SunnySide News

We're thrilled to be taking part in Cozy & Family Friendly Gaming Celebration between May 30th until June 4th along with many other cozy games!

You may have also seen our latest update on the demo from last week which includes fixes in cooking, save slot system, optimisation in many areas and more.

As the Cozy & Family Friendly Gaming Celebration kicks off today, you can head to our Steam page and try the demo now!

To celebrate, we’re pushing an update to the Steam Demo!
There are a TON of fixes to this demo version, and you can check out the full change list here

[h2]Some Highlights:[/h2]

• You can no longer destroy the tea house, vehicle shed or bicycle stand.
  
• Fixed a problem with the messenger font on Simplified Chinese.
  
• You can now pick up smaller animals you own, such as chickens, ducks and rabbits.
  
• An update to wild animals, Raccoons now spawn properly and dig up your crops that are left in the open!
  
• Cooking XP is now given to the player properly after cooking food or discovering new recipes.
  
• All build items now have pre-rendered icons. This should massively improve the stability of both Philip's shop and player's buildmode.
  
• Complete rework of how inventory items are loaded into the memory. This should improve the stability of the game and prevent inventory item related crashes..
  
• All text messages now save properly overnight.
  
• Loading a save from the in-game phone now works correctly.
  
• Can no longer summon the bicycle outside of SunnySide.
  
• PoptoBismuth now cures nausea.
  
• Campgrounds have been polished and are ready for visitors
  
• Gabe's Ranch has been deforested and his animals now enjoy open pastures.
  
• Designated forest signs now spawn correctly. And are now visible on the map app and minimap.
  
• Save slot system is now implemented. This is the final release version of how we'll be handling saving in SunnySide. You now have 5 slots to create new games in, this allows us to enable steam cloud as well as keep parallel to console versions.
  
• As this is a whole new way of saving, please remove the SunnySide folder from your Documents>RainyGames directory.
• This new system will most likely bring with it new edge cases, please be patient while we QA these.
  
• Eye color now persists between saves and character creator and the game.
  
• Digging prompt now displays what size is being dug.
  
• You will now always wake up near where you slept last.
  
• Gamepad camera control is now twice as sensitive.
  
• Complete rework on vehicle inventories, they now save reliably.
  
• Building is now blocked if the player is colliding with the object and will produce the relevant error.
  
• Fixed a pretty big issue with the sky, where the sun angle based on season was not being refreshed at the start of a day. This system now works properly as it was intended. Summer days are now actually long while winter days are much shorter.
  
• Racoons no longer have access to the Mage Hand cantrip and can no longer steal trees.
  
• A massive amount of optimisation in Higashi.
  
• Large optimisation in Farmer's Market.
  
• Changes to flow of Intro Story and dialogue.
  
• First release implementation of "Return to Last Sleeping Spot". This will replace the dev Home button return system and is release ready.
  
• All hangouts now skip time by 2 hours at the end.
  

NOTE: Save slot system is now implemented. This is the final release version of how we'll be handling saving in SunnySide. You now have 5 slots to create new games in, this allows us to enable steam cloud as well as keep parallel to console versions.
As this is a whole new way of saving, please remove the SunnySide folder from your Documents > RainyGames directory.

[h2]We hope you have lots of fun with the newest version of the SunnySide Demo![/h2]
With lots of love,
RainyGames

P.S. If you happen to be in the Dallas, TX area on May 30 - June 02, we'll have a booth at DreamHack Dallas! Come say hi to Sydney, play the latest version of SunnySide, and maybe even buy some art!

Hey everyone!

Everyone at Merge Games is really excited to bring SunnySide to this awesome community. After some feedback and updates to the demo, we've decided to give the game a little more time to soak up sun and grow to its fullest potential. We'll now be releasing SunnySide to Steam and Epic Game Store on June 14! We can't wait for you all to start your farming journey in SunnySide, and are so excited to welcome you to our rural Japanese town! Don't forget, you can play the SunnySide demo now and experience the first 10 in-game days to get a feel for how sweet life in SunnySide can truly be!

Stay tuned on all the latest SunnySide news in our Discord server.

Wishlist SunnySide on Steam and we’ll see you on June 14th!

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

The youngest granddaughter of Kazuki and Chiyo, Hanako came to Sunnyside to work through her medical residency at the local clinic. She doesn’t love the country town, and she's definitely not afraid to complain about it... loudly. When she's not on her phone or pulling pranks on Dr. Okada, Hanako will find any excuse to visit the nearby city, Higashi.
If you want to get to know her, try a shopping trip in the city or maybe a coffee date.


Join our discord for exciting events and news about the game!

Wishlist SunnySide now on Steam!

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

We’re excited to be taking part in Steam’s Farming Fest between April 29th - May 6th!

Farming is such an integral part of SunnySide’s DNA, and to celebrate the Farming Fest, we’ve released a new trailer that focuses on farming in SunnySide.

Watch the new Farming Fest Trailer below:

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You may have also seen that we added some huge updates to our demo last week! We’re excited to have brought full localisation to the demo, including English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.

Another key update was the inclusion of a brand new farming app on your phone - PlantDaddy! This whole new app helps you see the information for crops when it isn't available in SunnySeed. Partnered with YouTube legends Epic Gardening, this app is also themed around the EG branding and features a cameo from EG host (and our awesome friend) Kevin Espiritu as a chibi-style helping hand!



With Farming Fest kicking off, what better time is there to try out the new and improved SunnySide Demo than right now? Head to our Steam page to download the demo and celebrate Farming Fest!

And don’t forget - our Sparky Makeship Plushie campaign is still live! Head on over and order your cuddly companion before the campaign ends!



Thank you again to everyone who has been playing and enjoying SunnySide! We’re super excited for release! ❤

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