Indonesian Farming Simulator ‘Coral Island’ Tasks Players With Restoring Coral Reefs

With Animal Crossing: New Horizon becoming one of the hottest games in 2020, farming and life simulators are becoming in vogue once more. One Indonesian studio is looking to shake the genre up even further with their new game.

Coral Island is a re-imagined farm sim game inspired by classics of the genre. Grow crops, nurture animals, and befriend the islanders; decide whether to revitalize not only the town but also the surrounding coral reefs. It may get tough, but stick with it because the island is ripe for change.

Stairway Games is a newly founded studio based in Indonesia and currently consists of 20 passionate talents, a blend of permanent crew members and remote collaborators. With Coral Island, they hope to drive growth and push the game development scene in Indonesia forward.

In Coral Island, players will be able to transform their land into a lush and lively farm. Find your own play style by deciding what crops to grow, which animals to nurture, or what structures to build.

On top of that, players can also dive into the ocean to restore the coral reefs! Clean up the sea bed to make a home for rare fish, and collect ocean kelp to hone the quality of livestock and crop.

Just like any good life sim, there are 16 singles who ready to mingle. Sweep them off their feet and find the one. Find out what their personalities are like, take them on a date, and fall in love! There are various relationship scenes to unlock and when you're ready, build a life together at the farm and perhaps even have children.

There are also some action RPG elements, where players can go deep into caverns to mine precious gemstones, which can be used to upgrade your tools and farm. The monsters within are usually protecting rare finds, so bring a weapon or two!

There are over 50 islanders living on Coral Island. Coming from all walks of life, get to know these people by conversing with them and get extra brownie points by giving them gifts. Packed with a variety of outfits, accessories, and physiques to choose from, the player is also armed with plenty of styles to express themselves.

Take part in community projects to build and liven up the town. With your help, outdated local merchants such as the blacksmiths will be able to process rare ores and provide better performing tools. Spare some extra gold to add a community garden for the locals or build a brand new museum and more.

Coral Island is set to launch later this year on Steam, with the possibility of console editions somewhere down the pipeline.

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