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Today: Review

[Originally publish 30 November 2023]


TLDR

  • Relaxing island management

  • AI NPC interaction using speech was very engaging

  • I was disappointed that the demo ended could have kept on playing.

How to play

  • Playable on PC

  • Invite only

Game Loop

  • Your new home is an island

Two NPCs on your island
  • You start with a helper bot and 1 resident

  • Your aim is to expand the island and increase your resident count

  • To increase the resident count you need to increase your community points

Skill tree for Joyce
  • Community points are collected by increasing the happiness of your residents

  • They have several needs, and by selecting a need to address you are set tasks

  • These take you all over the island collecting items, crafting or building

  • A key feature is interacting with the AI NPCs using your microphone

  • AI is also used within the building, where you have the choice to either build by hand or give AI prompts for what to build

Game feel

  • The graphics were stunning and immersive, if slightly power-greedy

  • The quests were very basic chores, plant some seeds, gather some plants, cook a pizza - however, I actually found this really engaging and relaxing. Just pottering around completing chores.

  • I really enjoyed the NPC interaction with the mic, even if I managed to offend one of them by mistake

AI getting offended
  • The controls were easy and intuitive

  • Adding the hoverboard was good as walking could get a little slow for some of the longer quests

Rating

  • The demo took me about 45 minutes to complete, so impressions could change as the game expands

  • I really enjoyed it and was very engaged the full time i was playing

  • I can see an audience that wouldn’t enjoy it at all, but that comes down to picking the right game for you

  • I was really getting into it when the demo ended and was genuinely gutted that I could interact with the new resident

Rating card: enjoyed, would recommend playing it

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