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The World of SunnySide - Episode 2: Building

Hey everyone,

Welcome to Episode 2 of The World of SunnySide - where we'll be taking a deep dive into all things building! Check out the brand new video exclusively on Nintendo Life!


In this episode, we look at how the building and construction works in SunnySide, how resources are managed in your inventory, and how simple it is to customize and design your homestead just the way you like it.

Farming is great, but what is a homestead without buildings? You won’t just need to house all those adorable animals you plan on raising, but you need a home too! Your delightful neighbor may have been kind enough to pitch your starter tent your first night in SunnySide, but you’re going to need 4 walls and some power if you plan on cooking any meals in the future.



Planning your homestead, and making sure you have enough resources to build the home of your dreams, can be quite the daunting task! But lucky for you, there is another single bachelor in town who loves all things technology!



With the help of Hiro’s proprietary Aerial Building Assistant drone, or ABA, you can plan your homestead to your heart’s content, all before chopping down a single tree!



Using ABA, you can place chicken coops, barns, animal beds, feeders, planters, fences, and even decide where your first home will go! Once you’ve placed your blueprints, pin the materials to your phone’s home screen, and you’ll never have to wonder how much wood or metal you’ll need to complete your dream home.



Already have the materials? No problem! Simply check “Build from inventory”, and every blueprint you place will be built in the blink of an eye. Need to move something? Go for it! Every buildable object can be picked up and moved in ABA’s build mode so you never need to worry about placing things by accident.



Ready for an upgrade? Congratulations on all your hard work! Now all you need to do is delete your old building, and any leftover resources will be automatically placed in your farm’s build station inventory.
Now that you’ve got the main bits built, it’s time to decorate! Chairs, tables, lights, decorations, pathways, and more are all available, either through your build menu, crafting station, or even the appliance store in town.

The World of SunnySide - Episode 1: Farming

Hey everyone,

We've been hard at work on a brand new video series for you: The World of SunnySide. With so many different systems and areas to focus on in the game, we wanted to show off each mechanic in as much depth as we could, so we've partnered with Nintendo Life to exclusively reveal 2 episode's on their site every month!

First up, everything farming.

Looking for a fresh start, you’ve just purchased your first plot of land in the heart of the Japanese countryside. If you’re going to succeed in this aging post town, it’ll be up to you to create a homestead you can be proud of.



Just because you start with potatoes doesn’t mean that’s all you can grow!



Create a spudtastic empire, grow vast swaths of produce for large scale food production, or diversify your crop with other fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, teas, and even trees!
Afterall, the Japanese countryside isn’t complete without some beautiful cherry blossoms, am I right?



All these plants and more are available from the SunnySeed app on your phone, or your local garden center if your timing is right.



Choose next day delivery, or pay less if you’re willing to wait a few days. Be sure to keep an eye out for sales, too!



Don’t want to spend tons of money on seeds? That’s fine, you can grow and harvest your own, and even create a seed empire to rival the biggest heirloom providers!

If farming isn’t quite your thing, no worries! You’re welcome to simply decorate your farm with potted flowers and herbs for cooking, and use up all that space for your adorable animals!



Whichever method and plants you choose, just be sure to build a nice fence to protect them. Don’t want those pesky critters eating your prized tomatoes…



In SunnySide, your future will be whatever you make of it. Reign over your potato dominion, focus on selling seeds for profit, decorate with planters, become a soy sauce magnate, or simply lovingly cultivate fresh produce to cook delicious meals for your friends… or maybe for that romantic interest down the road…


Follow your dreams in any way you like! Chase your happy. Your homestead is waiting.

News Update

Hey everyone,

Things have been quiet around here lately - but only because we've been so hard at work behind the scenes. We wanted to update you all to see what we've been getting up to at the studio; what we're working on, whats coming up soon and some exciting plans for the future.



Development Progress


Farming System

We've been working hard on programming the farming system to allow players to build/farm/plant a lot of stuff. Like, a lot. We truely believe nobody has done it to this scale in a 3D farm-sim before. Obviously there's going to be lots of tweaks and balances, and we need to make sure it works, but we're super excited about this.

Social System

The social system is at the core of the game and drives your friendships, relationships and quests with all your neighbours and residents. We've made some exciting strides with this system in the past few months - from how you acquire friendship and relationship points, hangouts with your friends and loved ones, as well as how these interactions differ from NPC to NPC, which are now fully designed and being implemented with cutscenes. Check out the last cute 'lil coffee date we went on:



Art

We're currently working on a few things on the art side: winter outfits, in-game portraits, insect and bug drawings to name a few! The character creator metrics have also been tweaked - using a formant axis - giving for greater freedom over how you design your character.

Press Demo

Our other big development focus has been creating a demo that we can showcase exclusively to press. We want to make this slice of the game the best it can be. We know how good SunnySide is - so we're trying really hard to show press this too! We're hoping to attend events around the globe later on in the year - so getting this press demo right is crucial.

MVP Test Group


A reminder in case you missed it - our publisher Merge Games have opened up their pool of playtesters to everyone! Signing up to the Merge MVP program puts you in a pool of potential testers for their upcoming releases - including SunnySide. While this won't grant you a test spot automatically - it does put you in with a chance of testing the game when we open those doors. So if you wanted to go hands on but missed the alpha backer - make sure and sign up at the link below!

And to all those Alpha backers - don't worry - you're guranteed entry to all of our future tests.

Merge Vanguard Playtesters

#FlySunnySide competition


The #FlySunnySide competition is well under way! ICYMI: your design can get featured in the game! For all details on how to enter - check out our previous post.

The Battle of the NPC's rages on!


Over on our Twitter the SunnySide residents have been pitted against each other - and we're down to the final 3! Gabe, Kat and Sebastian. Make sure to head over to the Twitter today, tomorrow and Thursday to cast your all important final votes and crown a true winner!

We have some exciting news to share about the winner this Friday, so make sure to keep your eyes peeled....

And that's about it for today...


We have so many things coming up that we wish we could show and tell you, but there's not too long to wait now. Below, have some teases at some things to come in the future. And, as always, keep up to date with everything SunnySide on our socials. And perhaps next time, we'll fill you in on our little adventure to the big city...

SunnySIde Twitter SunnySIde Discord SunnySIde Instagram

Put a little piece of yourself into SunnySide!

Hey everyone,

We have a super exciting competition for you!

#FlySunnySide Drone Design Competition!


The drone in SunnySide is an invaluable tool that allows you to build your entire farm, take stunning aerial photography or just scout around the landscape.

We're excited to launch a competition to give the community the challenge of designing a drone skin!



In SunnySide you will be able to unlock different customisations for your drone, we've seen that the SunnySide community is a wonderfully creative bunch of people so want to get you involved!

We are kicking off a competition today to invite you to create your own drone skin! We'll have a template to share and a page for you to upload your design to enter the competition! The competition will run for one month and we would love to see your ideas on Twitter with the hashtag #FlySunnySide.



What's the prize?


So what can you win, I hear you ask? The overall winner, chosen by the Merge Games and Rainy Games teams, will have their drone design featured in the game!

That's right, the winner gets to see their creative design brought to life in-game in SunnySide!

How do I enter?


Here are the files for you to create your masterpiece on! We have included a transparent or white background version of the entry so choose whichever you like. There is also a PSD file for those who want to use it, and a handy 3D viewer which should open up easily in windows to help visualise the drone!

Where do I send my entry?


Simply head to this link and upload your final drone design!

You can enter as many times as you like and do feel free to share your design and any alternative designs on Twitter using #FlySunnySide - don't forget to tag us  @PlaySunnySide & @MergeGamesLtd!

Good luck!!

Rainy Games & Merge Games.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746930/SunnySide/

Battle of the NPCs

Hey everyone!

We love the many NPC's of SunnySide and would struggle to pick a favourite if asked, which got us thinking, who might be your favourite NPC?

We thought we'd have a bit of fun with that and pick 10 of the NPCs to duke it out in an elimination tournament to see who will be crowned the fan favourite! We'll share bios and images of all the characters so you can see which one you like more.

Starting Monday 13th of June we'll share the first battle on the SunnySide Twitter account and put it to a public poll! This will run for a few weeks whilst we whittle down one overall winner. We may even have a little something special planned for the winning NPC to celebrate their victory, watch this space!

Here's a sneak peek at our first battle coming on Monday...



If you don't see your favourite NPC in the running then let us know! We may bring this back in the future, maybe after everyone has moved into SunnySide and got the know the NPCs even better...

Please do add SunnySide to your wishlist if you haven't already!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746930/SunnySide/