Chatting with the critters of Critter Cove will be an essential and fun part of the game. We don't want players to talk to the NPCs just for functionary reasons (getting a quest, buying and selling, etc). Conversation should bring out a critters personality and help form a bond to them. This is the first in a multi part series about critter behavior and conversations. This blog post will just go over the very basics and we will address deeper critter behaviors in future posts

Just wanted to do a quick update today about the progress of Happy Harbor, our demo island. More details about what the demo will entail will come out soon but everything is moving right along at a healthy clip and we should have it in a playable state very soon. For now, here is some of the great work that our artist, Christine, has been doing with the shops and houses of the village. Her goal was to make buildings that are fun, interesting and memorable. I think she really

How did we start making Critter Cove? We didn't originally set out making a game like Critter Cove, it just sort of evolved over time. Our original title was a farming life sim similar to Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley. During development we found ourselves spending more time working on exploration, collection, customization and building relationships with interesting NPCs. This focus naturally morphed the game to more closely resemble Animal Crossing than it did Harvest Moo