I wouldn’t do the under on 2028.

(37m 20s) Aislinn:

Maybe that’s the way to go. How much longer?

(37m 28s)

So 20-29.

(37m 30s) Al:

I think 2028/29 is probably what I would be expecting at this point, but I think three years

(37m 37s)

ago I probably said 2026, so who even knows who even knows when did this game get announced?

(37m 39s) Aislinn:

So here we are.

(37m 43s)

I don’t even know, it’s, I feel like I’ve just heard about it for forever.

(37m 52s) Al:

in 2021.

(37m 54s) Aislinn:

Ooh, it hurts.

(37m 57s)

I understand.

(37m 58s)

But, oh, it hurts.

(38m) Al:

on my bad nor it was 2020 began working on it October 2021 was when he announced it. So we are coming

(38m 7s) Aislinn:

Okay. Okay, all right. So maybe, you know, 2028 is sounding pretty good.

(38m 14s)

2020, I feel like eight years is sounding pretty…

(38m 24s)

that what it was really.

(38m 27s)

But he’s got the game development cycle down, you know?

(38m 30s)

He knows how to expedite the process a little bit here

(38m 34s)

and there, but then also I’m sure he’s including

(38m 36s)

like a lot more depth to this game.

(38m 39s)

Not that started doesn’t already have that,

(38m 41s)

but hopefully those two like balance each other out.

(38m 43s)

So it’s like the eight year mark, 2028.

(38m 45s) Al:

My bad. It looks like

(38m 52s) Aislinn:

Oh, well, bye.

(38m 54s)

Thank you.

(38m 55s) Al:

five years. Wait, when was it released? He started working on it in 2011 and it was released

(39m 3s)

in 2016, so that’s five years. But you’re probably right, it probably is like a lot of the things

(39m 11s)

that he would have added to stars you in updates are probably things you’ll want to include

(39m 18s)

similar sort of things in the base game for this one, right? Like he’s got a lot more of

(39m 22s) Aislinn:

Yeah, so he shut the-

(39m 25s) Al:

ideas of how he wants games to feel as a whole. I get that.

(39m 30s) Aislinn:

Yeah, definitely. Like there obviously at the end of the day, there’s absolutely no

(39m 33s)

Russian when it comes, you know, is when it, whenever it comes. And I’m sure it’ll be great

(39m 38s)

no matter what, but I wonder, I wonder how like his skills of game development have allowed him

(39m 47s)

to like what, what, what’s the, what’s the words I’m looking for? He’s home the skills. I’m sure

(39m 54s)

a number of the skills with game development. I wonder how that affects his workflow speed.

(40m)

versus implementing the new ideas that he has. I’m curious to see how that pans out in regards to

(40m 6s)

like a timeline, because yeah, four, four, point five or five years for a Stardew, we’re at this point

(40m 13s)

approaching where we are at about five years for want to chocolate here. So it could be maybe another

(40m 20s)

two years. Who knows? I know. But at least he’s not actively working on this one at least.

(40m 21s) Al:

Who knows it doesn’t help that it doesn’t help that he keeps doing starchy valley stuff

(40m 30s) Aislinn:

So that hopefully that gives us some hope.

(40m 32s) Al:

All right, the other piece of news we’ve got is faith arm

(40m 35s)

So this complicated history around faith arm is that the company that developed

(40m 48s)

Phoenix Labs. They are the people who made dauntless. So they made faith farm and they released it in 2023.

(40m 57s)

And then the company basically died. They said that in 2024, they laid off most of their company

(41m 6s)

and said that they were just going to be focusing on dauntless and faith farm, no other of their

(41m 10s)

games. They canceled multiple games, including one game that was apparently only weeks away from

(41m 16s)

from being released in early access.

(41m 18s) Aislinn:

What could I vaguely remember hearing about this?

(41m 18s) Al:

And then, yeah, then in the beginning of this year, they laid off the rest of their development team and announced that they were going to shut down the online components of faith farm and presumably don’t look because that’s like a basically a fully online game, wasn’t it?

(41m 35s)

Yeah, the game servers were shut down to me this year.

(41m 39s)

So the online part of faith farm, which was not huge, I didn’t actually use the online component at all, but it was shut down a few weeks ago, I think.

(41m 48s)

The, we have found out that apparently faith farm has now been purchased by a company called Gambit digital, who are a collective of.

(42m 5s) Aislinn:

figure out what they were, too. I was like, I, they have two games to their name,

(42m 9s) Al:

An experienced collective, an experienced collective of video game leaders proudly announced

(42m 9s) Aislinn:

faith farm and bloody hell hotel. And I’m like, I don’t know what’s going on.

(42m 16s) Al:

their acquisition of the game, including the existing title and ongoing IP rights.

(42m 21s)

The exciting partnership ensures that players can continue enjoying the game’s enchanting

(42m 26s)

live services while opening new possibilities for the future of Azordia.

(42m 30s)

The collective composed of Gambit Digital, GameCloud Network, Pure Wonder Interactive,

(42m 36s)

fatty acid with a pH.

(42m 39s)

Bring together expertise and resources to enhance the player experience and drive innovative development of the faith farm franchise is a franchise if you got one thing, I don’t know the group.

(42m 50s) Aislinn:

Yeah, that’s an interesting choice of word.

(42m 54s) Al:

The group will work together to nurture long term growth with gambit digital serving as the publisher of record for faith farm moving forward, originally developed and published by Phoenix Labs and launched in September 2023 two years ago, that is.

(43m 7s)

Faye Farm quickly cultivated a thriving

(43m 9s)

community with more than 500,000 players across all platforms, the new ownership team is thrilled to collaborate closely with this passionate community, ensuring the enchanting online experience continues to flourish.

(43m 22s)

Players can look forward to an exciting future announcement to lad even more magic to their isodia and adventure.

(43m 29s)

Pascal Nataf, Nataf, Pascal Nataf, co-founder of Gambit Digital added Faye Farm has captured the hearts of players around the world and were honored to help.

(43m 33s) Aislinn:

Sure.

(43m 39s) Al:

Guide is next chapter, as a studio written in Canada would especially proud that this partnership will ensure Faye Farm remains a Canadian IP when the continues to celebrate this community while staying true to the spirit that made us audio so special in the first place.

(43m 53s) Aislinn:

I hope for those that love Faith Arm I hope this means I hope this allows for the game to kind of

(44m)

have like a comeback and come back to have the servers supported.

(44m 6s) Al:

Yeah, I’m really fascinated by this like why is it multiple companies that are buying it and also

(44m 13s)

Gambit

(44m 14s) Aislinn:

I mean they did say they were a collective. So maybe that’s part of it. I don’t know how these

(44m 16s) Al:

Yeah

(44m 20s)

So it looks like so it looks like Gambit digital digital is a new company that was only founded at the beginning of this month

(44m 29s) Aislinn:

that makes sense, considering they only have two games.

(44m 31s)

So that, that makes sense.

(44m 32s)

Yeah, I can’t help with you just a little bit hesitant

(44m 35s)

because of never hearing a game, but digital

(44m 37s)

and them just being so new.

(44m 39s) Al:

Yeah, and hey, we know all in a game.

(44m 39s) Aislinn:

And how did they get the finances to purchase the game?

(44m 43s) Al:

Oh, that’s that’s always a question for these companies like how did you get finances it’s always

(44m 46s) Aislinn:

You know, I’m sure they also got financial help

(44m 51s)

from the game cloud network,

(44m 52s)

peer wonder interactive and fatty acid.

(44m 56s)

Whoever they are too, I don’t know.

(44m 59s)

I hope, I hope it’s good for those that love the game.

(45m 3s)

But I can’t help but be hesitant because there’s just not enough information out there as to what all of this means.

(45m 9s)

It’s all just like buzzwords.

(45m 11s) Al:

Oh no. Fatty acid or a generative AI studio.

(45m 14s) Aislinn:

Oh, no.

(45m 18s) Al:

Oh, bye. What a, what a, that’s exactly what we want.

(45m 20s) Aislinn:

Oh, no.

(45m 23s)

Oh, gosh.

(45m 27s)

All right, I don’t have much faith.

(45m 29s)

Good thing my heart is not poured into Fay Farm.

(45m 34s) Al:

I can’t see much about people.

(45m 36s) Aislinn:

All I got from GameCloud Network was that they are.

(45m 40s)

What seems to be like a mobile game?

(45m 44s) Al:

Yeah, I mean, that makes sense for the name, right?

(45m 44s) Aislinn:

Like, company?

(45m 49s)

True, true, you actually, yeah, very true.

(45m 52s) Al:

GameCloud Network has brought together global leaders in advertising, enterprise media, and gaming to create a revolutionary way to authentically engage modern consumers.

(46m 4s) Aislinn:

that that is all buzzwords to me. That is 1000% all buzzwords.

(46m 8s) Al:

It’s all buzzwords to everyone.

(46m 12s) Aislinn:

Oh yeah I do see this generative studio. Oh my god. No that I am a generative AI hater.

(46m 21s) Al:

And what does it mean? What does it mean to be a collective of companies?

(46m 26s) Aislinn:

Y’all rich and banded together.

(46m 31s) Al:

because it’s not like a company being owned by multiple companies like how, you know, Game Freak is

(46m 36s) Aislinn:

Yeah, oh, yeah

(46m 36s) Al:

and now Game Freak, the Pokemon companies are a Game Freak or one of the companies.

(46m 39s)

The Pokemon company is a company, the owns Pokemon, and then there are other companies

(46m 45s)

that own that company. But having multiple companies owning the rights to

(46m 54s) Aislinn:

It seems like they all specialize in different things, so like Gambit is the publisher, game cloud, maybe like bringing it to…

(46m 59s)

I- Bay Farm is not a mobile game, right?

(47m 3s) Al:

I don’t think so. It’s on steam and it’s on a switch and I think it’s on

(47m 11s) Aislinn:

Okay, so if it’s assuming it’s not a mobile confirmed and not a mobile game

(47m 15s)

Then maybe game cloud is going to be bringing it to mobile

(47m 18s)

Whatever pure wonder interactive is I have not a single clue and then

(47m 22s)

What generative AI is going to be used with faith farm?

(47m 27s)

Future game development. I’m not sure. I think they’re just all using their different like specialties to come together for the game

(47m 36s)

May or may not make or break the game. I don’t know my hands are up in the arms at my

(47m 41s)

hands. My arms are up in the air right now because I’m just like I don’t know. I don’t

(47m 47s) Al:

I don’t know what to say, I guess we’ll just have to see what happens.

(47m 50s) Aislinn:

know what to say either. Yay!

(47m 54s) Al:

All right, let’s go on to our final piece of news, which is a brand new game has been

(48m 3s)

announced by Pocketpayer, that is the PowerWorld developer.

(48m 9s)

They have announced a new game called PowerWorld PAL Farm, that is the full title PowerWorld

(48m 15s)

power. And join me.

(48m 17s)

By farming life with mysterious creatures known as pals, team up with them to grow your

(48m 22s)

farm at your own pace in this brand new creature collecting farming sim, freely playable

(48m 28s)

and multiplayer.

(48m 29s)

Um, if you play Power World.

(48m 33s) Aislinn:

No.

(48m 34s)

[laughing]

(48m 36s)

Okay, can you hear my enthusiasm in my voice?

(48m 42s) Al:

So, oh by, so this is a funny like fool circle moment for today because I woke up this morning

(48m 46s) Aislinn:

Oh boy indeed.

(48m 55s) Al:

and the first thing I saw on my phone was this, like half six in the morning as I’m like waking

(49m) Aislinn:

[sigh]

(49m 4s) Al:

up because my son has got me up and I’m like what is life and I’m looking and I’m like oh,

(49m 7s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(49m 9s) Al:

I want no power

(49m 12s)

I’m not sure what to say.

(49m 19s) Aislinn:

I know

(49m 25s) Al:

It looks interesting.

(49m 26s)

I mean, obviously I’m going to play it, right?

(49m 29s)

Let’s not pretend anything.

(49m 30s) Aislinn:

Mm-hmm. Yeah

(49m 32s) Al:

You appear to the like various standard things in farming games like shopkeepers and

(49m 42s)

Blacksmiths and stuff exist in this game, but they are pals.

(49m 48s)

So the shopkeeper is Patalia, one of the pals, and then the blacksmith is Anubis.

(49m 57s)

And there’s a cro-crowd-crowdage-ro, who is the master of sunbathing, apparently.

(50m 5s)

I’m not sure why they show you him fishing, if he’s the master of sunbathing.

(50m 8s) Aislinn:

It beats me. I mean, you got a sunbathe to fish, right? I think I don’t. Sure.

(50m 12s) Al:

Sure, sure, whatever, I’m not sure you understand fishing.

(50m 17s)

And you’re talking to these pals, which I don’t think pals talk in

(50m 24s)

power world, so that’s an interesting change.

(50m 27s)

And then one of the pals has a chainsaw, which is very on brand for

(50m 30s)

power world.

(50m 31s)

I do think that some of it looks very funny.

(50m 33s)

There’s a moment where this pal like starts up the chainsaw and

(50m 37s)

is going around cut down trees while you’re also cut down trees with an axe.

(50m 40s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(50m 40s) Al:

Why you have the act

(50m 42s)

you’ve given the pal a chainsaw I don’t know but then the the the the tree falls down and squishes another pal which is a very funny moment and then you’re apparently playing Russian roulette with some creepy shadow did and then

(50m 52s) Aislinn:

for a little guy yeah that that makes no sense to me well

(51m 3s) Al:

like I i think this is very much leaning on the same sort of humor and stuff that pal world had and it’s clearly trying to be

(51m 13s)

like right at the end of the video you have a pal come up to you and and a very animal crossing way is like talking to you says oh you’re the newbie you just moved in you seem pretty cool and then you’re player character.

(51m 27s)

Yeah, I know yeah the pal says i’m confident in my ability to reach people be my friend and then the player character gets a pal ball, I can’t remember what they call pal or whatever is and throws it at the confused pal and catches it.

(51m 42s)

So it’s clearly trying to be funny and satirical and well it’s working for me so far i’m I’m used I wasn’t expecting this.

(51m 53s) Aislinn:

I wasn’t expecting this either. Like, this, this genuine, when I saw this in the notes, I was like,

(51m 58s)

oh, oh, interesting. I mean, the game itself looks like really good. I’m just, I’m, I’m just

(52m) Al:

[laughs]

(52m 8s) Aislinn:

in the camp of just still being hesitant because of everything that happened in the past.

(52m 13s)

So I can’t help but just go in with a sense of just, you know what I mean?

(52m 21s)

But the game itself does look good.

(52m 23s)

Like, visually very good.

(52m 26s)

And the satirical humor, I think, is cute.

(52m 30s)

I just don’t understand this Russian roulette thing.

(52m 32s)

Like, what are we doing here?

(52m 33s)

How does that relate to anything else with farming?

(52m 34s) Al:

[laughing]

(52m 36s) Aislinn:

Why are we Russian rouletteting in a farming game?

(52m 40s)

But I guess that is the humor of the game, right?

(52m 42s)

I don’t know.

(52m 44s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, I don’t know, I’m fascinated.

(52m 47s) Aislinn:

Who is this guy?

(52m 48s)

He looks like he could be from like Assassin’s Creed, but also not.

(52m 51s)

not. And I only say that because it was

(52m 53s)

I could see that. I could see that. I’m curious to see how this plays out. I will say that. I’m very

(52m 55s) Al:

I don’t even feel like it feels like a dragon-coise character to me more like.

(53m 5s) Aislinn:

curious to see how this plays out. I’m intrigued. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

(53m 7s) Al:

Yeah, look, whoever happens is going to sell well, because power world did and people are fascinated by this company.

(53m 14s)

Uh, yeah, uh, yes.

(53m 19s) Aislinn:

[laughing]

(53m 19s) Al:

Interestingly, I don’t know. I don’t know if you are aware of this or not, but the

(53m 20s) Aislinn:

Just yes.

(53m 24s) Al:

announced that, um, power is going to exit early access next year, which is his inference.

(53m 30s)

Um, they also announced that this game is being developed by a different team.

(53m 35s)

as a new team.

(53m 37s)

So if you were worried about that, which I’m sure some people would be

(53m 50s) Aislinn:

Hey, there’s that. At least it’s not a, it’s not another haunted chocolatier type of moment.

(53m 56s) Al:

Well, is anything is anything on to joke with your woman. I really am fascinated and I I love to see

(54m 5s)

Rumor has it there. Oh, so right. Okay. Have read a paragraph here on the island. There is a marketplace run by residents and pals where you can buy and sell crops and crafted goods

(54m 15s) Aislinn:

Our we’re reading the same thing

(54m 15s) Al:

rare

(54m 16s)

Rare items can sometimes be found there. Rumor has it. There’s also a forbidden black market hidden away in the islands for our site

(54m 23s)

guns suspicious fertilizer

(54m 26s)

all sorts of things to trade. The consequences of buying these items are entirely

(54m 32s) Aislinn:

crazy. This is nuts. I’m intrigued. I’m intrigued. I’m definitely intrigued.

(54m 36s) Al:

Look, I am, at least partially in, I’m definitely something of the monkey or the gun, yeah.

(54m 45s) Aislinn:

I like the little gif of above right above that marketplace thing of just this little guy,

(54m 51s)

just yep, this guy just pulling up with yep.

(54m 55s) Al:

What looks like a shotgun, but apparently is automatic rifle.

(55m 1s) Aislinn:

I know, yeah! The logistics of it did not make sense.

(55m 6s) Al:

I mean, if this game has some like real ethical questions that make you decide things and you can get benefits from that. But you also then have to deal with the consequences of it. I, I’m, yeah, let’s go for it. If there are consequences for me giving a pal of chainsaw.

(55m 9s) Aislinn:

Yeah, you know what, true. It doesn’t have to make sense.

(55m 29s)

We’ll see what happened.

(55m 33s) Al:

I also find it interesting, this is a third person.

(55m 36s)

game because pow world is first person.

(55m 39s) Aislinn:

Oh yeah, that’s right. Maybe it’s because it’s being developed by someone else. It also, like, generally farming games are third person, so they probably did that for that reason.

(55m 49s) Al:

Yeah. There are first person farming games, but yeah, I don’t like one.

(55m 53s) Aislinn:

I can’t even think of one off the top of my head.

(55m 55s) Al:

All right. Well, there we go. That’s, that’s the thing.

(56m 1s)

Do you have anything to talk about with a poco pia before we go on to the main topic?

(56m 7s) Aislinn:

with Pocopia. Oh, man. Um, um, I’m, I’m, I’m losing all of my time to that. I know that for sure.

(56m 7s) Al:

Let it know. I’m let, let’s let poco come on farming game.

(56m 11s)

That’s a no.

(56m 16s) Aislinn:

As long as it’s good. I, I don’t, I just don’t know what the gameplay mechanic is going to be.

(56m 21s)

I hope it’s not just, well, you know, I’ll still take it, but I hope it’s not just

(56m 25s)

Hannibal Crossing, copy and paste the Pokemon, but I will, I will still happily take it, if that’s

(56m 31s)

the case. Um, I’m looking forward to it. I’m definitely looking forward to it, and I’m definitely

(56m 35s)

I’m actually going to be…

(56m 37s)

losing, I’m sure, a lot of time in the game, regardless of how good it is.

(56m 42s)

‘Cause it looks very cute. I just hope it doesn’t feel empty.

(56m 45s)

It’s my only concern, but…

(56m 47s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, I’m very intrigued to see how it ends up. It looks very much like a dragon quest builders to to me

(56m 53s)

Which is a more involved than animal

(57m 1s) Aislinn:

Okay, so that’s good. I’ve never played Dragon Quest to be fair, so I’m not familiar, but if you say it seems like it’s going to be more involved, and that’s nice to hear, because again, yeah, I just don’t want it to be, I don’t want it to feel like empty and feel like so slow, like Animal Crossing does when you first start.

(57m 21s) Al:

Oh, yeah, I mean, I think a huge part of that is is it just being like real-time based

(57m 27s)

That massively slows down

(57m 30s)

What you can do in any?

(57m 33s)

You know gaming session

(57m 36s)

So I highly doubt

(57m 42s) Aislinn:

Yeah, I think so too. It would be kind of nice actually to have kind of the essence of animal crossing

(57m 47s)

in the sense of like real time-based, but still a way to be able to play as much as you want.

(57m 55s)

I don’t know what that would look like, but that would be nice, but I’m also not expecting

(57m 58s) Al:

Yeah, I think the problem is it’s hard to do crops on that sort of thing and and not

(58m 7s)

Because if you it’s real time, right, it doesn’t make any sense for the crops to grow in a day

(58m 12s)

And so you’re massively reducing how much you can do in any

(58m 16s)

in any week right like

(58m 20s)

It just changes how you think about things and I certainly would not like that

(58m 25s)

I think it only works in an animal crossing because it’s such a small part.

(58m 29s) Aislinn:

Yeah, yeah, it’s a good point. Okay. Yeah, I don’t know yeah

(58m 32s)

I don’t know what that would look even if you use like fertilizer or something

(58m 35s)

I don’t even know if that would

(58m 37s)

be able to

(58m 40s)

Speed up anything because again, like you said the real-time aspect does kind of put a hindrance on that

(58m 45s)

But either way I

(58m 47s)

You could give me anything and I would be happy just because it’s a cozy Pokemon game. I don’t care

(58m 50s) Al:

[laughs]

(58m 52s) Aislinn:

I am I am weak. I am losing again all of my time to it. I I am I’m happy

(58m 59s)

I’m looking forward to it a lot

(59m 1s) Al:

Yep. All right, let’s go on to the main topic of the podcast and that is Firefly Village.

(59m 9s)

So I started this game playing this game on the 18th of September. It is currently the 23rd of

(59m 17s)

September and I have 100% of the game. It took me seven hours to do that.

(59m 26s)

Aslan, I know you were planning on possibly putting an hour or so of time into this

(59m 31s)

game, did you manage to do that at all?

(59m 33s) Aislinn:

I did not, unfortunately, I wanted to before recording,

(59m 37s)

but because of my running around this morning,

(59m 40s)

I was not able to, but knowing that you were able

(59m 45s)

to get the game done that quickly,

(59m 48s)

does put this on my radar, higher, ‘cause it looks cute.

(59m 51s) Al:

So, yeah, so let’s, so introduction, it is basically a very simple

(59m 53s) Aislinn:

But I’ll let you talk about it more

(59m 54s)

before I talk about what it looks like.

(1h 1s) Al:

stargy lake. So it’s, it’s, it’s very clearly taking a lot of, you know,

(1h 7s)

influence from stargy valley. You take over a farm, you start growing crops, you have a

(1h 16s)

village where you have other people that you talk to, and you build up your farm,

(1h 21s)

there’s relationships, blah blah blah, all the usual things. But what I would say I guess is

(1h 27s)

it is all of those things simple, and it’s very deliberately simple. And I find that very

(1h 33s)

interesting. It’s not, it doesn’t feel incomplete, but it feels very deliberately simple. So I will get

(1h 40s)

into that in the examples in the mechanics, but I guess that’s just how I wanted to talk about the

(1h 45s)

game as a whole. Starting off kind of visuals-wise is obviously pixel art.

(1h 52s)

you know, not, not top down, not side-on, there was a 45 degrees on, I don’t know how you would describe

(1h 58s) Aislinn:

Yeah, the classic.

(1h 59s) Al:

45 degree angle pixel art grid based game. Your, your standard stargy like visuals.

(1h 1m 11s)

The, it does however have like character art for when you’re in the portraits, when you’re talking to

(1h 1m 16s)

them, which a lot of games have done recently as well. Um, it’s

(1h 1m 21s)

kind of what you see is what you get. If you look up on, on steam, um, what you see there is

(1h 1m 27s)

exactly what you’ll, you’ll, you’ll end up with. It’s not more or less than that. It’s very much,

(1h 1m 32s)

you know, fair advertising on the visuals aspect. Um, and control-wise, it feels very similar

(1h 1m 39s)

to stargy as well. You’re kind of like moving in a grid based aspect. It took me a little bit of

(1h 1m 44s)

time to get used to the controls just because I feel like there’s a little bit more of a delay

(1h 1m 48s)

on stopping moving than I would expect normally.

(1h 1m 51s)

So quite often I would like move one square more than I was expecting, but that you get, yeah, well, just like when you let when you let go of the button and moves more than you would have expected to after stopping pressing the button. Right.

(1h 2m 2s) Aislinn:

Oh, interesting. Okay.

(1h 2m 3s) Al:

But I think that’s just something you get used to very quickly, right, because you just your brain starts to adapt to that and you start lifting it earlier than you normally would have.

(1h 2m 13s)

Other than that is pretty standard. This is where we get into I’m going to talk about the days and the seasons. This is where we get into.

(1h 2m 21s)

But some of the simplicity of it. So the, the days feel a little bit shorter than stardew. I haven’t actually timed it, but it feels like maybe you’re getting like five to six minutes in a day, where does I think stardew is like 11 minutes in a day, something like that.

(1h 2m 39s)

It is, it is a fast day, but generally that doesn’t feel faster than you would want because everything is scaled down massively, right, like scale off.

(1h 2m 50s) Aislinn:

Ok.

(1h 2m 51s) Al:

Village things that there are to do stuff like that is massively scaled down. You don’t feel like you feel like you’ve got enough time to do what you want to do.

(1h 2m 56s) Aislinn:

Ok.

(1h 3m 1s) Al:

Seasons are seven days. So a week is a season.

(1h 3m 8s)

There’s some interesting advantages and some disadvantages. So the advantage I guess is that you can very quickly get through a year and it’s quite satisfying to get through a year.

(1h 3m 21s)

I suspect most people who play stardew valley don’t ever get through a full year. I suspect they kind of get to like middle of autumn or fall and kind of that’s done right because most people don’t complete things, but it would be very easy to get through a year, you know, very quickly. Like if you were like playing as a session, you could probably get through a year in about an hour and a half.

(1h 3m 50s) Aislinn:

Oh wow.

(1h 3m 51s) Al:

Which feels very satisfying to me being able to do it that quickly and get through everything. I guess one of the disadvantages of it is if you don’t get things done at the beginning of the season, you’re not going to get them done right because you like some things take five days to grow.

(1h 4m 7s)

If you don’t plan to on the first day or the second day or the third day, that’s it, you can’t grow it that season. So having said that, because you then only have, you know, 21 days to wait till the seasons back.

(1h 4m 21s)

Again, it doesn’t feel frustrating. Like I had done. So I did two full years and I had almost everything done, but there was like one thing I hadn’t done in summer. And so I like sped run speed run speed run. I very quickly went. I very quickly did spring so I could get to summer and then do the thing that I’d missed the previous summer because it’s just seven days. It’s really easy to do that.

(1h 4m 38s) Aislinn:

I don’t know what the phrase is either.

(1h 4m 48s)

So you would do you mind if I ask a question before you keep going?

(1h 4m 52s)

So it doesn’t feel because I guess my like reading the description of the game of it,

(1h 4m 57s)

saying a bite-sized streamline farming sim made me think that it potentially could feel rushed.

(1h 5m 5s)

So would you say it’s like that perfect pace? Is it a good middle ground of like feeling like it’s

(1h 5m 10s)

moving? It really is a streamline game, but doesn’t feel like forced or rushed.

(1h 5m 16s) Al:

I think it depends on what you’re looking for, right?

(1h 5m 18s)

Like, I could see some people feeling it’s rushed

(1h 5m 22s)

because, you know, I 100% did it in seven hours.

(1h 5m 25s)

That is fast, right?

(1h 5m 29s)

I can totally see why some people were like,

(1h 5m 31s)

that’s too fast.

(1h 5m 32s)

I want slower.

(1h 5m 35s)

Having said that, like, you can take it slower, right?

(1h 5m 39s)

Like, obviously, there is a setting for making your days slower.

(1h 5m 46s)

Because I didn’t feel the need to.

(1h 5m 49s)

But I can see why someone wanted to do that.

(1h 5m 52s)

And it’s not like you’re forced to do any of the things

(1h 5m 55s)

quickly, right?

(1h 5m 55s)

Like, I got to the point where I was trying to do it

(1h 5m 58s)

reasonably quickly so that I could, you know,

(1h 6m 1s)

have done a decent amount before the podcast.

(1h 6m 4s)

And then I realized I was like, you know,

(1h 6m 7s)

60% through the game.

(1h 6m 9s)

And I was like, oh, well, never really want to complete

(1h 6m 11s)

everything before the podcast regarding, right?

(1h 6m 14s)

So I…

(1h 6m 16s)

I’ve rushed through everything to do that. You could absolutely expand this out quite a lot and take it much slower.

(1h 6m 22s)

I also have a problem where I tend to speedrun the first.

(1h 6m 26s)

We bet of farming games anyway because I find when you can’t do a huge amount quite boring.

(1h 6m 32s)

So I will do my crops and I’ll do the kind of basic things that you need to do to, you know, build up relationships and stuff like that.

(1h 6m 39s)

And then I’ll just go to sleep. I’ll go to sleep at like, you know, midday in spring one.

(1h 6m 39s) Aislinn:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

(1h 6m 44s) Al:

Uh, just to kind of like speed things off.

(1h 6m 46s)

I didn’t feel the need to do that in this one because obviously one the days are quicker and to there’s just more happening quicker.

(1h 6m 55s)

So yeah, I guess it just depends on what you’re looking for, but you could definitely do that.

(1h 7m 2s) Aislinn:

that they give you the option because that would be my one point of concern. I think I would

(1h 7m 8s)

enjoy the fact that it’s like moving at a good pace like moving pretty quickly and I don’t mind.

(1h 7m 12s)

The fact that it takes seven hours to 100% the game. But if I was in like another move where I

(1h 7m 18s)

moved, where I did want to take things slower, I would have been curious if it felt like the game

(1h 7m 23s)

was rushing me. But it’s nice to know that you have the option to like make the game feel slower if you

(1h 7m 29s) Al:

Yeah, they’ve got standard day length and relaxed day length.

(1h 7m 32s) Aislinn:

Nice, okay, that’s good to hear.

(1h 7m 34s) Al:

Mechanics wise, there’s quite a few interesting things they do here,

(1h 7m 38s)

and I will you will continue to hear the theme of simplified.

(1h 7m 44s)

I guess maybe streamlined is probably, that’s what they use.

(1h 7m 47s)

I get why they’re using that phrase, but also I do feel like it’s accurate

(1h 7m 52s)

to say simplified as well, like it’s all simple.

(1h 7m 58s)

farming wise.

(1h 7m 59s)

It is the standard loop, you throw down a seed, you water it, you water it the next

(1h 8m 5s)

day, and then after a certain number of days, you harvest it.

(1h 8m 9s)

I guess you don’t have, I can never remember the right word, not owing, telling the land,

(1h 8m 15s)

you don’t tell the land, it’s automatic.

(1h 8m 19s)

There’s not like, there’s, you don’t sow seeds on individual plots, you, you sow them

(1h 8m 25s)

pair a three by three plot so you like you choose a seed

(1h 8m 29s)

and it will automatically go to the three by three plot so it kind of speeds that up a little bit.

(1h 8m 36s)

You’ve essentially got then six plots of farming land each of which is a three by three and so you

(1h 8m 46s)

buy six seeds and then you saw those six seeds and that gives you are was it nine by six plot of land

(1h 8m 56s)

and probably not doing justice. This is lots of numbers.

(1h 8m 59s) Aislinn:

I lost you like five numbers ago. I’m terrible with numbers. I’m just like looking up into the

(1h 8m 59s) Al:

But basically, you’re not sewing them on an individual square basis.

(1h 9m 7s) Aislinn:

ceiling to be like 9x5, 3x4, like what is going on. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. I can work with that.

(1h 9m 18s) Al:

You’re doing a three by three block. So if you choose a seed, it automatically throws it to

(1h 9m 23s)

three by three, rather than doing each individual square.

(1h 9m 26s) Aislinn:

I can understand that okay

(1h 9m 30s) Al:

Watering is exactly as you expect. You can either one watering can upgrade.

(1h 9m 39s)

The first watering can does a one square. You’re like water each individual squares individually.

(1h 9m 45s)

But then you get there’s a one upgrade that is a three by three. So that speeds things up.

(1h 9m 51s)

But it’s still again very simple, right? You wake up in the morning, you go see your plants,

(1h 9m 57s)

you water them and then.

(1h 9m 59s)

Eventually, one of the days you’ll you’ll harvest them, which can it be anything from two days to five days, I think, depending on which plant is.

(1h 10m 8s)

But it’s exactly what you would expect other than the three by three plot being automatic, everything else is exactly the same, right?

(1h 10m 16s)

You sow the seed you water it, you harvest it. It’s farming. One more, do you want? There aren’t any more of the complicated things, though, there’s no like fertilizer and stuff like that.

(1h 10m 22s) Aislinn:

Bear bear

(1h 10m 26s)

Okay, you don’t really need it because if everything goes by so fast anyway as I would I would

(1h 10m 30s) Al:

Well, exactly, and it doesn’t have like quality of it. It’s just you have a crop, you have a crop, right? Like, if you have a tobacco, it’s a tomato.

(1h 10m 38s) Aislinn:

Yes. Yeah.

(1h 10m 41s) Al:

If you’re trying to be a, you know, a streamlined farming game, you don’t add things like that. I totally get why that that’s not there.

(1h 10m 49s)

Oh, I forgot about an overall thing, your bag. This is the one thing I don’t like about the bag, but I get why they’ve done it, but I still don’t like it. There aren’t, there’s no stack.

(1h 10m 59s)

So if you have six tomatoes, that takes up six spaces, not a fan of that. But having said that, there’s very little you do with things in this game, other than sell them.

(1h 11m 4s) Aislinn:

What? No.

(1h 11m 16s) Al:

So essentially, you pick up your tomatoes and you throw them straight in the shipping bin. So you don’t tend to be storing anything, but that’s good because the storage in this game is terrible, right?

(1h 11m 27s)

your bag is your

(1h 11m 27s) Aislinn:

11, I see 11. I’m watching the pre-recorded broadcast on the Steam page as we’re talking.

(1h 11m 29s) Al:

bag is get this 11 spaces you can store 11 things in your bag

(1h 11m 40s) Aislinn:

I’m just watching the gameplay. I just saw the 11 spots that you have.

(1h 11m 43s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, so it’s a three by four grid, but one of them is taken up by the bin. So it’s not 12. It’s a living

(1h 11m 50s) Aislinn:

Oh my gosh. Okay. It’s not terrible because of everything else you’ve said, but I’m just like,

(1h 11m 53s) Al:

Really silly, but

(1h 11m 56s) Aislinn:

oh, if we could just get like a little patch for that, that would be kind.

(1h 11m 56s) Al:

Yeah, and I was I was I was very annoyed by that initially and then I was like, oh, you know what?

(1h 12m 3s)

It’s fine because of everything else in the game kind of pushing you towards like just get it done

(1h 12m 10s)

the you can buy.

(1h 12m 13s)

one chest and that gives you 12 spaces in it. I think it’s 12 rather than 11. Let me check. I’ve got the game running here. Nope. That’s a living as well. The noise six. It’s six. My bad. It’s six. The chest is six. The chest is also like 4000 monies. It’s very expensive compared to a lot of things in the game. So I didn’t buy the chest till the end of the game because there was no point. I wasn’t really using it for anything either.

(1h 12m 23s) Aislinn:

It’s six, even less.

(1h 12m 41s) Al:

Like the only

(1h 12m 43s)

There is one big disadvantage to this storage and that is if you go and buy a bunch of seeds

(1h 12m 48s)

Because you don’t think about the storage, right? You go buy 11 seeds because that’s how many can store though

(1h 12m 53s)

You shouldn’t be buying 11 but let’s say you buy 11 seeds because you buy them actually

(1h 12m 57s)

No, you actually know I just remembered that this it doesn’t let you buy more than six seeds at once

(1h 13m 2s)

Because that’s how many you can you can so but if you buy six and then you buy another six

(1h 13m 8s)

You have to keep those in storage

(1h 13m 11s)

And because they won’t stack.

(1h 13m 13s)

You now have six out of your living spaces in your inventory stored up, unless you have the chest, in which case your entire chest is full of seeds, until the next time you can use them, which might be 21 days.

(1h 13m 27s)

Right? Because of your seasons.

(1h 13m 29s) Aislinn:

Goodness. Yeah.

(1h 13m 32s) Al:

So, it’s not a big problem, but if you’re not thinking about things early on, you might be in the position where you either have to sell seeds you’ve just bought, or, or…

(1h 13m 41s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(1h 13m 43s) Al:

have terrible storage for the next year.

(1h 13m 46s) Aislinn:

[laughs]

(1h 13m 47s)

Okay, definitely noted for myself,

(1h 13m 50s)

‘cause I likely will eventually play this game.

(1h 13m 52s)

So definitely, definitely noted.

(1h 13m 55s)

Oh, yup, my bag is full.

(1h 13m 57s)

Okay, I watched that happen with all the turnips.

(1h 14m)

Yeah, okay, at least the shipment chest

(1h 14m 2s)

is like right there too,

(1h 14m 3s)

but that is overall like frustrating

(1h 14m 8s)

and I don’t see a reason why.

(1h 14m 11s)

You shouldn’t be able to stack things in your storage.

(1h 14m 17s)

Like I know the game is encouraging you to keep going and again just bringing it back to that streamlined gameplay loop.

(1h 14m 26s)

But I feel like you can still have a streamlined gameplay loop but allow at least stacking in your back.

(1h 14m 34s) Al:

Yeah, I do think it would, I think it would be better to have stacking.

(1h 14m 39s) Aislinn:

I don’t think it would hurt the game in any way.

(1h 14m 41s) Al:

There’s no stamina in this game. It’s purely the time. So if you have the time to do a

(1h 14m 45s)

thing, you can do the thing.

(1h 14m 46s) Aislinn:

Oh, that’s nice, actually.

(1h 14m 48s) Al:

I am, yeah, I’m definitely moving towards the, I, I do think that you should either have

(1h 14m 48s) Aislinn:

If I want to mine forever.

(1h 14m 55s) Al:

stamina or time, uh, automatic time. And I, it was the one thing I liked about

(1h 15m 1s)

you could do that island or wherever it was called.

(1h 15m 4s)

That terrible game. The one thing I liked about that was it flipped that

(1h 15m 8s)

around and it had stamina but it didn’t have time like you just decided

(1h 15m 13s)

when it was the end of the day and I’d like more more games to kind of play

(1h 15m 18s)

around with that idea but it does annoy me now when games have both and it’s like

(1h 15m 24s)

I have a limited amount of time but I also have a limited amount of stamina and

(1h 15m 29s)

And so it’s like, what are you focusing on doing?

(1h 15m 34s)

And it’s like, if you use up all your stamina, you don’t feel like you should just go to bed straight away because you also have limited, having those two limitations, they’re always in competition with each other and I don’t like that.

(1h 15m 46s) Aislinn:

Yeah. I agree. I’m the same way. I mean, there’s there’s definitely a reason why I installed mods for Stardew was to be able to give myself the option.

(1h 15m 57s)

If I want to keep mining for the entire day, but let the time run, I could just turn on the mod and click unlimited stamina and I could just keep mining if I want to if that’s what I’m feeling in that moment.

(1h 16m 8s)

So I also wish that more games played around with either or of those and allowed for like more.

(1h 16m 16s)

More flexibility, depending on your preferred playstyle.

(1h 16m 20s) Al:

Yep, yup, yup, yup.

(1h 16m 20s) Aislinn:

For me, it’s like the essence of like limited time takes away from the coziness of a game for me because I feel pressured.

(1h 16m 28s)

Even though I know I don’t I know I don’t actually have to, but like I still can’t help but feel that pressure because of the time clicking.

(1h 16m 34s) Al:

Yeah, yeah. I think that’s the thing is like I’m fine with either of them existing, but only one of them, because you know, having a limitation makes sense in your game, but having two of them makes it like especially as you say in cozy games, having two of them makes it doubly stressful, because like in this game, when the time runs out, you’re like, okay, fine. I did all the things I needed to do today, and yeah, I didn’t get everything done I wanted to, but it’s fine because I’ve not wasted stamina.

(1h 16m 41s) Aislinn:

Yeah. Yeah.

(1h 17m 4s) Al:

Because the stamina doesn’t exist, and I used up all my time, and I was doing things the entire time in that time, so it’s not like I wasted anything.

(1h 17m 10s)

Whereas the problem is it’s like when you run out of stamina and you either have to go to bed or have to, you know, eat something to give you more stamina, you feel like you’re wasting something, because you’re like to take advantage of this limited resource, I have to use up a different limited resource.

(1h 17m 11s) Aislinn:

Yeah.

(1h 17m 16s)

Mm-hmm.

(1h 17m 18s)

Yeah.

(1h 17m 28s)

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I definitely, you are, you are preaching to the choir right now. I want 1,000% agree,

(1h 17m 35s)

and that has been a big issue for me, I think, with truly, truly getting into, like, more farming games in general,

(1h 17m 42s)

is it just, it’s, it’s like shuffling of resources and feeling like the pressure.

(1h 17m 48s)

Even though I know it’s not actually supposed to be pressure, like you can do whatever you want,

(1h 17m 53s)

you could do absolutely nothing but me being me.

(1h 17m 55s) Al:

Yeah. It’s still an arbitrary number that it’s taking down the entire time.

(1h 17m 58s) Aislinn:

Yeah, I can’t exactly. I can’t help but feel the pressure.

(1h 18m 1s) Al:

For sure. Yeah. So I like that animals. So this is an interesting one. So you can have a dog.

(1h 18m 11s) Aislinn:

[laughing]

(1h 18m 12s) Al:

There’s a dog. The dog does nothing else doesn’t exist, but you don’t have to, you know,

(1h 18m 16s)

have to do anything for them either. So that’s fine. You just, you know, say hello to him in the

(1h 18m 20s)

morning. He has a little love heart. All good. You move on with your day. Um,

(1h 18m 25s)

there are cows and chickens. You can buy three cows and three chickens. Um,

(1h 18m 31s)

you don’t have to feed them. You interact with them once a day to get their buy

(1h 18m 35s)

product and they’re happy. And that’s it. Pretty much. Um, you can also buy our mayonnaise

(1h 18m 40s) Aislinn:

Huh, okay, that’s simple.

(1h 18m 43s) Al:

machine and our cheese machine. Um, but it’s just you interact with it and it automatically

(1h 18m 50s)

turns everyone you have in storage in your bag into that thing.

(1h 18m 55s)

So if you interact with it and you have one egg, you get one mayonnaise. If you

(1h 18m 58s)

interact you have three eggs you get three mayonnaise. But that’s pretty much it.

(1h 19m 3s) Aislinn:

Okay. That’s nice that it lets you do everything in one go rather than like you have to make one mayonnaise at a time, individually, you can make three in one go if you have the three with you. That’s nice, but I guess you also have to be careful if you didn’t want to make mayonnaise or multiple mayonnaise and you just want to one. Now you just made for five.

(1h 19m 20s) Al:

I don’t think, yeah, I don’t think you care, right?

(1h 19m 24s)

The only time I think you would actually care is if for some reason you wanted to make a fried egg

(1h 19m 28s)

because there’s cooking in this game. But like, there are three things you can do with an egg.

(1h 19m 32s)

You can sell it for like 60 or you can turn into mayonnaise and sell it for 100 or you can turn it

(1h 19m 41s) Aislinn:

Okay.

(1h 19m 41s) Al:

into a fried egg and sell it for 70. So it’s like, why are you doing anything other than turning

(1h 19m 46s) Aislinn:

Oh.

(1h 19m 48s) Al:

and to me, it is.

(1h 19m 50s)

I made exactly one fried egg and it was for the achievement.

(1h 19m 50s) Aislinn:

Yeah, you know what?

(1h 19m 51s)

All rosely to mayonnaise, got it.

(1h 20m)

I’ll see if you’re the achievement hunter then you’re doing the fried egg otherwise you’re rolling in mayonnaise

(1h 20m 6s) Al:

exactly.

(1h 20m 9s)

Because there is cooking in this game, the cooking is very simple, streamlined, if

(1h 20m 14s)

you will, you interact with the kitchen, you choose one piece of food and it either turns

(1h 20m 23s)

into a different piece of food or nothing happens.

(1h 20m 26s)

You can do three things a day, so you can do three cooking’s a day in total, and some

(1h 20m 32s)

things turn into food and some don’t.

(1h 20m 34s)

with you if you… if you…

(1h 20m 37s)

if you interact with an egg, it turns into a fried egg, if you interact with a tomato, it turns into a tomato soup, if you interact with corn, it turns into popcorn, if you interact with lettuce, it turns into coleslaw, if you interact with cheese, it does nothing, if you interact with milk, it does nothing, these things are just things.

(1h 20m 54s) Aislinn:

If you interact with, if you interact with lettuce and you don’t have mayonnaise, you still

(1h 20m 59s)

get coleslaw, double the mayonnaise, oh, all roads lead to mayonnaise, you’re just rolling in mayonnaise,

(1h 21m) Al:

You do. It’s one item, one thing. It’s obviously a very… it’s obviously a very simple…

(1h 21m 6s)

coleslaw. As you say, everything… everything leads to mayonnaise.

(1h 21m 15s)

The coleslaw is very funny as well. It looks like it’s like rainbow colored.

(1h 21m 16s) Aislinn:

oh, mayonnaise, that’s

(1h 21m 22s) Al:

I don’t know what to say.

(1h 21m 24s) Aislinn:

it. Very big.

(1h 21m 25s) Al:

Mayonnaise.

(1h 21m 27s)

All roads indeed mayonnaise is obviously this episode title.

(1h 21m 32s)

mining is a pretty much

(1h 21m 54s) Aislinn:

Thank God. That’s so good. That’s so good. I’d be a wreck

(1h 22m 5s)

Oh, yeah. So…

(1h 22m 6s) Al:

possible to store that all with their. But the ores the ores do count towards your storage, but you don’t use them for anything other than gifts and selling.

(1h 22m 17s) Aislinn:

Okay, all right, so the separate storage for wood and rocks is that just an unlimited storage or is that also limited?

(1h 22m 27s) Al:

I don’t know. I never went higher than 230 because I didn’t need more than that and by the

(1h 22m 33s)

time I needed that much I’d already used at all. It’s only for house upgrades and the top

(1h 22m 33s) Aislinn:

Okay. All right. Cool.

(1h 22m 39s) Al:

one is 200 of each. So yeah, I suspect if there is a limit, it’s like $9.99 and you

(1h 22m 41s) Aislinn:

Okay. That’s in my brain. That’s basically all emitted.

(1h 22m 45s)

Okay.

(1h 22m 49s)

Okay.

(1h 22m 50s) Al:

don’t need more than like 800 in the entire game. I’m not going to find out if the

(1h 22m 54s) Aislinn:

Cool. All right.

(1h 22m 57s) Al:

there’s a limit. I’m not wasting time. Because it’s one, it’s one rock gives you one rock.

(1h 22m 57s) Aislinn:

No, that’s totally okay. If anything, that might.

(1h 23m 2s) Al:

So I’d have to do a thousand rocks. I’m not doing that.

(1h 23m 3s) Aislinn:

That might be, it may or may not be if I am able to find more time and I’m not running around as much, that might be something that I may try to investigate because I love mining. So that could be a personal projects. Yeah.

(1h 23m 13s) Al:

That’s the real grinding for you.

(1h 23m 25s) Aislinn:

That could be my personal project.

(1h 23m 29s) Al:

Fishing is basically animal crossing fishing.

(1h 23m 33s)

So you see a shadow in the water, you real, you cast, there you go, you cast your fishing

(1h 23m 41s)

into the water.

(1h 23m 43s)

You see an exclamation mark, you press the button, you reel in.

(1h 23m 47s)

There’s different like fish.

(1h 23m 49s)

I think there’s like 12 fish or something like that.

(1h 23m 53s)

I lost track.

(1h 23m 54s)

Okay, here’s my real complaint about this game.

(1h 23m 57s)

There is no list of what fish and crops you’ve got and which ones you haven’t caught.

(1h 24m 3s)

It’s very annoying because it’s like there is an achievement to catch one of every fish.

(1h 24m 6s)

But I was like, I don’t know which fish I’ve caught and which ones I’ve not caught.

(1h 24m 9s) Aislinn:

Oh, yeah. That is. I guess you’d have to break out an Excel sheet.

(1h 24m 10s) Al:

And that’s very annoying.

(1h 24m 13s)

I would like a list of all the fish I’ve got.

(1h 24m 15s)

Well, I mean, I even then, how would I know what I’ve done before?

(1h 24m 18s)

I don’t know why I’ve done in the past if there’s no log of it, right?

(1h 24m 22s) Aislinn:

You got it. You got to manually type out the Excel sheet. Every time you catch a fish.

(1h 24m 26s) Al:

But no, even then, I would, but you’d have to know beforehand to do that.

(1h 24m 30s)

I spent a year in game not knowing there wasn’t a list and not knowing that I’d even existed.

(1h 24m 30s) Aislinn:

Oh, I know.

(1h 24m 36s)

Yeah, that, that, that, I…

(1h 24m 39s)

I would agree. That’s, that’s pretty nuts that there’s no list in game, especially since the achievement exists. Yeah, the achievement exists.

(1h 24m 44s) Al:

because clearly they’re keeping track of it, they’re keeping track of it. Tell me, tell me what I have.

(1h 24m 50s) Aislinn:

That is valid. That is very valid.

(1h 24m 51s) Al:

What? The village layout is quite simple. You’ve got your farm and then there’s like the town

(1h 24m 57s)

and then there’s a foresty area with like a river. There’s a shop for buying seeds and stuff

(1h 25m 5s)

from. There’s an animal shop and then there’s kind of your usual people around and about and

(1h 25m 11s)

the usual archetypes. The shop is

(1h 25m 14s)

interesting. This one is also very similar to Animal Crossing. It will start like four items a day,

(1h 25m 20s)

and they’re randomly generated. But that adds to the annoyance of the seasons being seven days,

(1h 25m 27s)

right? Because this is why it took me so long to do tomatoes, specifically for the cooking

(1h 25m 34s)

achievement. I hadn’t done tomato soup because I didn’t have the cooking facilities because that’s

(1h 25m 42s)

like the first house upgrade and have that in the first

(1h 25m 44s)

car here and then the second year I was trying to do all of the cooking as I was going so I was like growing all of the crops I could I didn’t get tomatoes in the shop until day four of the season and they take five days to grow.

(1h 25m 58s)

So I just couldn’t grow tomatoes that year.

(1h 25m 59s) Aislinn:

Oh, yeah.

(1h 26m 1s) Al:

That was really annoying is like why am I not the first day I was like okay fine I’ve not got them today not the end of the world I’ll get them I might get them tomorrow.

(1h 26m 11s)

go in the second date, still not there.

(1h 26m 14s)

And it’s impossible for me to grow them.

(1h 26m 17s) Aislinn:

Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think I also would agree with your complaint there,

(1h 26m 29s)

but I’m a little bit more lax on that in the sense that at least like, it’s a cozy

(1h 26m 36s)

game at the end of the day. You’re not supposed to rush it. So like, sure, but like, no, I

(1h 26m 40s) Al:

rush it. I would, I’d already done a bunch of it. This was me trying to finish the achievements,

(1h 26m 43s) Aislinn:

Go!

(1h 26m 45s) Al:

and I had to just speedrun a year to get the next season so I could actually grow the tomatoes.

(1h 26m 47s) Aislinn:

Yeah, but the grind of farming, I thought you liked farming!

(1h 26m 55s) Al:

I had done literally everything else in the game by this point.

(1h 27m) Aislinn:

But you gotta keep grinding your farming, you know? It’s therapeutic, you know? It’s cozy!

(1h 27m 6s) Al:

I spent a lot of time sleeping that year. Let’s put it that way.

(1h 27m 11s)

I was hibernating.

(1h 27m 12s) Aislinn:

You’re a sleep your character caught up all the

(1h 27m 17s)

your character caught up on all the lost sleep over the past two years and the third year just trying to make to all the energy preservation with sleeping when into the tomato soup that you made.

(1h 27m 26s) Al:

That was an amazing tomato soup, the whole one bowl of it I made.

(1h 27m 31s) Aislinn:

Gonna be have like gold flex in it. It’s a sprinkling of truffle like.

(1h 27m 40s) Al:

There are festivals in the game. They’re on specific days and they’re specific things.

(1h 27m 47s)

I won’t say too much about them because I feel like that would kind of

(1h 27m 51s)

ruin the story for people. But they’re fun. I enjoyed them. The tie-in to the characters a lot,

(1h 27m 59s)

and again, I’m not going to talk about individual characters, but I found most of the characters

(1h 28m 5s)

interesting and fun to get to know. They are similar

(1h 28m 10s)

to everything else in the game. They are simplified, streamlined, sorry, but they were fun and a lot of them are kind of, you know,

(1h 28m 21s)

trophy caricatures as they’re not on the level of stargy, but they were they were fun anyway. The relationship system is the max of three hearts and it’s basically just by gifting them.

(1h 28m 40s)

There are gifts that they will dislike and there are gifts that they will love, but I found that most items most people liked. So it took quite a while for me to find a gift that someone disliked or that they loved, but you do get it and you get quite a big boost for a love and you do get a downgrade for dislike and it was very sad when I first gave someone something they disliked and I’m like, whoa, what was this reaction? My word, calm down.

(1h 29m 5s) Aislinn:

is there is when you find out that character dislikes, I guess in this case mushrooms, for example,

(1h 29m 11s) Al:

I’m sorry that I didn’t know you didn’t like mushrooms, right? You never told me that.

(1h 29m 22s) Aislinn:

is there a documentation anywhere in the game or is that also lacking? Okay, question answered.

(1h 29m 26s) Al:

What do you think, yeah, no, I would like, this goes back to the same thing about the fishing

(1h 29m 35s)

thing. I would like more documentation of this stuff. I’d like a list of the characters and their

(1h 29m 39s) Aislinn:

Okay, I guess noted for myself to just take physical notes.

(1h 29m 40s) Al:

heart levels and what I’ve learned about them that would be nice. They do tell, yeah, they do

(1h 29m 48s)

also tell you in just conversation sometimes, like they’ll be like, oh, I did have one guy tell me

(1h 29m 53s)

that he didn’t like sunflower seeds at one point, and I was like, “Oh!”

(1h 29m 56s)

It’s interesting, I wonder why he’s told me that, and then I realized this, because he doesn’t want you to give him sunflower seeds, and you know, I’ve had people tell me, like, “Oh, I love this,” or whatever. It’s great. It’s kind of like, just generic text as you’re talking to them, but it’s there. But you’ve got to

(1h 30m 17s) Aislinn:

Okay, good to know.

(1h 30m 18s)

Yeah, definitely I would just have a little notebook

(1h 30m 20s)

or like a little Excel sheet or something

(1h 30m 21s) Al:

Yeah.

(1h 30m 23s)

Excel probably feels over the top.

(1h 30m 25s)

There’s like four relationships.

(1h 30m 29s) Aislinn:

Okay, so physical notes are notes in my phone or something.

(1h 30m 31s) Al:

Yeah, it’s four characters and they all have,

(1h 30m 34s)

I think, one dislike and one love.

(1h 30m 38s)

But it’s fine.

(1h 30m 40s)

It was fun, so once you get them to one star,

(1h 30m 43s)

they’ll ask you if you wanna go in and hang out,

(1h 30m 46s)

and you have a little cutscene with them.

(1h 30m 48s)

And then when you get them to three stars,

(1h 30m 49s)

So don’t do it again and don’t.

(1h 30m 51s)

Talk about how much they like you and there’s very definitely some flirting happening, but there’s no explicit

(1h 31m)

Romantic rest their relationships, but at least one of them was very much flirting with you and it’s clear there’s something there, but there’s no

(1h 31m 12s) Aislinn:

Okay, does it feel like this game because I did notice that this or firefly village was

(1h 31m 20s)

The first game it seems like for this to this developer

(1h 31m 24s)

Does it feel like there could be a follow-up game in regards to these characters?

(1h 31m 29s)

So does it seem like it’s like kind of a standalone game since you said that it just kind of like alludes to a romantic something something

(1h 31m 35s)

But doesn’t like explicitly

(1h 31m 38s) Al:

I would be more likely, I think, that they would update the game rather than another game that

(1h 31m 45s) Aislinn:

Right, okay, that’s a better question.

(1h 31m 45s) Al:

includes that. I don’t, I don’t think the characters are interesting enough to be like,

(1h 31m 50s)

oh, here there’s the Firefly Village Extended Universe. It would be fun to have a little bit more

(1h 31m 54s) Aislinn:

[laughs]

(1h 31m 57s) Al:

with the characters, but that’s, that’s about it.

(1h 31m 59s) Aislinn:

Okay, yeah, that makes sense.

(1h 32m 1s)

Yeah, that’s that’s actually a better question.

(1h 32m 3s)

So you can see this game potentially having like a future update whether it’s free update or DLC or…

(1h 32m 9s) Al:

Yeah, I mean, I don’t I don’t want to pressure any end of indie dev to do anything like that, but I feel like if there was an update that included, you know, further relationship progression and a few other things, then I could see that it would feel natural, it wouldn’t feel

(1h 32m 29s) Aislinn:

Okay, cool. Good to know. Yeah, obviously we’re not expecting it or like saying with this need DLC blah, blah, blah

(1h 32m 35s)

It’s just more so like does it feel like it could potentially happen if the opportunity to present itself which seems to be the case

(1h 32m 36s) Al:

No, no, no.

(1h 32m 36s)

I think, yeah, yeah.

(1h 32m 43s)

Yeah, I mean, I think for what the game is,

(1h 32m 46s)

like it costs nine dollars, I think, seven pounds.

(1h 32m 52s)

It is, it feels very much worth it.

(1h 32m 55s)

It’s a fun little experience, right?

(1h 32m 57s)

Like, you’re not expecting for that amount of money

(1h 32m 59s)

to have a stargy experience.

(1h 33m 2s)

It’s from a single day, I mean, I know stargy was as well,

(1h 33m 6s)

it feels, streamlined as the right term for it.

(1h 33m 11s)

And I have very much enjoyed it.

(1h 33m 14s)

And for what the money that it is,

(1h 33m 15s)

it was a fun little, you know, under 10 hour experience.

(1h 33m 21s)

I always find it funny when people complain

(1h 33m 22s)

about games being too short,

(1h 33m 24s)

when they’re like 10 hours long,

(1h 33m 26s)

‘cause I’m like, that’s like five films for the price of one.

(1h 33m 30s) Aislinn:

Yeah, right

(1h 33m 33s) Al:

You know, I get it when it’s like $70.

(1h 33m 36s)

But when it’s less than 10, you know, you’re getting multiple films worth of content for the

(1h 33m 45s) Aislinn:

Yeah, I agree. I mean, just from you telling me about it, like, I feel inclined to want to play this game sooner rather than later.

(1h 33m 55s)

So that in itself is telling someone that does not like to have multiple farming games in the rotation.

(1h 34m 2s)

And just struggles to pick them up in general, because as much as I like them, it’s also like how many farming games do I need.

(1h 34m 8s)

But I like that this one is like very, as the word that they use, they picked very good words to describe this game.

(1h 34m 13s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah, I think of it kind of like, um, uh, Christmas films. Every Christmas film, you know,

(1h 34m 24s)

what’s going to happen in that Christmas film, but that doesn’t make it less enjoyable

(1h 34m 27s)

if you like Christmas films. This is very much like the standard tropey farming game. And

(1h 34m 35s)

you know what you’re getting out of this. But that’s what you’re expecting. And that’s

(1h 34m 39s)

what you enjoy and you see these things. You’re like, “Oh, it’s this thing. I love this thing.”

(1h 34m 44s)

Please, excuse me.

(1h 34m 46s)

So, like, if that sounds fun to you, then this is something that you might want.

(1h 34m 50s)

And if it sounds like something you’re like, “Oh, I hate these tropes, then don’t watch it.”

(1h 34m 56s)

Right? Like, if you hate cheesy Christmas films, don’t go watch a cheesy Christmas film. I don’t know what you want from me.

(1h 35m) Aislinn:

Yeah, okay. Yeah. No, that sounds, I mean, I do like, I do love rather the essence of farming games.

(1h 35m 8s)

So to have it in a more digestible version is nice, especially because as of as of recently when I do pick up games,

(1h 35m 15s)

I pick up games in like 30 minute increments. So I could stretch this out over a good while. I make it feel like

(1h 35m 19s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. And yeah. And in that sort of that time period, if you’re

(1h 35m 22s) Aislinn:

fully valuable without it feeling like overwhelming like start you can feel like even like for me,

(1h 35m 27s)

like fields of mystery I can feel, etc.

(1h 35m 33s) Al:

playing half an hour at a time, you could either like do like two to three days if you’re like

(1h 35m 38s)

taking things relaxed or you could get through a week and have a season every playthrough and you

(1h 35m 43s)

would still get you know a good like five to ten game.

(1h 35m 49s)

The game sessions in it before you’re feeling like you’ve done everything.

(1h 35m 54s) Aislinn:

Yeah, that sounds great. That sounds perfect, honestly. Something just more digestible and less lower

(1h 36m)

lower stakes but still feeling like a full farming game experience.

(1h 36m 6s) Al:

Yes, yeah, I agree. I think if if it sounds interesting to you

(1h 36m 11s)

Listener then it’s probably worth it. You know, it’s it’s cheap enough as well that it’s

(1h 36m 16s)

You don’t feel you know

(1h 36m 19s)

Horrible if it’s not something you stick a whole bunch of time into

(1h 36m 24s) Aislinn:

I mean, it looks it just looks cute.

(1h 36m 24s) Al:

Oh here we go. I’ve got his four four minutes apparently. It says on the

(1h 36m 31s) Aislinn:

Oh, perfect.

(1h 36m 34s)

I had another question.

(1h 36m 37s)

I’m trying to think, oh, with, okay,

(1h 36m 40s)

so with the game being shorter,

(1h 36m 43s)

does it still feel like it’s like more impactful

(1h 36m 48s)

or like meaningful?

(1h 36m 49s)

Like, does it leave a mark on you at all?

(1h 36m 51s) Al:

Yeah, I’m not gonna be sitting here in two years thinking about this the way I do do with

(1h 36m 51s) Aislinn:

Obviously, it doesn’t have to be like a strong mark

(1h 36m 54s)

as a farming game.

(1h 36m 55s)

But in regards to like the characters,

(1h 36m 56s)

you said you enjoyed them even though they’re trophy,

(1h 36m 58s)

but does it leave like a little bit of an impact on you?

(1h 37m 5s) Al:

stargy, you know, five years later, six, seven years later, whether eight years late, I forget so

(1h 37m 10s)

many years. Um, like, I’m not gonna still be thinking about any of these characters the way I think

(1h 37m 16s)

about Linus from Stardew, right? But you know I had fun

(1h 37m 21s)

and there is enough there to be like you know I’ve spent nearly a week

(1h 37m 27s)

thinking about this game and enjoying it and that’s quite a lot for something as

(1h 37m 33s)

simple as it is. You’re not gonna, your life isn’t gonna be changed playing it, but it’s fun, you know.

(1h 37m 37s) Aislinn:

Yeah

(1h 37m 39s)

Because I was thinking in like the the mindset of like going back to Wanda stop

(1h 37m 44s)

Playing that game how short it was, but it’s still it has been ruminating and I don’t know how long it’s going to ruminate in my brain

(1h 37m 51s)

But it has been ruminating in my brain for quite a while since I’ve played it and again very short game

(1h 37m 59s)

very simple gameplay loop

(1h 38m 1s)

left a very big impact on me, but that doesn’t

(1h 38m 7s)

This game well, it seems like this game doesn’t necessarily do that, but it doesn’t take away from the game either, which is nice

(1h 38m 12s)

I

(1h 38m 14s) Al:

Yeah, no, not really, not a huge amount.

(1h 38m 14s) Aislinn:

Was just curious if there was like a character moment or something that was like oh man

(1h 38m 18s)

I’m gonna remember this for a little bit

(1h 38m 21s) Al:

I mean, I liked a kind of the cutscenes,

(1h 38m 26s)

but there’s not a humongous amount

(1h 38m 27s)

that I’m still remembering about them now.

(1h 38m 30s)

But that’s, yeah, that is what it is.

(1h 38m 32s)

I will say the one thing I think if you love the idea

(1h 38m 39s)

of expanding a farm and seeing it go from something small

(1h 38m 44s)

this is the one thing that I think we’d be missing

(1h 38m 46s)

from this is very static.

(1h 38m 48s)

You expand your house and you upgrade your watering can once,

(1h 38m 54s)

but that’s about it.

(1h 38m 55s)

There’s no like adding of land.

(1h 38m 57s)

There’s no like, you can basically,

(1h 39m)

the day one you can plant all of the plants

(1h 39m 3s)

that you’re able to plant in the same as

(1h 39m 5s)

at the end of the game.

(1h 39m 6s)

So there’s not like that you know, greater progression

(1h 39m 11s) Aislinn:

Right, I mean that’s I think that’s okay. Well, if you wanted to like

(1h 39m 15s)

Would the game feel satisfying if you did want to like replay it even since you’re not able to like continue expecting?

(1h 39m 22s) Al:

I could see somebody trying, uh, I could see, uh, speed runner getting into this.

(1h 39m 29s) Aislinn:

Okay, all right, that’s actually pretty cool.

(1h 39m 30s) Al:

I’m being like, how, how do I, you know, make the, the most efficient possible?

(1h 39m 37s)

I could see you someone doing that.

(1h 39m 38s) Aislinn:

But otherwise, past that, maybe not. Okay, fair. Okay, fair.

(1h 39m 41s) Al:

Probably not.

(1h 39m 42s)

Yeah, it probably not.

(1h 39m 44s)

There’s, there’s not a huge amount of replay value there.

(1h 39m 47s)

I don’t think other than speed running.

(1h 39m 49s) Aislinn:

Okay, I mean, it’s less than $10, so that makes sense. Maybe replay it again, and when you forget

(1h 39m 52s) Al:

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(1h 39m 55s) Aislinn:

most of the story, like, five years down the line, when haunt or chocolatier is still not out, you know?

(1h 40m 5s) Al:

All right.

(1h 40m 6s)

Well, thank you.

(1h 40m 12s) Aislinn:

you for having me? Really the biggest thing is, thank you for having me again, even though

(1h 40m 17s) Al:

where you can be found.

(1h 40m 24s) Aislinn:

I wasn’t able to get around to playing this game. I look forward to playing this game.

(1h 40m 29s)

If you want to find me elsewhere, you can find me on multiple social medias at Ace Trainer,

(1h 40m 40s)

I.S. Trainer.

(1h 40m 43s)

Whether it’s blue sky, instagram, threads, just not Twitter, essentially, obviously I stream on Twitch, but as of right now I’m doing a lot of co-working because I am melting over preparing for a work-turning that I have coming up in October.

(1h 40m 58s)

But otherwise Chris and I also just as you were mentioning in the being of the podcast, we are trying to get back into the swing of things with Moo and Coo, so we have our own podcast Moo and Coo that we’re trying to get back into.

(1h 41m 12s)

Otherwise though, nothing really else. I’m just happy to be here after it being a while because I’ve just been I’ve been wanting to pop in on more episodes and whatnot, but it’s been just very busy and I am like on a even trying to like message me has been on like a three to five minutes business day cycle.

(1h 41m 29s)

So this was nice to just be able to like record with you and chat with you about a cozy game.

(1h 41m 38s) Al:

You can find the podcast on tumblr and on blue sky at THS bod you can send us feedback on our website, which I’ve fixed because I

(1h 41m 47s)

noticed nobody will have heard this while we’re recording, but

(1h 41m 51s)

when I said this on

(1h 41m 54s)

the

(1h 41m 56s)

this week’s

(1h 41m 57s)

episode, which is coming out tomorrow as we record, um, I noticed that the website was broken the contact form was broken on it

(1h 42m) Aislinn:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 42m 4s) Al:

And it has apparently been broken since May

(1h 42m 8s)

So I have fixed that has are so if you’ve been trying to send us feedback on the website and you weren’t able to you can do it now

(1h 42m 19s)

So that was that was a mistake um

(1h 42m 22s)

The yes, you can do that there. You can also find links to everything to do with the podcast including a link to our patreon patreon patreon.com/ths pod

(1h 42m 30s)

Where you can get access to our slack and talk about things and see pictures of Cody’s new

(1h 42m 33s) Aislinn:

Very cozy

(1h 42m 38s) Al:

B

(1h 42m 38s) Aislinn:

Oh my god literally

(1h 42m 40s)

Screaming crying so cute like I saw that. I was like I am gonna throw up. I cannot get over how cute

(1h 42m 48s) Al:

You can also see Johnny argue about how the Silicon episode shouldn’t happen

(1h 42m 57s)

And you can also get access to our bonus episodes of the podcast

(1h 43m)

There should have been one just released when this comes out with me and Kevin talking about this year’s super hero films

(1h 43m 9s)

I’ve watched all of them. He’s watched none of them

(1h 43m 12s) Aislinn:

I’m looking forward to that.

(1h 43m 14s) Al:

It’s a fun it’s a fun dynamic. Let’s put it that way

(1h 43m 19s)

We’ve got some more coming up obviously. It’s it’s needing the end of the year. We’ll have a game of the year episode

(1h 43m 27s)

Where we do we do our non farming game of the year on the greenhouse and some other things planned as well

(1h 43m 35s)

So get up there if you want that. Yeah, I think that’s everything. Thank you. Is Len again for joining me?

(1h 43m 41s) Aislinn:

Thank you for having me.

(1h 43m 42s) Al:

Thank you listeners for listening and until next time have a good harvest

(1h 43m 47s) Theme Tune:

The Harvest Season is created by Alan McHenry, with support from our patrons, including our

(1h 43m 56s)

pro farmers, Kevin Stewart and Alisa.

(1h 44m)

Our art is done by Micah the Brave and our music is done by Nick Burgess.

(1h 44m 4s)

Feel free to visit our website, harvestseason.club for show notes and links to things we discussed

(1h 44m 10s)

in this episode.

(1h 44m 17s)

[Music]

(1h 44m 20s) Al:

All right. Well, thank you anyway with that is but not anyway. Thank you. Yes, great. I don’t know how to respond to that. Thank you

(1h 44m 26s) Aislinn:

[laughs]

(1h 44m 28s)

That’s fair, that’s okay.

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(0s) Theme Tune:

[Music]

(30s) Al:

Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. My name is al

(35s) Kevin:

My name is Kevin.

(35s) Al:

And we are here today to talk about cottagecore games

(39s) Kevin:

Yeah, counted core games.

(41s)

Ooh, we like those.

(42s)

So we’re told.

(43s) Al:

I think we might be here to talk about every single cottagecore game in the world

(49s) Kevin:

Yeah, you know if anyone’s going to do it, it’s going to be us.

(50s) Al:

today

(53s)

Mm-hmm

(55s)

Yeah

(56s) Kevin:

You know, you ever think about like what celebrities play cottage cards?

(1m 2s)

This is just a random thought, but like, you know, Danny Trejo is a big animal crossing fan, right?

(1m 7s)

Like, I want to know who else on the upper echelons of celebrity society are into it.

(1m 16s)

You know, how can we make our way there?

(1m 17s)

Just tailor swift and enjoy patience.

(1m 19s)

I just want to know, we need somebody to blow us up.

(1m 23s) Al:

Yeah, I mean, that’s that’s one one way of thinking of things. I’m sure there’s there are ones

(1m 31s)

Yeah

(1m 34s) Kevin:

That’s the thing, that is where we get big.

(1m 36s) Al:

Don’t blow us up. That’s illegal

(1m 41s) Kevin:

You know, let’s talk about Sunsea Island, because there’s a celebrity out there who wants

(1m 44s) Al:

Yes. Yes, this, this episode, this, this episode we are going to talk about some seed Island,

(1m 45s) Kevin:

us to talk about Sunsea Island.

(1m 47s)

So let’s ready. That’s dead.

(1m 53s) Al:

because we are zooming through as many games as possible before the end of the year.

(1m 58s)

Well, no, not before the end of the year, before Pokemon comes out, let’s be honest,

(2m 1s) Kevin:

Yeah, which Pokemon there’s a lot of Pokemon going. Yeah

(2m 2s) Al:

seeing what we can do.

(2m 6s)

Before ZA comes out.

(2m 7s) Kevin:

Okay, that’s fair

(2m 10s) Al:

before that we have a bunch of news and it’s not even all the news there’s a few people

(2m 14s)

news I didn’t add in because I mean we need something for next week and I don’t want to spend an entire day talking about all those news so but there’s still a lot of news before that I’m gonna ask Kevin if he has any thoughts on

(2m 18s) Kevin:

[laughter]

(2m 28s) Al:

Powell Farm before that we’ve got I know what you released last month but first of all Kevin what have you been up to?

(2m 34s) Kevin:

Yeah. I mean, okay. Well, I’ve been up to Sunset Island. I played that game. I did actually.

(2m 43s) Al:

don’t say I’m so convinced

(2m 45s) Kevin:

Yeah. I mean, I did. We’ll talk about that. But I’ve been going through Shadow of the Hedgehog.

(2m 53s)

Man, that game’s that’s a good game. I mean, yeah, I know you know it’s a good game.

(2m 57s) Al:

Son is that Sonic egg shadows that

(2m 59s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah sorry shadow generation. Yes, not in half the 2000 whatever shadow

(3m 4s) Al:

No, just checking you never know. Yeah, I never know when I’m talking to you

(3m 4s) Kevin:

but not that game. If I am that that’s a signal for help. That’s that’s a code

(3m 12s)

advantage that would be danger. Sonic 06. Yeah yeah that’s a discussion that I

(3m 13s) Al:

What would be worse that or I can’t even remember which one is that the yeah, oh six that’s what it is

(3m 20s)

Yeah, we’re we’re hogs on it, which is worse I

(3m 25s) Kevin:

think many sonic fans like to have which one’s the bottom of their

(3m 27s) Al:

You

(3m 29s) Kevin:

Personally, I lean towards Sonic 06 being worse because for every

(3m 34s)

thing, Shadow of the Hedgehog is, that game at least works, does not crash frequently.

(3m 39s)

Yeah, not that frequently at least.

(3m 40s) Al:

That’s fair. That’s fair.

(3m 43s) Kevin:

Anyway, yeah, I’ve been playing.

(3m 45s) Al:

I love that the whole marketing around that game was just, hey,

(3m 48s) Kevin:

No, no, that’s that’s wrong game, you’re thinking wrong game, no, that’s Sonic Unleashed.

(3m 49s) Al:

wherehog, like that was everything about the marketing was that was that not?

(3m 57s) Kevin:

No, Sonic Unleashed is wherehog, and yes, that was all Sonic 06 is the real, with the

(4m 2s)

realistic human. That’s when we’re Sonic Kisses that one.

(4m 4s)

The human girl, the human girl, wherehog was also not very good or the day part half

(4m 6s) Al:

Oh, yeah, that was bad.

(4m 9s)

All right, my bad.

(4m 13s) Kevin:

of it was not very good. The wherehog part was not very good. But yeah, no, that I’ll

(4m 20s)

take, I’ll take wherehog over the shadow of the hedgehog game though. The self title one.

(4m 24s) Al:

No, interesting.

(4m 26s)

Okay.

(4m 26s) Kevin:

Not shadow generations because that one’s good. Even though it’s reaching into all of

(4m 29s) Al:

Yes.

(4m 31s) Kevin:

of these bad games you’re talking about.

(4m 33s) Al:

Well, yeah, so look,

(4m 36s)

Yeah, I mean, I couldn’t get through that game, but that is just a me with 3D sonic games problem.

(4m 44s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, but it’s it’s good. I mean, I’m just I’ll say this. I think Sonic Generation is probably the best Sonic game ever released

(4m 53s) Al:

Mm-hmm. Yeah. I’d go with that.

(4m 54s) Kevin:

And shadow that in you know releasing a shadow the hedgehog side game to go with it and it lived up to that part. That’s that’s impressive

(5m 3s) Al:

I I kind of agree. I agree that generations is the best Sonic game

(5m 8s) Kevin:

Yeah

(5m 8s) Al:

What I do wish the shadow part because as far as I could tell and I didn’t go through it huge

(5m 14s) Kevin:

Yeah

(5m 15s) Al:

The shadow part was just 3d just the modern Sonic style of game. I don’t think it had any of the the the merging of things to do

(5m 20s) Kevin:

There

(5m 24s)

It had some so you know how these go there. There’s different acts in each little right the first act is full 3d the second act is usually too deep leaning

(5m 34s)

There’ll still be a few 3d segments, but it it’s it’s 2d leaning

(5m 41s)

I’ll say that but

(5m 42s) Al:

that’s the problem it lost me in the first act because it was like ah it’s just more of the bit

(5m 44s) Kevin:

Yeah

(5m 46s) Al:

that I don’t like rather than.

(5m 47s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s fair. That’s fair

(5m 50s)

But yeah, it’s it’s a good game

(5m 53s)

And it leans into all the dumb stuff that sonic hands faded hate about shadow, but then we learned to love it

(6m 1s)

Anyways, so that’s good

(6m 3s)

Okay, so I’ve been playing that you are also been playing digie man’s because digimon

(6m 9s) Al:

Now is this is this the one that has gone like has like 80,000 players on Steam just now?

(6m 9s) Kevin:

Story time stranger came out but I’ve been playing

(6m 14s)

I

(6m 17s)

Probably because it just came out like two days ago from more recording

(6m 19s) Al:

Yeah, yeah

(6m 21s)

Like surprisingly big

(6m 23s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay, so I’m not playing that one because I’m I don’t like there’s a lot of games coming out

(6m 28s) Al:

All right, it’s not the one you’re playing, right?

(6m 30s) Kevin:

No, I’m playing the previous

(6m 33s)

Okay, so rewind to

(6m 35s)

20 I don’t know 15 something like that digimon story cyber sleuth with the colon in the middle. Did you want story colon cyber sleuth? That came out

(6m 44s)

A monster collecting RPG and digie one it was very very good

(6m 48s)

Fast forward to 2018 digie mon story cyber sleuth

(6m 53s)

Another colon I guess hackers memory a semi sequel

(6m 58s)

Because it was in the same exact story and world just told from the perspective of a different character

(7m 5s)

But still the same

(7m 7s)

RPG monster collecting got it also very good

(7m 11s)

Okay, cue the other day. We got

(7m 14s)

Digimon story calling time strangers, so now it’s a completely different story set of characters. It’s a

(7m 21s)

more style of gameplay though. That is not the one I’m playing. Because I want to play the new one, but I am not able

(7m 23s) Al:

And that’s not the one you’re playing, just now.

(7m 30s) Kevin:

to, unfortunately, I’m going back to the old one. Because I never beat the other one that came on

(7m 37s)

2018 hackers memory, the one from the different character. So I’m going to through that now.

(7m 44s)

Anyways, I’m playing that it’s monster collecting. It’s very, very good in my opinion. I like how

(7m 49s)

they manage the systems of being able to grind and collect and do a lot of stuff at once. You can

(7m 55s)

have a party up to 11 creatures. You only have through on the field at once, but all the other guys

(8m 2s)

get the experience nonetheless. So you can grind and evolve and collect stuff very easily. And also

(8m 11s)

So they’re their collection methods interesting.

(8m 14s)

You don’t throw Pokeballs or whatever you just have to encounter a Digimon enough times on the wild and then you can add it to your collection

(8m 22s)

Which is I don’t know. I think it’s fun because it’s no no moss. You don’t have to fret about trying to catch it just happens over time

(8m 32s)

Anyways, but yeah, you’re a good game since last time. That’s that’s roughly what I’ve been up to though. What about you? How’s going on?

(8m 40s) Al:

Well, obviously, I have also been playing Sunset Island, and we’ll talk about that later in the podcast.

(8m 45s)

But also, I picked up a couple of days ago.

(8m 48s)

One desktop.

(8m 49s) Kevin:

Oh snap!

(8m 50s) Al:

Let me tell you something.

(8m 52s) Kevin:

Yeah?

(8m 52s) Al:

Steam does like to snitch on me.

(8m 56s)

I boot up the game, and about 10 seconds later I got a message from Azeland.

(8m 57s) Kevin:

Okay.

(8m 59s)

Yeah.

(9m 3s)

[Laughing]

(9m 4s) Al:

Who was streaming on Twitch at the time?

(9m 7s) Kevin:

Yeah!

(9m 10s)

[Laughing]

(9m 10s) Al:

With just wonderstop in all caps.

(9m 11s) Kevin:

Toxic live on 2-inch.

(9m 14s)

[Laughing]

(9m 16s)

Ah yeah!

(9m 19s)

Good stuff!

(9m 20s) Al:

So I think we know how Azeland feels about the game.

(9m 21s) Kevin:

Oh yeah!

(9m 24s)

[Laughing]

(9m 25s)

I mean, I was an on-steam at the time.

(9m 27s)

If I were, I would have done the same thing probably.

(9m 29s)

[Laughing]

(9m 30s) Al:

It was there was another one that happened with Kelly earlier than the year and I can’t even remember was I got a message from them

(9m 36s) Kevin:

Oh, that’s hilarious.

(9m 37s) Al:

Commenting on the fact that I’d boot it up a game

(9m 40s) Kevin:

Oh, that’s great. I love that.

(9m 40s) Al:

boom

(9m 42s)

Very silly, but there we go steam leaves no secrets. Yes before anybody

(9m 48s)

Tells me in the slack yes, I know that you can turn off that setting, but I like it. It’s funny

(9m 54s) Kevin:

It is, yeah, at least the months like this, it’s good, it’s good stuff.

(9m 56s) Al:

I’ve only got about two hours into the game

(10m)

So I don’t I think it’s too early to how to give an opinion on on it

(10m 6s) Kevin:

Um, I I died. I think you have a there’s a pretty good picture like overall

(10m 12s) Al:

I’m not gonna talk about the gameplay because I I think I need to put more time in before I make a decision about how I feel about the

(10m 14s) Kevin:

Yeah

(10m 20s)

Sure

(10m 22s) Al:

But obviously I will see that the game looks gorgeous. It sounds gorgeous, and it is definitely

(10m 30s)

I can see what it’s going with this story and

(10m 34s) Kevin:

I mean

(10m 34s) Al:

It’s it’s obviously going to be very emotional. I can feel that. So yeah

(10m 38s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I mean that opening that that opening comes at you with a sledgehammer like there there is

(10m 42s) Al:

Those are all good things

(10m 49s) Kevin:

You’re getting into it right away

(10m 51s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, I’ll leave it. I’ll leave it at that and I won’t talk about the gameplay

(10m 53s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay

(10m 59s) Al:

just now because I need to, I need to play some more before I make a public declaration of an opinion.

(11m 4s) Kevin:

Okay, well, let me ask you as of right now your limit experience. What would you like it?

(11m 11s)

Hmm

(11m 12s) Al:

As our game as our whole?

(11m 14s) Kevin:

Yeah, let me just yeah, yeah, that’s a hole right there’s different parts. Okay. All right, that’s all I’m just curious

(11m 21s)

Okay, I’m again with the context very limited, but that’s fine. Okay

(11m 27s) Al:

it’s really hard. I don’t because like I have some issues with the gameplay. Let’s put it that way.

(11m 31s) Kevin:

Sure sure

(11m 33s) Al:

Which I need some time to decide whether or not that is because I’m just not used to it yet.

(11m 41s)

Or whether it’s something that will always be an issue for me and I don’t want to talk about those

(11m 47s)

issues yet on the podcast because I think it’s unfair without getting it more time.

(11m 48s) Kevin:

Okay. All right. Well, I mean Jason, I have wanted to make a second episode anyways for

(11m 57s)

a while because we want to talk about the story like full full spoilers. But okay, that’s

(12m 4s)

that’s that’s all right. Good stuff. Wonder style. That’s a good game. Very possible.

(12m 8s) Al:

So yeah, only two hours into it, but I’m hoping to have it done before ZA comes out. I’ve got two weeks

(12m 13s)

It’s a it’s well. Yeah, that’s the thing. I mean how long to beat says 10 to 12 hours

(12m 18s) Kevin:

That is correct.

(12m 18s) Al:

And I’ve got a week and a half until the game comes out. I should be able to do it considering like I put

(12m 26s)

150 hours in two weeks

(12m 28s) Kevin:

[laugh]

(12m 28s) Al:

Into tears of the kingdom. I should be able to do 12 hours in a week and a half

(12m 32s)

Let’s be honest

(12m 33s)

And if and if I don’t manage to put in that minute time before ZA comes out

(12m 38s)

I’m probably never going to right like that’s the that it’s one of those things where it’s like you’re obviously not enjoying the game enough

(12m 41s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah, that’s true. Yeah. Yeah.

(12m 45s) Al:

If you don’t get in that that minute time for me, obviously different people have different

(12m 50s)

Speeds of these things. I’m not judging anybody in there. They’re games speed times

(12m 54s)

But for me if I don’t manage to put 12 hours into a game in two weeks. I’m not enjoying the game

(13m) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s like what an hour a day. That’s nothing. Yeah. Um, yeah. That’s fair. And you know what, it’s a good time because, you know, Z a feels like, are you, are you a rollercoaster fan? Oh, or do you get rid of the middle.

(13m) Al:

so

(13m 2s)

Exactly exactly

(13m 14s)

I have been and I am a fine theory of roller coasters.

(13m 18s) Kevin:

Okay.

(13m 19s) Al:

My problem is I get motion sick quite easily.

(13m 22s) Kevin:

Sure. Sure. Yeah, that’s rough.

(13m 23s) Al:

So I can only go on a certain number of roller coasters in a certain, like I have to,

(13m 28s)

if I’m a theme park with people, I will go on one roller coaster for every two

(13m 28s) Kevin:

Yeah, y’all limits.

(13m 30s)

Yeah, okay. That’s fair. That’s fair. Okay. You know, well, hey, hats off to you. That’s impressive because you work through it. That’s good. Well, anyways, I was going to say ZA feels like the the lift, you know, the climb at the start of a rollercoaster because after ZA, oh my goodness, so much stuff is going to come out. I don’t know how we’re going to fit other games in. Yeah, games in general.

(13m 34s) Al:

that everyone else goes on and I’m like recovering.

(13m 37s)

I’m recovering when they’re going on the second one.

(13m 54s)

You just mean games in general or are you specifically about Pokemon?

(13m 58s) Kevin:

Yes, both.

(14m)

I mean, there’s gonna be a lot of Pokemon next year. It’s got PCopia champions if you care and then there’s gen 10

(14m 10s) Al:

I keep forgetting about champions.

(14m 12s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, you know who will be good. I don’t know but and that’s and that there could still be more it’s Pokemon 30. It’s gonna be a big year

(14m 21s) Al:

What, what a, yeah, come on, sure, I, I’m convinced there’s going to be a fourth thing coming out next year. There’ll be another spin off. And I, I’m, I’m kind of wondering whether it might be a remake of something, not, not a remake of a main series game, a remake of a, a side game, or, or something like snap, where they do another one, which is, you know, something like that. I don’t know, but I don’t know what it would be at this point. Maybe, maybe, but what does that look like in 2026?

(14m 24s) Kevin:

I

(14m 26s)

am - absolutely

(14m 38s)

Ooh, that’s a good call, I like that.

(14m 42s)

New Poke Park!

(14m 45s)

I don’t know.

(14m 48s)

I don’t know.

(14m 51s) Al:

Oh, do you know what would be great? And it’s not going to, no, and it’s not going to happen. It’s not going to happen, but you know what I would be great is a new RPG game. It’s not going to happen, but if I could, if I could do one thing, I would love another one of those because that was so much fun. And my problem with playing the card game is like people.

(14m 51s) Kevin:

I don’t know.

(14m 54s)

Detective Pikachu remake.

(14m 56s)

[laughing]

(15m 5s)

Oh, yeah, it’s not gonna happen

(15m 21s)

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

(15m 21s) Al:

(laughs) Like there’s just, there’s so much, so many extra variables when you’re dealing with people, but like, I really enjoyed playing the Game Boy TCG game because it was like, because it was an RPG. It was fun. You were working through a story and like, there was an end goal to get to and you were building up your deck and trying different things was fun. I don’t enjoy doing that in like live or pocket as much. Um, exactly, exactly.

(15m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah, no, that’s right. There’s a pressure when you’re doing other people. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. No, I totally get them. That’s very fair. Um, as someone who enjoys card games, I, there’s absolutely a different feeling when it is a single player game or just playing against computers and there is a different appeal. Absolutely. I get that 100%. That’d be great. It’s not going to happen though. Yeah. Yeah. Um,

(16m 6s) Al:

So yeah, if that if I get to put in my vote that would be my vote a modern version of the TCG game by game

(16m 12s)

What would be your vote if you got

(16m 16s) Kevin:

what I would want. I don’t know. Popeye is coming out. That’s all I want. But, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. All right. You know what? Uh, give us a new mystery dungeon because the last one I got was a remake. Yeah. So that’s, you know, that’s really easy. Yeah. It’s been a minute. Yeah. Yeah. So give us a new mystery dungeon. Why not blowing your fruits? It’s me.

(16m 20s) Al:

Sure, sure, sure, but like I’m talking about like a remake or a new game in a series that hasn’t had one in a long time

(16m 31s)

Yeah, it was yeah, and that’s I’m not being like four years. I think hasn’t it 21. I think it was

(16m 40s)

I still haven’t played that

(16m 46s) Kevin:

It was a flavor, a specific flavor. So I, it’s hard to, I don’t know. You would let get enough. I’m going to guess no. I mean, because it’s roguelike, first of all. And, and it has the big problem. Yeah. Yeah, it was. And it, it definitely has the big problem. You, you don’t like where you die. You kind of lose all your progress. You can kind of salvage it gives you an option in some games. But, um, the, the momentum killing is kind of bad.

(16m 55s) Al:

Yeah, well, it was roguelike before the rogue, before roguelike was big, right?

(17m 15s)

what’s really funny is I didn’t I didn’t know it was a roguelike until like a year ago or something

(17m 16s) Kevin:

Um, but it’s also Pokemon. Oh, my goodness. Oh, that’s amazing. Oh, yeah. But, uh, yeah, Pokemon. So wander stops. Good thing got it before Pokemon because all this is coming out.

(17m 22s) Al:

and I found it out it was such a big surprise I was like I can’t believe it’s taken this long

(17m 26s)

for me to find out that the mystery dungeon games are roguelikes what is

(17m 36s)

madness

(17m 41s)

Yeah, well, it well exactly I was trying to decide what what because part of the problem is I’ve got a whole bunch of games

(17m 47s)

I’m trying to get through this year

(17m 49s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(17m 49s) Al:

and I was like I’d finished Sunset Island

(17m 53s)

Nearly a week ago. I think was when I messaged you saying I’m finished it

(17m 54s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm.

(17m 57s) Al:

And there was like I’ve got time now

(18m)

But I don’t want to play another farming game that I’m gonna cover on the podcast because

(18m 4s)

Then I’ll just forget all about…

(18m 6s)

Before I actually record a podcast, because obviously it’s not going to be the…

(18m 10s)

You know, listeners don’t know, you know it’s not going to be the next podcast, right?

(18m 12s) Kevin:

Yeah

(18m 13s) Al:

So it’s going to be at least two weeks until I would talk about it.

(18m 16s)

And the next game I’m going to play for the podcast is a very short game.

(18m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah

(18m 20s) Al:

So it’s like I do not want to do that.

(18m 22s)

And then the next one would be like even further in the future, so I don’t want to do that yet.

(18m 24s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah

(18m 26s) Al:

So I was like, but here’s the game that I want to play before the end of the year.

(18m 33s)

But I’m probably not going to do a podcast on it because we’ve already done a podcast on it.

(18m 33s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. It is. That’s it. It kind of fits perfectly. And that’s a lot. Absolutely.

(18m 36s) Al:

And so it’s perfect timing.

(18m 39s)

And it’s about the right amount of length of time to be able to do it before ZA.

(18m 43s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm. Yeah. There you go. All the signs pointed to playing it good for you.

(18m 44s) Al:

So I was like, everything’s aligned. It’s finally time and it was on sale.

(18m 52s)

All right, that’s what we’ve been up to. Let’s, oh, oh, and you go. Go for it.

(18m 54s) Kevin:

Okay. Wait. One small thing I forgot to mention. I had a terrifying, it’s not even something I did,

(19m)

just a feeling I experienced.

(19m 3s)

The other day that terrified me out.

(19m 5s)

Hold on, wait. Let me see. What did year did this come out?

(19m 10s)

Yeah.

(19m 10s) Al:

Depends what this is

(19m 13s) Kevin:

Okay. This game came out in 27.

(19m 14s) Al:

Oh, it’s a game. So it’s not but it’s not about the Simpsons doing a second film then 20 years after the first

(19m 18s) Kevin:

No, it is not.

(19m 20s)

No. Which is wild. But, okay.

(19m 24s)

Did you hear? Did you see that?

(19m 27s)

Somebody, I think I was in the discord chair that I forget somebody from one of the Simpsons.

(19m 33s)

I talked about how they didn’t think they’d be doing another movie.

(19m 37s)

And then, like, two days later, they know.

(19m 37s) Al:

Oh, yeah, it was Nancy Cartwright, he’d said it on our podcast. Yeah, it was very fun. Amazing timing. She was like, I don’t even know what you would do.

(19m 40s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(19m 44s)

Yeah.

(19m 45s) Al:

It’s like, yeah, okay, like I get that, but also that’s why you’re not a writer. That’s why you’re a voice actor, right? Like,

(19m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(19m 49s)

Yeah.

(19m 54s)

Yeah. Yeah. Also, that means she didn’t know about it.

(19m 58s) Al:

I also find it funny that people are like, who are even who’s even asking for this. And I’m like, you realize the Simpsons is still going because people still watch it, right?

(20m 4s) Kevin:

yeah it’s yeah it is still a cultural you know milestone icon it’s it’s it’s yeah

(20m 4s) Al:

like it does good ratings it’s going

(20m 7s)

to do well like it’s not going to be the best film the highest grossing film of the year and anything but it’s going to do well like what are you talking about exactly I am I am also still doing my Simpsons watch through I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this on the podcast or not but I I am watching one episode of the Simpsons every week every weekday and I’ve been doing it now for nearly two nearly two years I’ve been doing it for now.

(20m 30s) Kevin:

Okay, that’s a good pace oh my goodness

(20m 35s) Al:

So I have

(20m 37s)

It’s the perfect thing is depending on when it comes out the film and it comes out in 2027

(20m 43s)

But it might be just after I’ve like I don’t think we have a date for it. Oh, no, we do. We do have it. Let me double check

(20m 49s)

So I’m not talking in

(20m 51s)

Concepts, okay, yeah, wait, no

(20m 55s)

Okay, so it comes out in July 2027 that will have come out that will come out four months after I finish watching all of the Simpsons

(21m 5s) Kevin:

Oh my god.

(21m 5s) Al:

Assuming.

(21m 7s)

Assuming that they do do a season 38 because obviously they’re doing season 37 just now, so I will finish season 36 at the end of next year that will be December next year and then January 27 will be season 37 February will be season 38 and then the film.

(21m 9s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(21m 11s)

Yeah.

(21m 15s)

Yeah.

(21m 22s)

Yeah.

(21m 24s) Al:

Well, I don’t know whether season 30 we finished by then or not it depends when when it’s finished but point is I will just be almost to the month like just a couple of months out from finishing perfectly on time to what.

(21m 24s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(21m 35s)

There you go. You will be the most ready human being in planet Earth for that’s great.

(21m 37s) Al:

Then you film.

(21m 43s) Kevin:

Okay, anyways, what I was saying though, that’s okay. No, that’s that’s crazy. You know what’s crazy

(21m 49s)

I’ve never actually seen like a maybe one for a set of

(21m 55s)

I maybe I should do what you’re doing. Double up on it. I don’t know. Anyways, but I was gonna say the

(22m 1s)

2017, eight years. Eight years.

(22m 5s)

Not once have I ever said to myself that I want to play Fortnite, but it happened the other day out and I’m scared. I’m probably not going to, but I looked in its general direction for once and it is absolutely I was playing on PlayStation and I go to the home, you know, the menu or whatever, you know, there’s like the news articles or like news related to you and I see

(22m 17s) Al:

Is this K-pop demon hunters?

(22m 30s) Kevin:

Contrix under the fortnight and I’m just

(22m 35s)

screaming oh that’s that’s a good get I’m yeah that’s a good get

(22m 44s) Al:

I’ve seen a lot of videos of it.

(22m 47s)

It looks like very satisfying weapons to use as well.

(22m 50s) Kevin:

yeah yeah it works absolutely yes it’s right

(22m 51s) Al:

I totally get, it’s such a good thing

(22m 55s)

to do for them to do a collaboration.

(22m 57s)

Because sometimes it’s like, oh, OK, right, fine.

(23m)

You’ve got Darth Vader, OK.

(23m 1s)

Congratulations, do we care, right?

(23m 4s)

But then sometimes you’ve got a film which

(23m 6s)

is like one of the biggest films of the year.

(23m 8s)

It is the biggest Netflix film ever.

(23m 11s)

people love it. And it’s it’s

(23m 14s)

animated, so they fit in perfectly. And their whole thing is combat. Like it just all comes together and it is genius. And you know, you know, this they I as much as Netflix probably had faith in this film doing reasonably well because they obviously paid money to get it from Sony.

(23m 18s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(23m 31s)

Yeah

(23m 34s) Al:

They I suspect they never expected to be big enough that it would go in Fortnite so you know someone’s been rushing to get this done.

(23m 42s)

[laughing]

(23m 42s) Kevin:

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, no, they’ve said like after the movie’s success, they’re like, we are rushing to get spinoffs and the nurse going or whatever, but yeah, they got that really fast actually kind of looking at the timing.

(23m 44s) Al:

[laughing]

(23m 55s)

Yes, it’s impressive

(23m 57s) Kevin:

Zane. So yeah, I will probably not play for tonight, but I’m thinking about it, and I’m very uncomfortable with that feeling because that’s that’s a good one.

(24m 8s) Al:

fair enough. It’s been a while since I’ve looked at Fortnite and gone, okay, I’m interested.

(24m 13s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. I’m good. Let’s talk about stuff that type.

(24m 13s) Al:

Again, I’m not going to play it. But yeah, okay, I see the, I see it again. Alright, we’ve,

(24m 26s)

we’ve got, I know what you released last month. A relatively short list for September. We

(24m 32s)

have four releases. We have little witch in the woods released 1.0.

(24m 38s) Kevin:

Good for them. 1.0. Yeah.

(24m 38s) Al:

We have slime rancher to released 1.0, which I hate so much. She really should be 2.0. It’s

(24m 46s)

slime rancher to 0.0. And then obviously we got star birds early access. And we got voyages

(24m 54s) Kevin:

We talked about that.

(24m 55s) Al:

of, we did. And we got voyages of narrow early access. Yeah. Yeah. So that’s, that’s

(24m 57s) Kevin:

Call me when that starboard says 1.0, then we’ll be talking.

(25m 3s)

I hope.

(25m 8s) Al:

that, that’s September. Um,

(25m 8s) Kevin:

I don’t know this one at all. Cool. Oh, that’s a Moana. This is, we get Moana at home.

(25m 17s) Al:

It was a cooperative survival crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world

(25m 21s)

brimming with lot spirits and deadly monsters.

(25m 25s)

It’s a Moana, yeah, it’s the Moana, yeah, yeah.

(25m 26s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay. That’s Moana now. Okay. All right. Okay. All right. Probably, it is a pretty

(25m 31s) Al:

I’m sure that was farming in it somewhere otherwise I probably wouldn’t have been on the list,

(25m 34s)

but it looks gorgeous.

(25m 38s) Kevin:

little bit. I’ll say that. Power farm. Yeah. Oh, I, I have in fact played power.

(25m 40s) Al:

Um, yes, tell me Kevin, I’ve talked a bit about Power Farm on the podcast.

(25m 43s)

Tell me your thoughts, please.

(25m 47s)

Oh, remain me, you have played Power World, right?

(25m 50s)

Yes, good, right.

(25m 52s) Kevin:

Um, I’m, yeah. There’s farming in power. Right? Yeah, there is. You grow crops. Yeah.

(25m 55s) Al:

You’re trying to figure out where to start.

(26m 2s)

Is there now?

(26m 6s) Kevin:

I’m pretty sure it’s been a while.

(26m 8s)

to be done wrong, but no, I’m pretty sure you have farm and you’re the pals maintain it.

(26m 11s)

Yeah, because you have ones that water it absolutely.

(26m 13s)

Okay.

(26m 14s)

Yeah.

(26m 14s)

There is farming, right?

(26m 15s)

So like Power World is, you know, sandbox, survival, Minecraft ish sort of a game, right?

(26m 25s)

Crafting and building and surviving all that stuff.

(26m 28s) Al:

Yep, and you catch the the the pals to like do automation and stuff for you

(26m 28s) Kevin:

So, you know, yes, you do.

(26m 35s)

And you can, you know, you level up your skill.

(26m 38s)

Tree and you, you unlock new recipes to make automated, you know, automate more stuff

(26m 42s)

and whatnot.

(26m 44s)

So the bones of many cottage, cord systems, farms, systems are, it already in power.

(26m 52s)

So it’s not entirely crazy to see a game like this, but like the, it’s two things, one, they’re

(27m 1s)

just really leaning into it and both good and bad, because this is animal crossing

(27m 8s)

you took those files right from animal crossing.

(27m 12s)

But it makes sense, I guess.

(27m 16s)

We never really had the pal’s.

(27m 17s) Al:

And it also, it also doesn’t, it correct me if I’m if, if you disagree, but it doesn’t feel like they’ve just taken power world and made it a farming sim. It looks like a different game. Like it looks like it’s got the same sort of, you know, models and textures and stuff, but it look, it doesn’t just look like take that engine, throw farming into it.

(27m 19s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm.

(27m 24s)

Yeah.

(27m 27s)

Yeah.

(27m 29s)

Yeah.

(27m 31s)

Yeah.

(27m 32s)

Yeah.

(27m 33s)

Oh, yeah.

(27m 35s)

Absolutely.

(27m 36s)

Yeah, absolutely, it is a different schedule.

(27m 38s)

And they are building this from the ground up for a different experience.

(27m 42s)

So yeah, I’m just, I guess I’m kind of surprised to see it happen, but it makes sense

(27m 50s)

when you glist out all these elements, right?

(27m 54s)

The down to the fact, you know, apping off other games, which, you know, I forget the developer,

(28m)

but they’ve done that several times.

(28m 1s)

So sure.

(28m 2s)

Why not?

(28m 3s)

Um, Parker bear. Thank you. Yes. Right. It, if it also speak.

(28m 3s) Al:

Pocket pair. Yeah.

(28m 8s) Kevin:

The success of power. Right. Right. Got spin off. This is crazy. Um,

(28m 13s)

the one thing I will say, like, I’m glad to see they’re not showing away from the dark,

(28m 20s)

crazy elements that that power world is not afraid to go into. You either Russian or

(28m 23s) Al:

What would the Russian relay?

(28m 27s) Kevin:

let? Yep, you can catch your roommate. There is. Oh, okay. So like in power world, you can

(28m 35s)

capture humans like you can.

(28m 38s)

Well, they’re not afraid to do some bonkers stuff.

(28m 38s) Al:

[laughing]

(28m 44s) Kevin:

I bring this all up because the key takeaway for me is that there is a non-zero chance

(28m 50s)

we can marry a pal in this game, which would be right up their alley that wouldn’t be

(28m 58s)

surprised.

(28m 59s)

Yeah, so, oh, it’s bananas.

(29m 3s)

Am I going to play it?

(29m 4s)

I don’t know.

(29m 5s)

like, I just, I guess.

(29m 8s)

I’d need to see more of it. It’s, it’s more of a time thing, right? Just like there’s a lot of other games. This one isn’t like pocopia is is curb stopping this, you know, cottagecore building thing. But we’ll see.

(29m 22s)

It’s, it is wild. And there is an element of like, I’m not saying pocket pair is even necessarily a good developer like ethically or whatever.

(29m 36s)

But just given all the legal

(29m 38s)

they have they’re putting up with from Nintendo.

(29m 40s)

I’m, you know, good for them to keep sticking it to them.

(29m 45s) Al:

Yeah, I mean, you know, is there anything ethical is there any ethical consumption under capitalism? Probably not. But that doesn’t that doesn’t mean that things aren’t better and worse.

(29m 52s) Kevin:

Okay, yeah. Yeah.

(29m 56s) Al:

And it doesn’t mean that you can’t, you know, root for someone who you think is being taken advantage of or is a root against somebody that you think is taking advantage of the system.

(30m 7s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(30m 10s) Al:

It’s doing things that wouldn’t necessarily hold up in court, but

(30m 15s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(30m 15s) Al:

definitely would scare away a lot of people, these sorts of things, and also a system in and of itself that you might feel shouldn’t allow software patents as a concept in and of itself, right?

(30m 28s) Kevin:

Yes, yep, yep

(30m 29s) Al:

Like there are a lot of people that have that opinion, so I think it’s totally fair to be like pro or anti certain companies, even if none of them are essentially

(30m 39s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah, the enemy of my enemy is my friend for at least today, right? Well, okay. You know, I, I have one. I don’t, I don’t remember if I hurry on the podcast

(30m 59s)

when you talk about pal farm, but a question for you, Alan, do you think the timing of that trailer

(31m 8s) Al:

So obviously, they can’t have known about

(31m 12s)

Pocopia coming out when they start,

(31m 13s) Kevin:

Hm, right.

(31m 14s) Al:

like this game has been in development for at least months,

(31m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

(31m 19s) Al:

right? Like there’s the, they have a game here.

(31m 24s)

I wouldn’t put it past them to have seen the release

(31m 27s)

and go, oh, quick, get the trailer ready, right?

(31m 29s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, either, but it’s also hard.

(31m 31s) Al:

And get it out as quickly as we can.

(31m 33s)

I wouldn’t put it past them doing that.

(31m 38s)

I did, and I don’t, and I don’t think the coincidence

(31m 41s)

of it coming out a week after Pocopia was announced

(31m 45s)

is enough to say that they definitely did it

(31m 47s)

because these things happen.

(31m 48s)

The fact that they were both working on farming games

(31m 50s)

at the same time is evidence enough that these things happen,

(31m 54s)

right? We know that people do these things.

(31m 56s)

Is it surprising that two of, you know,

(31m 59s)

the biggest creature collection game makers

(32m 3s)

are both making farming games in a time

(32m 6s)

where farming games are becoming more popular.

(32m 9s)

Is that surprising? No, obviously not.

(32m 12s)

Why would that be surprising, right?

(32m 14s)

Like that’s, that would be like being surprised

(32m 16s)

that Ubisoft made a breath of the world like in 2018, right?

(32m 20s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, good. But yeah, let’s I’m also this I’m glad pal farm exists. Well, I play. I don’t know. But I am glad this nonsense exists.

(32m 21s) Al:

Don’t be an idiot.

(32m 22s)

Of course it was going to happen.

(32m 34s)

It’s fun to think about, and the A’s pocket pair just a bunch of trolls who are also

(32m 47s)

game developers, maybe, it’s hard to know, but I mean, I’m not complaining about that.

(32m 50s) Kevin:

At this point, yes, they if they were before they are now.

(32m 56s)

All right. You know what we can or not complain. I don’t know.

(32m 59s) Al:

There will definitely be some stuff to complain about later.

(33m) Kevin:

Well, I haven’t looked all these in details. Sick.

(33m 5s) Al:

Probably not at the beginning. Let’s start off with the news.

(33m 9s) Kevin:

There’s a lot of gaming things to complain about gender in general, not even just this news.

(33m 12s) Al:

Yeah, there’s a lot of news.

(33m 19s)

Oh, yeah, let’s not, let’s not, let’s not get to under the EA stuff, please no.

(33m 20s) Kevin:

Fuck does this first news item make us rage too? I don’t know. Let’s see. Okay.

(33m 26s) Al:

No, it does not, because I don’t know whether this is meant to be pronounced Eila

(33m 31s)

or iali. uh…

(33m 33s) Kevin:

It’ll go without the sea.

(33m 35s) Al:

yeah, it is

(33m 37s)

ela, ela

(33m 39s)

uh…

(33m 40s)

anyway uh… ela a frosty glide

(33m 42s)

uh… this is um… uh… another uh… which broom flying game

(33m 47s)

um… it is announced that they’re release

(33m 49s) Kevin:

Do the two nickels.

(33m 52s) Al:

they’ve announced that their release state is going to be the 20th of october

(33m 56s) Kevin:

That’s soon.

(33m 59s) Al:

yeah I mean I think i’ve been up

(34m 1s)

I kickstart at this game I think um…

(34m 3s) Kevin:

[laughs] I’ve got you there. Um… I… it looks a little more uh… platformy.

(34m 5s) Al:

shush shush it was over a year ago I kickstart at it

(34m 10s)

but the point is that

(34m 16s)

it’s been a while I think

(34m 18s)

yes I did kickstart at it’s s oh it’s estimated delivery date was November 2025

(34m 24s) Kevin:

Oh dang. Oh snap. No. Yeah. And you know what? And the game does not look bad. It’s, you’re

(34m 24s) Al:

they’re getting they’re releasing early from their kickstart your date

(34m 28s)

that never happens that’s mad

(34m 32s)

Props to them, I worked.

(34m 35s)

That’s really impressive.

(34m 39s) Kevin:

going to a big snowy mountain. You’re, you’re not riding the broom a lot of things. You’re like

(34m 44s)

surfing on it almost and platforming and jumping. Um, it’s cute. I’ll say that.

(34m 45s) Al:

Yeah, yeah

(34m 48s)

Yes, they called themselves a cozy exploration platformer

(34m 54s) Kevin:

Okay. Well, I, uh, every time, every time you just, it’s, it’s a mad libs of game genres and

(35m)

descriptors just, just keep making things, putting things together. Okay. I mean, but hey, good for

(35m 10s)

them. It looks good. I’ll say, you know, it looks good. They’re releasing earlier than they planned.

(35m 16s)

That’s impressive. And that’s going to be on everything. All of your consoles and steam. Good for

(35m 21s)

Wow, that’s good.

(35m 23s) Al:

It was February of this year that it was the Kickstarter went up.

(35m 30s) Kevin:

go? Well…

(35m 30s) Al:

So they’ve gone from launching Kickstarter to release in less than a year,

(35m 35s)

and that’s earlier than Target.

(35m 36s) Kevin:

Denton

(35m 38s)

There are people who love this game who are working on it cuz they’re probably doing it before the Kickstarter um

(35m 43s) Al:

Oh, for sure. Of course.

(35m 45s) Kevin:

Yeah

(35m 45s) Al:

This one is, we need to get this over the line.

(35m 47s)

Sort of the Kickstarter rather than we have a great idea on it to create it.

(35m 48s) Kevin:

Yep

(35m 50s)

Yeah

(35m 53s)

Which you know is honestly the best kind of Kickstarter. Let’s be real like

(35m 58s)

Yeah, that just feel good. You have a good idea.

(36m)

It’s real and we will help you carry it to the end. Good stuff.

(36m 5s) Al:

Speaking of releases star signed island have announced that they’re releasing on the first of February 2026

(36m 12s)

Interestingly, I don’t know where they announced this because so there is a link to in the show notes that we are linked to

(36m 20s)

What’s it called?

(36m 21s)

YouTube video of a trailer

(36m 22s) Kevin:

YouTube.

(36m 24s) Al:

It doesn’t mention the date anywhere in the video or anywhere in the description or anywhere on steam

(36m 31s)

But for some reason everybody just seems to know that they’re releasing

(36m 35s)

on that date and I’m very confused as to how that is the case.

(36m 36s) Kevin:

[Laughs]

(36m 39s) Al:

So, okay, I don’t know where this came from, I can’t see a press release, there’s nothing

(36m 48s)

anywhere that I can see, but for some reason every game’s news says it’s releasing on

(36m 50s) Kevin:

The video just says wishless now.

(36m 56s) Al:

that date, so I have no idea where the original source of that was.

(37m) Kevin:

I don’t know who is, we’re developing this because this is, this is like China specifically.

(37m 8s) Al:

It is a Chinese developer, I believe. They’re called Seed Lab.

(37m 11s) Kevin:

Yeah, I would assume so. Yeah, I see it. Yeah, you’re right.

(37m 14s) Al:

They’ve also released a game called By Phase, which is a 2D platformer. It looks fun.

(37m 18s) Kevin:

I don’t, I’ve never heard of that. Okay.

(37m 24s) Al:

Yeah, I don’t know what the deal is with this developer this game. It seems to be everywhere.

(37m 25s) Kevin:

Yeah, man, I don’t know.

(37m 30s) Al:

It was in a direct, I think, and it just seems to like everybody’s talking about it for some

(37m 34s) Kevin:

you know, it’s, I know it, I’ll say this, this one, you know, drinking game, take your

(37m 45s) Al:

Oh, I found it. I found it. I found it. It’s on Twitter. They’ve announced it on Twitter February 1st, 2026.

(37m 45s) Kevin:

shot. It does look cozy actually. Oh, there you go. Yeah, it looks like you’re setting

(37m 54s)

up a farm garden thing. Like, I don’t know how to describe it. There’s your building. There’s

(38m 1s)

Like build that you’re setting buildings to or like, expect.

(38m 4s)

There’s a lot in this trailer. There’s a panda and a capavera playing PS5. I don’t know why.

(38m 12s) Al:

Yeah. I mean, to me, the game very much looks like a 3D starchy-like.

(38m 16s) Kevin:

Yeah, there you go. There you go.

(38m 17s) Al:

And I guess what we’ll need to see whether that turns out to be a good one or not.

(38m 23s) Kevin:

And we’ll see.

(38m 24s) Al:

I’m still a bit FA on the 3D farming games in general. We’ll see how this one does.

(38m 28s) Kevin:

Yeah, the production quality looks high. We’ll see that.

(38m 34s)

How crazy is it like China, you know, 10 years ago, China was still bootleg laughing stock, you know, video game world.

(38m 44s)

And now they’re kind of kind of taking over the market. It’s kind of insane.

(38m 49s) Al:

Yeah, cool, ‘cause I was black myth with Kong

(38m 53s)

as a Chinese game, isn’t it?

(38m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah, it is.

(38m 54s) Al:

And that was up for a game of the year, like.

(38m 58s) Kevin:

Yeah, it was.

(39m)

I mean, we got Mahoyo. We got a nanta.

(39m 5s)

All right, what’s next?

(39m 7s) Al:

All right, next we have ages of Kateria have announced that their early access is coming on the 5th of November

(39m 13s) Kevin:

Okay, remember the fifth and November.

(39m 16s) Al:

Yeah, my son’s birthday

(39m 18s) Kevin:

There you go. Good. Good day to have birthday, kid.

(39m 22s)

I Fox day.

(39m 22s) Al:

I I think I kick started this one

(39m 28s)

I do like look at this game. I think

(39m 32s)

What I think it looks more it’s I think it’s more management style

(39m 37s)

But I like the idea of like kind of building up a village throughout the generations, which is what this does

(39m 43s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(39m 44s) Al:

And although it is more management style that does seem to be

(39m 49s)

You can control individuals and like I’ve seen a bunch of many games for example and you do seem to be controlling some people sometimes

(39m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. All right. They got a big roadmap, though. Like, there’s, there’s some stuff in here.

(39m 57s) Al:

So we’re interested to see how it goes

(40m 4s) Kevin:

I would thought would be in their release, but okay. I don’t know. Trading, chatting, those kind

(40m 11s) Al:

Yeah. Okay. Next we have Harvest Moon Home sweet home, apparently. So this is the one that was

(40m 13s) Kevin:

of seem important in my opinion. What? Hey, good for that.

(40m 28s) Al:

released on iOS and Android last year and is now coming to consoles and Steam called the special

(40m 32s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

(40m 36s) Al:

edition because the new version has updates to it.

(40m 41s)

has apparently said that the update is coming to the mobile version on the same day as the game comes out October the 30th, but I can’t see anything about that on the internet. I have Googled for this. I do as well. I just also want to see it from someone else. I don’t know where they got it from. Yeah, I know. And that annoys me as well.

(40m 45s) Kevin:

Okay. Oh, that’s nice.

(40m 54s)

I trust FOGU.

(41m)

Never stop Sarabee.

(41m 5s)

Never stop Sarabee.

(41m 11s) Al:

I don’t know if they don’t know whether it is going to cost anymore or not. That hasn’t been announced, but apparently it has been announced that the update is coming, which is good. The special edition is more expensive than the mobile version. So one would assume that the update would cost money, but it would be nice if it wouldn’t just say. We’ll see I guess.

(41m 36s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I mean it’s yeah, we’ll see

(41m 41s) Al:

Next, we have Disney Dreamlight Valley, the returned beasts castle update. It is out now and it brings Lumière and Cogsworth. Cogsworth. Sorry from from Beauty and the Beast. Classic. Every single time.

(41m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah, then we’re in the game already. Yeah, okay. Yeah, except this one beast in Bell were in the game like from the start

(42m 6s)

I think weren’t they then then this. Yeah, okay. This one’s a little more valid

(42m 7s) Al:

Yeah. I think so. Certainly early on.

(42m 13s)

Well, no, because they needed to have return to Beast’s castle. You can’t do a return to Beast’s castle without more characters from the film.

(42m 15s) Kevin:

Sure, you guess so

(42m 19s)

Yeah fair enough that gloomy air looks great

(42m 24s)

all right cool I like I like beating the bass I like lumeer and cogsworth

(42m 34s) Al:

uh, speaking of updates, Rusty’s retirement has gotten autumn, uh, they’re calling it a mini update.

(42m 39s)

I think you could just call an update, right? Come on. Because this adds a whole, it adds,

(42m 41s) Kevin:

[laughing]

(42m 43s)

Micro update.

(42m 45s)

[laughing]

(42m 45s) Al:

oh, don’t even start with that. This adds a whole new map, an autumn themed map. I feel like when

(42m 52s)

you’re adding a map, it’s legit to call it a normal, centralized update and also just call it an update.

(42m 55s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. That’s kind of a big one. Probably okay, call mom with you.

(42m 57s) Al:

It’s just an update. So.

(43m 4s)

There is a new autumn themed map where mushrooms spawn randomly across the farm. The mushrooms

(43m 10s)

can be harvested by harvest spots, pumpkins and white pumpkins are jackal lanterns for the month of

(43m 15s)

October. 10 new berry bushes have been added. Well, exactly. Rusty will put on a special costume

(43m 17s) Kevin:

That’s cool.

(43m 21s)

This is a big list for a mini update.

(43m 26s) Al:

on the day of Halloween and a bunch of other smaller things. So if you are

(43m 28s) Kevin:

Now, that’s cute.

(43m 34s) Al:

all into Rusty’s retirement, go get out of retirement, go play the app.

(43m 39s) Kevin:

Yeah. Unretired. I go play the retirement. Um, yeah, okay, you know what to turn here’s the

(43m 45s)

question at term. And if it’s a mini update, how much does the version number increase? How many

(43m 51s) Al:

Oh don’t don’t

(43m 51s) Kevin:

decimal points? Yeah, that’s, that’s my mission.

(43m 57s) Al:

You just look for ways to throw me don’t you?

(44m 5s)

Fields of mystery are have released speaking of version numbers 0.14.2 the feedback update

(44m 9s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(44m 13s) Al:

It adds a bunch of quality of life improvements that things things that people have been wanting such as

(44m 18s) Kevin:

That’s a good one.

(44m 19s) Al:

buildings becoming transparent.

(44m 21s)

When you walk behind them, crafting you have a max button,

(44m 25s)

loving you to craft the max total items.

(44m 30s) Kevin:

Okay, that’s theoretically a good one, but who on earth needs to craft up the 999 of anything.

(44m 34s) Al:

I mean, look, it’s not going to be 999 most of the time, right, because you’re not going to have the

(44m 40s)

stuff to be able to craft 999 of most things. So it’s probably going to be like, you know, 30,

(44m 42s) Kevin:

Yeah, I guess okay

(44m 45s) Al:

but for most of the time, you can buy bundles of wood and stone instead of having to buy them

(44m 46s) Kevin:

Okay, oh fine, okay

(44m 51s) Al:

individually. I’m a bunch of other smaller updates as well. So another good sounding update from

(44m 51s) Kevin:

Oh, oh geez. Oh my gosh. That sounds a miserable. Oh, thank goodness

(45m 2s) Al:

and feel the mystery are.

(45m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah, I mean feedback update. That’s that’s probably the best update you can have. That’s a good one. Good for you fields of mystery

(45m 4s) Al:

There’s a lot of things to do.

(45m 10s)

I’m still not going back to 1.0.

(45m 11s) Kevin:

That’s yeah, I mean, that’s my rule of thumb and cross the board

(45m 16s) Al:

They’ve also announced some new marriage.

(45m 18s)

So we now have more than just the creepy pins.

(45m 21s)

Kevin.

(45m 21s) Kevin:

No, I, well, is it more creepy pants?

(45m 24s) Al:

It is not as plushies.

(45m 25s) Kevin:

[laughing]

(45m 26s)

No!

(45m 27s) Al:

There’s a chicken.

(45m 29s)

And there’s a dog on a cushion.

(45m 32s)

[BLANK_AUDIO]

(45m 32s) Kevin:

Oh, that is cute, actually.

(45m 35s) Al:

And also bath bombs.

(45m 36s) Kevin:

No, wait, what?

(45m 37s)

Okay, okay, that’s very targeted.

(45m 41s)

I don’t, okay.

(45m 43s)

Wow, that dog is very cute.

(45m 44s) Al:

It’s a $28 set of four bath bombs in a box.

(45m 49s) Kevin:

Okay, I’m not a…

(45m 52s)

Look, this is hard for me, I’m a very tall guy.

(45m 54s)

I like, my bathtub is not particularly comfortable for bath,

(45m 57s) Al:

[laughing]

(45m 57s) Kevin:

so I’m not a bath guy.

(45m 59s)

But I do enjoy baths, I’m sure the one was a kid.

(46m 2s)

Our bath bombs worth it, I’ve never used it, I don’t know.

(46m 5s) Al:

I, I don’t get what the, as far as I can tell, they just kind of make it the bath fizzy and then smell a little bit.

(46m 11s) Kevin:

That and I think yeah, I roam. Yeah

(46m 13s) Al:

And then they, and then they make it a little bit weird color. I, I think they’re just a fancy way of doing bubble bath.

(46m 21s) Kevin:

Yeah, basically I guess

(46m 23s) Al:

It’s like, do you want bubble bath, but also it’s like a little bomb. So it just fizzes a bunch.

(46m 27s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah easier bubble bath in a ball. Okay

(46m 30s) Al:

Do you want that? I don’t want that.

(46m 35s)

What does tell us why we should care about bath bombs? Why do you like bath bombs? Do you like bath bombs? Tell us why.

(46m 38s) Kevin:

I mean, I

(46m 40s)

Will say like

(46m 42s)

This is stupid because I know this is wrong, but they bath bombs look delicious. I’m like, oh, they’re like delicious candy

(46m 48s) Al:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They quite often do.

(46m 51s) Kevin:

hahaha

(46m 53s) Al:

So have you ever been into Losh and just looked around and been like,

(46m 56s) Kevin:

Yeah

(46m 57s) Al:

I feel like I could eat everything in here.

(46m 58s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah

(47m 3s)

Like dog is very cute, you know making a chicken plush is very hard because

(47m 9s)

How are you gonna compete with the story of seasons chicken how you can’t

(47m 13s) Al:

a fair question. Firefly village have released a new update as well. These smooth moves

(47m 15s) Kevin:

Yeah, all right better than creepy pins

(47m 21s)

Oh

(47m 21s) Al:

and fluffy friends update. So this adds two changes. This is the game that we talked about last

(47m 23s) Kevin:

Hello

(47m 28s) Al:

episode. It adds two changes. One is a change to movement system. I booted up the game just before

(47m 29s) Kevin:

Yes

(47m 34s)

Okay

(47m 35s) Al:

this recording to test out because that was actually one of my complaints about the game

(47m 39s)

was the movement felt a little bit weird. It is

(47m 43s)

better and worse. So it is better. It does generally feel better. So one of the issues that had with how the movement worked as it felt like it was delayed a bit. So when you took your finger off the button, you’d still move a little bit after you took it off, which didn’t feel great. That’s gone and the movement feels a lot more fluid, except Kevin it has the BDSP friction issue.

(47m 45s) Kevin:

No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I like that.

(48m 13s) Al:

So I keep bumping into my scarecrows and stopping and I don’t like it. I don’t like that at all. It’s too sticky. The scarecrows are too sticky. Not great.

(48m 13s) Kevin:

Uhh, sure.

(48m 22s)

Yeah. Uh huh.

(48m 27s)

That’s there. Yeah. Okay. Well, well, that overall, that sounds like a net positive,

(48m 34s)

like that sounds like an easier to deal with. Yeah.

(48m 37s) Al:

it is definitely an positive. The problem with specifically the scarecrows is that you don’t get to choose where the scarecrows go.

(48m 45s)

They are in a specific place on the farm, but they are in a, so if you go from a straight line from the barn door to your door to the exit of the farm, that’s one straight line, and right smack bang in the middle of that are the four scarecrows.

(48m 46s) Kevin:

Mmm. Mmm.

(48m 55s)

[laughs]

(48m 57s)

Yeah.

(49m)

Oh. (laughs)

(49m 2s)

[laughs]

(49m 3s) Al:

So…

(49m 4s)

So…

(49m 5s)

Uh…

(49m 6s) Kevin:

Oh, pre-generated obstacle course.

(49m 8s)

The obstacle course.

(49m 8s) Al:

You constantly, constantly walk right next to them.

(49m 9s) Kevin:

Yeah. (laughs)

(49m 12s) Al:

And the problem…

(49m 12s) Kevin:

All but not now.

(49m 14s) Al:

[Laughs]

(49m 14s) Kevin:

That becomes a measure of how good you are at the game.

(49m 16s)

Oh, how well did you add the muscle memory to avoid that scare?

(49m 20s)

[laughs]

(49m 20s) Al:

I mean, the good thing is I’m not going to be playing the game anymore.

(49m 22s)

Unless they add stuff.

(49m 23s)

Because the only other thing they’ve added is bunnies.

(49m 25s)

They’ve added an animal, the bunnies.

(49m 28s)

Which, as fun as they are, they give…

(49m 32s)

You add them like the chickens and the cows.

(49m 35s)

Cows and they give you

(49m 37s)

Fluff is apparently what they give you it sells for money, but like I’ve already done everything in the game

(49m 40s) Kevin:

Okay

(49m 45s) Al:

So I don’t need to sell for more money

(49m 45s) Kevin:

Yeah, sure

(49m 47s) Al:

So I went in I bought my three bunnies and I went great done. I’ve done it all here

(49m 52s)

There’s nothing more to do there

(49m 53s)

So it’s not a particularly big update. I think it’s weird that they added in the bunnies as well as it’s like

(49m 59s)

I don’t know what’s happening here

(50m 1s)

Did they have more plans for other updates and I feel like it would even better to kind of put them together in a bigger up

(50m 7s)

Update if that is the plan and if it’s not the plan

(50m 8s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(50m 11s) Al:

Why are you adding bunnies in I’m just I’m fairly confused

(50m 14s) Kevin:

It’s like sometimes creators just have the whim.

(50m 20s) Al:

Fair fair

(50m 20s) Kevin:

They have that dream.

(50m 23s) Al:

Yeah, I’m going to assume that they have more plans for other updates

(50m 28s)

Because it’s it’s been a month and a half since the game came out and I think that’s their first proper update

(50m 33s)

other than just like bug fixes

(50m 37s)

Yeah, I don’t know. It’s interesting

(50m 40s) Kevin:

Hmm, well, okay, you know the the buttons one thing but the movement like I think that’s not just a great update

(50m 47s)

But it’s a good sign. They’re they’re working on it even from like the very core issue. So that’s cool. Good for you

(50m 48s) Al:

Yes, yes

(50m 51s)

Yeah, of course listening to listening to feedback improving the the experiences a good thing

(50m 56s)

I think it’s just like if you have more features planned

(50m 59s)

I would bundle them together because I don’t want to I like I don’t I only

(51m 4s)

Bit it up the game because I wanted to see what it was like so I could talk about it on the podcast, right?

(51m 7s) Kevin:

Yeah

(51m 7s) Al:

Like if I wasn’t talking about in the podcast, I wouldn’t a bit up because there would be no point there’s nothing to do

(51m 10s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s very fair

(51m 12s)

Yeah, you got to wait for the two point over them

(51m 17s)

For a major update now one of those mine mini update

(51m 22s) Al:

I was I was gonna say speaking of updates to aren’t gonna make me open the game

(51m 23s) Kevin:

You know speaking of many updates

(51m 32s)

Say tomato tomato

(51m 35s) Al:

Hello Kitty Island adventure has a spooky celebration

(51m 38s) Kevin:

It’s hollowing

(51m 40s) Al:

costumes

(51m 42s) Kevin:

Costumes, I thought they already had but sure. Yeah, yeah

(51m 44s) Al:

Look the the cute costumes

(51m 49s)

And okay fine

(51m 49s) Kevin:

Yeah, you know what you know what this makes me think it makes me think hey, I’ll have you seen my melody and karaomi the Netflix series

(51m 58s) Al:

I haven’t actually.

(52m) Kevin:

It’s a stop-motion animated series focusing

(52m 3s) Al:

Oh wait, I think, yeah, I think I saw some clips of it, but yeah, I’ve not

(52m 8s) Kevin:

Yeah, I don’t watch it, but that’s all this update reminds me that that shows this and looks awesome because it’s it’s stop-motion looks beautiful

(52m 19s)

But hey, all right, there you go go

(52m 23s)

If you spooky your hello kitty island adventure. Oh, oh, you can go spooky

(52m 29s) Al:

Speaking of come on stop stealing my segue’s Kevin

(52m 30s) Kevin:

Your go-go town

(52m 32s)

adventure

(52m 34s) Al:

Speaking of spooky costumes

(52m 37s)

Gobo town have released a new Halloween decor decor

(52m 43s)

in the game

(52m 45s) Kevin:

Didn’t they act like werewolves into the game? Am I recall correctly? Yeah.

(52m 48s) Al:

Yeah, I think you’re right. Yeah, but they were like actual werewolves not like this is just

(52m 51s) Kevin:

Yeah, I’m just saying

(52m 54s) Al:

this is decorations

(52m 57s) Kevin:

picture plants. Yeah, okay. Oh, that I do too. You get like a square Jack Atlanta, but you could,

(52m 57s) Al:

Also, backpacks.

(52m 59s)

The van point is fine, but the jack-o-back is a great one, and I love the name.

(53m 6s) Kevin:

you know, back back. That’s pretty good. Yeah, it’s like a bat without the face, I guess.

(53m 15s)

Yeah, it’s pretty good. Agree. Oh,

(53m 16s) Al:

They’ve also announced there are some information about the Co-op update.

(53m 21s)

They are kicking off a small alpha test soon, and planning for the update to be out.

(53m 25s) Kevin:

And they’re planning fast travel, that’s cool, that’s cool, I added a bunch of plants,

(53m 27s) Al:

late November. Air

(53m 29s)

Oh yes, I missed that. Well, I don’t know why the subway doesn’t count as fast travel,

(53m 40s)

it’s pretty much fast travel. Maybe this is fast, fastier travel. Alright, now it’s time to get

(53m 40s) Kevin:

I don’t, oh that’s a good point. Fast your travel, I like that.

(53m 48s)

Subway, the subway’s going on a subway, a big one.

(53m 54s) Al:

I know you did by version numbers.

(53m 55s) Kevin:

Yeah, oh again.

(53m 57s) Al:

Goodness and thank you.

(53m 59s)

Yeah, well, up till now, it’s just being Kevin trying to do it deliberately, whereas now it’s like I’m actually going to get annoyed about this, right?

(54m 5s)

Carl Island, what are you doing? They are, ah, this annoys me so much. So the one point, okay, you go then.

(54m 11s) Kevin:

No, wait, wait, I want to read the two, no go, I just say 1.03 update, being splinted to two,

(54m 18s) Al:

The 1.3 update is being split up into two updates. And instead of releasing 1.3, but with less stuff,

(54m 27s)

they are releasing one point to be

(54m 30s)

and then one point three because they realized that they wanted to get stuff out earlier fair enough the 1.3 update was getting too big

(54m 37s)

But don’t don’t do this like just release 1.3 with what you want to have what you’re having it

(54m 42s)

Right because what they’re doing here is they’re going oh, we don’t think we’ll get everything we want done for 1.3 in the timeline that we want to get 1.3 out

(54m 50s)

But we still want 1.3 to have all of the things that we said it would have in it

(54m 53s) Kevin:

[laughs]

(54m 55s) Al:

So at like this isn’t nobody’s gonna look at this

(54m 59s)

single oh 1.3 is coming later but it’s fine because I get some of the

(55m 3s)

features now no they’re gonna go I want the kids to grow up that’s the feature

(55m 7s)

that I cared about and it’s not coming yet like so just just change the scope of

(55m 12s) Kevin:

Okay.

(55m 12s) Al:

1.3 release 1.3 and then add those other features into 1.4 it is not difficult

(55m 16s) Kevin:

Look.

(55m 17s) Al:

1.2 b is a stupid version name don’t do it oh yeah

(55m 21s) Kevin:

My favorite part of this is that the first part of 1.3 is actually 1.2.

(55m 27s)

[Laughter]

(55m 31s)

Okay, I will say this.

(55m 32s)

I get the logic because looking at the list of the updates,

(55m 35s)

they’re adding a haunted house in 1.2B or whatever, right?

(55m 39s)

They want that out before Halloween.

(55m 42s)

That’s the reason they’re splitting.

(55m 42s) Al:

Yes, sure I agree. I am not I am not against them releasing an earlier version and then releasing the other stuff that they haven’t got ready for this fashion into the next fashion. I’m totally fine with that the numbers what you doing?

(55m 43s) Kevin:

I can tell you, right?

(55m 44s)

And that’s fair, but like, just change the numbers.

(55m 56s)

Yeah, oh

(55m 59s)

There’s a jolly’s see system coming out

(56m 3s)

Wait manual say what do you mean manual say it’s not out. Okay. I

(56m 9s) Al:

Remember, I mean, Stardew doesn’t have manual save, right?

(56m 9s) Kevin:

Didn’t know that

(56m 11s)

Oh my gosh, it doesn’t I move what I didn’t think about that yeah, I did I mean I

(56m 14s) Al:

Did you forget about that?

(56m 17s)

You know, of all the things he’s added in, he’s never added in a manual save, he’s still

(56m 21s) Kevin:

Dang

(56m 21s) Al:

just to have the save on sleep.

(56m 24s) Kevin:

Let’s create, okay.

(56m 27s) Al:

All right, rant over.

(56m 32s)

Faith Arm, the drama continues, although I guess it’s less drama now and it’s more like

(56m 37s)

Good stuff.

(56m 40s)

So now that faith farm has been purchased and we can debate whether or not the owners are good or bad, that doesn’t be that as it may, the service for faith farm will continue to run.

(56m 56s)

So that’s good at least.

(56m 56s) Kevin:

Yeah, it’s launched in 2023. It’s been that long that long two years. All right. I get mm. Okay. I

(57m 8s)

The game’s not on paper dead

(57m 12s) Al:

Well, and they’ve also said that they, uh, so they’ve said were committed to supporting and growing the community that has made faith farm so special.

(57m 20s)

This is just the beginning that are more announcements to come about the future of the game, which sounds like they have plans for updates, right? Because you don’t say, Oh, we’re keeping the servers open. And there are more announcements to come.

(57m 28s) Kevin:

Okay, yeah

(57m 33s)

Yeah

(57m 33s) Al:

And those announcements are we’re going to shut down the servers, right? That’s not what you do. That’s not good.

(57m 36s) Kevin:

Yes

(57m 38s)

Yeah, but okay, here’s the question. I’m gonna be I’m gonna be real. I’m gonna be harsh for a bit

(57m 42s) Al:

Burial Burial Kevin.

(57m 47s) Kevin:

Some games you’re gonna wish the service and just close instead of getting updated

(57m 53s) Al:

Tushy

(57m 55s)

Look some people like this game

(57m 55s) Kevin:

I’m looking at you Overwatch

(57m 58s)

[Laughter]

(57m 58s) Al:

Yeah

(58m)

All right, we’ve also got two new games to talk about. Oh, I’m tired

(58m 6s)

I also got to walk up with a cold this morning, so if that my voice sounds funny, that’s why

(58m 11s) Kevin:

what what i’m sorry i’m just reading what wow i’ve we’ve been making this podcast for how many years

(58m 20s)

and not once did I ever think we’ve been talking about the seven deadly sins anime what

(58m 27s) Al:

The Seven Deadly Sins Origin is an open world anime RPG set in the universe of the Seven Deadly Sins,

(58m 32s)

step into the role of Prince Tristan of Leon, Leon, and explore an open world Britannia,

(58m 40s)

as you embark on a journey to restore order to a world thrown into chaos by the collision of time

(58m 45s)

in space. When it says to Britannia, is that like…

(58m 48s) Kevin:

I’ve never seen the show. I don’t I just know it exists. I know it has a large following. Don’t ask me

(58m 53s) Al:

Is that based on because like Britannia is this Roman name for Britain?

(58m 57s) Kevin:

Yeah, maybe I don’t know like don’t ask me

(59m) Al:

Well, I did I did ask you

(59m 5s) Kevin:

Why is this I’m just very confused

(59m 7s) Al:

Wait, it’s as well. It’s very definitely based on Britain. Let this look at his map

(59m 11s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay, okay, there we go

(59m 15s)

there’s there’s the

(59m 17s)

Britain gold

(59m 18s) Al:

This this game has farming

(59m 18s) Kevin:

All of them are fame. It has a lot of things.

(59m 24s) Al:

Yeah, I mean like I’m probably not gonna play this game. I’m not vaguely interested in it, but

(59m 29s)

It was I was it there. I think it was the

(59m 33s)

Sony state of play it was an instant and I was like watching it going. Oh, yes, this looks very anime and then I saw farming of

(59m 41s)

goodness sake

(59m 41s) Kevin:

[laughs]

(59m 44s) Al:

So there we go you get that here’s a token talk about it

(59m 47s)

I’m not gonna play it. I’m probably not gonna talk about it on the podcast, but here you go. It exists. If you caterbit this

(59m 59s)

However, the other new game, we have to talk about…

(1h 6s)

Petit Planet.

(1h 8s)

This is a Hollywood-verse farming game,

(1h 13s)

which brings up lots of questions.

(1h 13s) Kevin:

Oh, yeah. Okay, which I may be able to answer some. So, ask away.

(1h 21s) Al:

Well, so the first question I guess would be is this going to be a gacha game because that’s what they that’s what the that’s what their expertise is, right?

(1h 23s) Kevin:

Oh, no. There there is and to my no, I don’t know if the first time I was gotcha. I’m

(1h 34s)

going. I’m going to say yes by default. I don’t actually know, but I’m going to lean towards

(1h 39s)

Yes.

(1h 40s) Al:

And then I guess the next question would be,

(1h 41s)

“How do you do, uh, gotcha farming?”

(1h 44s) Kevin:

Well, okay, off the top of my head.

(1h 48s)

You’re, it’s, you unlock neighbors, basically.

(1h 56s) Al:

Okay. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I could see that that actually that I would be okay with that

(1h 1m 4s)

Right because I am fine with just not

(1h 1m 11s) Kevin:

not playing

(1h 1m 11s) Al:

But you know like if you took if you took animal crossing for example and instead of like the

(1h 1m 16s)

Getting the villagers by going out and your thing on your little expeditions instead you just like

(1h 1m 19s) Kevin:

yeah

(1h 1m 22s) Al:

paid money to speed up getting one.

(1h 1m 25s)

I-I-I don’t-

(1h 1m 26s)

I think that’s-I mean, I-I’m not saying it’s a good thing. It is probably not great because, you know, some people are gonna do it when they probably shouldn’t, but like, there are worse things, I guess?

(1h 1m 34s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(1h 1m 39s) Al:

Realistically, people were paying for that anyway, because what they were doing was they were paying for someone who had it to get rid of them and then you could connect to their game and get them instead.

(1h 1m 45s) Kevin:

I was about to say look at it just

(1h 1m 49s)

Go back to the Raymond the meepo cards

(1h 1m 50s) Al:

Yeah, well, exactly. Exactly. And people cards, that’s a good point, and we will-

(1h 1m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay, so

(1h 1m 56s) Al:

what cards was just this version of it paying for it, right?

(1h 1m 57s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, there you go. I mean, okay, here’s the benefit, right?

(1h 2m 3s)

Unlike other Mojo games if it’s just cosmetic neighbors because obviously we’re not combating or whatever

(1h 2m 9s)

You know, it’s not it’s it’s not influencing gameplay, right in the ZZ certain character

(1h 2m 15s)

Just better and you got a pull for them or whatever here you’re probably you know, not in a mess on any mechanics or

(1h 2m 23s)

The neighbors won’t be tiered by gameplay probably yeah, probably

(1h 2m 28s) Al:

You never knew.

(1h 2m 30s) Kevin:

Yeah, I’m not saying they won’t be tiered for other reasons, but

(1h 2m 35s)

It’s interesting though, um, and I don’t know it’s what it’s well because this was

(1h 2m 41s)

Just shortly after Palafom, like everyone’s getting in on-

(1h 2m 45s)

cottagecore, it’s crazy.

(1h 2m 46s) Al:

Well, exactly. Are you surprised. Um, I can’t figure out what this is going to be on.

(1h 2m 54s) Kevin:

Uh, it probably, I’ll tell you everything.

(1h 2m 56s)

It’s gonna be everything.

(1h 2m 57s) Al:

Okay, because like the trailer doesn’t say anything and there is no Wikipedia page for it and their their Twitter

(1h 3m) Kevin:

Yeah, no, I mean, no.

(1h 3m 5s) Al:

Doesn’t say and their website is a dreadful website trying to do anything on that

(1h 3m 9s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s cool. Hmm. I mean, they’re gonna aim for mobile dude. Like my audio games from a while

(1h 3m 11s) Al:

um

(1h 3m 16s)

But while that’s the thing, is it just going to be mobile or is it going to be on because all of this seems to be like

(1h 3m 18s) Kevin:

Probably not

(1h 3m 23s) Al:

All the screenshots. I’m seeing Luke

(1h 3m 26s)

Uh landscape rather than portrait

(1h 3m 29s) Kevin:

Yeah, I don’t think it’s going to be just mobile.

(1h 3m 31s)

They’re, they are too dang big and they know that they know that they’re going to

(1h 3m 36s)

aim for everything.

(1h 3m 37s)

I can’t, except for me, the latest game that just came out or it’s coming out, I think

(1h 3m 41s) Al:

Oh. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. So the play test that they’ve got coming

(1h 3m 44s) Kevin:

everything is on everything.

(1h 3m 48s) Al:

up soon is on iOS and Windows. So we at least know two things that it’s coming out

(1h 3m 56s)

on iOS and Windows. Interesting choice that those are the two things that they’re doing

(1h 3m 59s) Kevin:

And it’ll probably go from there.

(1h 4m 3s) Al:

the test on. It does see the test is only available

(1h 4m 11s)

on iOS and PC brackets windows. We will continue to expand an optimized platform

(1h 4m 16s)

support in the future. So presumably it is then coming to other things. Yeah. It is very

(1h 4m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, if they’re doing PC, it’s gonna come.

(1h 4m 25s) Al:

interesting. I mean, in terms of like just talking about this outside of all of its other

(1h 4m 31s)

context, as our farming life simulation game, it looks fine.

(1h 4m 37s) Kevin:

Yeah a big part of the problem with a lot of mobile marketing it’s hard to actually gauge

(1h 4m 42s)

what the game is like from the bit trailers they put out and that’s very much true here.

(1h 4m 44s) Al:

Yes, there is there is a stop motion section they do which shows somebody like building up their little village and it does look very much like a you know, you would expect in the standard farming game life some game so.

(1h 4m 58s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah, you’re building paths, setting furniture, catching bugs, fences, gardens.

(1h 5m 6s)

It looks like New Horizons but in Mohoyo flavor, that’s all it is.

(1h 5m 11s) Al:

Yeah, I don’t if it wasn’t a high-virus game. I don’t know if I would be interested in the game

(1h 5m 19s) Kevin:

Hmm, no no it’s fair. Yeah, it is fascinating. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I probably

(1h 5m 20s) Al:

Not because I like I’ve not played any high-virus games, right?

(1h 5m 23s)

So I’m not interested in it for the lower of the characters just out of the fact that this is fascinating

(1h 5m 28s)

Right the same thing with pal farm, right? I don’t care about the pals. I don’t care about pal farm in general

(1h 5m 34s)

I care about it because it’s interesting that this company is making a farming game

(1h 5m 43s) Kevin:

will not play myself. Here’s the thing on the hoyo verse, they usually don’t cross-pollinate

(1h 5m 45s) Al:

[laughs]

(1h 5m 49s) Kevin:

their properties as of right now. So, you know, I’m saying this with the big

(1h 5m 55s)

asterisk if they ever change that and say certain, I don’t know, zenless on zero

(1h 5m 59s)

character show up and then I’ll be the biggest sucker for this game, but it’s

(1h 6m 5s)

just, I don’t know. It’s crowded space. There’s a, I really playin’ for copy up, man. That’s what it

(1h 6m 12s)

boys down to you. I like that the dog guy is

(1h 6m 16s) Al:

Oh yes, the other thing, I guess, if it is not a gadget game, does it cost money?

(1h 6m 21s)

Because…

(1h 6m 22s) Kevin:

That’s a good question cuz none of their games cost money right now, I don’t think

(1h 6m 25s) Al:

Exactly. So presumably, it’s going to be one of the other, right?

(1h 6m 26s) Kevin:

Oh

(1h 6m 28s)

Yeah, I’m presumably. Yeah, I’m gonna guess what may it’s yeah

(1h 6m 32s) Al:

So many questions.

(1h 6m 35s) Kevin:

I’m guessing gotcha or micro transaction heavy somehow. I don’t know

(1h 6m 40s) Al:

probably, but I just am fascinated to what that looks like and how does the monetization

(1h 6m 43s) Kevin:

Yeah, I am too

(1h 6m 45s) Al:

work in a farming game?

(1h 6m 46s) Kevin:

Yep, you know, okay, what one thing I will say

(1h 6m 52s)

I’m trying to just feel out from the trailer like they’re showing all these like small planetoids like Mario Galaxy planets

(1h 7m 1s)

It would be cool if you could go to different ones build up different places, you know

(1h 7m 6s) Al:

Yeah. So from what I what it my assumption based on the trailer is that these are other people’s ones.

(1h 7m 12s) Kevin:

Oh, that’s it. That might be it. That’s a good point. Yeah. All right. That’s fair.

(1h 7m 15s) Al:

Because I’m going to like do do other hoverist games have like multiplayer stuff.

(1h 7m 22s) Kevin:

Not really

(1h 7m 24s) Al:

Okay, but if very much looked like they were going to someone else’s thing there,

(1h 7m 28s) Kevin:

Yeah, that it could be it that you know that that would be that would be a good angle like the first really multiplayer heavy

(1h 7m 28s) Al:

like there were other there were other player characters.

(1h 7m 36s) Kevin:

Muhoyo game. Yeah, that could work

(1h 7m 37s) Al:

And then, and then you suddenly, you suddenly understand why they’re doing a farming game if they wanted to make a multiplayer game. This makes sense as a multiplayer game.

(1h 7m 42s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, it does yeah, I agree. Okay. Well, there we go

(1h 7m 48s) Al:

Oh, bye. So much. Uh, next week, we’ll have four other new games to talk about. Um.

(1h 7m 53s) Kevin:

No, I sick

(1h 7m 57s) Al:

Okay. Now we’re going to talk about Sun Z Island. Uh, I guess quick check on how these things are.

(1h 8m 4s)

I played and finished the game, Kevin, watch your status on

(1h 8m 7s) Kevin:

I played, did not finish, based off the upgrade pads, I think about it about halfway, but you know,

(1h 8m 13s) Al:

fair enough. Yeah. Oh, well, yeah. Yeah, no, absolutely. It’s, uh, yeah. It’s a very clear

(1h 8m 14s) Kevin:

I get the, I get the gist. Yep. What’s your, wait, what’s your playtime? That’s important.

(1h 8m 22s) Al:

what you’re wanting to do. Um, okay. What’s my playtime? Let me check my playtime. I think

(1h 8m 29s) Kevin:

I believe you said 13 hours roughly.

(1h 8m 32s) Al:

so. Let me double check. Uh, yeah, 13 hours to 100% the game. Um, which is a thing. I mean,

(1h 8m 40s) Kevin:

Yeah, it’s a $10 game. It’s 13 hour. You’re in 10 13 hours. It’s

(1h 8m 41s) Al:

I like that sort of size of game.

(1h 8m 44s)

Well, $10 if you’re buying it, Phil Price.

(1h 8m 48s)

I mean, did you pay what what $2 for it?

(1h 8m 48s) Kevin:

Yep. Yep. That’s correct.

(1h 8m 51s) Al:

Was it? I paid zero dollars for it because for some reason I got it free like six months ago.

(1h 8m 55s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(1h 8m 58s)

No, I’m there.

(1h 8m 59s) Al:

I don’t know how that happened.

(1h 9m 1s)

I thought it was on sale for like 50% off went on to an apparently in the UK story.

(1h 9m 6s)

It was free. It was very confused.

(1h 9m 8s)

So I was like, okay, I’ll buy this then.

(1h 9m 8s) Kevin:

you go. Okay. So the game is you are a cat. I think you have a name. I don’t remember

(1h 9m 13s) Al:

I don’t think that matters.

(1h 9m 17s) Kevin:

it, but a cat with a little sun like Pikmin style sunflower thing on your head. Every character

(1h 9m 21s) Al:

Yeah.

(1h 9m 27s) Kevin:

has that. They’re like, that’s the lore of the game. Everyone’s born with a little Pikmin

(1h 9m 32s)

flower on their head saying, “This is what you’re going to do. You’re going to be a carpenter

(1h 9m 34s)

or blanks made with yada yada, yada.

(1h 9m 37s) Al:

the sun. I get that they’re doing the sun equals farming but it just feels a little bit less.

(1h 9m 38s) Kevin:

yeah, you’re going to be yeah, I think well that’s a thing because in the little story you’re like the last one to put because all these characters are coming off a tree basically and you’re the last one to come out and nobody knows what yours is that’s part of the question like what one on earth is that’s supposed to be and you’ve caught them just as the village your little world has kind of deteriorated so you are now trying to

(1h 9m 43s) Al:

It makes less sense than the rest of them, I think.

(1h 10m 8s) Kevin:

rebuild the town and village and whatnot and so in my opinion my interpretation is you’re the son because you’ve now become the center of the solar system universe whatever you’re you’re bringing life and light to this place and helping you grow that yes, okay, just take it like one or two says for the same idea you’re helping you grow yeah, okay, but all right so but that’s the point you’re

(1h 10m 20s) Al:

Oh interesting. See I just I just did it as crops need sun. I’m very literal.

(1h 10m 38s) Kevin:

building up the island you know and let’s get into it because it’s a very to the point game oh that’s a good idea I think overall I like it I give it a thumbs up the big winner is the art style right it’s very cute like storybook sort of art style the presentations lovely the game runs well there’s no

(1h 10m 44s) Al:

Alright, do you want to talk about it in general how you feel about the game before we get into the individual mechanic?

(1h 11m 8s) Kevin:

vlogs or crashes that I’ve encountered and it again keeping in mind the price and the you know scope like I think it does its job well but you know I think like some overall issues like it’s very grindy repetitive sort of stuff what about UL

(1h 11m 28s) Al:

Yeah, I think I’d mostly agree with that.

(1h 11m 30s)

Certainly in terms of the hundreds of farming games

(1h 11m 34s)

that existed is a more interesting looking one

(1h 11m 37s)

graphically than many of them.

(1h 11m 40s)

The animations are quite simple, but it’s okay, that’s fine.

(1h 11m 47s)

I guess what I would say about this is it’s fine

(1h 11m 52s)

and I had fun, but there was nothing

(1h 11m 53s)

that stood out to me as amazing or interesting.

(1h 11m 58s)

It’s just, it is what it is, I guess.

(1h 12m 2s)

And I guess it’s trying to do some things

(1h 12m 5s)

in terms of your relationships with the other people

(1h 12m 7s)

and like you’re talking to them and you get a little bit

(1h 12m 9s)

of their story and then you do a little thing for them

(1h 12m 11s)

and then you get more of their story

(1h 12m 13s)

and then you’re finished their quest line.

(1h 12m 17s)

But I didn’t find anybody’s story interesting.

(1h 12m 20s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s the week part, the week is part for sure like the villagers are cute designs or whatever, but you get so little out of them.

(1h 12m 30s) Al:

Yeah. And they don’t have a life outside of their shop. Every person that you get,

(1h 12m 30s) Kevin:

And in a village based game, that’s kind of fundamental.

(1h 12m 39s) Al:

that you bring back to the island has a shop and they spend their entire time from the moment

(1h 12m 46s)

you wake up to the moment you collapse on the ground in their shop. And you don’t even really

(1h 12m 53s)

talk to them directly. You’re talking to them through the cash register. Like, you walk up to

(1h 13m)

them and you can’t do anything. You walk up to the cash register in the shop and you can then

(1h 13m 4s)

click on that and either talk to them or buy from their shop. And so it very much feels like you are

(1h 13m 8s)

there as a prop. And if I’m going to talk to you, it’s like kind of accidental through this feature.

(1h 13m 15s)

And once you’re finished with your questline, you can’t even talk to them after that. You can

(1h 13m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 13m 20s)

Which is really disheartening

(1h 13m 23s)

Yeah, that’s kind of the the weakest point the the scope is our scale the game is limited and you can really feel those limitations

(1h 13m 32s)

especially the villagers

(1h 13m 33s) Al:

And I guess that’s the problem as like yes, that is where it’s weakest, but it’s also where it tries to be strongest

(1h 13m 40s)

Because it’s it’s trying to do story

(1h 13m 44s)

But and realistically you’ve got to do something interesting to stand out from the crowd on these farming games, right?

(1h 13m 50s)

Because there’s so many of them now

(1h 13m 51s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It doesn’t like

(1h 13m 52s) Al:

And so it tries to do that with story, but it doesn’t really do it

(1h 13m 57s)

It dips its toe in the water and goes hey, we have story ideas and you’re like, okay, you’re gonna

(1h 14m 3s)

Do anything with that? No, no, what I’m gonna do anything with that is weird

(1h 14m 5s) Kevin:

Nope. Like, I was labeling this in my head for a minute as probably the best cookie clicker ever made,

(1h 14m 15s) Al:

[laughing]

(1h 14m 15s) Kevin:

because well, let’s get into some of the other gameplay, right? Because that’s what’s driving

(1h 14m 21s)

at the gameplay loop of collect resources, build an upgrade, a building. Like, the first, you have,

(1h 14m 30s)

you know, you’re standard, you walk around, there’s a stamina system.

(1h 14m 35s)

And pretty almost everything costs them, except picking up a few things.

(1h 14m 41s) Al:

Well, so yeah, so that’s interesting that you say accept a couple things but one of those things is fishing

(1h 14m 47s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 14m 47s) Al:

Fishing doesn’t cost stamina, which is weird

(1h 14m 49s) Kevin:

Fishing is weird cuz it also doesn’t eat up time

(1h 14m 52s) Al:

It does it doesn’t you can basically fish infinitely in one day. It is such a bizarre way

(1h 14m 55s) Kevin:

You can’t I

(1h 14m 58s) Al:

It like you lose like you lose like two minutes

(1h 14m 58s) Kevin:

Did that I didn’t have to worry about money ever again

(1h 15m 1s) Al:

You lose like two minutes each time you fish and then other than that. It’s so like you can you can go through so much fishing this game

(1h 15m 8s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I like I when I did a ton of fishing like the first day or two and you know basically solve my money problem and have to worry about that

(1h 15m 16s) Al:

Yeah, yeah. Oh, there is, there is no money problem in this game because as soon as you

(1h 15m 20s) Kevin:

But yeah, so you’re

(1h 15m 23s) Al:

start getting animals, the money rolls in as well. Like if I, if I look, I currently in

(1h 15m 25s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, that’s true

(1h 15m 29s) Al:

my game, I have 290,000 money and there’s nothing to buy. Right? Like things cost like 500

(1h 15m 35s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s correct!

(1h 15m 40s) Al:

to rebuild a shop. Right? Like it’s not, and I have nearly 300 grand.

(1h 15m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(1h 15m 46s) Al:

Right? Like you’re, you’re, there’s no such thing. Like it doesn’t, it, money is not a problem

(1h 15m 52s)

in this game ever. Like from the moment you start to the moment you end, you are never

(1h 15m 53s) Kevin:

Yeah, yep, stamina is probably the real kicker. I’d say especially in the first half of the game.

(1h 16m 4s) Al:

It’s the most limiting factor, you use a lot of stamina for a lot of things, not just early on, farming is brittle the whole time, it costs five stamina to water, and you start with a hundred stamina, and so yeah, our plant or pick is like five stamina, so if you have a full thing of

(1h 16m 7s) Kevin:

Yeah, especially early on farming is brutal.

(1h 16m 23s)

Or, Poe or Plant or Pick. Yeah.

(1h 16m 34s) Al:

far crops, that’s the word, farming things, crops, let me double check how many it is in the…it is four by six or 24, so that is a hundred and twenty stamina just to water everything, and let me remind you, you start the game with a hundred stamina, you can’t water everything! (laughs)

(1h 16m 36s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 16m 41s)

It’s like this

(1h 16m 46s)

Yeah, there you go, so it is

(1h 16m 52s)

Yeah, so you got to find food lying around the ground. Yeah

(1h 16m 59s)

It’s wild and

(1h 17m 1s)

I’m jumping a little here, but the way farming works like if you don’t water doesn’t grow.

(1h 17m 6s)

It’s not gonna die, but it doesn’t grow. It just sits there. So you have to water if you want to progress.

(1h 17m 9s) Al:

Yeah, yeah

(1h 17m 11s)

And so much of the game is so much of the story is progressed by the farming

(1h 17m 17s)

Like, you know, a lot of the things that people need for you to get them back to the island or to progress their story

(1h 17m 24s)

Requires you to farm things, which is fine. It’s all tied together, right? Like it’s it’s all mostly fetch quests tied together

(1h 17m 25s) Kevin:

It’s quite a sense.

(1h 17m 27s)

Yeah.

(1h 17m 32s) Al:

with story

(1h 17m 34s)

And like, you kind of have to do everything a kind of similar piece.

(1h 17m 39s)

It’s to complete the game, which actually does mean that you finish the game kind of roughly similar in everything right I there was a couple of things that I had to like grind for at the end of the game, but because of how it’s all tied together most of the things were all done at the same sort of time, because it gets you through all these features.

(1h 18m 4s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(1h 18m 7s) Al:

it’s like, you know, you’re, you’re.

(1h 18m 9s)

You’re first cooking will be because someone asks you for a meal and you’re like,

(1h 18m 11s)

oh, I can do all this cooking. That’s, that’s great. Um, it kind of,

(1h 18m 14s) Kevin:

Yeah. What’s nice is it is, and I think part of it is you can see a lot of the big upgrades, you know,

(1h 18m 16s) Al:

that is nicely tied together.

(1h 18m 21s) Kevin:

buildings and stuff. Like they show you what materials you’re going to need. So as soon as you unlock

(1h 18m 26s)

them, you can just load up on them. And so you don’t want to reach the next step of the quest. You

(1h 18m 31s)

You can just drop a mountain of resources and just upgrade all the way.

(1h 18m 37s) Al:

Yeah. I don’t other kind of controls based things. Uh, I’m not a fan of how slow the walking is

(1h 18m 44s)

and like your toggle running and then running becomes the default speed. And I’m just like,

(1h 18m 47s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yup. Yup.

(1h 18m 50s) Al:

why do they even have bother having two speeds? Why would you ever want the walking speed?

(1h 18m 54s)

There’s no negative to doing the running and it’s a toggle. So you just like, you toggle on

(1h 18m 58s)

and then you’re running. And then the only time you ever have to do it again is because you’ve

(1h 19m 2s)

accidentally hit the button. And you’re now walking again. It’s such a weird thing.

(1h 19m 3s) Kevin:

Yup. And then you just get, it’s just a frustration point. And something important. There’s a,

(1h 19m 10s)

you know, as most of these farming games, you have day, night, time, clock. And this is like

(1h 19m 17s)

where it’s going by real fast. You get a day done in, I don’t know, a couple of minutes.

(1h 19m 23s)

Because the clock is moving. So you can not afford to walk. It’s not just the preference. Like,

(1h 19m 29s)

you walk, you will not be able to do a lot in your day. I agree with you. It is kind of baffling how

(1h 19m 35s)

slow the walking is slash wide exists to begin with. Um,

(1h 19m 39s) Al:

So yeah, the first thing you do is you’ve got the gathering, you get wood from trees and you get stone, I think, it’s been a week since I’ve played the game.

(1h 19m 48s) Kevin:

Yeah, it is with chop your, yeah, pick your stir rocks, chop your trees, get your wooden stone.

(1h 19m 49s) Al:

Is it stone, is that what it is?

(1h 19m 54s)

Yeah, and you use them to like you fix a bridge first and then you like build a, I can’t even remember what the first shop is.

(1h 20m 3s) Kevin:

It’s the lumberjack and the blacksmith because they’re the one who processed stuff because you get the raw wood and stone

(1h 20m 4s) Al:

There you go. Yes, of course.

(1h 20m 7s)

Yeah.

(1h 20m 9s) Kevin:

But then you got to process something into bricks and you know like wood planks or whatever

(1h 20m 9s) Al:

Yeah.

(1h 20m 13s)

Yeah.

(1h 20m 15s)

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s a good point.

(1h 20m 17s)

So you’re, yeah. It’s, it’s a gathering and building thing to start with

(1h 20m 22s)

certainly and then eventually you get to farming because I don’t know about you,

(1h 20m 26s)

but I started the game and I was like, where, where’s my seeds? How do I get seeds?

(1h 20m 29s)

How do I do the farming? And they just randomly start getting them from

(1h 20m 30s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, yep

(1h 20m 32s) Al:

quests and it’s actually quite late on that you build the shop that lets you buy.

(1h 20m 39s)

more seeds. And by that time, I had hundreds of seeds. Like I, I, I basically never

(1h 20m 45s)

bought it. I maybe bought like four tomato seeds because I needed them for one

(1h 20m 49s)

recipe that I’d mucked up earlier. That’s it. You don’t, I, I didn’t buy anything

(1h 20m 54s)

else, any other seeds because you keep getting the seeds.

(1h 20m 58s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the quests because that’s the other driving factor like getting the quest right the rewards are very generous

(1h 21m 6s)

They give you a lot of seeds. Oh my I agree

(1h 21m 9s)

I unlocked the herbalist the person sells the seeds and I haven’t bought anything around me there

(1h 21m 14s)

And and that’s and you know everything we’ve talked about this point build up a building do some quests and then that unlocks

(1h 21m 22s)

You know an item. Oh, you know

(1h 21m 25s)

I think to keep our missing here.

(1h 21m 28s)

You’re on an island, right? So you have travel to other islands, that three collect different types of resources.

(1h 21m 33s) Al:

Yeah, it’s very much like the the animal crossing islands, the way you travel to them.

(1h 21m 35s) Kevin:

And so… Yeah.

(1h 21m 40s) Al:

It’s basically like that, except you unlock travel passes to the different islands.

(1h 21m 42s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 21m 47s)

Yep.

(1h 21m 47s) Al:

So you start off just on one island and after a certain time you get travel pass and you can go

(1h 21m 51s)

to the next island and then you get another travel pass and you can get to the next island.

(1h 21m 52s) Kevin:

Yep.

(1h 21m 56s)

Yeah. And…

(1h 21m 56s) Al:

That was an interesting way of doing that. It worked fine because it kind of like got you

(1h 22m)

because there would be no point in going to the next island because you could.

(1h 22m 3s)

And you wouldn’t have your your your pickaxe upgraded to the right point to be able to actually do it yet and you’ve got things still to do on that island. So it kind of felt like it was nicely guiding you through everything.

(1h 22m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah, absolutely. It was, yeah, the progression was intuitive, um, but, uh, but this is kind of the hard to get the game, right? Like this is why I call it like the ultimate cookie clicker case, you build up a building, you unlock a new island, maybe you go get the resource from the new island, there’s a villager that you can having to move, but you have to go do a quest, so you do some farming.

(1h 22m 44s)

and then their quest reward will be a pass to the next island and rinse and repeat.

(1h 22m 49s)

I wish I had a little more flavor, a little more soul with the villagers talking with

(1h 23m 13s)

them and interacting with them, not just all about the quests or whatever.

(1h 23m 13s) Al:

Yeah, yeah

(1h 23m 18s)

You mentioned the processing of items. Let’s go back to that a little bit because there’s a couple of weird things for it

(1h 23m 19s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

(1h 23m 24s) Al:

first of all

(1h 23m 26s)

it processes

(1h 23m 28s)

real-time

(1h 23m 29s)

Where is the rest of the game doesn’t so if you if you go to sleep

(1h 23m 30s) Kevin:

Yeah. It is very weird. Yeah. Yeah, or or even in the menu, because how

(1h 23m 36s) Al:

Nothing is processed in that time because you’ve been sleeping, right? It’s like immediate, right?

(1h 23m 41s)

But if you pause the game

(1h 23m 43s)

And go away and come back

(1h 23m 46s)

It processes while you’re paused because it’s processing real-time

(1h 23m 52s) Kevin:

our works is you go to the menu, let’s say the lumberjack, you go to the menu, and

(1h 23m 56s)

there’s basically a slot put in the wood plant, you know, the wood logs here.

(1h 24m)

And then you see the bar filling as it’s, it’s selling them into wood planks coming out.

(1h 24m 5s)

You can stay in that menu and just watch the bars go. Time does not pass, like in that

(1h 24m 8s) Al:

Yeah. No. It’s, it’s, it’s just really weird that everything else is based on the internal game clock, except processing, that what runs real time. I don’t understand why it happens that way. But here we are.

(1h 24m 9s) Kevin:

menu, but stuff gets processed. Yep. Yeah.

(1h 24m 24s)

Yeah, yeah, I don’t know or better and for worse because you can use yeah

(1h 24m 26s) Al:

Weird.

(1h 24m 29s)

Yeah, both. Definitely both.

(1h 24m 31s) Kevin:

What are you gonna do?

(1h 24m 32s) Al:

There’s also another complaint about process, no, I complained about processing. There’s a button that allows you to.

(1h 24m 38s)

add. So if you press like the a bot, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So if you press the a button that adds one thing into the processing thing, if you press why it adds 10 and if you press X, it adds all of them, but it doesn’t tell you that on the screen.

(1h 24m 40s) Kevin:

What?

(1h 24m 52s)

Oh, I hate this.

(1h 24m 56s) Al:

The only reason I tried that is because that’s the case for putting things into the chest. And I was like, Oh, I wonder if it does that in this menu as well, and it does.

(1h 24m 59s) Kevin:

The chest, when you move stuff.

(1h 25m 4s)

I hate that you got.

(1h 25m 8s) Al:

And I find that right at the end of the game. So my entire 13 hours, I wasn’t doing that.

(1h 25m 13s) Kevin:

I’ve been mashing so much aid and put all those blogs in the lumberjack.

(1h 25m 19s) Al:

It was the most annoying thing about the game tapping a to get a hundred hundred rocks into this processing thing.

(1h 25m 22s) Kevin:

Oh, my good.

(1h 25m 30s) Al:

So terrible.

(1h 25m 33s)

Okay, processing is fine other than that it’s anything else we

(1h 25m 38s)

talk about farming we talked about the stamina thing being weird other than

(1h 25m 42s)

that is kind of fine right like you you tell the land you put this the seeden

(1h 25m 47s)

new water and then eventually after a few days it grows. Oh I will say okay one

(1h 25m 53s)

thing I really like about the game I love the designs of all the crops and the

(1h 25m 57s)

animals they’re all very unique I like how it did that.

(1h 26m) Kevin:

Yeah, very stylized absolutely tomato pank. It’s look a little gross. I will say but

(1h 26m 6s)

Overall, yes

(1h 26m 6s) Al:

low pimples.

(1h 26m 7s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s basically it. I don’t like it

(1h 26m 8s) Al:

[laughter]

(1h 26m 11s) Kevin:

But my agree. Yeah, the the visual aspect is top notch in this game across the board

(1h 26m 17s) Al:

um animals are interesting um have you done animals yet? I don’t know if you’re that far yet.

(1h 26m 23s) Kevin:

I was starting, too.

(1h 26m 25s) Al:

So you get them and the first day you don’t do anything and they give you a crop the net

(1h 26m 31s)

uh an output the next day but after that you have to give them feed you put feed in their

(1h 26m 37s)

trough and then if you do that the next day they’ll have their output great but see if you

(1h 26m 44s)

forget to pick it up one day. It’s gone the next.

(1h 26m 47s)

You can’t pick it up the next day, but that means that you just lose that, right? Because then they don’t have it for the next day either because you’ve not put the it’s like they’re eating. They’re product, but it doesn’t actually do anything because it doesn’t give them another product.

(1h 26m 48s) Kevin:

Oh yeah!

(1h 26m 58s)

Mm-hmm, which

(1h 27m 1s)

Yep

(1h 27m 1s) Al:

Like it’s just you just lose that day completely and you have to give them more feed and get the product the next day. It’s really, I think this is this is I don’t understand why it does that. I just forget that you have the thing there.

(1h 27m 4s) Kevin:

Let’s

(1h 27m 8s)

Oh, that’s a little rough

(1h 27m 15s) Al:

if you go to sleep.

(1h 27m 17s)

You can then start selling that the product that they have and like within a couple of days you can buy another one and then it’s like then a couple of days later you can buy another two and then a couple of the and you just it just exponentially increases the amount of money you have.

(1h 27m 45s)

have, it’s wild how much?

(1h 27m 47s)

The animals give you like if I didn’t need the crops for the cooking, I wouldn’t have continued to farm because the animals are just such big money makers.

(1h 27m 57s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. I agree. Um, and that’s, that’s kind of, uh, I think another

(1h 28m 4s)

limitation of the game. Once you’re kind of done with the resource, you

(1h 28m 8s)

don’t really need it for anything. So, you know, like, why ever go back to the

(1h 28m 14s)

basic, what a rock. It would have been nice if there were, I don’t know,

(1h 28m 17s)

like furniture you could craft or something, but, uh, I don’t know, just

(1h 28m 21s)

Once you’re done, you’re kind of done.

(1h 28m 23s) Al:

Um, I don’t think, I think we can have already talked about the islands and, uh, fishing.

(1h 28m 28s)

Oh, we didn’t talk about them any game.

(1h 28m 28s) Kevin:

Oh, we didn’t talk about fishing. It’s it’s stardew

(1h 28m 31s) Al:

I hate it.

(1h 28m 32s) Kevin:

It’s it is worse than stardew. It’s the same idea of stardew of the bobber moving up and down and trying to stay on the fish

(1h 28m 40s)

But like the timing of it isn’t great

(1h 28m 44s) Al:

The gravity is worse in this the gravity is lower so if you accidentally tap higher than the fish you’re probably lost it

(1h 28m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 28m 51s)

Yeah, yeah

(1h 28m 52s) Al:

You’re not it’s not gonna come down quickly enough

(1h 28m 54s) Kevin:

It is yeah, and it’s rough

(1h 28m 59s)

Yeah, it is aggravating a lot several fish because of that you you

(1h 29m 3s)

Yeah, I’m out of hand. The the fish you mean to get like it’s it’s start to put worse because it’s dead

(1h 29m 5s) Al:

Like, like many things you get used to it, but that doesn’t mean I enjoy it, right?

(1h 29m 10s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 29m 12s)

Yeah, I agree

(1h 29m 12s) Al:

I got better at it, but I still wasn’t enjoying it and one side caught every fish I was

(1h 29m 17s)

done.

(1h 29m 17s) Kevin:

Yep, that’s correct

(1h 29m 18s) Al:

I have a bunch of bullet points that didn’t really fit into any of those individual sections

(1h 29m 24s) Kevin:

Oh

(1h 29m 26s)

That last one’s the last one.

(1h 29m 26s) Al:

that I just want to go through.

(1h 29m 28s) Kevin:

This one’s a good one. Let’s get to it.

(1h 29m 29s) Al:

So first of all, when you finish the game, this is spoilers.

(1h 29m 33s) Kevin:

That’s fine. We’ll live.

(1h 29m 36s) Al:

There’s like, you finish it, you grow the tree, and then it goes at like two pages

(1h 29m 42s)

of story from the beginning story.

(1h 29m 45s)

And I can’t even remember what it was, but it was like, oh, maybe we were here to bring

(1h 29m 50s)

the tree back, you know, like, uh-huh, obviously.

(1h 29m 52s)

And that’s it.

(1h 29m 53s)

There’s nothing else.

(1h 29m 54s)

Like, nobody comments on the fact that you’ve done it.

(1h 29m 56s)

There’s no celebration.

(1h 29m 57s)

There’s nothing that’s just, it’s just it.

(1h 29m 59s)

That’s, that’s, that’s your done.

(1h 30m) Kevin:

No party!

(1h 30m) Al:

And because, and because this is on the switch, there’s no achievements either.

(1h 30m 6s)

Like, how do you know you’ve actually finished the game?

(1h 30m 8s)

Tree’s growing.

(1h 30m 9s)

Is that it?

(1h 30m 10s)

Maybe.

(1h 30m 11s)

I don’t know.

(1h 30m 12s)

I don’t know if that’s it.

(1h 30m 13s)

I think it’s it.

(1h 30m 14s)

I’m pretty sure that’s it.

(1h 30m 17s)

I’m pretty sure it’s done.

(1h 30m 17s)

I don’t know.

(1h 30m 20s)

The menus don’t support the D-pad and that’s very annoying, especially as it has some weirdness

(1h 30m 27s)

in terms of if you open a menu and your analog stick was still slightly too

(1h 30m 35s)

way.

(1h 30m 49s) Kevin:

I’ll pick in the right seat. Yup.

(1h 30m 50s) Al:

Yes, you tell the land and you put in a seed and then you move immediately to the right

(1h 30m 55s)

and you press the button to put a seed in, but then it’s still registered the fact that

(1h 31m)

you were very slightly touching the analog stick.

(1h 31m 3s)

for it moves on to the second.

(1h 31m 5s)

you’re on autopilot because you’re like, I have eight tomato seeds that I’m trying to do here

(1h 31m 11s)

and the tomato seed was the first one when I went to the last one so of course it will be the

(1h 31m 16s)

first one when I go to this one as well so you tap a a a a oh wait no I just I just pumpkin in the

(1h 31m 24s)

ground. How did that happen? Because I happened to be slightly touching the analog stick when I was

(1h 31m 30s)

moving to the right, and I tapped the menu. It’s a very annoying, I

(1h 31m 35s)

heated with passion.

(1h 31m 36s) Kevin:

Yeah, it’s not great. I’ve many accidental clicks or selections in this game. It’s not fun

(1h 31m 44s) Al:

uh ba ba ba ba what else um oh yes so selling items uh go into what’s called a chest right it’s

(1h 31m 52s)

not a shipping container it’s a chest uh which I feel like could be very confusing the first time

(1h 31m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah.

(1h 31m 57s) Al:

I did it I didn’t know what I was doing I assumed it was going to sell them because it was sitting

(1h 32m 1s)

outside my house but there wasn’t another chest except there was another chest is in a different

(1h 32m 2s) Kevin:

It’s in the position. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that’s one thing about the game. It has tutorials, but it’s all inside a menu. You don’t actually, it doesn’t pop up to let you know anything.

(1h 32m 7s) Al:

building. There’s a building with an actual chest in it where you store stuff.

(1h 32m 22s) Kevin:

So, you know, I don’t know, because, you know, there’s tutorials, you have extremes on both.

(1h 32m 32s)

And right, you have hand holding and everything to everything popping up. But then there’s this where there’s the toys. You want to go look at it. And hope it’s nice to get a little guidance on some stuff like this, you know, but I don’t know. I’ve never thought about it. I’m a busy man. I have stuff to do before midday.

(1h 32m 44s) Al:

Yeah. You can’t sleep in the bed before midday. That’s annoying. Why is that the case?

(1h 32m 56s)

Yeah, but then at the end of the game when you’re trying to speedrun the last three

(1h 33m 3s)

cooking things that you haven’t done and you’re trying to get through seven days of growing

(1h 33m 6s) Kevin:

ooh yeah who that’s a good point

(1h 33m 8s) Al:

pumpkins. I don’t want to do other things. I want to wake up watching.

(1h 33m 14s)

my plants and go to sleep, but I have to do other stuff until it’s midday. Why midday, specifically,

(1h 33m 17s) Kevin:

that’s I don’t know

(1h 33m 18s) Al:

what weird time? Why is it okay to sleep at midday, but not 11am? Like I would get if it was later,

(1h 33m 24s)

that’s a weird time. Also, don’t do it later. That’s bad. The pause menu has two items, resume and

(1h 33m 33s)

back to main menu. If you click back to menu menu, have you done that at all in this game?

(1h 33m 37s) Kevin:

I have it more than once more than once, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.

(1h 33m 37s) Al:

Yeah, accidentally pressed it. There’s no confirmation. So you click it and you’ve lost your day.

(1h 33m 44s)

And of course, as we mentioned, there are issues with the menu, registering movement when you

(1h 33m 49s)

didn’t realize you were doing that. I’ve done that so many times. I’ve lost most of a day because I

(1h 33m 56s)

just marked that up.

(1h 33m 58s) Kevin:

Also like the visual part of it, like which a menu item you’re selected, it’s not

(1h 34m 5s)

Super Bowl like it makes a button lighter

(1h 34m 7s)

but like it’s on a light of like wooden light brown background so

(1h 34m 7s) Al:

Yeah. And also the problem, the problem so many, so many UIs do this where they have, oh,

(1h 34m 17s)

the item you’ve selected is a different color. Okay, great. What if there are two items?

(1h 34m 20s) Kevin:

Yeah, like on this menu.

(1h 34m 23s) Al:

Which, how, how do you know, how do you know which item is? Which color is the right color?

(1h 34m 30s)

How, how you meant to know that? If you, if you’ve got three or more, sure, two of them

(1h 34m 34s)

one color and one is the other color. But when you’ve got two eighths

(1h 34m 37s)

them, how are you meant to know? I agree, 100%. And finally, my

(1h 34m 39s) Kevin:

You’re up, yeah, be up.

(1h 34m 45s) Al:

other random thought that didn’t fit into anything. Why is there a letter box?

(1h 34m 46s) Kevin:

I love this one

(1h 34m 50s) Al:

There’s a letter box. I have never once. I have completed the game and I

(1h 34m 50s) Kevin:

So you don’t get anything? Oh, that’s great. I love that

(1h 34m 54s) Al:

haven’t once seen a letter in that letter box. I don’t understand why there’s

(1h 35m)

a letter box in this game. My only thing I can think of is there is a DLC for

(1h 35m 5s)

This game, have you seen that?

(1h 35m 7s) Kevin:

I I got it. I am not touched it. You there’s an extra island. I did not get a letter about the DLC

(1h 35m 8s) Al:

Oh, you did.

(1h 35m 12s)

Oh, see, that was my question. I was wondering if that was, if that bit, okay.

(1h 35m 15s) Kevin:

Nope

(1h 35m 17s)

It’s an island. Maybe if I go there I could get it. I haven’t actually done anything with the DLC

(1h 35m 22s)

But I didn’t even get any letter saying hey you get the DLC. No

(1h 35m 27s) Al:

Well, I don’t know why there’s a letter box in this game. I’ve not once had a letter and I’ve completed the game

(1h 35m 28s) Kevin:

Yeah, I don’t know

(1h 35m 31s)

That’s crazy

(1h 35m 32s) Al:

I’ve I think I’ve hundred presented the game cuz I think you need to do everything like you have to have all of the

(1h 35m 39s)

All of the fish all of the plushies all of the

(1h 35m 45s)

Bugs all of the

(1h 35m 47s)

Artifacts all of the cooking meals meals. There’s the word. You have to have all of them to grow the tree

(1h 35m 55s)

I don’t think there is anything else you could

(1h 35m 57s)

can do in the game so I think I have 100% of it and I haven’t had a single letter.

(1h 36m 2s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 36m 8s)

I don’t know

(1h 36m 11s)

Nah, that’s it. Like there’s a lot of great things. You’ve heard we got a list of stuff that’s questionable

(1h 36m 18s)

Aggravating at times, but and the bigger thing is like

(1h 36m 22s)

You know, you wish you could interact the villagers make it feel like an island more. You know the

(1h 36m 27s)

Not just hey go to the next

(1h 36m 29s)

quest or whatever, but that’s kind of what it is.

(1h 36m 32s)

So it’s a shade too because it looks it’s such a beautiful art style.

(1h 36m 37s) Al:

Yeah, I don’t know. I can’t tell whether we’re coming across a positive or negative about this game

(1h 36m 43s) Kevin:

Yeah, like I

(1h 36m 47s) Al:

Look I paid zero pounds for it and I had a lot of fun for that money

(1h 36m 51s)

You paid two dollars and it sounds like had more than two dollars worth of fun out

(1h 36m 56s) Kevin:

Absolutely yeah, even you pay I would pay full price for this game

(1h 37m)

I think I’d be okay with that. It’s not a bad game by any means

(1h 37m 4s)

But is it for everyone? No, I don’t know. I just look at it. I guess

(1h 37m 10s)

See if you want it. I don’t know. I did

(1h 37m 13s)

I don’t want it. I’m not saying I’m not recommending it, but am I gonna recommend it? No, I guess if you want like you said, it’s fine

(1h 37m 18s) Al:

I mean, I think what I would say is if you are looking for a small, short farming game and

(1h 37m 30s) Kevin:

Yeah, do you like those checklists number go big yep like

(1h 37m 31s) Al:

you don’t care about characters, this is good for you.

(1h 37m 36s)

If you like characters, play Firefly Village, who is talking about last week, I think that’s

(1h 37m 41s) Kevin:

Yep, yeah, I again back to my label best cookie clicker for me

(1h 37m 42s) Al:

better for characters.

(1h 37m 52s) Kevin:

Yeah, I don’t know what else is it yeah, yeah

(1h 37m 52s) Al:

And yeah, it’s fun. I enjoy it. It’s not going to be my game of the year, but I enjoyed it.

(1h 37m 59s)

All right. Thank you, Kevin, for joining me to talk about this game. Is there anything you would like to say to the audience?

(1h 38m 1s) Kevin:

Thank you. Oh

(1h 38m 5s)

Yeah, I don’t know I’m not doing anything interesting. I’m fine. I’m good. Thank you. I

(1h 38m 8s) Al:

He’s doing our good look at his art.

(1h 38m 10s) Kevin:

Do I just the rumors have it I’ve made ours don’t post it

(1h 38m 15s)

I’m very bad

(1h 38m 15s) Al:

Well, post it then. Goodness me.

(1h 38m 17s) Kevin:

I did on the discord. I didn’t post it up. No, wait. I did did I think I did I don’t remember I look

(1h 38m 23s)

look, I’m also a spider squared, artist squared.

(1h 38m 30s) Al:

All right, you can find the podcast on Tumblr and on blue sky at THS pod.

(1h 38m 34s)

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(1h 38m 39s)

We have a working feedback form on there just now.

(1h 38m 43s)

You can also find links to everything to do with the podcast including a link to our

(1h 38m 47s)

patreon patreon.com/thspod where you can get access to a slack and talk to us all about

(1h 38m 54s)

the silly things we are up to. People on there are just experiencing stardew for the first

(1h 39m)

time. So that’s fun to watch. It has. It has. You can also get access to our bonus episodes of

(1h 39m 1s) Kevin:

Yeah, it’s, uh, it’s like, it’s been popping off lately.

(1h 39m 7s) Al:

the podcast. What was the one we just did recently? Oh, the superhero films. Yes, I finally watched

(1h 39m 12s) Kevin:

super hero films. Okay. Okay. Okay.

(1h 39m 16s) Al:

Red Sonja to finish off the list of… and it is fine. You know, I will say we talked about the fact

(1h 39m 25s)

that obviously she’s in the comics is quite a…

(1h 39m 30s) Kevin:

the thing. Yeah. Yeah. Melgate’s designed. Yep. Yeah.

(1h 39m 31s) Al:

a bit of bare bodied, shall we say, not a lot of coverage.

(1h 39m 35s)

They do a joke about that in the film where she’s given basically the size of thing that she gets in the comic books and she’s like,

(1h 39m 44s)

“Am I really meant to be waiting this?”

(1h 39m 47s)

And then later on she gets to select a different item of clothing and it’s because she complains about how little coverage it has for not…

(1h 39m 58s)

It’s not about, like, looks, it’s about…

(1h 40m)

Because obviously she’s fighting, that’s her thing, and she’s complaining about how little protection there is, but when she gets another thing to replace it with, it has almost no more protection.

(1h 40m 11s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah

(1h 40m 11s) Al:

It is almost the same. It’s maybe got, like, an extra, like, two centimeters at the bottom of the bikini, and it’s bizarre how they’re, like, self-aware about the clothes, but then don’t actually do anything if to fix it.

(1h 40m 27s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, that’s great. I love it. Good times.

(1h 40m 32s)

Let’s make a joke about it because we’re aware, but they’re not actually interested.

(1h 40m 36s) Al:

Yeah, so it was it was fine when I was completing the superhero films. I don’t think it was it would never have cropped cracked the top three that we talked about, but it’s probably better than Henry Danger for me.

(1h 40m 47s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 40m 50s)

Well, okay

(1h 40m 54s)

I believe you

(1h 40m 56s) Al:

All right, I think that’s everything then. Thank you, Kevin again for joining me.

(1h 41m 2s) Kevin:

I’m a good harvest everyone, I miss them completely.

(1h 41m 3s) Al:

Thank you listeners for listening, and until next time, have a good

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The Harvest Season is created by Alma Henry, with support from our patrons, including our

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pro farmers, Kevin Stewart, Analisa.

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Our art is done by Micah the Brave, and our music is done by Nick Burgess.

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Feel free to visit our website, harvestseason.club for show notes and links to things we discussed

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in this episode.

(1h 41m 41s) Kevin:

Okay, I’ll give you a small just a just a little nibble here. Okay capcom capcom cup. It’s their big

(1h 41m 48s)

the Street Fighter

(1h 41m 51s)

yearly annual tournament, right?

(1h 41m 53s)

It is the prize money. I think is over a million at this point. Oh

(1h 41m 58s) Al:

I’m never going to bed tonight, am I?

(1h 42m) Kevin:

No, no

(1h 42m 3s)

They’ve done it for years. They’re doing pay per view this year for the finals you have to pay

(1h 42m 8s) Al:

What? No! That’s insane!

(1h 42m 9s) Kevin:

60 bucks to watch.

(1h 42m 11s)

There’s the finals live.

(1h 42m 14s)

Yeah.

(1h 42m 18s)

There we go.

(1h 42m 19s) Al:

I can’t, am I like…

(1h 42m 23s) Kevin:

All right.

(1h 42m 25s)

And you know, it’s fighting games.

(1h 42m 27s)

Fighting games are not the most popular kind of games, you know, to be from the.

(1h 42m 29s) Al:

Yeah, who’s spending that money?

(1h 42m 32s) Kevin:

To.

(1h 42m 33s)

I don’t know.

(1h 42m 35s)

I don’t know.

(1h 42m 37s)

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(1h 42m 37s) Al:

Like, if Pokemon tried to do that, I’d laugh in their face and walk away.

(1h 42m 40s)

Like, what are you doing? That’s madness.

(1h 42m 41s) Kevin:

Yes, yes, right, right, that there you go, that’s the exact comparison point, right?

(1h 42m 46s)

That’s Pokemon saying, okay, the finals, specifically the finals, they’re going to be pay-per-view.

(1h 42m 51s) Al:

And if anybody could do it, Pokemon could do it, but I don’t think Pokemon could do it.

(1h 42m 54s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah.

(1h 42m 56s) Al:

That’s, I don’t, this feels like, um, it feels like they’ve set themselves up for failure.

(1h 43m 1s)

Like, that’s just especially with the negative PR and like, oh, my word.

(1h 43m 1s) Kevin:

Oh, absolutely, absolutely.

(1h 43m 8s) Al:

I would be raging if I was like one of the competitors.

(1h 43m 11s) Kevin:

Yeah.

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(30s) Kevin:

I guess we’re starting this. Hello, farmers. I didn’t we were talking before had I have a wittier one this time. Hello, farmers and welcome to another episode of the Robin Williams appreciation cast. Mine to a conversation. No, it gets it’s privy to it. Maybe I’ll my name is Kevin and we are here to talk about.

(52s)

I wish more Robin Williams but cottage core games also because we are the harvest season surprise pull up.

(57s) Codey:

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(1m) Kevin:

The Scooby doo man. Okay. Hello. Yeah. So specifically we’re here to where cottage core game slash roguelikes is we’re here to talk about link banner of the spark. Which does. Yeah. There are. Oh my gosh. I didn’t realize.

(1m 13s) Codey:

Wait, I can connect this to Robin Williams. So in this in this game, there’s a lot of robots, right?

(1m 18s)

And Robin Williams was character in the movie robots, which is I started watching it today. So

(1m 25s)

Yeah, so this is all start this is all like we’re talking about Robin Williams because I was talking about how I’ve been watching a lot of those movies I’ve been trying to watch Robin Williams movies and Jim Carey movies because I feel like I

(1m 38s)

I hit a couple of them, but I feel like I could use some more

(1m 42s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1m 43s) Codey:

Like some of them I just watched as a kid or like growing up or whatever, but there were some that I just like I’ve still never watched Good morning Vietnam, which I’ve heard is like a really really good movie

(1m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1m 53s)

I haven’t either. I’m in the same boat, to be honest. I’ve missed a lot.

(1m 58s)

Oh, what was the one Robin Williams movie with the…

(2m 2s)

Well, he’s a film developer guy. Oh, my goodness. Hold on. I’ll look it up. You keep talking.

(2m 7s) Codey:

Sure.

(2m 7s)

Yeah, basically I’ve been trying to watch his movies more

(2m 13s)

‘cause I just really, I don’t know,

(2m 15s)

it hit, I was like, “Oh, I miss him.”

(2m 18s) Kevin:

Yeah, he’s good one hour photo. That’s the name. Um, yeah, I haven’t seen that one. I wanted one check that one because it’s not a comedy, but

(2m 18s) Codey:

He’s a good egg.

(2m 21s)

Mm-hmm.

(2m 26s)

Yeah, some of this dramas are better, honestly.

(2m 29s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah

(2m 31s) Codey:

I really like some of this stuff.

(2m 32s)

So that’s what we’re talking about.

(2m 33s)

But yeah, Linked Banner of the Spark has a lot of robots in.

(2m 37s) Kevin:

Not Robin Williams sadly, but um, but yeah, okay, well we’ll get to that but before you know you know how we do on this podcast

(2m 46s)

We’ve got

(2m 48s)

news of stuffs and other stuffs that we’ve been up to. Cody, what have you been up to? Tell us.

(2m 54s) Codey:

I, since the last time I was on this podcast, I have a new puppy. I think I didn’t have her.

(3m)

I was like going about to get her, but I didn’t have her quite yet, right?

(3m 2s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I think the selection process was still undergoing.

(3m 7s) Codey:

Yeah, so basically they there was like a potential that we could get either this

(3m 13s)

female that we really wanted or we would get a male. And then it just so happened that the female is available so we got her and she’s a sweet so just sweet angel who has waited

(3m 24s)

much energy and just really enjoying new puppy life she’s really smart which is like a curse.

(3m 35s) Kevin:

Oh, what, what breed are they, is she again?

(3m 36s) Codey:

She’s an Australian shepherd they’re one of the most intelligent breeds and they just have so much energy so Stella when he first got her like she had energy but she was very like aloof as a puppy she was very like even keel just kind of … like a little derpy um

(3m 38s) Kevin:

Okay. Oh, yeah, that’s a smart one.

(3m 54s) Codey:

and this one came out she’s already really really smart and she already like with Stella Estella was trying to play with something that she was supposed to play with we could like take that and hide it and then give her a toy that she was supposed to play with and then um Stella would be like oh this is cool but like peppercorn is looking into peppercorn um she’s like where’d that thing go I want to bite that thing like where did you put that thing so

(4m 14s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm

(4m 20s)

Yeah, yeah, I I I get it. I I mean lucky is a toy poodle he is up there in the

(4m 24s) Codey:

um

(4m 29s) Kevin:

Intelligence category as well and I deal with the same. I mean that is a roughly human child

(4m 35s) Codey:

Mm-hmm yep, but and we’re learning create training. We’re learning not to bark all the all the fun puppies

(4m 43s) Kevin:

fun quote. I mean a lot of it is fun but also things get torn to shreds and they just look adorable doing and that’s that’s the kicker.

(4m 48s) Codey:

Yeah

(4m 50s)

two shreds

(4m 54s)

Mm-hmm, but yeah, so I’ve been doing that and then also on top of that like always always to tune the old

(5m 5s)

PhD trying to finish her up

(5m 8s)

So a lot of dissertation stuff. I haven’t been able to make it through much of soaksong because of dissertation stuff like I just

(5m 16s)

Get I got really frustrated because I got stuck in a place

(5m 20s)

And then when I finally like got past that place. It’s kind of a part where the game gets harder

(5m 27s)

Now I’m like in an area that’s really like unforgiving and I’m just

(5m 31s) Kevin:

[laughs]

(5m 32s) Codey:

I know I’ll pick it back up eventually, but I just I’m really

(5m 35s)

need something that’s just like a dive in for like five minutes five to ten minutes or whatever. And luckily,

(5m 42s)

some of my roommate and I play Fortnite together every now and then like I’ll have work and while he’s playing I’ll be like doing some work and then he’ll be doing some stuff while I’m playing. So we just pass off back and forth every time we dive and Fortnite’s, yeah go for it. Yeah.

(5m 56s) Kevin:

Okay, that that’s good. Yeah. Okay. Well, one second before I just want to point out you you were doing the syphian task of, you know, a PhD and you took break of the other syphian task and what to go play. So stop. Okay, but four night is good. That’s a good. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

(6m 6s) Codey:

[laughing]

(6m 8s)

Yeah.

(6m 13s)

Yeah.

(6m 14s)

I’m a lot of Sisyphus and I’m getting a new puppy and trying to train a new puppy on top of all of that.

(6m 22s)

Yeah, but so we’ve been playing Fortnite and Fortnite has its like Halloween stuff going on right now and it’s called Fortnite Mares.

(6m 29s)

And I am, we’re having so much fun with it.

(6m 32s)

They’ve added like, so right

(6m 36s)

now it’s the scream guys, like Ghostface and the Scooby-Doo characters.

(6m 38s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(6m 42s)

What’s Scooby doo doo doo doo doo doo doo I missed that one!

(6m 43s) Codey:

You’d be, yeah, Scooby-Doo isn’t there.

(6m 46s)

So there’s like some quests where you have to go like talk to all the people.

(6m 50s)

And then one of the quests, I was doing it, it’s for Daphne.

(6m 54s)

She like lost her luggage or something.

(6m 55s)

So you go and try and find her luggage and you find out it was stolen by Mothman.

(7m) Kevin:

Okay

(7m) Codey:

And my roommate and I like screamed because we love

(7m 6s)

Mothman.

(7m 10s) Kevin:

Ooh, you’re you’re you’re in my bank country. Yeah

(7m 18s)

Yeah, yeah

(7m 21s) Codey:

There’s a lot of that in this area and a bunch of us want to go and just look at the Mothman stuff statues booty.

(7m 25s) Kevin:

Yeah

(7m 27s)

Yeah

(7m 27s) Codey:

I don’t know if you’ve heard about the booty of the Mothman statue.

(7m 31s)

listeners of you haven’t Google it. It’s hilarious.

(7m 31s) Kevin:

No

(7m 36s) Codey:

So yeah, we really want to do that. So we like lost our mind and we’re waiting for a mothman outfit to come out because we will we have put no money into Fortnite, but we will.

(7m 45s) Kevin:

Yeah. Okay. I mean, okay, like this is a lot because this is good stuff. First of all,

(7m 51s)

I love Scooby doo. I’m a huge Scooby doo fan. Um, that’s, so that’s awesome. Uh,

(7m 53s) Codey:

Yep, big same.

(7m 57s) Kevin:

Mothman top top probably 10, maybe top five cryptids. That’s a good one. Um, I’m looking up the butt.

(8m 3s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(8m 5s) Kevin:

Okay, I get it. I get it now. Yep. No, that’s, uh, um, yep.

(8m 8s) Codey:

He, he thick.

(8m 11s) Kevin:

They’re very, just like the real one.

(8m 14s) Codey:

I don’t know why,

(8m 15s) Kevin:

Oh, someone you, someone you, why?

(8m 15s) Codey:

I don’t know why they needed to make the statues so thick.

(8m 22s)

But they did, and it’s really funny.

(8m 25s) Kevin:

I mean, why did Guillermo do it with the sound of water, the fishman?

(8m 25s) Codey:

So yeah.

(8m 31s)

Oh yeah, I haven’t…

(8m 33s)

See that yet, but he does some silly stuff, but yeah.

(8m 33s) Kevin:

But we know that’s good stuff.

(8m 38s) Codey:

So yeah, that’s been playing that a decent amount.

(8m 40s)

I’d usually, like, after getting up in the morning and running the dogs for a bit, like,

(8m 44s)

all before I jump into work, I’ll play, like, a game or two.

(8m 48s)

Oh, they also had kpop demon hunters in there for a while.

(8m 51s) Kevin:

I know, I know, I’m here, you’re sweating about it, thinking constantly.

(8m 53s) Codey:

Um, and they still have a mode called Demon Rush, where it’s basically just like Call of Duty

(9m 3s)

where you have, like, demons, like, running at you and you have to survive these waves.

(9m 9s)

Um, I really, I’ll do, like, one or two of those, too, before, ‘cause they take maybe, like,

(9m 9s) Kevin:

That’s pretty good.

(9m 14s) Codey:

10 minutes.

(9m 15s)

Um, I’ll do a couple of those, and then I’ll, and then I’ll be like, “Okay, time to work.”

(9m 20s) Kevin:

that’s pretty good. I saw many of those cosmetics. They’re really good. I’ve never been interested in Fortnite up till this until K-pop even has evidence by last week when I screamed. Anyway,

(9m 20s) Codey:

Yep.

(9m 31s)

Yeah

(9m 36s)

Yeah, so that’s what I’ve been up to what I’ve even up to

(9m 38s) Kevin:

that’s good stuff. Okay, so I have some. Okay, first off, my pop corner time.

(9m 46s) Codey:

uh-huh

(9m 48s) Kevin:

Today I took like

(9m 50s)

the office my office work office for a little bit because it was going to be a long for a few hours I was like I’ll just watch them. It’s fine because today most people were working around anyway, so it was chill It was good. He’s he’s he’s officially won now, I guess

(9m 51s) Codey:

oh

(10m 7s)

No.

(10m 7s) Kevin:

But he’s still very poppy And he probably will be for another year if not longer because we spoil him

(10m 15s)

But yeah, he was all behaved. He was fun. He was popular of course

(10m 20s)

because he just got groomed, so he’s very cute and then done fluffy and soft. But he was good, but yeah, he’s at one point. I did have to like, okay, I’m gonna hop in a conference room because he was a little bored, a little whiny, and there’s people talking, so you know, let’s not have puppy welps on the zoom calls. But yeah, that was fun. He’s very tuckered eyes, been sleeping all after I go back.

(10m 33s) Codey:

[laughing]

(10m 50s) Kevin:

So that was fun.

(10m 52s)

Okay.

(10m 53s)

So I’m a big podcast listener when I’m working because you know,

(10m 58s)

it’s easy to throw stuff audio.

(11m)

It’s different sense as opposed to my vision stuff when I’m working.

(11m 4s)

Have you heard the thing about PAM?

(11m 7s) Codey:

The thing about no. Okay.

(11m 8s) Kevin:

Okay.

(11m 9s)

So it is a date line podcast.

(11m 12s)

That’s the one I listen to.

(11m 13s)

It’s not just a single, it’s a series.

(11m 17s)

many series like six episodes originally.

(11m 21s)

This one got a lot of attention. I they eventually made I think Netflix made these series out of it

(11m 27s)

It’s a it’s a wild one. It’s about

(11m 31s)

Okay, this guy arrives home and he finds his wife murdered. She’s been stabbed and

(11m 39s)

The investigation goes on and he basically this guy gets arrested and and is sent to jail for life He’s found guilty, but he in fact did not do it

(11m 48s) Codey:

Mmm. Yeah.

(11m 50s) Kevin:

a lot of let’s say shenanigans that the law enforcement get up to and the prosecutors

(11m 55s)

Basically, there was another woman who took out a life insurance policy on the woman who died

(12m)

So surprise I guess what her name is Pam and guess what she did it probably she hasn’t been convicted But anyways, that’s a setup and it’s a wild rollercoaster I recommend to other people, but I will say this there is a second murder in this series involving this woman who’s just like a

(12m 21s)

Suburban soccer mom type lady

(12m 24s)

But yeah, it’s it’s a good one. It’s a wild story because just off the bat like the wrong person gets convicted

(12m 32s)

Yeah, good times

(12m 35s)

So I recommend that looks a date line podcast wherever it’s also a mini series Renee

(12m 41s)

That’s why I think I forget every her name

(12m 45s) Codey:

Brittany’s cell wager? Uh-huh.

(12m 46s) Kevin:

Yeah, that’s the one. Yeah. Yeah, she she’s the pretty she produced

(12m 50s)

the series because she listened to the podcast series and said, I want to make this into a acting series and then she stars in it using prosthetics and like a fit.

(12m 58s) Codey:

That is really funny because she played, she was in Chicago as Roxie Hart,

(13m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah

(13m 4s) Codey:

which is a woman who murdered someone and gets it in like, basically gets away with it because her lawyer is good enough. So that’s really funny.

(13m 6s) Kevin:

Yeah

(13m 8s)

Yeah, that’s good. Oh, let’s go. I didn’t know that. That’s good

(13m 15s)

Yeah, so let’s check that out. That’s the thing about Pam. I did some easy to listen six episodes or less than an hour each

(13m 22s)

Anyways, okay, the video game world though the one thing people care about here

(13m 26s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(13m 28s) Kevin:

It’s not true, but Okay, so I’ve been playing a lot.

(13m 33s)

Digimon cyber sleuth. That’s a game that came out almost like 10 years ago.

(13m 39s)

I knew I’d like a new Digimon came out that I want to play, but I had been able to get it.

(13m 44s)

So I’m playing, you know, I went back to the original cyber sleuth.

(13m 49s)

This game is still incredible. I loved it the first time, replaying it is still incredible.

(13m 54s)

It’s monster catching and

(13m 57s)

monster collector turn-based battles. So, you know, a lot of, let’s say, comfort food.

(14m 3s)

For Pokemon fans, let’s say that. But, of course, Digimon has their way of doing things.

(14m 12s)

Not that they’re family friendly, but they’ll get more mature or go, you know,

(14m 16s)

after different designs and things like that. And tonally, they can go pretty dark places.

(14m 23s)

This game can go incredibly dark in places, also really funny. The writing’s just good across the board. But I want to talk about one side quiz called the Perfect

(14m 29s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(14m 33s) Kevin:

Girl Project. Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. So the the I guess the setting for this world that the the game takes place in regular earth and Tokyo, but there’s also an online like virtual reality world that everyone can log into and then you know, you have a virtual avatar and you just move around in cyberspace or whatever. Okay. So in this one side quest,

(14m 34s) Codey:

God, this is already.

(15m 3s) Kevin:

it’s called cyber sleuth because you’re a detective basically and you’ve been hired because

(15m 8s)

girls, there there have been these

(15m 12s)

life-sized dolls. Let’s call them with very realistic appearances of actual people

(15m 20s)

of all all ladies and females, of course, being sold on the street. And so they’re asking you to look into it because

(15m 28s)

That probably means somebody somehow stole their avatar data and

(15m 33s)

they’re producing these these these dolls or whatever so you’re already off to a great start right um well you dig into the case and eventually you learned there’s there’s a higher level to this plan it’s called the perfect girl project basically they convince guys to sign up for the service where they can live online with virtual

(16m 3s)

there’s a pretty much whatever woman or female or whoever they want and just hang out with them so you know good stuff but here there’s there’s only one catch or two two catches one the guy has to be healthy and to he has to be willing to just basically never never log off that he has to agree to that and so where does that lead to well while the guys meant totally in cyberspace with these these perfect girl projects his body is implied to be shipped off to a foreign country for whatever reasons they would want a healthy body and so we get the kind of a kill shot at the end of like proof of one of the Vic because you encounter one victim and he tries to log out and he can’t log out there’s nowhere to log out to he says which is a message that hasn’t been seen in the game otherwise.

(17m 3s)

so so yeah that was fun that was wild to see them just go all in and then it was followed by a side quest where I helped the buddy find her rare manga that was it that’s that’s the kind of this tonal distance this game loves to do just go up and down like that from the most stuff to just shenanigans for giggles.

(17m 28s) Codey:

Wild. That’s a choice they’re making.

(17m 33s) Kevin:

um yeah good stuff but yeah that’s did you on that the likes of the writing grades I recommend I like did you want. um okay but that’s what I’ve been up to all right let’s get on to game news now okay uh to start things off let’s talk about not overcooked to overthrown that’s the one with the you’re not link and you can.

(18m 3s)

pickup structures and throw them. Hence the name. Fun concept. Okay, big, their news, it’s delayed. 1.0 is being delayed. I’ll read the quote here. While I was not in easy call, we are fully committed to delivering the best possible version of the game and it would be a disservice both to our work and our community to rush the final release. That said, we want to reassure you that overthrown 0.0 is on track to launch before the end of the year. Um, that is, uh,

(18m 33s)

uh, yeah. Okay. So that’s the, that’s pretty much the news and I mean, good for them because it’s better to, to use the quote out foot here. The, the famous quote from, I guess, the great developers.

(18m 47s)

So that came from them. I didn’t realize that. Okay.

(18m 48s) Codey:

Oh, no, no, so I put this here.

(18m 50s)

One of the, there’s a comment,

(18m 51s)

I just went to the comments on this,

(18m 53s)

‘cause I’m always really curious whenever a game gets like delayed or whatever, like what the fans say.

(18m 59s)

So there was a commenter on this post,

(19m 4s)

whose name, their name is Gungrave,

(19m 6s) Kevin:

uh-huh

(19m 6s) Codey:

and they said, “A finished game is good,

(19m 8s)

but an unfinished game is forever bad.”

(19m 11s) Kevin:

Yeah, I think that was me a motor who originally said it if I recall correctly someone I didn’t end up here

(19m 14s) Codey:

Yeah, so, but…

(19m 16s)

10 out of 10. - Correct.

(19m 17s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah

(19m 18s) Codey:

What?

(19m 19s)

Take your time, get your stuff done,

(19m 22s)

but don’t worry about rushing it.

(19m 25s) Kevin:

Yeah, and hey, there’s still aiming for this year, which that seems like a tight deadline, but okay

(19m 33s)

They have airships that’s there’s a lot going on in this game, but it’s dropping bombs

(19m 38s) Codey:

the airships was wild, like they were like, “Oh, and here’s a picture of the airships.”

(19m 41s)

And I’m like, “You’re straight up dropping from someone’s like on someone’s,

(19m 44s) Kevin:

Yeah

(19m 48s) Codey:

it looks like they’re farm.

(19m 50s)

It’s just someone’s farm just get an absolutely bomb dropped on, which is nuts.”

(19m 53s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, I’m not surprised like they’re doing a lot in this game because you know physics based throwing and what not like

(20m 4s)

That’s a that’s a lot. But take good for them for delaying. That’s that’s my opinion. Yeah, especially since you know a

(20m 10s) Codey:

Yeah, take your time.

(20m 13s) Kevin:

Like 20 good games are coming out. So we’ve got plenty to play until then

(20m 19s)

Pokemon legends is going to be dropping after this podcast

(20m 21s) Codey:

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting about that because I’m like kind of out of that whole thing.

(20m 24s) Kevin:

Yeah

(20m 29s)

Yeah, that’s fine. Oh, I mean, well the game looks good. I like xy a lot. I like so I’m excited

(20m 36s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(20m 38s) Kevin:

Megaholutrix exists. I don’t want that

(20m 42s)

Okay speaking of things that exists

(20m 46s)

The Guardians of Azuma that that is exists. It has existed and a new patch up

(20m 54s)

Is out actually one point one point. Oh, oh, yeah, all those decimals

(20m 59s)

It’s out for switch and switch to in Europe and Australia

(21m 5s)

They added boss gauntlets which

(21m 10s)

Go ahead Cody you wrote your notes

(21m 11s) Codey:

Yeah, so the Bosgon lids, it just seems like to me like it’s basically just a hard mode.

(21m 17s)

So for some bosses, so if you’ve completed the main quest, these Bosgon lids can be either acquired or purchased, I don’t know exactly how, but it adds like, I think it was four different bosses that you can do that are just a little bit harder.

(21m 31s)

So if you’ve hit like the main, the end of the main quest, it kind of just offers something more difficult to do.

(21m 38s)

that’s your up to difficulty.

(21m 40s) Kevin:

down. There you go. And I mean, this is a room factory. So combat, I get people who play it for the combat. I presume so that that’s a good one to add. But aside from that, the other part, because like linked banner of the spark, there’s combat and there’s not combat. Village life, they’ve added a new development zone to summer village.

(21m 46s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(22m 10s) Kevin:

Just a whole bunch of new facilities and decorations. Expanding capacity of a whole bunch of stuff,

(22m 16s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(22m 17s) Kevin:

which is, it’s fun. A maximum bomb level 200. What was it before? That’s a triple digits. That’s big.

(22m 25s)

And all sorts of bug fixes.

(22m 28s) Codey:

I always, so in the, in one of the next, I think it is in the next thing, Al calls that a bug fix,

(22m 34s)

he likes, and so I saw one on this that I thought was hilarious as well. So they said,

(22m 39s)

fixed a bug where villagers tasked with farming would sometimes harvest crops even when the action was set to off. So it’s like, you tell, you tell them you’re like, you don’t have to harvest, and it’s just in their blood. It’s in their DNA. They’re digital DNA. They’re like,

(22m 46s) Kevin:

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Yeah. Yeah. Like the Minecraft villagers even when you really don’t want to hurt me, they’ll do it.

(22m 55s) Codey:

I’m sorry, I have to harvest this, like.

(22m 58s)

[laughs]

(23m)

I just think that’s really, yeah.

(23m 4s)

And you’re like, please, leave my stuff alone.

(23m 4s) Kevin:

That’s what I’m going to do.

(23m 7s)

Ah, that’s good.

(23m 8s) Codey:

But yeah, I thought that was funny.

(23m 13s) Kevin:

Um, speaking of one point one point oh, updates, story of seasons, grandpas are, oh, is that it?

(23m 22s)

That’s so weird, it’s coincidence because it’s story of seasons and room factory.

(23m 26s)

You get the same update number.

(23m 26s) Codey:

Oh, you’re right.

(23m 28s) Kevin:

That’s wild.

(23m 30s)

Um, I’ll also getting the one point one point oh update.

(23m 34s)

Um, you know, so like the big thing is called happy bingo.

(23m 35s) Codey:

I didn’t even notice that which props to you.

(23m 41s) Kevin:

And it is, as the name implies, Bingo.

(23m 46s)

Basically, daily tasks, so you get a Bingo card from the nature sprites, and you gathering mushrooms, harvesting crops, selling things, I’m just kind of going based off the icon.

(23m 59s)

Just, you know, day-to-day activities you do, you fill out spots, and if you get a Bingo on bizarre days, you can go to the nature sprites and claim rewards.

(24m 11s)

And there are some cool ones, because you get a pirate outfit, I want to be a pirate

(24m 16s)

outfit, like pirate outfits, visuals, so.

(24m 18s) Codey:

Yep. I like, I just like the happy, I just like bingo. So anytime anyone could just make something a bingo, like you already have to do these tasks, but you can do them in a bingo style where it’s like,

(24m 27s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

(24m 34s) Codey:

okay, well, how like in what order should I complete the tasks? And then they also have like

(24m 40s)

like a, if you do a horizontal or a vertical or a diagonal, like you get a different reward.

(24m 46s) Kevin:

Ooh, oh yeah, I didn’t catch that, that’s good.

(24m 48s) Codey:

Yeah, so there’s that. And then there’s, if you complete all of them, then there’s another,

(24m 53s)

so there’s like levels to the bingo as well. Um, so I, I feel like that, and it would also make you do things that you might not always do. Um, because if I, for example, yeah, you have to pet the thing 25 that,

(25m 6s) Kevin:

Al has to pet the barn animal 25 times

(25m 11s) Codey:

like I would do, I mean, I do that too, where I’m like, I don’t want to do that. And so I will

(25m 17s)

not do something.

(25m 18s)

But if there’s a little sweet treat associated with it, you betcha, I’m gonna do it.

(25m 26s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I mean and outfit is a pretty big incentive like you even

(25m 32s)

Side from pirate stuff that I like like just in general. That’s a good one for this game

(25m 38s)

So that’s exciting and that’s just

(25m 41s)

Volume one in their image, so you know what else will they come up with? I don’t know, but that’s a cool. That’s a cool way to do it

(25m 49s) Codey:

Yup. Oh, and then I’ll the bug fix in this that I’ll comment it on he said I love weird bugs. So this

(25m 49s) Kevin:

Yeah, all right

(25m 56s)

[Laughs]

(25m 56s) Codey:

It’s bug is fixed issues where dismounting from the horse would reset your bag color to the default outfits

(26m 5s) Kevin:

The part I like is that, you know, maybe the devs don’t even know themselves.

(26m 8s) Codey:

I just like things like this just make me smile like how did this

(26m 13s)

Happen like where in the code did it decide that it wanted

(26m 19s)

To like reset this, you know like it’s just it’s just silly. That is just a silly thing

(26m 31s)

Exactly!

(26m 32s) Kevin:

Oh.

(26m 35s)

Good, good old spaghetti code and you know the gen good tower that is coding good good for you guys dear for dealing with that. I can’t

(26m 40s) Codey:

[laughs]

(26m 47s) Kevin:

All right, oh Tell the shyer so close you could have had a hat trick of the 1.1 point 1.0’s

(26m 53s) Codey:

[laughter]

(26m 55s) Kevin:

Tell the shyer update 1.0 point 2.4 digit

(27m 1s)

Farf decimal point places. Oh, that’s good stuff

(27m 6s)

To you to quote al’s note your bug fixes. That’s the tweet. Um, we’re yeah, we’re good. Oh

(27m 10s) Codey:

That’s it, that’s it

(27m 13s) Kevin:

Gosh, what was it? It was oh?

(27m 16s)

It was a Pokemon game

(27m 19s)

I can’t remember what Pokemon game it was where the the patch notes would usually be various improvements to the game or something

(27m 26s)

Just just no notes

(27m 29s)

But Yeah, anyways

(27m 31s) Codey:

Guys, yeah, that’s it. That’s it. That’s that’s what it is. So I think

(27m 33s) Kevin:

Yeah

(27m 36s)

Yeah, there’s a handful of patch notes or bug fixes and whatnot. Um, I

(27m 42s)

I didn’t play the game, so I can’t pick out the funny ones

(27m 47s) Codey:

I mean, I like that one. That one’s gonna, oh, sorry. The tails of the Shire one. No, so the tails of the Shire folks did, um, they did something cute where they have it so that, um, the, it says things like, oh, your line got tangled. So we fixed something so you could focus on the fish. Um, or, uh, some of the hobbits weren’t minding their personal space. And so they would overlap each other.

(27m 47s) Kevin:

But

(28m 14s)

I like this one, hobbits in turkey, I don’t know what that means, we’ll no longer see strange code word strings for flavors or for anything else for that matter, okay.

(28m 14s) Codey:

Wednesday. So it’s, I mean, they, they need a cute thing.

(28m 17s)

They, they said cute little things, but yeah, it’s just basic, basic bug fix.

(28m 33s)

I think it just means that people that lived in Turkey that were playing like the country Turkey.

(28m 39s) Kevin:

Yeah. Oh, okay, realtor, yeah, I don’t know if that was a wrap.

(28m 42s) Codey:

No, I think it’s like real life Turkey.

(28m 44s) Kevin:

Oh, okay. I see. Oh, I get it now. Okay. Well, that’s fine. Okay. All right. Next up,

(28m 50s) Codey:

Yep.

(28m 57s) Kevin:

a more updates to be, I guess, because we got fields of mystery. Uh, sadly, no, um, strange merch drops, but, uh, but we got a road map here. Um, oh my gosh.

(29m 14s)

How have you done enough villagers and romance? Yeah. Um, what does secret bachelorette mean?

(29m 18s) Codey:

Nope, there can always be more.

(29m 23s) Kevin:

How, what does that mean? That’s one of the first bullet points secret bachelorette becomes unlockable. Were they always a bachelorette? Or are they, oh, you go, I don’t know. Um, that’s interesting. I, yeah. Okay. Um, but anyways, yeah, that’s a road map. Um, we’re, they’ve got stuff plan for early 2026.

(29m 44s)

You know, there’s nothing for this year and then stuff for later in the year with their 1.0 update.

(29m 50s)

And even a post 1.0 update.

(29m 55s)

But yeah, I mean, they’ve got the just romance, minds and dungeon stuff for the town, skills pretty much everything, right?

(30m 4s)

Like they’re still on early access with a little bit of everything.

(30m 7s)

Let’s see, you got any noteworthy picks out of this, Cody.

(30m 11s) Codey:

uh the mine’s one um I like the nuke they have new bugs so new bugs um apiaries and terrariums i’m always excited about that i’m always interested in like what part of apiaries and terrariums like how much can you modify terrariums there’s a lot I mean there could be a whole game about just making a terrarium for your bugs.

(30m 35s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I’m kind of surprised we don’t have one. I mean there was what was the one? Oh my gosh The one you he’s played I think that the pocket time. I got you one looking one

(30m 49s) Codey:

like pocket, bug boo pocket. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Up, upgrade your terraria because like you have to start out at a, you know, basic thing, but then as you get more experienced, maybe you’re given opportunities to do like more.

(30m 51s) Kevin:

What’s that called?

(30m 53s)

That’s the one. Yeah, like that link is in that direction, but not full on terrarium

(30m 59s)

Yeah, you’re right. That should be again and that’d be a fun game, I’d be down for that.

(31m 2s)

collect different bugs and put them in different

(31m 5s)

environments that be sick yeah

(31m 19s)

Yeah, oh, I’d be down for that.

(31m 22s)

Oh, man, and, uh, unlock different bugs and stuff.

(31m 27s)

Oh, I’d be, uh, I’d love that.

(31m 28s)

Um, yeah, it feels, it feels a mystery to do that.

(31m 33s)

[laughs]

(31m 33s) Codey:

[laughter]

(31m 34s) Kevin:

I don’t know, you’re, you’re kind of general with your, your bullet points.

(31m 38s)

So do that, you’re feel listening, do it.

(31m 42s)

Mary, Mary’s in children, what?

(31m 45s)

Like, I get it.

(31m 46s)

It’s the logical early.

(31m 49s)

That logical conclusion to marriage, children.

(31m 51s)

But I, what I don’t get is why do games always feel the need to add that, the, the children part.

(31m 58s)

Do you know nothing wrong with it or whatever?

(31m 59s)

Just, uh, I don’t know, it was misdepressing.

(32m 2s)

It feels like they’re just copying the homework at that point.

(32m 4s) Codey:

Yeah, I mean, it’s it makes sense that it’s always an option, but like personally like I wrote yuck cuz I just like why

(32m 4s) Kevin:

Um, but I don’t know.

(32m 8s)

Yeah.

(32m 10s)

[laughs]

(32m 13s)

I, I think it’s to try to give the relationship part the mechanics more meaning or

(32m 19s)

or something out of it but there’s different ways, better ways.

(32m 20s) Codey:

Yeah, but like it could just the meaning can just be that it’s

(32m 25s)

If these people care about each other and they want to be together like you don’t have to add a relation like a baby to it get these babies out of here

(32m 27s) Kevin:

Look, I’d rather just see the development be spent on being able to do stuff with your spouse. That’d be fun, how about that?

(32m 39s) Codey:

mm-hmm same big same

(32m 43s) Kevin:

Yeah. Oh, good. But yeah, I mean, if you answer Mr. Chair, it’d start you like right so well.

(32m 49s)

all this stuff, they are going to finish the storyline for 1.0. They say, that’s the let’s probably on the big ones. But let’s see, and anything else, like I’m just reading, it’s just

(33m 3s) Codey:

Oh yeah, so they also have like the Saturday market.

(33m 7s)

I really love a good Saturday market.

(33m 9s)

I worked at one for a while.

(33m 11s) Kevin:

Okay.

(33m 12s) Codey:

And I think it’s just really fun.

(33m 13s)

It brings the community together.

(33m 15s)

So I like having like a set like market day.

(33m 19s)

That was cool.

(33m 22s)

Oh, they also know, I think you matter exactly,

(33m 24s)

but they know that there’s post up,

(33m 25s)

there will be post 1.0 updates as well.

(33m 27s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I’m sorry. I’m thinking about Saturday markets now. I can’t remember the last time because I know the feel like I know the feeling you’re describing a one where it brings community. That’s tough. Like we could at least in the, I have been one in the Atlanta area that feels like that. We have like a big

(33m 28s) Codey:

So which is, I mean, good, they’re not.

(33m 31s)

but the end of 1.0.

(33m 34s)

1.0 will complete their vision, but they will continue to do stuff after.

(33m 55s)

Mm-hmm.

(33m 57s) Kevin:

farmers market that people know about because it’s big and it’s great because you get great deals and you know, it’s supporting the farmers locally. But that feels a little more commercial, right? Because it’s like they’re, it’s not just a stand. They’re like big lots basically. Um, so yeah, I’m trying to, I can’t, I’m not have to look that up. You know what I did a lot as a kid. I did the swap meet like we went to the swap meet a bunch as a kid and that was great. Um, so it’s kind of like,

(33m 58s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(34m 18s)

Oh, so what is that?

(34m 28s) Kevin:

what does Saturday market, but it’s like everyone’s, it’s more like garage sale feely at the same time. It’s not stalls. Generally speaking, it’s more like, again, a slightly bigger lot, but it’s just random stuff. It’s, it’s basically a bunch of garage sale type things. Um, kind of, kind of like an antique market, but, um, but, uh, just brand up stuff. Yeah.

(34m 29s) Codey:

Mm-hmm. Okay.

(34m 52s)

Okay, I do we have a few places here that have like

(35m 1s)

Like it’s antique markets, but there you can rent a booth and then you sell your stuff out of your booth

(35m 8s)

That’s kind of like that. I just I feel like I’ve I always heard about swap meets, but then I never

(35m 13s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, it’s just like hitting up a bunch of garage sales. I don’t together

(35m 13s) Codey:

Did any and then I just realized I was like, I don’t even know really what that means

(35m 22s)

Yeah, that makes sense

(35m 22s) Kevin:

Yeah, which is just fun. I like a good garage sale

(35m 27s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(35m 27s) Kevin:

Not not running one, but going on. Okay. Um, so fields of mystery a sadly. No swap meets or

(35m 35s)

But it does have Saturday market so good good for you

(35m 40s)

Okay, so that’s all the updates to exist

(35m 43s)

games or coming updates. Let’s get into some new games. All right, this first one. I mean hats off on the title alone

(35m 54s)

We get frog island

(35m 57s)

That’s a concept. I’m down with just off the bat

(36m 1s) Codey:

Yep, you have my attention.

(36m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah, and like I like the art style

(36m 7s)

It’s it’s not it’s ice a isometric a bit very cutesy looking

(36m 12s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(36m 13s) Kevin:

I’m I’m trying to think of how to what to compare it to because it was doing

(36m 16s) Codey:

To me it looks a lot like

(36m 19s)

Usagishima, so yeah, or necko oxime, but usagishima was like the main one that I

(36m 20s) Kevin:

That’s don’t yes, that’s the one

(36m 26s) Codey:

Immediately I was like did the people who made usagishima make this game cuz it just seems very very similar, but

(36m 33s)

But it’s doing its own thing, too

(36m 35s) Kevin:

Yeah, okay. All right. Let’s read the description because I’m just admiring the beauty of the the heart here

(36m 39s) Codey:

Yeah, yeah

(36m 40s) Kevin:

Trapped on mysterious island you are greeted by a woman who asked you to take care for frogs while she is away

(36m 46s)

Very understandable sentiment and it was explored farm cooked fish and befriend magical frogs So you try to find a way to escape the island and figure out why you’re even here in the first place

(36m 57s)

Okay, see you lost me there cuz I

(37m)

Don’t need to understand why I’ve died or nor need to escape

(37m 5s) Codey:

I have no questions, just, yes, the answers, yes, I’ll be here.

(37m 5s) Kevin:

Chef frog it’s a orange frog at the chef at I

(37m 10s)

Emergency frog why would

(37m 16s)

Yeah, escape with that nope, I don’t get that but

(37m 23s)

But anyways, that’s

(37m 25s)

Wait, what I didn’t see the wet frog science arm reading the note

(37m 29s) Codey:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so there’s a during the in the video

(37m 33s) Kevin:

Oh I see it!

(37m 34s) Codey:

There’s like an area where there’s like a frog spawn a bunch of the frogs are like chillin and they’re you know How like wet floor signs or it’s like watch out like danger wet floor like they there’s just a frog behind all of or a sign behind all of them It’s just a wet frog

(37m 50s)

Oh my gosh, it’s so funny

(37m 50s) Kevin:

Yeah

(37m 52s)

Yeah It’s pretty good Also, there’s a frog like in the middle of like it’s on a roof and the roof on fire feels a little bit like this is fine dog

(38m 4s) Codey:

Yeah, it’s the- it’s the this is fine nugget. I felt the same, me.

(38m 4s) Kevin:

But this is fine frog

(38m 7s)

This is fine frog

(38m 9s) Codey:

Yup. Like, yep, this is- this is okay.

(38m 13s) Kevin:

So that’s March 20th of next year already got a

(38m 20s)

The developer’s literally called dev frog holy moly is getting credible

(38m 24s) Codey:

Yeah, yep, I saw that.

(38m 28s) Kevin:

Yeah, I’ll put me down for that. Okay

(38m 34s) Codey:

Yep.

(38m 34s) Kevin:

Um, all right, let’s see next up we have

(38m 38s)

Oh gosh, okay Project Evertree. Sorry. It’s a gosh because I’ve tried to remember who orange season was I had to go through the roll at X

(38m 46s) Codey:

Yeah, I don’t know.

(38m 46s)

So there’s a game called Orange Season that I don’t know if we ever covered it or anything,

(38m 51s)

but…

(38m 51s) Kevin:

We talk about the news. I do remember the name coming up, but no, I don’t think we actually covered the game itself

(38m 56s) Codey:

Yeah, so, but like they, the people that made Orange Season,

(39m 1s)

okay, I’m just gonna read this.

(39m 2s)

Orange Season was a passion project,

(39m 4s)

put with a lot of challenges,

(39m 5s)

and we tackled them as best we can.

(39m 7s)

We learned a lot along the way,

(39m 8s)

but ultimately some things were out of our control.

(39m 10s)

That’s why we brought another team to help with the development of Orange Season while we work on our next game,

(39m 14s)

we trust that they will bring our vision

(39m 16s)

into life. Patches will start to roll out next month for all platforms. We are building this new project from all the lessons we learned from orange season and your feedback. So to me, so to me, this is like a game that they haven’t even like they’re gonna start it, but they haven’t started it yet, but they’re letting you know that like orange season patches are still coming. We’re still, they’re still working on orange season, but they’ve more or less moved the development to us another team.

(39m 41s) Kevin:

mmm yeah which hmm I get it and obviously we don’t know the circumstances on you know their side but that’s that’s not a great look I mean it’s probably rough for them too but um yup gotta gotta cut and run feels like right and they’re not abandoning it but like they’re just saying out right there they’re switching years kind of.

(39m 53s) Codey:

Yeah, to have to like, put your move your baby over.

(40m 3s)

Yep.

(40m 11s) Kevin:

There’s still working on it. But the actual project ever tree is a quote cozy single player farm management game that followed the journey of Alessandra competing to be the best farmer in the summer camp manager farm alongside your companions complete chores for points and deal with the dynamics of a colorful cast in their teenage years.

(40m 36s)

Um, I’m sorry. I’m just checking. There was no video or anything, right? It’s just

(40m 40s) Codey:

Nope, there’s no video there’s not that there’s literally just the image

(40m 41s) Kevin:

this one. Image of a big tree with purple leaves and Project Ever tree will go over it. Um, I get them. Anything. No, I wish them luck, I guess.

(40m 51s) Codey:

Yeah, yep, so it’s just a we’re they’re gonna be doing it

(40m 59s)

Gonna happen, but as it stands currently, there’s not it doesn’t look like there’s

(41m 11s) Kevin:

That could be fun. Um, but, uh, summer camp setting could be a fun idea. It depends if you have colorful casts. How colorful. That could be entertaining. Um, yeah. Um, all right. Yeah,

(41m 27s)

it’s hard to say there’s, there’s nothing. We got nothing to go off really other than the text. Um, but all right, there you go. So no, no, anything is to win or anything. So just keep an eye out. Good name, though, Project Ever.

(41m 30s) Codey:

Yeah, yep.

(41m 41s) Kevin:

Okay. All right, that’s that’s that’s it. That’s the news we did it. We’ve increased the news for now.

(41m 48s) Codey:

Wooooo!

(41m 50s) Kevin:

So let’s get into a linked banner of the spark. The game I bought on basically unreleased.

(41m 59s) Codey:

[laughing]

(42m 1s)

Was it worth it?

(42m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah, well, mmm. I am unsure.

(42m 5s) Codey:

Just a yes or no.

(42m 11s) Kevin:

Okay, so all right, all right, let’s let’s let’s start with the premise, right? Um,

(42m 16s)

over here, I’ll read the quote, uh, build the bright new world alongside a band of rescued robot buddies in this colorful action RPG about a ways of enemies and solar co-op then return home and use their parts to craft a thriving town assemble your crew and grow stronger with each new adventure.

(42m 33s)

So this goes in the what we, uh, I’ll coin to the rogue life. John,

(42m 40s) Codey:

Well, they also, they say that they’re rogue life as well.

(42m 41s) Kevin:

Oh, is that them? Oh, never mind. Okay, they coined it then, I think.

(42m 43s) Codey:

Yeah, they say it like on their thing.

(42m 46s)

Yeah, so they, they call themselves rogue life.

(42m 49s)

Um, and then they also, uh, I saw this like, um, like,

(42m 57s)

looking back at some of their previous posts, I saw this one that was like,

(43m 1s)

Hades meets Animal Crossing.

(43m 3s)

Maybe this was on the, maybe this was on the discussion, like the forum.

(43m 4s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm

(43m 7s) Codey:

Um, so yeah, I just do, yeah.

(43m 9s) Kevin:

Okay

(43m 10s) Codey:

The professor does it seem like Hades meets Animal Crossing to you.

(43m 13s) Kevin:

Absolutely, um, yes, okay. Have you played either hate well you played him or something you played Hades?

(43m 14s) Codey:

Okay.

(43m 18s)

Play Animal Crossing, no, no, I’m not played Hades.

(43m 20s) Kevin:

Okay, have you played cult of lion?

(43m 22s) Codey:

No, I want to.

(43m 22s) Kevin:

Okay. All right. Well, uh, okay

(43m 26s)

Okay, cult of lamb

(43m 27s) Codey:

I know, I’m no help.

(43m 29s) Kevin:

No, no, no, no, I’m frustrated because what I’m about to say

(43m 32s)

I was really

(43m 34s)

intrigued by this not intrigued like I was excited. I saw it the art style look cool the premise was good That’s why I bought it on release

(43m 41s)

Call to the lamb is the direct

(43m 44s)

Comparison point because it’s the same idea of half a game is broke like combat heavy and then half of it is developing a little settlement

(43m 54s)

And here’s here’s the part that pains me like I bought the game I put in and it’s not terribly expensive. I think it’s just 20 USD. Yeah, thanks

(44m 4s)

I put in many hours. I don’t have an hour count, but at least two or three weeks of playing on the regular. But overall, like I put it down. I put it down. I’m not, you know, sometimes you put a game down because you get distracted or other stuff comes up. This one I put down just, I lost interest.

(44m 25s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(44m 28s) Kevin:

Like, it doesn’t happen often to me. Like, hopefully, I guess I did put it down technically. I didn’t.

(44m 28s) Codey:

Okay.

(44m 34s) Kevin:

I didn’t beat it, but it wasn’t out of lack of interest. I just got sidetracked or whatever. Anyway, the point I’m trying to get to is like call to the lamb just is just better in almost every category, which is, is rough. So let’s, let’s, let’s get to it the brass tracks. There’s two ways that the animal crossing park on the Haiti sport.

(44m 59s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(45m) Kevin:

Let’s start with the animal crossing part and the more cottage core e-part

(45m 4s)

So visually, like the game works well for that because it’s bright, it’s colorful.

(45m 11s)

I do like the art style, generally speaking, it’s a little generic, like generic anime-y like Pokémon shown in e-style. The colors are bright and whatnot, but there’s no environment or anything that really sticks out. There’s some settings that feel like

(45m 34s)

again, where the setting is robots have taken over the world and there’s just a few humans,

(45m 40s)

so a lot of it is, you know, robots and machines scattered about, but you’re trying to reclaim the world and reclaim nature a bit so there’s a lot of heavily-forested areas too.

(45m 51s)

And so you’re kind of blending it, so it’s not bad, it’s nice enough, but it just doesn’t stick out like cult of the lamb or Hades. So that’s…

(46m 4s)

A little unfortunate, the music, nothing to write home about, it’s pretty much the same thing, like no track sticks in my mind, but it’s good enough for playing.

(46m 12s) Codey:

Okay. Yep.

(46m 14s) Kevin:

The building the town part, I’m going to hop to that because that’s the animal crossing part.

(46m 23s)

It’s just fall short, this is the problem of the game, like the bar is higher, it helps everything it does,

(46m 32s)

because it’s a great

(46m 34s)

good-based system, and you’re just plotting decorations down, I think part of it is there’s not enough customization options in the game. There’s a few, but not enough to feel like animal crossing. And the unfortunate part is it’s largely, it’s largely or just ornamental.

(46m 59s)

So call to the lamb when you build up your settlement, when you build up your settlement.

(47m 4s)

and take care of your cult members or whatever, it actually benefits you in the combat part.

(47m 16s)

It expands your abilities and your… just general upgrades and stuff like that.

(47m 23s)

Call to the lamb does that very well of the cycle of going into combat for stuff to bring back your village, to increase stuff in the village, to go out into combat,

(47m 34s)

or linked does not do that.

(47m 38s)

Like you build up your town, kind of animal crossing style, and it’s nice enough, but it’s just… it’s kind of its own reward,

(47m 47s)

so how much you get out of that subjective, which is kind of unfortunate because for me, I just wasn’t really feeling it.

(47m 55s)

It was a little okay, but I think part of the challenge too is getting the enough resources to craft or build whatever you need.

(48m 4s)

going to build a path you need a lot of a certain type of resource and and sometimes I can get a little tedious because it’s either you’re just killing a bunch of random enemies out in the field or you’re shaking trees and and mining rocks which is just basic basically hit the button sort of stuff so yeah the the town part of it is a little a little lack lustrous

(48m 34s)

I think the best part is the actual growing of the village villagers I should say because

(48m 44s)

you there is a like animal crossing there is a set of facilities with npc’s that run them and those are you know required are always there you have a black smith you have a chef you have a

(48m 58s)

general store person and so on and so forth right and they’re all robots

(49m 4s)

but you also get villager robots who and I think you can get up to 10 in your village at one time but you can unlock up to 40 of them and so you can kind of swap them out it is fun to see the villagers kind of running around and doing stuff not not like anything super interactive or memorable but it’s just when you fill it up the town it does feel a lot more lively with all these

(49m 33s) Codey:

Yeah

(49m 34s) Kevin:

around um

(49m 35s) Codey:

When I think like looking at the like it’s you’re basically it’s just robots, right like yeah, so

(49m 44s)

It’s nice to yeah, add in the other member of something else

(49m 50s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean

(49m 53s)

That’s definitely part of this game like it’s clear. It’s for robot people, right? Like which is what was a big draw for me?

(49m 59s)

I like robots and and

(50m 2s)

like Metabots and and stuff like that like the thought of collectible robot game that that sounded really cool to me

(50m 11s)

And it again, it is nice, but it’s

(50m 14s)

Largely ornamental the designs are okay nothing like super sticks out to me

(50m 20s)

But again, it’s it’s it’s good enough

(50m 25s)

the Let me think the

(50m 30s)

One thing you oh, oh, yeah, okay, so I’m gonna kind of start sliding into the comments stuff But the progression is it’s all quest based basically you talk to certain villagers You talk to the the facilities

(50m 44s)

managers and they give you quests Clear X, you know, clear this level.

(50m 50s)

Achieve this objective beat X number of enemies. It can vary and I think again, that’s might be part of the TDM because it’s just it’s very, very quest like linear sort of thing.

(51m 5s)

There’s not a lot of flavor to it, right? The writings, okay, there’s the personalities don’t stick out like say animal crossing, right?

(51m 17s)

All those shop keeps very clear.

(51m 20s)

memorable personalities. Nothing like that. They try. I’ll give them the sticker for an effort,

(51m 29s) Codey:

[laughs]

(51m 29s) Kevin:

but an attempt was indeed made, but it’s just not hitting like Animal Crossing was. But that said, oh, you know what? Oh, I’m back. I’m back here one second. Fishing, let me talk about fishing real quick.

(51m 30s) Codey:

And attempt was made.

(51m 47s)

mm-hmm. Oh, okay.

(51m 50s) Kevin:

Because that’s part of village life too. There is fishing in the game. I’m torn on the fishing minigame in this game. I like it more than stardoos, but it’s challenging almost.

(52m 5s)

Because what it is is basically it’s a spinner and there’s a colored part of the spinner and you have to hit the colored part. And you have to do that a few times to fill up the gauge and when the gauge fills up you catch the fish.

(52m 20s)

But for some of the rare fish, that’s hard and if you mess up, if you hit the spinner in an incorrect part, the gauge goes down sometimes a good amount.

(52m 31s)

So it can be frustrating to kind of learn the timing properly.

(52m 37s)

But that said, they do do some cool stuff. First of all, the fish are also all robotic.

(52m 43s)

So that’s fun. And you don’t have a fishing rod.

(52m 48s)

Oh, I haven’t even talked about it.

(52m 50s)

It’s called the wire, it’s a grappling hook, basically attached to your arm.

(52m 55s)

What happens is fish will jump out of the water, and you have to hook them with your arm,

(53m)

which is fun.

(53m 2s)

And if you do the timing just so like at the height of their jump, you actually get like a bonus and like half the gauges feel or something like that when you’re fishing.

(53m 12s)

So that is a little fun.

(53m 14s)

It’s at least different.

(53m 15s)

I’ll say that.

(53m 16s)

It’s a little more dynamic.

(53m 17s)

It’s not, same old table we’ve seen in another game.

(53m 20s)

So I gave them a thumbs up for the fishing that they’re trying to do.

(53m 26s)

But they also have, they don’t have bugs, but they have these, what are they called,

(53m 32s)

bitty-bots, like tiny little robots hiding around in trees and rocks and stuff like that.

(53m 33s) Codey:

Okay.

(53m 38s) Kevin:

They don’t look like bugs, sadly.

(53m 39s)

They’re just little robots with different designs.

(53m 41s)

There’s one that looks like a star, one that looks like, I think, a teardrop, something like that.

(53m 46s)

a handful of designs. So that’s kind of replacing by

(53m 50s)

bugs and there’s just another whole group of things to catch. And those are definitely the two most active part of town, kind of like animal crossing, but just not as engaging. There’s no museum, sadly. You know, you have an encyclopedia page or whatever. I don’t think that even has info, just like the collection page. But they try to at least make it their

(54m 20s)

wop flavor. Um, yeah.

(54m 21s) Codey:

Yeah, but without like the incentive of like filling something and I think that’s probably part of the fact that there’s no other like real villagers or anything that’s basically just you I mean that to me is just seems really lonely to like do this all by yourself, but I mean that’s probably what it it’s meant to convey so.

(54m 41s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, I guess so because like, I mean, you can’t there’s dialogue with the villagers and whatnot, but it’s it’s just not as fulfilling. They don’t feel as alive as an animal crossing a villager.

(55m 2s)

I will give them one thumbs up for one specific, very specific thing to you can do. You can grapple a villager and throw them into the river.

(55m 11s)

They’ll just respawn, but it’s just a really funny animation and they incentivize you because every now and then you’ll get a request from a villager to throw them in the water or throw other people in the water.

(55m 12s) Codey:

What happens when you do that?

(55m 16s)

Okay.

(55m 25s)

What?

(55m 29s) Kevin:

I don’t know why they just and usually and sometimes they’ll just don’t just don’t question it. Just do it. Yeah, yeah.

(55m 35s) Codey:

Just do it.

(55m 37s)

They’re just trying to see if you’ll do it.

(55m 41s) Kevin:

So yeah, let me talk about the facilities real quick because they’re they’re the closest like connective tissue to the to the combat portion, which I’ll get to in a minute, but let’s see, okay, there’s a blacksmith’s pretty straightforward. It’s your weapon of grades or crafting and each facility manager has their own line of quests.

(56m 7s)

So if you do stuff for the blacksmith you of course unlock new weapon types or

(56m 11s) Codey:

mm-hmm I think I solved 80 weapon types is that okay got it that would make sense

(56m 11s) Kevin:

different upgrades to other weapons and so on and so forth.

(56m 20s)

I think there’s like ten base weapon types and probably variations of thereof that’s probably what they’re saying yeah and I think you know what I this is probably one of the biggest criticism of the game actually the progression system kind of shoots itself in the foot because the blacksmith is a a very good example.

(56m 41s)

So in Hades, for instance, you can access all the weapon types pretty quickly relative to how long you’re playing the game until you hit true credits or whatever.

(56m 50s) Codey:

Mm hmm.

(56m 55s) Kevin:

So you get the chance to explore different weapons and figure them out.

(57m)

In this game, because of the progression system where you have to do all the quests for the Blacksmith, you don’t reach the final weapon type until his, I think,

(57m 11s)

can ultimate weapon or his quest or whatever.

(57m 16s)

So it feels like you’re playing a lot of the game with a lot of options still kind of locked out.

(57m 23s)

And you can, you know, kind of focus on the Blacksmith and Beeline it or whatever, but it still feels like you’re missing out because you know,

(57m 32s)

I think most people would be trying to do other quests and other stuff at the same time.

(57m 39s)

And the weapon,

(57m 41s)

let’s talk more about the weapons in the combat, but it’s just this kind of general idea of there’s a lot of good features and upgrades that are locked behind this quest system because it’s so linear it can take a while to get to.

(57m 55s)

Okay, if anyone plays linked, do the chef quest lines first because he unlocks something probably the best feature of the game.

(58m 4s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(58m 4s) Kevin:

And that is you can take your villagers out on combat with you.

(58m 9s)

You can take up to two.

(58m 11s)

First, you get one, but then you’ll lock a second slot later and that’s all from doing the quest lines or the chef quest lines excuse me.

(58m 21s)

And that’s not only very fun to have your villagers join you because they have different attacks and different combat cells, but it’s also really, really helpful.

(58m 33s)

So that that and again that’s lock bind quest line and you don’t really see it until you get there.

(58m 42s)

Again, just critical upgrades that feel like block behind these quest lines and I wish you could access them faster.

(58m 50s)

Let me think the other facilities they’re not as critical to combat a lot of it is for the town upgrading you you get a craftsman guy who teaches you how to build different like fencing and decorations, benches, fences.

(59m 5s)

Oh my goodness. There’s this thing. I don’t know if to call it a bug or whatever, but I’m building if when you go and I build a fence and I put you know the gate to enter the fence or whatever.

(59m 8s) Codey:

Okay. Okay. Mm-hmm.

(59m 15s) Kevin:

I don’t know if it’s been fixed yet, but I can’t there’s a gap there’s always this gap between a fence post and the gate and it kills me.

(59m 22s)

It kills me because you can walk through it even.

(59m 25s)

So I can’t have a complete fence and oh it’s it’s all I hate it so much.

(59m 32s) Codey:

That, that would bother me.

(59m 32s) Kevin:

Yeah, it’s really bad. I was building my house and I’m putting a fence around it and then I don’t get it.

(59m 42s)

There is a greenhouse like plant crop specialist person.

(59m 47s)

She’s a researcher, I believe it is.

(59m 49s)

And she, you can grow crops and fruit trees.

(59m 54s)

There’s not active, it’s just you plant and you wait a while and they grow and you harvest them.

(1h 1s)

So partially ornamental, but partially you get resources to cook food or whatever.

(1h 9s)

Um, and, uh, yeah.

(1h 12s)

You see, you get the, oh, character customization because there is a stylist.

(1h 15s) Codey:

Yeah. Yeah, I see that there’s a lot of that, so I was wondering about that.

(1h 16s) Kevin:

Um, so you get different outfits.

(1h 21s)

Um, you can buy different outfits from the stylist and the general shop or whatever.

(1h 26s)

And then you can get dyes.

(1h 27s)

Um, you get dyes from different resources from different crops and things like that.

(1h 33s)

Um, and so then, you know, you get this wider range of outfits.

(1h 37s)

they’re just sets you don’t unfortunately don’t get to customize each like

(1h 42s)

mix and match it’s just a pick and outfit and then you can color it whatever color dye you want

(1h 47s)

Which is fun. I think the outfits look nice and having a company color variations is fun

(1h 53s)

but You do oh you can actually customize the character

(1h 58s)

Like the the face and the body and the hair and all that stuff

(1h 1m 2s)

But the camera is usually so zoomed out like it doesn’t feel like it makes much of a difference like it’s hard to see your character

(1h 1m 12s)

moments where like at the start or end of a run and combat you’ll it’ll zoom in a bit more you can see it a bit more

(1h 1m 19s)

but It feels like a little ways of potential that

(1h 1m 23s)

Maybe this game would be better from a do better or feel better from a closer camera

(1h 1m 29s)

Because it’s very zoomed out so you can see the whole town

(1h 1m 32s)

Which is fun because you see all the robots running around

(1h 1m 35s)

But you can’t zoom into yourself So it just feels like you’re not seeing your character And I don’t call them bad it’s the same thing, it’s a fairly zoomed out camera. So yeah, the character customizations there just feels like it’s it’s not landing because just don’t get to enjoy it really. Okay, so with that, okay, I think that roughly covers the town and customizations. So let’s talk about the combat. The combat is hard. You

(1h 2m 8s) Codey:

Okay, you’re using your wire still, okay.

(1h 2m 12s) Kevin:

Okay, that’s probably the best thing. So yeah, it’s two things. One, it’s hard and it’s kind of awkward. I say that because compared to other roguelike games, like Hades or cult of the lamb, it’s a much slower pace of battle or the overall feel. Like in Hades and cult of lamb,

(1h 2m 26s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 2m 29s)

Mm-hmm.

(1h 2m 34s) Kevin:

you get a dash, a proper dash, you go from you know, one place to the other in a snap.

(1h 2m 39s)

And this will game you get a role, which is…

(1h 2m 42s)

maybe it’s a taste thing, but I certainly don’t enjoy it as much as the other games.

(1h 2m 59s)

But they make up for that because you get the wire, the grappling hook, and you can use that on enemies.

(1h 3m 5s)

It’s the timing is a little weird to get used to, but you can drag them into you.

(1h 3m 12s)

Or you can even do this thing where if you have enough damage on an enemy, you can just grab them and just auto kill them, you just pull them apart, which is fun.

(1h 3m 23s)

So, like, that wire thing, they’re heading in the right direction, just needs a little more polish.

(1h 3m 29s)

And it also depends on the weapons you’re using, because like I mentioned, there’s, I think, like 10 different weapon types.

(1h 3m 37s)

And they do play wildly differently.

(1h 3m 40s)

Some feel a lot more better.

(1h 3m 42s)

They’re suited to using the grappling hook than others.

(1h 3m 46s)

Like the X is there’s an X that is a big slow X.

(1h 3m 52s)

And that one doesn’t work as well with the wire because the wire is in a quick motion and then trying to fall over the big slow swing doesn’t feel that successful most of the time.

(1h 4m 2s)

But say like your standard sword, sure you can pull them in and slice them up.

(1h 4m 5s)

That works fairly fine.

(1h 4m 10s)

There’s not…

(1h 4m 13s)

Some of the weapon types are…

(1h 4m 16s)

I’ll give them a golf clap for trying something different.

(1h 4m 20s)

There is a guitar as a weapon type,

(1h 4m 20s) Codey:

Okay. Okay.

(1h 4m 24s) Kevin:

and you can swing it around like an act kind of,

(1h 4m 28s)

or you can do a charge attack, and then you do the slide.

(1h 4m 32s)

You know the guitar slide, and you’re damaging enemies that way.

(1h 4m 36s)

When I think it releases the sound waves then, which is a fun one.

(1h 4m 40s)

Um, yeah.

(1h 4m 40s) Codey:

That’s something different, that’s interesting.

(1h 4m 42s) Kevin:

is different. They have, oh gosh, they have a chakra, I think it is called like a ring bladed ring that you throw around. That one’s a fun one. I’m trying to remember what other ones are. There is a blaster gun like it’s just a straight up gun. It’s probably the best weapon in the game because one you do it from afar so you’re very safe. But you I can also charge it up and just just

(1h 5m 12s)

kill a lot of stuff just with the charge shots but yeah let’s see there’s claws that’s a good one I’m trying to oh the board I forgot there’s a surfboard that is a weapon too again you can kind of swing it around like you would with the board or if you do the charge attack you hop on it and you fly around on it just running everything over that’s that’s another fun

(1h 5m 29s) Codey:

Oh.

(1h 5m 42s) Kevin:

that one felt pretty creative and I think probably one of my favorite weapon types but yeah they have a bunch of standard stuff spear cannon so on and so forth so you know they do play differently but it’s still it’s a lax little and I think the biggest problem is the upgrade system so roguelike games how the pattern works you start or run you you get a floor you

(1h 6m 12s)

the floor and then you get an upgrade at the end for your run the upgrades are not great they’re they’re pretty man the best you get like an attribute like electric or fire or ice or whatever even freeze or burn you know status effects but nothing is fundamentally changing your weapon playing your place out or anything call the lamb and Hades do that and they’re very good at that where they can fund it.

(1h 6m 42s)

It’s just incremental percentage increases.

(1h 6m 47s)

At the bare minimum, you feel very strong.

(1h 6m 52s)

If you go far in a run, you get a lot of upgrades.

(1h 6m 55s)

In Hades or Kuralami, you feel crazy strongly.

(1h 6m 58s)

You’re just clearing stuff if things are going well.

(1h 7m 1s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(1h 7m 1s) Kevin:

This game, not the case.

(1h 7m 3s)

You can stack up as many upgrades and it’s just incremental percentage increases.

(1h 7m 4s) Codey:

Mm-hmm

(1h 7m 9s) Kevin:

increases, um, you, you don’t.

(1h 7m 12s)

You don’t ever get the feeling of, like, power that, that feels so cool in Hades or cult of the blam. Um, and so that, and that’s, and that’s coupled by the, the difficulty because, you know, the enemies do a lot of damage, actually. Um, it, it’s very easy to die and lose, you know, your run and you have to start all over, which is frustrating when the upgrade to so poor. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But this is again, why the villagers are probably the best feature in the game when you add them in because then you have two villagers who are decoys. Um, they’re also damaging. And if you fall,

(1h 7m 34s) Codey:

Mm-hmm well, that’s that’s the rogue part of the

(1h 7m 54s) Kevin:

they can resurrect you. Um, so yeah, that having the villagers fight with you, that’s a good one. I wish I could upgrade them a bit more. There is a small upgrade system, but it’s,

(1h 8m 4s)

it’s just, I think numerical of anything. Um, I wish I could maybe customize them or something,

(1h 8m 9s)

to sadly, no, they’re just they’re

(1h 8m 12s)

excellent decoy slash assists. But yeah, that’s I think that roughly covers the combat. It’s like it’s it’s good. It’s not bad combat for the most part. But again, the bar is just very high and it’s not not living up to it. Yeah, so that’s I’m trying to think here for like

(1h 8m 16s) Codey:

Just got to put them out in the front lines for the fodder.

(1h 8m 42s) Kevin:

there’s another element. I want to talk about it, but I nope, I lost it. But yeah, I think that roughly covers the game that they’ll experience as a whole. Do you have any questions on all that? I know that was a lot kind of

(1h 8m 46s) Codey:

Okay.

(1h 8m 57s) Kevin:

just word vomiting here. But um,

(1h 9m) Codey:

No, I think I was mostly interested, like this game looks like it’s a lot.

(1h 9m 5s)

Um, like it’s a lot, it’s got a lot going on, but it also still has like that bit of loneliness to it. And I was wondering if that was like affected by the little bots at all.

(1h 9m 12s) Kevin:

Mm-hmm

(1h 9m 17s)

Yeah

(1h 9m 17s) Codey:

Which it sounds like it kind of is, but like not 100% you can play, this is just for the listeners,

(1h 9m 23s)

you can play multiplayer. So you can have your friends come in and like help. So you can do that.

(1h 9m 25s) Kevin:

Yes, yeah, you know what, actually that’s a good point as some they did want to bring up.

(1h 9m 30s) Codey:

That’s cool.

(1h 9m 34s) Kevin:

I think if the game is built for multiplayer, I haven’t played with anyone, but like just based off the villagers, I bet it’s a lot more fun to grab, you know, a couple of friends and play with them. Um, it feels like it’s, it’s geared towards that. If anyone wants to play, let me know.

(1h 9m 48s) Codey:

Yeah, so

(1h 9m 51s) Kevin:

Oh, oh, now I remember the other thing I wanted to talk about. Yes, the

(1h 9m 54s) Codey:

Yay

(1h 9m 56s) Kevin:

So I played I got this on my switch. It’s on switch. It’s switch to I think on steam. I think the early access was on steam and in one point no drop with switch.

(1h 10m 10s)

It does not run well on on switch loading times are brutal.

(1h 10m 13s) Codey:

Oh.

(1h 10m 16s) Kevin:

Frame rate isn’t the best. It’s it’s not great. I’m sure it’s a lot better on switch too.

(1h 10m 22s)

I’m sure it can be a lot better on Steve.

(1h 10m 25s)

It’s standard switch version, little technically rough, which is a shame considering everything.

(1h 10m 33s)

The loading times are the ones that kill me because when you lose the run and yet the weight and other, you know, 30 seconds or whatever to get back into town, it’s not great.

(1h 10m 41s)

Not great.

(1h 10m 43s) Codey:

So I guess the another thing I wanted to ask is so it sounds like this game fell a little far front like a little far from the mark like it it could have what one thing do you think would improve this game to like make it so that you would pick it up more.

(1h 11m) Kevin:

I think the upgrade stuff I talked about fixing the upgrades making them either more or just more impactful generally speaking right because whether that’s increasing like the actual power where you can actually feel it or changing the playstyle of your weapon um I think that would fix it because like even if the the town stuff it was still a little weak per se I think if the combat was fun.

(1h 11m 30s)

I think the upgrade system is probably the most love for me to get out of it.

(1h 11m 50s)

Or you know, I’ll offer you one on the other side on the downside.

(1h 11m 55s)

If we got an actual museum to fill out, like I think that would be a lot more enticing to

(1h 12m)

to go through stuff, but yeah, sadly, there is no, like the growth of the town is largely up to you.

(1h 12m 9s)

How much you want to fill out on craft or whatever, but no actual go-post from a museum.

(1h 12m 15s)

I think that would help a lot.

(1h 12m 17s) Codey:

Yeah, I think that that would be the other thing because it is such a lonely game and you don’t have those characters like

(1h 12m 17s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(1h 12m 18s)

Yeah.

(1h 12m 19s)

Yeah.

(1h 12m 23s) Codey:

Asking for you to do things kind of is just self-motivated, but I feel like there’s there are definitely people who are the self-motivated type who want to collect everything who want to like

(1h 12m 31s) Kevin:

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like, I, I guess if you look at the art, right? If you see that you see it’s going to be robot heavy, like if, and it’s rogue life, rogue like, I guess that’s the more important part of the combat aspect, like it then ties to you. It’s worth a shot. Like,

(1h 12m 33s) Codey:

Do everything that you can so maybe so I guess like my last question would be who would you recommend this game for?

(1h 12m 58s) Kevin:

It’s not a terribly expensive game. It’s only 20 USD.

(1h 13m 1s)

They’re actively working on it, so there still might be a future for this game.

(1h 13m 9s)

But I may be a little more time in the oven, and it’ll be a definite thumbs up.

(1h 13m 16s)

But for now, it’s just, I guess, mostly for a robot collector type person, a very specific or niche thing.

(1h 13m 24s)

But that’s what suckered me like. Oh man, I could call it robots for my town.

(1h 13m 28s)

that part still on paper sounds cool and it kind of is to see the grown to town and run around but it’s just so much of the stuff I have to get through like it’s unfortunate it feels a little tedious at times like yeah yeah because yeah like the villagers they’ll give you quite a solid time but they’re from a handful of things either collect some fish collect some bugs maybe do a certain run and so on and so forth like it’s just again not a lot of

(1h 14m 2s)

which is unfortunate oh I know what stopped me in this game I just remember there was a thing that stopped me I got a mission I can’t remember if it was from villager or whatnot but it was to do a run without a single no not getting hit or like what’s it yeah yeah not getting hit I know hit run and that was brutal I couldn’t do it that’s what killed it for me um take yeah take that one I don’t like that there are no

(1h 14m 31s)

it runs hard um like maybe for post game or something but that’s hard that’s for the soaks on people

(1h 14m 32s) Codey:

Yeah Yeah, I mean they do it like my husband is playing still playing right now and he was talking about like sometimes he’ll tell me about some of the stuff he’s struggling with and I’m like babe I think that the people would just tell you that uh get good like I think that that’s as hornet as hornet

(1h 14m 58s) Kevin:

Uh, as, excuse me, as Hornet would say, “Get good!”

(1h 15m 2s) Codey:

would say like you just need to get good

(1h 15m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah.

(1h 15m 6s)

So, like, I, I, I look, I’ll, of course there’s all the memes in the fan art out on the internet, and everyone’s about the saha, or whatever, but, um, but now the get good, that’s the one, people aren’t harping on that one enough, I love it.

(1h 15m 20s) Codey:

because that’s I mean that’s the thing about that game is it’s just like there’s so much about it that’s just you just gotta you just have to do with it.

(1h 15m 29s) Kevin:

I’m terrified of that game I have I have to I have to be hall and I that’s a requirement from what I’ve read be not even lore wise just get to whoa that’s the warm up for so

(1h 15m 41s) Codey:

[laughs]

(1h 15m 47s)

Yeah, it definitely, I mean, if you basically,

(1h 15m 51s)

I feel like if you don’t like Hollow Knight,

(1h 15m 57s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, because what if it’s hauling a barter?

(1h 16m 2s) Codey:

It is. That’s the tweet. Yeah.

(1h 16m 3s) Kevin:

Yeah Yeah, yeah, I think cherry like I love them and I hate them. They’re sickos

(1h 16m 16s) Codey:

Cool. Well, I think, I think that about wraps up our discussion of linked banner of the spark.

(1h 16m 23s)

So I see this thing in the outro. Al, I don’t know what this means. Okay. Okay.

(1h 16m 26s) Kevin:

Yeah

(1h 16m 30s)

Okay, I’ll tell you I’ll explain to you because it threw me off when I saw it

(1h 16m 34s)

He’s look he’s just changed it because not everyone wants to plug something right we don’t have to tell them the handle It’s just here’s your moment to do something like

(1h 16m 44s)

I’m okay

(1h 16m 46s)

Here, I’ll take the lead because you know what’s funny. I realized the other day. I have two

(1h 16m 51s)

Unfortunately, it’s still on Twitter because there’s people I talked to there. I have two Twitter handles

(1h 16m 54s) Codey:

mm-hmm. You okay? Uh-huh.

(1h 16m 56s) Kevin:

Acupa press my personal and at spider squared my art account

(1h 17m 1s)

Well, somehow I’ve it’s become inverted where Acupa. I’m just seeing and just retweeting awesome Pokemon and Digimon fan artists and

(1h 17m 8s) Codey:

[laughter]

(1h 17m 10s) Kevin:

And sick art memes and soaksong and stuff like that

(1h 17m 15s)

And then somehow and the spider squared. That’s why I see more personal stuff or opinions and whatnot that I retweet

(1h 17m 21s) Codey:

[coughing]

(1h 17m 22s) Kevin:

So, go to one of those for one of the other.

(1h 17m 24s)

I don’t know which one’s which.

(1h 17m 26s)

any more, but at least a there’s a lot of good artists still on Twitter.

(1h 17m 30s)

I’ll say that as for the the hellscape it is and everything else.

(1h 17m 33s)

There’s a lot of great talent on there.

(1h 17m 36s)

What about you, Cody?

(1h 17m 39s)

Anything you want to plug or say?

(1h 17m 41s) Codey:

So, uh, yeah, I mean, if you want to tap me,

(1h 17m 46s)

if you can find me on Instagram at hiking beagle, beagle,

(1h 17m 48s)

and/or on the podcasts, um, hate, uh, slack.

(1h 17m 53s)

But I’m trying to think of like a fun,

(1h 17m 56s)

something fun to say.

(1h 17m 58s) Kevin:

Oh, I mean, I think we’ve already said it.

(1h 18m 1s)

Get good!

(1h 18m 1s) Codey:

Oh, oh, oh, okay, good.

(1h 18m 3s)

No, no, okay, so here’s something that’s fun.

(1h 18m 5s)

Um, anything to say to the audience,

(1h 18m 7s)

I want to, I probably could have done this in the beginning,

(1h 18m 11s)

um, I found a really cool bug.

(1h 18m 14s)

So in my, no, no, no, in real life.

(1h 18m 15s) Kevin:

His name’s Tornit.

(1h 18m 19s)

Is it Hornit?

(1h 18m 20s) Codey:

No, it’s not.

(1h 18m 21s)

Um, so it’s a, there’s this, um, family of wasps called crescited wasps or, um, jewel wasps.

(1h 18m 27s) Kevin:

Oh. Oh.

(1h 18m 29s) Codey:

And they’re the, they look like little jewels,

(1h 18m 32s)

and they’re butts, look like little crowns.

(1h 18m 34s)

10 out of 10 recommend looking at, yeah, look at them.

(1h 18m 35s) Kevin:

What?

(1h 18m 37s)

I’m looking it up.

(1h 18m 38s) Codey:

I’ll put some in the slack.

(1h 18m 39s)

Um, and.

(1h 18m 41s)

But they’re so that there’s like the main sub family that looks like all of those, but there’s this other sub family that doesn’t have the same vibe as the others in the family, and I’ve never seen one of these, but I was going through my like tricky ID things that I’ve been putting off forever because I didn’t want to do them.

(1h 18m 59s)

Um, and I found one of these and then I looked it up. I was like, Oh, it’s this and then I looked it up. This thing has not been seen in the United States East of Kansas.

(1h 19m 10s) Kevin:

Oh

(1h 19m 12s) Codey:

So I have like a regional record. It has gone. So it is up in like, it is up in like K back. Um, and like Montreal and stuff like that, but it’s not. It hasn’t like jumped. No one’s found it like over the lakes yet. Um, so I’m super excited about that. That’s what I that’s what I’m going to say to the audience.

(1h 19m 14s) Kevin:

Wow That’s wild

(1h 19m 28s)

Yeah

(1h 19m 30s)

That’s that’s cool. That’s pretty cool, but all like

(1h 19m 35s)

But also like what I love bugs but was that why why why?

(1h 19m 41s) Codey:

Okay, here’s the other thing.

(1h 19m 41s) Kevin:

Those are the one like oh no, stay

(1h 19m 44s) Codey:

The wasps that everyone thinks of.

(1h 19m 46s)

Like when you think of wasps,

(1h 19m 47s)

you think of like yellow jackets and hornets that are gonna like sting you, right?

(1h 19m 50s) Kevin:

Yes.

(1h 19m 50s) Codey:

That is one family of wasps,

(1h 19m 54s)

but there are so many other wasps.

(1h 19m 56s)

And even those wasps are actually really hecking cool.

(1h 20m)

It’s just that they tend to put their nests in places that are inconvenient to us.

(1h 20m 4s) Kevin:

Yes, like my truck, yes, many times in the truck, I had to fight him off.

(1h 20m 5s) Codey:

[laughing]

(1h 20m 11s)

So I’m all for, I’m all for like if you,

(1h 20m 16s)

if you have this like these in an inconvenient place,

(1h 20m 21s)

remove them.

(1h 20m 22s)

But if you, if they’re like at the end of your yard and you never go over there, just let them live,

(1h 20m 28s)

like they actually are really good at,

(1h 20m 30s)

like yellow jackets and hornets eat your garden pests.

(1h 20m 33s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, I know that I appreciate them, but these jewel bugs are wasp that there’s some that are iridescent.

(1h 20m 37s) Codey:

but there’s a bunch of other super, super cool bugs.

(1h 20m 41s)

I mean, they look like little jewels and they’re so cute.

(1h 20m 50s) Kevin:

That that looks painted. I’m looking at one

(1h 20m 53s) Codey:

Yeah, and looking at one other microscope is just so pretty and they they have a lot of like little divots in their.

(1h 21m 1s)

I’m trying to think of the in their skin. I’m trying to think of like the non scientific way to say it, but in that. On their outside, they have like all these little divots and it looks like.

(1h 21m 5s) Kevin:

Ha ha ha ha ha, the normie word.

(1h 21m 11s) Codey:

like a jewel could like literally fit in there. It’s like they are the crown, but they are also the jewel, but you could like socket a jewel right into them. They’re so cool.

(1h 21m 20s) Kevin:

That sounds like a silk song design.

(1h 21m 22s) Codey:

That is what I wanted to say to the audience.

(1h 21m 23s) Kevin:

[laughs]

(1h 21m 27s)

All right, there you go.

(1h 21m 29s)

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(1h 21m 34s)

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(1h 21m 42s)

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(1h 21m 45s)

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(1h 21m 48s)

I don’t know.

(1h 21m 48s)

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(1h 21m 51s)

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(1h 21m 52s)

Look, you know what?

(1h 21m 53s)

You just need to get an email.

(1h 21m 55s)

That’s how other people do it.

(1h 21m 55s) Codey:

[laughing]

(1h 21m 57s) Kevin:

Let’s be real.

(1h 21m 58s)

Make it easier.

(1h 21m 59s)

Everyone’s got an email.

(1h 22m)

That way people can email their dumb questions and comments that I want to hear and be subject to.

(1h 22m 5s)

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(1h 22m 7s)

Because I sent I sent dumb emails to other podcasts.

(1h 22m 11s)

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(1h 22m 18s)

Go to patreon.com/ths

(1h 22m 20s)

but throw a few bucks towards Al’s way. He’s got children to feed. And you can get cool stuff. You can get access to the greenhouse series of non-cotted core related stuff. We got many topics that we need to sit down and do. Cody and I will rank bug did you, man. No, no, we won’t. But we could. I mean, we could. Yeah.

(1h 22m 41s) Codey:

Oh, dude, we should totally do that because then I’m curious if there are any bug Digimon that are like better.

(1h 22m 55s)

Like what if Digimon is just better at bugs that we should also do whenever I think Greg’s game might be out soon.

(1h 22m 57s) Kevin:

Okay, well…

(1h 23m 3s) Codey:

So friend of the pod, Greg Leatherman is making a game and I am going to out myself that I don’t remember at the name of the game.

(1h 23m 11s)

So they’re called Domus guy and it’s in Kickstarter right now it’s like basically Pokemon, but it’s made by some really cool people and that we know and he has been posting these like cute little critters on his Instagram for hot minute and he actually consulted me on one of them.

(1h 23m 34s)

So you’d be recommend looking at that so it’s D-O-M-E-S-K-I.

(1h 23m 41s)

Domus guy. You look check it out on them Kickstarter and do it. If you’re going to the Pax Unplugged then you can come and meet Greg and talk to him all about it.

(1h 23m 55s)

It actually already met its goal. So the goal was 10 grand and it hit 15k. There are still 62 hours to go. So I guess if you’re listening to this at release like go go go go go go.

(1h 24m 7s) Kevin:

Oh, yeah. Oh, that’s, you know what? That’s good. Cause I get my paycheck and I need to do that. Um, I just been waiting for this paycheck specifically. Um, but, uh, yes, good good shout out. I mean, it’s, it’s a tabletop monster collecting Greg’s head of passion for both forever and ski. So he’s the man for the job. Yeah.

(1h 24m 26s) Codey:

Yeah. Yeah.

(1h 24m 30s) Kevin:

Um, okay. So that’s, uh, so that’s that and you know what we should do is do a green hat.

(1h 24m 37s)

House on that. That’d be sick. Yeah. Yeah. The designs. Yeah. Yeah. On blue again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Look, look, Cody, you and I have a handful of good to.

(1h 24m 38s) Codey:

We should. That’s what I’m saying. We should do that when it comes out. Like, we should really I want to I want the book and I want to go through the, um, the bug doe this guy. Um, but we also, we also still need to do one on sonic three. Uh, and while blue, so blue, we all wanted to do one on blue, we too, possibly. So that could be like a three people. But like, we got a couple here on putting that in bug Digimon. Don’t.

(1h 25m 7s) Kevin:

We can still do the, I don’t know if you finished a little house yet, but we can do the, we can do the greenhouse on the prairie episode and talk about how great, doc.

(1h 25m 8s) Codey:

Oh, Rosie grim, grim cozy. Do dog bakers awesome. So a little weird and somebody else says I’m a little like.

(1h 25m 18s) Kevin:

Go, go, go. We could talk about how great dog bakers. Um, he’s the best.

(1h 25m 27s)

Well, it was at the, him or was it the times? I mean, y’all know there’s that one opposite in their mind there. That was him, it was a little bit of the times, but a little bit of him too.

(1h 25m 33s) Codey:

But a little bit of him, yep.

(1h 25m 37s) Kevin:

Yeah. Oh.

(1h 25m 39s) Codey:

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(1h 25m 47s)

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(1h 25m 50s)

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(1h 25m 55s)

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(1h 26m 3s)

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(1h 26m 10s) Kevin:

IRL friends and all. Yeah.

(1h 26m 13s) Codey:

Yeah, there is a lot, a lot of chatter now, which I’m loving. And then, so shout out to them. I don’t remember them.

(1h 26m 21s)

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(1h 26m 22s) Kevin:

Yep, clapping me. That’s the user name with the three.

(1h 26m 23s) Codey:

Um…

(1h 26m 25s)

With a three.

(1h 26m 26s) Kevin:

They got miraculous ladybug after us a good one.

(1h 26m 29s) Codey:

Heck yeah.

(1h 26m 30s)

So yeah, highly recommend you can get access to this list.

(1h 26m 33s)

And then also you get access to those green-house episodes of us talking about all the cool stuff.

(1h 26m 40s) Kevin:

Okay, all right. Oh, that’ll do it. Thank you, Cody for coming on. Thank you all for having us and until next time deers listeners

(1h 26m 40s) Codey:

Mm-hmm have a good harvest.

(1h 26m 49s) Kevin:

Have a good harvest

(1h 26m 50s) Theme Music:

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(1h 27m 4s)

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(1h 27m 8s)

Feel free to visit our website, harvestseason.club for show notes and links to things we discussed in this episode.

(1h 27m 24s) Kevin:

Okay, okay, here’s your post credits. All right, you you asked about bug Digimon here. Here’s the teaser trailer

(1h 27m 27s) Codey:

Oh, okay.

(1h 27m 30s) Kevin:

So so here’s the thing about did oh my goodness that that’s a good picture. Sorry. I saw your picture. I’m posting in the thread

(1h 27m 36s) Codey:

I’m putting, I’m putting dog stuff in the thread.

(1h 27m 37s) Kevin:

Yeah, yeah, okay

(1h 27m 40s)

So here as to whether Digimon does bugs good or not well that depends

(1h 27m 44s)

Because you see the Digimon philosophy is as they get bigger or higher level

(1h 27m 48s) Codey:

Mm-hmm.

(1h 27m 49s) Kevin:

They strap guns and rope maybe robots and things.

(1h 27m 52s) Codey:

[laughing]

(1h 27m 54s) Kevin:

The question I think will set the tone here.

(1h 27m 58s)

I’m posting the image on the slat and that thread.

(1h 28m)

Do you like Mothmon?

(1h 28m 3s) Codey:

it. Oh, I see it at the end of the abdomen where the where the where the where the go-nads would be, you know what? It tracks. So some laws of fun fact, some off males when they mate with a female they actually put in what’s called a

(1h 28m 4s) Kevin:

That is Mothmon.

(1h 28m 6s)

He looks kind of like a little sentai guy.

(1h 28m 9s)

He has the moth wings.

(1h 28m 11s)

On the thorax or not, that’s the wrong one.

(1h 28m 15s)

The end of admin.

(1h 28m 17s)

There is a Gatling gun.

(1h 28m 19s)

There is a Gatling gun attached.

(1h 28m 21s)

So there you go. That’s the Digimon philosophy.

(1h 28m 24s)

[Laughter]

(1h 28m 33s) Codey:

her plug. So they put in something so that she literally cannot make another male. And it kind of like some of the project tylenus of it is like a gun. So this tracks the tracks.

(1h 28m 38s) Kevin:

Oh, I’ve heard of those things. That’s, oh, that’s why. Oh.

(1h 28m 46s)

Well, that’s, uh, then all right, there you go. Yeah.

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