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Sep 19, 2024
Take on the role of principal in Let’s School by Pathea Games, the same developers who created the beloved My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock games! You’ve been given the task of revamping and running the school you once attended. Not only will you design and construct different structures for the school, but you’ll manage the day-to-day happenings, too. The school is a blank canvas for you to build and run, but it’s important to keep in mind that you need to improve the school’s reputation and meet the needs of your students while you’re at it!
The ultimate goal is to create a balanced school environment to foster learning and thriving in. To start, plan and build the facilities to achieve a great educational institution. You have access to hundreds of pieces of educational equipment, and aren’t limited to building out horizontally. You can also build vertically, so you can include the facilities you want while also maintaining a beautiful outdoor area!
Recruit teachers with the methodologies you want for your school. Enhance their skills to open even more opportunities for them. You can even customize the appearance of each of your students and include different elective courses to foster enjoyment and shape their futures. Of course, meeting the basic needs of students is just as important as the curriculum. Keep an eye on their morale and distress. Provide restrooms and healthy food at the cafeteria. Failure to meet the needs of your pupils can lead to mischief and mayhem. But you also need a punishment system to take care of those who break the rules by bringing contraband to school, bullying others, or committing truancy!
Release Date
You can find Let’s School on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch now!
Or how about building a magical institution in Mind Over Magic?
- Sep 19, 2024
The incredibly addictive and adorably cute Go-Go Town recently released an exciting new update that expands what you can do in the game. In this cozy city builder, you’ve been placed as mayor to a once-bustling tourist town. However, it’s now a little rundown and needs some rejuvenation. That’s where you come in! Establish industry zones to provide jobs for townies. Build shops and parks and other attractions to attract visitors. Go exploring, decorate and design the town to create a beautiful wonderland, and so much more!
This new update, titled Build and Bustle, adds some great new community-led content. It also brings new customizations for you to enjoy while decorating your dream town. You can look forward to more space, zone customization, fast travel, and more.
Expanded Town Map
Pay a visit to Stanley S. Trollson, your local real estate agent, to expand your town map with 5 new areas. That’s right, you’re no longer confined to such a small space! Now, you can build the different Go-Go Town districts you dreamed of. Design sleepy, residential streets away from the hustle and bustle of industrial blocks. Decorate and create the perfect tourist areas or even a large green space to relax in. Let your creativity free with this new, larger map, and see what you can dream up.
Zone Customization
Every single zone on the map can now be customized to suit your tastes. Yes, EVERY zone. So, now you can really get creative and make your town as unique and awesome as you want! Tweak the size of each zone, the layout can be edited, and the location of each space can be changed. That means you can turn the farm zone into a series of micro farms instead of one big one. Or, you can shrink the fishing zone and make the forestry zone bigger to change production. There’s even mine shafts now, so you won’t be running out of resources any time soon.
Fast Travel and Summoning Vehicles
With a bigger town map comes more walking, running, and putting around which can all be a chore. Except the Go-Go Town Build and Bustle update now lets you fast travel. Use the brand new subway system to get around quickly. Even your townies and tourists can make use of it to reach their destinations faster. Or if you’re out exploring with your trusty bike and get distracted by something fun, forgetting where you’ve left the bike, you can now summon it! Place vehicle racks and car parks around your town so you can easily summon your lost vehicle to you instead of searching high and low for it. You could even use the racks to tidy up the streets and have a place to keep all your vehicles, too.
But Wait, There’s More!
Even with these other great features, you’re getting spoiled with even more excellent content with Go-Go Town Build and Bustle. There are now 6 new townies to collect, along with new cosmetics for yourself like hairstyles, dresses, glasses, hats, a backpack, and new legs. Plus, over 70 new thingamajigs. From Roman-style columns, road bridges, giant chess pieces, flowers, and so much more to decorate with and have fun. Or explore the new Hedge Maze for a fun solo exploration, but make it even more fun with friends. And don’t forget the loot!
Release Date
The Go-Go Town Build and Bustle update is available now on Steam! And what better time to jump back into this amazing game than now. Or if you haven’t played yet, there’s no time like the present to pick it up and get started on a brand new city-building journey!
- Aug 15, 2024
The adorable Sunrise’s Order is a farm sim where you’re tired of your old life. The hustle and bustle of the city paired with the corporate life just doesn’t appeal to you anymore. So, after losing your job because you stayed up all night to play your favorite video game, you decide change is in order. A big change. You sell your possessions and buy a private island in a once-in-a lifetime deal. Why? Well, to live like your favorite video game hero and start a farm, of course!
Start your adventure on your island with the basic necessities and a goal. Live in your tiny one-room house as you fish for different sea creatures and set up your farm. You’re all alone on your island, but that’s perfect for you! It gives you the freedom to do as you please, when you please. Order necessary supplies from Animazon, and build the island up how you wish with chicken coops, flower beds, cows, and more!
The Update
Sunrise’s Order is getting a new update soon, and it’s sure to add some great content! The hoe is getting a wonderful upgrade to make farming faster and more efficient. Craft a high-quality hoe to till multiple tiles of dirt all at once. There’s also a new line of decorative plushies to get your hand on in game. From a sweet little teddy bear to the magical unicorn, you’ll have even more cute decor to make your home perfect! Find these stuffed animal companions by exploring your island. You’ll come across clues and find hidden treasures scattered around. There’s also now a wiki you can access for the game. It currently only includes some basic information, but will be expanded.
That’s not all for this 1.1 update, though. In fact, there’s a long list of new things that have been added to Sunrise’s Order! Factories and repairs pull resources from chests, so you no longer need to have materials in your pockets. Your character will appear on the map to help you orient yourself. Furniture can be stored in the Wooden Tall Cabinet and the Enchanted Wardrobe, and plans now look different to differentiate them from recipes. And speaking of recipes, there’s a new omelet and butter chicken recipe! When you search through contracts, it now tells you how many you have in your inventory. Last, but not least, Animazon now offers a scythe tool and a wider range of ingredients and materials, there are more character customizations, and new dialogue too!
Modifications and Improvements
Then there’s the improvements that have been made to already existing aspects of Sunrise’s Order. Silos feed a max number of animals, and hoes have been rebalanced to account for the new upgrade. Plus, tools don’t lose durability if you miss hitting your target. Animazon lists items by type now, too. Movement within the Construction App has been improved for better navigation. A few recipes have been renamed to better reflect what they are. There’s also been a lot of balancing done. Item values, recipes for workshops and factories, fertilizers, scents on garbage, values of cooking recipes, and the energy given by certain meals have all had some rebalancing. Trash bags no longer spread around, adding fuel to fires uses materials in chests, and your character will refuse to fish if they have no stamina left. Now selection colors for breakable and unbreakable items are different to make it easier to distinguish. And conditions for unlocking buildings have been clarified for smoother gameplay!
Plus, there were a number of bug fixes that you can check out below!
Release Date
This the very first update coming to Sunrise’s Order and is available on Steam now! This game is shaping up to be absolutely wonderful with all these additions and fixes, and you should check it out.
- Jul 31, 2024
Calm Cove by developer mellow mind is a simple and cozy building game. You get to build your very own little island up from nothing. Get creative with how you design and develop the place. There are tons of possibilities for you to discover and the only thing standing in your way is you! There’s no stress, no objectives or management, and certainly no combat. It’s you, your imagination, and the island.
Design your island how you want, at whatever pace you want. Then, decorate each building to suit your plans. Want simple homes? Go for it! But if you want a house with pretty little window flower boxes and a bench outside to enjoy the day, you can do that too. As your Calm Cove town comes alive, you’ll have villagers move in. Take in the soothing sounds of nature as you watch your new residents explore their new home and just enjoy your hard work!
Release Date
You can find Calm Cove listed on Steam. There is a demo available, but the full game isn’t expected to release until next year!
Don’t confuse this game with Collector’s Cove, which is equally as cute and cozy!
- Jun 29, 2024
Sunrise’s Order by Misstic Studio is a super cozy and adorable farming sim that pulls inspiration from great games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. You landed yourself in some hot water with your job after losing track of time and binging a brand new farming sim game. The game was just way too fun and you lost track of time! You decide in the moment you’re ready for a change of pace, anyway, and would love to live out the farming life in real life. So, you sell your things and buy an island to start your new dream!
While an exciting new adventure to face, buying an uninhabited island and taking up farming doesn’t come without its challenges. With some cheeky humor and hard work, you can turn your island into a paradise, though. You’ll have to rely on a delivery service to get your seeds and tools! In Sunrise’s Order, you’ll utilize the extremely useful Animazon for all your needs.
Buy starter tools, start farming with seeds you order, and unlock more items for farming, decor, and crafting as you progress through the game. Animazon will be an unimaginable help for turning your simple home into a flourishing farmstead! The builder app on your computer will let you expand your farm, too, but clearing out and claiming new parcels of land across the cozy, quiet island.
Income
Your main source of income will be from fulfilling customer orders. Of course, you can sell the items you gather or the fish up, but you’ll make more of a profit completing orders. Use the wood, stone, ore, crops, and whatever else you can grow or find to craft items that customers need. Set up different workstations to craft items a variety of things. Catch fish and grill them up.
Grow food crops and flowers. Or even craft decorative items to beautify your home with or to sell. Fulfilling customer orders will help you unlock even more workstations to upgrade your crafting skills and abilities, too. So, the more orders you fulfill, the more money you make, and the more you progress!
Skill Progression
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Sunrise’s Order is that there’s a dedicated skill tree and development progression. As you complete chores around the island, you’ll earn experience points that level up individual things (ex: each crop has levels; foraging, fishing, and wood cutting do too). Leveling up these things levels up your farm.
You earn a skill point each time the farm gains a level, and you can spend that skill point on useful things like more stamina, receiving more wood when you chop trees, and lowering the amount of stamina used during an activity. The development progression lets you unlock a bigger house, animals, and much more. It all gives the game a great sense of direction without strong-arming you into specific cutscenes or storylines.
Where to Find It
You can find Sunrise’s Order on Steam now! There’s even a demo to try out first, but if you really like farming without the pressure of being social, this game is perfect for you!
- Jun 6, 2024
For those who are unfamiliar with this adorable game, Gourdlets is a sandbox city builder. It has no goals, no missions, and no end game objectives. You’re simply the architect of the world, building for little creatures called Gourdlets. Don’t worry, though, they’re chill and will love anything you make for them. Build a village, town, city, or whatever! It’s up to you to decide how to lay out the buildings and water features. Include cafes, lighthouses, parks, and much more to create the perfect living spaces.
And now developer AuntyGames has announced a release window for the Steam version of the game! We can expect this lovely game some time this summer, and packed full of new features. Gourdlets now has our tiny little friends sleeping, doing laundry, making toast, and much more. Plus, there’s an idle mode where the game will sit at the bottom or side of your screen. Browse the internet or do work as your city creation does its thing in the background! There’s even a new demo available now on the Steam page for players to check out.
Release Date
Again, Gourdlets is set to release on Steam at some point this summer. Plus, the demo is available on the Steam page for you to try. You can also find the game on itch.io!
Tiny Glade is another free-form building game that I recommend you check out!
- May 15, 2024
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Teatopia by developer Yixin Games, where you run your own farm in an environment full of Chinese culture and beautiful designs. Turn your overgrown farm into a haven for crops. Care for a variety of animals, from livestock to pets. Cook some exquisite meals and teas. Plus, immerse yourself in a vibrant community while discovering the secrets to the underworld’s Ghost Market.
Teatopia follows the classic farming sim formula, where you start out on a farm that’s overgrown with wild weeds and tremendous trees. Of course, you’ll work hard to clear these obstacles in order to free up space for your crops. Build sheds to care for livestock and even breed them. They’ll produce products like eggs and milk for you. But you can also have an animal companion, like a cat or dog. The pets find treasures for you if you develop a deep bond!
Explore the secrets of traditional Chinese cooking that Teatopia has to offer by whipping up delicious recipes you acquire from all over. You even manage your own tea plantation and create exquisite teas. And of course, you get to explore the East and West urban areas, where you’ll find different attractions and vibrant characters. Plus, the Ghost Market is an intriguing place to wander! This enchanting underworld is where fairies and humans converge, but it also has some unique products for sale.
Release Date
Teatopia has no set release date yet. You can find it on Steam, though, where you can add it to your Wishlist!
Tales of Seikyu is another fantastic looking farm sim with fantasy elements.
- May 9, 2024
Monterona is a charming city building game by developer Slava Korolev. Similar in feel to games like Townscaper and Summerhouse, this game lets you build beautiful cityscapes while experiencing grandma’s stories. Unlock different buildings and decor as your progress through the game. And even explore different cities!
This is another one of those perfectly cozy games that has no goals and no pressure. You simply build winding streets, lush gardens, and tranquil canals to create a gorgeous city. Monterona features an uneven grid system so you have the freedom to build how and where you want. Unlock new buildings and objects to help further your creative ideas. And as you build and create, listen to stories about grandma’s hometown. You can even go visit other players’ creations and explore their cities by walking through the streets!
Release Date
Monterona is coming to Steam at some point. There is no exact date listed. However, you can add it to your Wishlist now to keep an eye on it!
