🤝coral-feedback

[pastel kestrel]

I have no idea if this should go here..or in modding. But, will there be the in game ability to somewhat customize pets? As far as coloration goes? Or is it static?

[mossy apex]

They* did say we get collars?

[edgy dew]

I mean...I feel like there might be a selection dependent on what you adopt? If it's like a dog or cat, then maybe there will be different selections? I know I put it in #💡modding-suggestions but under a different context.

[pastel kestrel]

I should have put this in questions >< sorry!

[edgy dew]

No no, it's okay! Definitely a worthy suggestion if not already considered.

[mossy apex]

This was something that was mentioned before, does this help? We'll also be getting some pets in that people custom created with the pet creator pledge. *And no worries! Also apologies if this wasn't what you were looking for.

[pastel kestrel]

Oooh, yes it does, thank you!

[cedar sage]

Suggestion: maybe some sort of boost to... money or speed of growth or something for planting native to SE Asia plants. Help people shift mindset into planting things in a more ecological and sustainable fashion!

[near yew]

@/RaphaelSparksJoy mentioned the Garuda, and I think thats a perfect mythical pet! Maybe not the KS exclusive, since I'd love to see Indonesian myth in the base game

[lusty jasper]

I see the helicopter and duck emotes are back in the gender role assign :(

[narrow onyx]

Yeah that’s unfortunate- the few ruining it for the many 😦

<@&704857062680821874> - perhaps they can assist!

( apologies if I didn’t follow protocol)

[rustic fern]

They've been there the whole time. We unfortunately do not have access to Mee6 to change permissions on that particular post so that new reactions can't be added, so we can't lock them out or remove them. We have asked the members who replied with that to remove the reactions, but some people are stubborn. It will, unfortunately, have to wait until someone in management wakes up so they can take care of the posts.

We are aware, however, and have let them know so they'll see it when they wake up.

[narrow onyx]

That’s okay thanks for responding- you’re doing a fantastic job!

[buoyant lion]

I may be super out of the loop, but what do those reactions mean? Are they offensive?

[rustic fern]

Extremely, but if you'd like to talk more about this subject, please go ahead and move to #💬general or #💭general2 as we are trying to keep this channel for feedback and suggestions -only-, not discussions.

[wide echo]

Gifts that NPCs will give you when you are at a certain level in a relationship

[narrow onyx]

I’d love to see festival specific outfits / accessories, or outfits that are only unlocked at a certain friendship – relationship level.

[wide echo]

Pet birds: parrots, owls, pelicans, toucans

[cursive bridge]

suggestion: a symbol in the menu next to the names of your animals to show if theyve been fed and brushed, milked/sheared(or whatever) that day

there have been many times ive played harvest moon and accidentally brushed/milked/sheared/etc my animals twice it would be nice to just pull up the menu and see if ive done that or not

[lean knoll]

Ooh, it would be fun to be able to befriend wild animals, especially if the team isn't looking to add to the roster of pet types. I loved this feature in Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.

Another suggestion: being able to find recipes in other people's houses, like on the fridge! Give us reasons to interact with the environment and find surprises.

[wide echo]

A to do list would be really handy

[cursive bridge]

but that might be a coding nightmare because not everyone has the same things to do, so just something simple like being able to see if youve dealt with your animals, or already gave someone a gift that day would be a lot easier

[wide echo]

It doesn't have to be for everything and maybe it could be something we write

[cursive bridge]

thats what im worried will be a coding nightmare, i know nothing about coding but i imagine something like that might be annoying to code

[silent hornet]

Hello All, let’s please keep the channel to suggestions and move the conversation if you would like to have additional talks about something someone else has mentioned

[pastel kestrel]

I can/will put this in modding as well if need be. Playing Stardew Valley mostly (only played 1 harvest moon game, and I know it was an issue there too); It'd be nice to know where people are on a map. It might ruin the whole experience though of having to search for them. I know in say, SDV, people have their schedules and such - but there are so many people and it's hard to remember, especially when they change. And, while a wiki or such can be used, I guess it's just nice to open a map and see that Theo is on the beach today, or Suki is in the forest. I have a SDV mod that does this and it's so incredibly helpful.

[lean knoll]

If our character has a cell phone, maybe we could text our NPC friends and they'd respond with stuff like "I'm hanging out on the beach right now, come join!"

[random lagoon]

Sorry i dont know if this has been suggested, but i think freestyle cooking could be a cool idea. You could try and figure out some recipes on your own! I know that older Harvest Moon games had a similar concept, but they removed the feature

[silent hornet]

Hi this channel is for positive suggestions and feedback for the game. Please do not add inappropriate comments here. We are a safe and welcoming community

[upper idol]

it would be fun if there was a dubious food like zelda BOTW has lol!

[near yew]

Suggestion copied from #🌈lgbtq "Those are great! I do love me the fan boards with all the flags for every character, I was thinking more if, the CI team wanted to do something for pride month, some new art drops with [some villagers] actually wearing and holding their [pride] flags would be 😍"

[cursive bridge]

suggestion: pet furniture for inside your house or for around the farm, like pet beds, a doghouse, toys, feeding bowls (even if you dont have to worry about feeding them they might be a nice little touch), a little pen (i have heard tell of a bunny pet 🥰 ), maybe even some cat shelves for the walls of your house or a cat tree

[cursive bridge]

suggestion: being able to hug and pet your animals (pets or livestock) and being able to pick up your pets (if theyre small enough, like cats and bunnies) and hold them

[sharp flax]

Ooo. Suggestion that you can snuggle your child. I know lots of games mostly have you talk at the baby, but it'd be nice to be able to pick them up and maybe show them off like you could in older Harvest Moon games. That was fun.

[steel cave]

i would love to be able to carry your baby around 🥺 in a little sling or something similar while you go and do your work :]

[frigid quiver]

Suggestion: being able to build a relationship with your pet! If you don't feed or pet it in too long it won't like you anymore, if you make sure to interact with it a lot it might end up loving you and brings you little items or something. I think that could be super cute, I never liked how the pets in sdv were just decor. Understandable if that's too much work though!

[waxen glade]

Suggestion: a good/different storyline. Story goes with island progression. Not inheriting a farm from grampa/parent.

[waxen glade]

Suggestion: along with dynamic weather throughout the day, would be nice to have the temperature vary also. I just want an excuse to wear different types of clothing (and have it matter a little bit). And a sun hat.

I understand there are people who might not want this feature because that’s not how they want to play the game so maybe an option to turn off certain features to match the gameplay they want would be nice too.

[cursive bridge]

Suggestion if it’s not part of the game already:

Being able to choose if you want to take a romantic or platonic path with Romanceable characters! Sometimes you want to be able to get all the events with them and get to know them and be close without a romantic relationship, while sometimes you want all the fluffy romance depending on how you play a play through 🥰 it would be nice to have an event/cutscene/interaction which allows you to choose if you want to go down a platonic or romantic route!

A lot of games avoid this, but modders sometimes create modded characters that are able to have both routes and it’s so much nicer 🥰💕 It’s always rough when you can only unlock certain “hearts” and events in games only via becoming their boyfriend/girlfriend/partner.

[wide echo]

Ability to put your food down on a surface, sit down and eat the food

[glacial dust]

Someone suggested it, but I definitely agree with the progression of endgame relationships and friendships. Even if it's just a handful randomized events where they ask you to hang out or something.

[spring linden]

YES. also, guys. I might be getting a little spicy here, let me know if this is too much ...... but I humbly suggest ...... a dedicated interaction (like a click or a button) to smooch your spouse

[exotic harness]

I agree with the suggestion for extra events after getting married. I loved the ones in Trio of Towns (like the one where your spouse meets your family)

[cursive bridge]

It would be a huge ask but it would be wonderful if your kids could interact or show awareness of their family, too, like aunts or uncles or grandparents. Or have some family events. It just makes the game feel more “alive” after the basic “got married” box is checked

[buoyant lion]

Family events!! Yes!!

[pastel kestrel]

I would like to second this. This is way overdone and cliche, and something fresh would be super welcome. If the game is about cleaning up the ocean and stuff, perhaps that's the reason for the character having relocated there. Perhaps the farm is something owned by some university or conservation company or something. It'd totally make sense that living on an island, you're cut off from main land so it makes more sense to farm. Just not the overdone inheritance.

[sinful oxide]

suggestion: maybe a larger framed (broader shoulders, slightly more muscular) nonbinary character? I know from general aesthetic dippa looks femme coded due to their smaller frame also being used for the women in the game. Often nonbinary people without that same physical build don't get as much representation in media. It would be nice to have that kind of representation in the game 💜

[sharp kiln]

Storyline with No Lineage, yesssssss

I third that with my own little spin. Why not just say that you're pursuing a career in something that you love and exploring a brand new town? That happens way more in real life.

I've met lots of people with a story like that. I've never met a grandpa with an old farm in the middle of nowhere.

[icy zealot]

Suggestion 1. Romanceables married to another NPC post-character marriage. I'd love to see NPCs you don't end up with having their own lives and growing their relationships with other town NPCs or from another island (after 1.0). Maybe they even move away to that said island? 😜

Tried to search but I haven't seen this one yet. If someone has suggested it then +1 please 🥰

[icy zealot]

Suggestion 2. Based on above, I was thinking to also have rival suitors but this would bring too much pressure to progress events. How about doing this for only 1-2 romanceable NPCs? Since there are a lot of romanceable characters, it will bring a little more spice to certain storylines and for those who want that pressure/challenge, they can aim for those characters 😀

[dire cosmos]

Daily feedback to the devs : I'm content with everything you guys have done! keep going at it! and stay sane! I believe you guys will make a masterpiece!👍

[sharp kiln]

^ Das gud feedback.

No matter how many crazy/funny/insane ideas we post, there's currently $1,422,482.00 USD and 31,000+ people backing you because we believe in your creativity and your vision!

[cursive bridge]

So far they already seem to have a lot of ideas already planned out!
I’m amazed since there’s been ideas I thought about while playing any other farming simulation game.

The only suggestion I have for right now for the question I asked and happily got exciting news about: Children! I’m sure the developers thought about it, but for children have them look like the person you married or maybe a mixture of your character and the npc! 💕
Like Harvest Moon Animal Parade, and for those who may wanna adopt, have another option of maybe surrogate in a way? Where they can have options to customize a child even if they cannot have one!

Sorry for a long one, I just wanted to say my compliments to these ideas and the game idea by itself!

[glacial dust]

There's something like this in Rune Factory 2! I agree that it's super interesting to see the NPCs and characters progress and have lives that don't revolve around the player.

[cursive bridge]

This is going to be such a stretch:
What about as side jobs or quests? Instead of gather certain materials or fighting certain monsters, there can be a cool feature to work at an establishment?
Maybe working at stores that you can go into and helping npcs with their jobs or so?

[sharp kiln]

This might be a silly question, but

Can we go shirtless during hot weather?

If it's summer on a tropical island and I'm spending all day chopping down trees, tilling soil, and planting crops alone in the hottest days of the year on a tropical island, I'd feel a lot more comfortable. Those small little details allow me to really feel the immersion of the climate when seeing sweat bubbles.

[pastel kestrel]

Something more aesthetic or such, perhaps. But:

In the video shown on the KS'er page, while in the ocean, the character more or less hops along the bottom of the ocean. Perhaps it's just an early development thing, and maybe already being worked on/tweaked - but it'd be nice if the diving had an actual diving/swimming animation - and then only the kind of standing one while motionless. It's super super weird to see someone diving by hopping around the ocean bottom.

[cedar sage]

They have stated they they won't be doing rival marriages because it would interfere with the potential for you to marry everyone. Since you can divorce in this game, they want to leave the dating pool open! At least, this is their stance currently!

[cursive bridge]

Restaurants.
Being able to maybe work at a restaurant and just do simple tasks like giving customers food from the counter and being a waitress as a mini game? I saw an old childhood game (Hello kitty for DSI) do it where you can travel around and play mini games.

I also saw this game that was like harvest moon but different where you can sell flowers and plants at your house allow you to do things outside of it.

Just ways to interact with NPCS and make it feel alive would probably be seeing other npcs do these things as well or have them have their own arcs in the game?

[waxen glade]

End game-ish Suggestion: there comes a point when the player has a silly amount of money so it would be nice if there’s something else we can invest our money on. Maybe invest in tourism, maybe we can have a fair when enough tourists come? Upgrade the town? Adoption money? Alimony? Town party? Ecological investment for fruit hybridization?

[tepid lion]

Feedback: love the inclusiveness so far, another Suggestion to further it: Is there any chance of polyamory being a thing? It seems like it'd be hell to code but would be a really neat addition!

[simple breach]

This is what has been said on that so far

[tepid lion]

Thanks! I tried searching for it but maybe my search is busted today... that's the response I'd imagined 😛

[hearty lagoon]

I have a quick question: has being able to toggle on and off minigames (like with the fishing minigame in stardew valley) been suggested. Because sometimes I don’t have enough time/ability to do the minigame. (I have some nerve issues which is why I am asking. 🙃)

[hearty lagoon]

Oh thank goodness. I have a mod for that in stardew valley but I would like to get the game on my switch and you can’t really mod a game on your switch.

[small iris]

thirding this bc in sdv, once the community center is done, even if you're not into min maxing you still end up growing always the same crop bc it's just obvious and easy, and it's a bit boring

[waxen glade]

Suggestion: would also be nice if certain interactions/relationships would allow you to gain or level up a trait. Ie. If I become friends with the doc then maybe I become a herbalist or I can then grow medicinal herbs, or if I shadow a rancher then it’s easier to level up animal relationship, a florist allows me to make hybrid flowers.

[wide echo]

Suggestions: getting recipes and things from NPCs, NPCs giving you help when you start the game, Taking photos, Using mirror only to change face and using wardrobe to only change outfit/ clothes, house taxes

Suggestion: being able to sail out deeper into the sea to catch bigger or rarer fish

Suggestion: music player/ jukebox or something to play music or change the music

[upper idol]

can one of the characters we don’t know about be neurodivergent !! i would love to finally have someone like me to see

[thorn carbon]

Maybe as a gameplay dlc or future update, but adding the possibility of art and craft activities. Using some flowers to make paint, or even use them to create flower ornaments and maybe sell them, or gift to NPCs (maybe one of them having a preference towards an specific flower), pottering or even sewing.

[lean knoll]

This is super random, but could we have some type of stargazing activity? I'm thinking like in Animal Crossing: Wild World where you could make your own constellations that showed up in the night sky, or the Sims 3 where you could look through a telescope and discover stuff. 🌠

[cursive bridge]

A character who might be a singer or a traditional dancer of some sort?

Taking a culture and exploring it with a character who embodies it is what I mean..Like how there’s K.K slider or idols for Splatoon?

I think it would be interesting seeing a prominent character who doesn’t have to sing but can dance to certain custom songs and more, or seeing a character passionate in being a dancer to where you can walk into them dancing and it plays a cutscene.

The character can have mini concerts outside of stores or a restaurant and can be talked about, maybe you can even get close to them.

[loud oriole]

Theo performs!

[pastel kestrel]

Hm. Speaking of pets. Since we will be able to befriend merfolk and likely romance a merperson - are there marine animals like dolphins or whales or even sea turtles? I think it might be kind of cool to be able to befriend marine life to be your "pet" in a matter of speaking, even if it can't leave the ocean. Someone made a suggestion about pets that might bring you gifts. It'd be cool if the marine life you befriend brings you treasure! I'd die for an orca friendo!

[wicked herald]

Piggybacking off of this suggestion! It was such a fantastic and fun way to earn quick money in the early games of Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility.

The suggestion is about implication: I could go to any established business and help out for an afternoon (part-time work), speeding up the day as well as making some money and increase relationship points with townsfolk/those that work there. There was also a cut-scene to depict what happened and a brief montage of different reactions. Either the same one or multiple scenarios would be awesome. More hours yield more money; perhaps you have to select your hours or your auto-work till the close of the store whenever you choose to go in.

+Allowing flower sales from home to perhaps encourage friendly NPCs (as in with more hearts/affection/friendship) to support each other.

[cursive bridge]

Oo!! Like rune factory 4 where you could sit in a stand and sell items to passing npcs willing to buy them!

I just remembered that feature, it was fun at times to sell like that, especially during events where there was more people outside! Like a mini job besides farming and fighting.

[waxen glade]

Piggyback: in addition to a player owned flower shop, how about a furniture store or island based souvenir shop

[glossy dock]

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[cursive bridge]

Made up food or food that makes references to the deep sea/shore just for fun and small decorations when you order the food

[bold pilot]

This is going to be a weird suggestions. When our health decay can we get a little injure showing on our character? This might be asking a lot lol.

[wicked island]

This is one I haven't seen yet, forgive me if I've missed it...
I don't know if the farm area is planned to have a beach, but what about eventually unlocking an underwater farming area, to grow underwater crops? Or keep underwater animals? Since we'll be able to get down there to hang out with the mer-people anyway.

As a future expansion after release would be fine with me, I know it's totally outside stuff we've been shown already for the game.

[bold pilot]

Just out of curiosity. By underwater farming, do you mean something relegends aqua crops or us actually diving underwater and do farm work?🤔

[wicked island]

I was thinking more of underwater farm work. Growing kelp and seaweed... and for animals either something that drops a resource without hurting it (shark teeth for example, they're always growing more) or maybe breeding endangered fish/shark species for release to the wild?

Or maybe some kind of organized shellfish beds like clams or pearl oysters...

[bold pilot]

Ahh. I see. Thank you for filling in my curiosity😌

[wicked island]

You're welcome!

[sharp kiln]

Hi devs. ❤️ I read that you're open to several multiplayer game modes. Here's a fun idea:

** Multiplayer Visiting System - Guests**

The one aspect of Animal Crossing: New Horizons that I loved the most was the visit system. If a friend was struggling, I could come over and help them. Just like in real life, if a friend is struggling, it's always good to visit them. Some just like a helping hand, some just want a visit and no gifts, some want a gift if they've been struggling really hard and about to give up.

"Help" Toggle: You could give the host the choice of allowing guest equipped items to follow them (helping financially if the host asks for such) or leaving all equipped items behind (just visiting, host does not want to accept gifts). That would alleviate game breaking for some, and permit kindness from others. It might encourage more copies bought, too. 🙂

[lucid pecan]

Just if possible with a different joining system since acnh multiplayer always took ages with flying to islands and people leaving etc.

[dusty surge]

Hi guys! I hope everyone is having a good day. I was thinking about some things that I feel would be real neat if they were included in the game (unless they are already in the works lol)
-I was wondering if possible if dynamic weather could be a thing? Like for example when it rains there could be a chance of Typhoons or thunder storm ect- when it’s snowy there could be blizzards whatnot. This could also affect the crops you plant for set season (but not majorly. Only like how crows in stardew valley take like maybe one or two crops. Maybe with dynamic weather one or two crops could be damaged)
Another thing I would like to add, for dungeons. Displaying you weapons and also being able to buy/find or make your own weapons with different types of designs. Maybe adding dungeon bosses would also be cool.

[cursive bridge]

suggestion: a setting where you cant loose crops to things like animals or the weather

i always hated loosing crops in harvest moon, drove me crazy

[icy zealot]

Oof didn't know we could divorce and remarry. Would be nice if rival romances/NPC to NPC romances post marriage could be a toggle feature though, but it could exponentially blow up the storylines 🥲

I think one of my small peeves in SDV was how the story dragged after marriage so I decided to max hearts but not marry anyone 🥺

Another suggestion based on above, although this is more of a wishful idea since rival romance is confirmed not to happen...

But if it diiiiid, it would actually be awesome if your own decisions/friendships affect who ends up with who in the town. This would make almost infinite playthroughs for me 😂

[cursive bridge]

For some reason I always wanted an enemy type relationship..Not only can you befriend and fall in love, but have one person dislike you not to where it gets carry off..

I just kinda shrug whenever you say or do the wrong thing and it only drags your relationship and heart status down, only making them revert. I like the idea of making someone dislike you to where it’s hard to even get close to them..Or maybe when you anger a friend or lover, they ignore you.

I liked how in rune factory 4, whenever you missed a date your partner gets angry at you and ignores you, giving you angry dialogue until they’re calm and fine half a day later.

That and I like how in My Time At Portia, one of your partners or just romantic interest can get jealous seeing you on a date or flirting with someone else. Made relationships more difficult to maintain or interesting instead of easy to just gift and walk away until the next day to repeat everything.

[cursive bridge]

This might be a silly suggestion, but my friends and I noticed how the characters when standing still always have their arms at an angle (so not against their body but slightly away from it in the air like a tiny t-pose) and it makes them look doll-like instead of alive. I’m guessing it might just be the early stage of what they’ll eventually look like/move, but just wanted to mention it might look slightly less like figure/doll if their arms don’t float in that angle 🙂

[cursive bridge]

Alpha usually means kind of a work in progress or just that it’s still being worked on, so I’m sure they’re going to work on it seeing as other trailers actually improved than the last.
They’re also working and revealing about 3 new characters which kinda shows in a way that things are not completely done and there’s a log/diary with a lot of the work they are currently working on or trying to do.

But to add on to it: There can be ideas for different animations for idle poses/standing poses with each character.

Depending on personalities, their animation can differ just like sims 4: Tough guy/more stand off ish personality might have their hands in their pockets and hunching over, personalities that may make someone seem shy or maybe always intimidated by someone might shiver or shake or fidget with something, and so on.

[little ibex]

I'd like the option to dye clothes!! Or at least change their color with a slider or something

[dusty surge]

I have another suggestion 👉👈
Aside from the Dynamic weather system with different types of weather patterns like typhoons, thunder storms, blizzards etc-
How about also having an NPC in town where they are also a farmer and they could be your rival ? This would not only make farming even more fun but I don’t see farming games do this. Would make Corla island even more unique. Like at the end of each season who sold more crops, had more quality crops and hey maybe other NPCs could also rate our farm too. I think this would be so fun lol

[unreal mesa]

I would love a hairless dog!

[upper idol]

THAT DOG IS CUTE I AGREE WITH THIS SUGGESTION

[bold pilot]

I remember npc's questioning me when I running around in a thunderstorm/ rainstorm. I would like that, but if possible not destroy crops or have a way to stop crops from getting destroyed.

[near yew]

Suggestion: (piggybacking) a mid game item you can buy, find, or craft that protects crops in a radius from storms. If it was tied to Indonesian myth someway that'd be AWESOME. For the discerning / experienced CI player, you could plan your crop arrangement early with this item in mind, like scarecrows and junimo huts in SDV. I'm a bad player who ruins her own fun by looking up optimal layouts online, so if there was some way to make layouts more emergent or randomly generated, that would be really cool! Also an in game layout planner like Stardew Valley planner v2 would be a massive QoL addition since it takes a while to physically place everything down in game. Maybe once you draft a blueprint, you could toggle on a transparent overlay that shows you where to place everything to build your blueprint for real? Just thoughts, ty for all you do, devs!

[bold void]

Hi everyone! I'm super excited about this game and I can't believe the funding for it! WOW!

Anyway, suggestion/praise for the dev team: make sure to set aside reasonable salaries for the dev team during the development time, and make sure you pay yourselves like the hard working employees that you are! The game won't have the chance to be its best unless the dev team has their basic needs met, so that to me is a critical budget item!! (This may have already been considered... not sure how indie developers/kickstarters handle that kinda thing). I hope everyone has a great Final Day!

[cedar sage]

We have all been telling them to do that, so I hope they listen to our suggestions! ;)

[fallen cradle]

I think it'll be amazing if we'll be able to buy physical copies for different platform as it'll be more memorable 💯

[dry bridge]

Is it possible to have a channel where you can find people to back the project with

I know it’s a little late but there is still 17 hours left on kickstarter

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: if possible, make more than one background/theme song per season. Like two or three. It makes a huge difference in perception of time, as there's less repetition.

[torn lynx]

I don't think that'd be in the team's best interest, as you don't know who you'd be backing with, which could lead to scamming. That's not really something we want to encourage, which is why we try to discourage people sharing personal info

[torn lynx]

They do have different songs for different seasons, you can listen to them on Kickstarter, Spotify, and probably elsewhere!

Oh you mean more than one per each, nevermind

[hardy prawn]

Indeed ^^

[prisma hearth]

I love reading the daily developer diary (first thing in the morning), so thank you for posting those. Would you also consider doing a less detailed, more comprehensive, big-picture "state of the game" update, maybe about once a month? Something like a "road to alpha" series of updates, so we can get a progressively better idea of what to expect for the alpha stage

[bitter hatch]

Shark puppies as land/sea pets

[cedar sage]

gasp shark puppers as a mythical pet...

[keen juniper]

My suggestion for Coral Island is that they make selling prices change. Then you arent stuck planting the same crops over and over b.c you know Bananas sell for the most ... would be nice if One summer Bananas sell for the most but then next summer another fruit sells for the most!

[drifting wedge]

ohh I agree to Bayzul's suggestion if its possible.. or just random economy fluctuations for economy in general would be nice, one of the game that I know can be used for this example is selling prices in My Time of Portia..

[icy zealot]

They could implement a formula for oversupply where you reach a certain threshold and the prices slowly go down.

Maybe before each season starts, we can have dialogue from villagers, or posters around the village that indicate what might be in demand for the incoming season and thus have higher prices

[drifting wedge]

oh that's a very good idea sqrtlsqd!

[wicked island]

Ooh. That would make it less arbitrary-feeling.

[warm sigil]

Eva just starts selling banana bread exclusively because we sold a million bananas this season

[lean knoll]

Not sure if this is already included, but I'd love there to be some type of achievements system.

[tardy ocean]

I know most if not all the characters have been announced/confirmed but I really hope in future updates there will be older (~50+) romanceable options. There's a lot of diversity already but age is something that's often overlooked and shouldn't be!!

[versed solar]

I'm seconding espcopes post. My grandfather actually plays these games often with me and he always remarks about not being able to look old or date anyone older. I know elderly gamers are few and far between but I think it'd be nice 🙂

[reef vapor]

I'm hoping the combat will have more focus. I know it's a farm sim game but I'm hoping for a Rune Factory RPG like fighting-style.... or a new style all together. I miss Rune Factory... 😢

[torpid sail]

abs agree,

[icy zealot]

Was searching for pet suggestions and +1 this.

Each type of pet has a certain help they occasionally do (could be consistent, or with a randomizer, eg your pet isn't feeling well today so they decide not to help).

Dogs could herd, cats and foxes could chase off pests (if pests are a thing), monkeys could... Help you harvest? 😂

Or to keep pets more equal, they could just occasionally "bring gifts" with better gifts as your relationship grows.

[icy zealot]

Cow options: maybe this is more cosmetic, but a water buffalo option for your cow? Not sure what they call it in ID but in the PH they're called carabaos. Maybe this could be a mod but I'd love it as an extra barn animal 🥺 and they produce milk too!

Or even as an end-game animal that can help you plow your fields at the start of the month like an actual carabao 😜

[main zenith]

if coral island is going to have letters from home like sdv and acnh, i think it would be neat if you can choose who they're from. perhaps a prompt in the first week to pick a family member to write to, and then that's the one who sends you things.

[sharp kiln]

.
Body hair & Beards 🧔🏼 🧔

Hi, when it's ready, I'm hoping you can display some of the beards and maybe some body/chest hair options in character creation.
As a larger person, I've always had chest hair and rarely see that reflected in games, that might be more evident while swimming. Thank you. 🙂

[icy zealot]

Beach pigs. They don't really have to do anything. Maybe you can pet them? But yeah. Beach pigs!

Could be someone's pet (Nina ala Moana or Theo) too!

Your friendships or town reputation affects some romanceables (Leah, Scott?). Like the spice girls said, if you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends 🤩

[rapid yarrow]

Hello Stairway Games! I don't have a suggestion on the game itself, but I would like to suggest to please please please release an official guide book! ❤️ I love playing my farm sims with physical guides instead of having to go on my laptop or phone just to look at references. I can already imagine how BEAUTIFUL the guide book would be, due to Coral Island's beautiful art style. Please please make it happen, I'll be one of the first ones to pre-order! Thank you so much for this beautiful game ❤️

[calm jolt]

Hi! i wanted to suggest certain options to increase inclusivity in your game, besides the obvious, choosing your pronoun:
fisrtly, I want to suggest alternate character models to choose as a build that goes beyond a slight variant, from the research I did in this subject as part of some coursework, I found that people with body types that differ from the norm either being larger or thinner often dont feel represented in video games

secondly, I want to suggest that options such as scars, amputations and other disabilities also be considered, I've yet to see a game that allows you to choose to be a disabled character and also one that allows a character to have an amputation. This kinda hits home for me as my girlfriend enjoys video games but isn't able to create a character with only one breast and doesn't feel represented that much due to her fight with breast cancer. I think if these options were to be presented to her it'd make her and people like her feel incredibly happy at the representation.

(apologies for the mini-essay)

[void star]

Hair types: Most video games do not offer curly hair (or much hair type options, most is straight), or it's done really badly where it doesn't look like anything you want to play with.

I have seen the drawings of the characters and it looks like some of the islanders will have it. But I would like that as an option for the character customization so my girlfriend can finally make someone who has the same hair type she has.

[tough saffron]

I hope that there will have a floating sea farm that we could farm/raised seaweed, oyster,clam, pearl, prawn or breed fish🙂

[sharp kiln]

Ooo fun. Building off this cool idea, could some events only be triggered by multiple friendship point requirements?
Example: Cutscene with A, B, C at beach. Requirements: A has to have 2 hearts, B has to have 2 hearts, C has to have 3 hearts.
It'd be really cool if there was an event celebrating friendship if you maxed everyone's hearts to highest non-romantic friendship.

[sage dock]

This is probably an odd suggestion but if there's multiplayer, could there be a multiplayer mode like a farmers market? Where players can go in and buy things from other players?

[iron hollow]

One of the story of seasons had a multiplayer where everyone threw an item into a pot, and you got a random one from the pot at the end- in the meantime, you went around brushing the other players' animals and I think milking/sheering them? I REALLY liked that as someone who didn't play with friends as a way to get nice things and also raise hearts in my animals

[dull sand]

So you're aware, there are already plans to add more body types as the alpha progresses! Starting with two base models makes earlier development easier, but the team definitely has inclusivity for body types in mind.

[red ember]

hello can we romance the evil corporate lady
pls
....pls

i will give u 1 egg

[spring linden]

yes yes yes. let me rehabilitate her from evil corporate greed by treating her with kindness and Lesbianly Courtship. let homegirl rediscover her humanity and redeem herself with good enviromentalist actions and also let me smooch her.

(this is in jest, I'm not personally demaaaanding it. but it'd be interesting!)

[red ember]

Honestly, I don't mind if she doesn't redeem herself lol but i'd go for either way if the devs do consider it haha

[silver mica]

just a lil suggestion... maybe if there was some way to have ace/aro representation? like if you could have a QPR instead of dating a character, or have some of the undatable NPCs be aroace

[kind heath]

I'd also love to see some Non-Binary characters! I am not a greedy thing; 2 or 3 would be wonderful, but that's my wish <3 Anyone using they/them pronouns, they don't need to "look" non-binary.

[frigid quiver]

Dippa is nonbinary!

[cursive bridge]

pretty sure they already do

[kind heath]

*GASP* THat's so wonderful!

[rough lance]

Maybe some plus sized non-binary characters? That would be neat!

[sturdy zinc]

Thats amazing

[icy zealot]

Mini-game suggestion for kitchen/cooking

1. Certain kitchen tools (wok, grill, mixer, etc) will determine your mini-game
2. You can opt to cook without mini-game and get a regular dish
3. Successful mini-game completion adds a small buff, but at the risk of "dubious food" when you fail

[daring scaffold]

... I love this. I want exploration/experimentation with food too

[pallid ravine]

If it's not in the game yet, maybe add the ability to have multiple basic pets? Because, realistically for cats at least, they should be in pairs, and I would just love to have an army of cats or foxes just roaming my farm... >.>

[cursive bridge]

i say multiples of any pet! i want the option to have an army of any pet!

[pallid ravine]

That's what I was meaning! @cursive bridge

[upper idol]

LOL there’ll probably be a mod where we can break the game with like 5 million pets

i think it would be cool to have a muted channel for people who want to join the public general but don’t have a mic

[covert thistle]

This is probably a niche ask but I believe I saw a pigeon model somewhere and it would be awesome to be able to have messenger pigeons or keep them in a coop. As a pigeon fan, this would excite me very much

[simple breach]

The pigeon is actually a kind of messenger bird because that is how our mail is delivered in-game and you can get other different kinds of birds to deliver your mail

[covert thistle]

Thanks for clarifying! I thought this was the case but wanted to drop it in here just in case 😊

[shell kernel]

Suggestion: Would be cool to have free roaming versions of the basic pets wandering about the island. Not strays exactly, but town dog/cats/foxes/etc that live around town and have their own routines, and that everyone in helps look after. Maybe even with the option for the player to feed and pet them to make friends. It’d make CI feel more lively, and would let people interact with other basic pet types w/out starting a new game!

[lost harbor]

Apologies if this was covered in the campaign text but will there be ways to change your outfit and hairstyle after character creation? Because if not, I think that would be a cute little feature to have available!

[velvet trout]

Discord Suggestion: Turning normal message notifications off server-wide but mentions still work. I know this can be done manually but a lot of people don’t know how to. When adjusting the server settings it should be at the bottom of the first page.

[dull jay]

I think there is a hair saloon that we've seen in screenshots, so I'm assuming that it'll be functional!

[lost harbor]

!!! I didn't notice that, that's exciting!! This game is ticking all my boxes so far~~

[cursive bridge]

i honestly would be happy to jus walk around with my pet in my shoulders my cat liking is paws laying on my shoulder while i walk

[worldly talon]

I think there can be more diversity added to the (future?) bachelors. Compared to the girls, the guys are typically tall, muscular/athletic men, all in around their 20s and maybe early 30s, and single. It would be nice if we have a silver fox type of a man, a bookworm or a geek, a man with a dad bod, a divorced man, and all the diversities that the girls options have. Can also have long hair guys and short hair girls. I also think I'd be nice to have mature, elegant lady and a tomboy as options as well.

[cursive bridge]

also im pretty short and in most games theres no way of choosing height, im not sure if here its going 2 so i leave the suggestion here anyways

[lost harbor]

I would chew off my arm for a nerdy bookworm guy. Maybe with big ol' glasses and super lanky 🥰 yisss

[cedar sage]

Milo from Atlantis

[lost harbor]

Hm yes I see now. 🤔 where my preferences began. I think they all stem from Atlantis 💀

[visual ferry]

this is a long shot but more of an end-game/possible DLC suggestion!

since we unlocked island hopping, i think it’d be cool if after a certain number of times you visit an island you unlock the possibility of doing a “new game +” of some sort where you start your game on that new island (which has new people, etc)!! this idea is a little far fetched but i just wanted to throw it out there

[cursive bridge]

We need a tired dad, someone please put in a tired dad with glasses those are my only requirements lol

[lapis shoal]

I love older bachelor options 😏 one reason I couldn’t resist Harvey in Stardew, I second your wish!

[cursive bridge]

Oh my gosh Harvey I-

[brisk igloo]

Give me a single dad who’s just doing his best and does things like paint his kids nails and dress up with them (please).

[reef dock]

Suggestion- it would be cool if Dippa can be romanceable. I know it’s a lot of work but would be cool to add. Thank you!

[torn lynx]

Dippa's already married! Maybe could be a #💡modding-suggestions if you want them to be single

[reef dock]

Thank you. I was unaware

[torn lynx]

No problem

[red mango]

Any idea of incorporating non monogamy into things? Would be cool

[red mango]

Yeah I would imagine implementation would be a NIGHTMARE. You'd probably need another staff member just doing storywriting for the different interactions lol

[brisk igloo]

Speaking of age, it could kind of be cool at some point to have an age toggle (young adult, adult, elder) that can flag minor dialogue changes based on that. There’s a mod for SDV that changes dialogue so you can have an older farmer and it’s really nice.

Poly would be SUCH a cool change from every other sim out there:

[cursive bridge]

Yes please!

I'm so tempted to buy the npc kickstarter thingy so I can design a tired hot-mess person into the game because I just want to and I love tired people because I'm always tired lol

[random lagoon]

I really like how our kids will be able to age up all the way to teenagers! However, maybe there could be an option for your character to choose when to initiate the age ups? For example I would want my first child to be at the teenager stage, but I would want my second child to remain in the child stage.

[icy zealot]

Maybe not what OP meant but running on this idea... A romanceable single parent. You get a spouse+child immediately and skip the baby part. And to romance them, you need to build a relationship with the kid too? I would love to see this kind of dynamic 🥺

[willow basalt]

Suki, one of the romanceble characters, is a single parent. Her daughter is named Valentina

[icy zealot]

Ah didn't know this! Haven't seen Valentina's character yet and I only read that Suki is divorced in the KS update, no mention of her kid. Thank you~

[willow basalt]

No problem. You should check out the wiki. It has a lot of great information. https://coralisland.fandom.com/wiki/Coral_Island_Wiki

[worldly talon]

I hope this message reached the writers: if the game portrayed LGBT characters, please please and please talk to LGBT people in real life, in Indonesia or in other countries. Listen to their concerns, their experience, their perspective, and so on. Too often writers think they know just from popular media when the portrayal can be stereotypical, one-dimensional, or completely incorrect that might offend people or just add more  misinformation.

The reason I'm saying this is that many people in Indonesia still have prejudice, misinformation, lack of awareness, and even hatred toward LGBT community, and some won't even listen to anything they say. And the developer team is based in Indonesia. However, depicting respectful, believable and non one dimensional LGBT characters in the medium people enjoy and have fun with might change their views on LGBT people without it sounding too preachy, if that makes sense. A single game may or may not change their view, but at the very least they can make their own decision, without being told what to think or feel by others.

They don't have to agree with LGBT people in the end, but understand them as fellow human beings with their own thoughts, feelings, and concerns in life just like non-LGBT people do. Sexual orientation and gender identity are not the whole defining aspect of a person; they can be LGBT and also be a loving dad, a career woman, a child of broken marriage, an aspiring  artist, a rich businessman, an elegant lady, a buff man, a rebellious teen, and so on.

[torn lynx]

I'm not sure if this will help you feel better about the situation, but technically all of the romanceables are LGBT+, they will marry you regardless of your gender, to include non-binary. There is also a non-binary townie but they're married, so not romanceable.

[icy zealot]

I went through the wiki, realized there won't be voice overs even for English (according to my understanding).

Maybe a bit of a long shot, but would be nice if we had generic sounds for each character that isn't language dependent, such as sounds of agreement, disgust, anger, etc. to give the audio a little more depth. Again, with toggle on/off for people who don't like hearing these 😅

[worldly talon]

@torn lynx That's what I call playersexual, actually. I meant it as in the depiction of the characters' personality, appearance, and whatnot. Like, if the characters have different lines or events if the players play as male, female, or nonbinary (not sure if the latter is an option). The portrayal of nb character is good, but I hope it's not one dimensional. It's less of anything to do with being able to romance them or not.

[cerulean briar]

hats... on pets

[tired stone]

While asks pointed out we have a disabled NPC in Randy, I would love to see some disabled romance candidates! I'm physically disabled myself and its really rare to see disabled folk portrayed well in a romantic sense, even if these are things like invisible disabilities like diabetes or chronic pain.
It would also be really cool to have some character customization disability options, but I know that can be pretty tough to implement as it changes character sprites and possibly even dialogues. But who knows? May as well ask, right? ❤️

[cursive bridge]

Yes, just yes.

[thorn carbon]

And some of the boys without beard ;-; or some with thick beard, for those who like it lol

[lilac cipher]

suggestion: pronoun options

• the ability to input custom sets of pronouns
• the ability to mix and match pronouns and honorifics (like if someone wanted use he/him and mx)
• the ability to change pronouns/honorifics/etc midgame, if it's not already there
• an "any pronouns" option that has he/she/they, as well as a few neopronoun sets that get used randomly when a pronoun is used (...though i do get this one cld be like. hard to do somehow)

[sharp kiln]

I think (I hope) I know what @worldly talon is saying but I don't want to put words in their mouth, so I'll speak of similar tone and expand on this sentiment in my own experience as an LGBT individual. 🏳️‍🌈

Dialogue matters a lot. Like in SDV, Alex ||hesitates at dinner and says he didn't think he could feel this way about a guy|| and I think that reflects LGBTQI+ experience way harder than most straight folk may understand. You're in a small village in the middle of nowhere, rural areas can feel very unsafe, nearly everyone else has male/female relationships, and you'd be scared for a lot of reasons. Scared for your life, scared they'd hate you, scared of your own feelings in a remote location, scared of how others treat you. And when a character reflects that in their language, it hits you. It definitely hit me, more than anything else in the entire game. That moment felt real. I felt something that I didn't feel in all of the other romances.

In the consideration of younger players just learning about their sexual orientation, there's a lot of fear. So if a player was told "My friends told me I light up when I'm around you, and they're so happy you're in my life. And I am too." Hitting that reaffirmation of love from them, and from their environment, can be so, so, so hard. I worked heavily with The Trevor Project for suicidal LGBTQIA+ youth, and hearing that they feel safe in their environment is something they've never heard or felt before. Just one swap of a single dialogue changed my experience forever.

I would just reflect the sentiment, and hearing LGBTQI+ experiences to change even a few words can inspire so much love and cultural understanding.

[brisk igloo]

I really hope the devs consider the voices/input of people in communities; like LGBT voices having input and black people as well since some of the characters are black - as a member if both communities there are experiences outsiders can’t know what it’s like to have and it’s easy to skim over or portray it in a non-realistic manner. Or be too heavy-handed about it.

Little things and nuances matter a lot.

[rich cloud]

it would be cool if the game have tax mechanic

[cursive bridge]

Like death and taxes

[cursive bridge]

That'd be rad, escape reality by entering more reality XD

[trim fjord]

Add another for dateable merpeople 🧜 ❤️

[pallid ravine]

@trim fjord 2 mer-folks will be dateable!

[trim fjord]

Any shareable details?

[pallid ravine]

We don't know about them yet

It was part of the stretch goal for the merkingdom

[young mirage]

Sorry if someone has already asked this, but will we be able to name pets and other animals? 🙂

[junior pagoda]

Ofcourse

[young mirage]

Thank you 🙂

[grand panther]

a pet dino would be nice addition

[alpine patrol]

Could I ask the devs/crew one favour please? This is going to be hard to word for me and I would prefer to fully explain in private as to my reasons BUT can we put a special mention of wishes of peace, safety and blessings from us farmers for the people of Myanmar and places like this somehow in it? Perhaps aside from the cleaning up of the Coral Island, we also send them some much needed love in their hard times too. Perhaps a special mission that they need supplies of food due to hardship?

I can help write it etc if need too 🙂

[narrow onyx]

That’s an excellent suggestion, and I definitely think it could be implemented; however, I’m not sure if the developers would take a political stance on a real world issue ( especially because it may not make sense to people in later years when the game is released). It may also negatively affect how people view the game by proxy - when politics/ etc are involved.

(I’m talking about if things were implemented physically in the game)

I have deepest sympathies for the people of the Myanmar protests and the current situation. ❤️

[calm jolt]

i agree with eru, i think the devs are based in indonesia so unless the political issues affect them directly, i doubt they'd take a stance

[narrow onyx]

Thank you, and don’t get me wrong - I would love to see a quest line about an in-universe event where another island may request aid or food packages 📦 . Just not to the degree that implicates anything directly.

[warm sigil]

Also, we should keep games like this apolitical if possible. That's my 2c at least.

[calm jolt]

isnt that what the mermaid kingdom will be like? from trailers it looks like theyre struggling with pollution and trash in the sea

[narrow onyx]

I’d assume so - and following that I’d also love to suggest the ability to donate excess / surplus supplies via online multiplayer for a random farmer, via a seaplane or boat delivery system. So there is more community around giving freely and helping each other out :)

( perhaps this could also tie into a quest line of this nature too - if you workshop it right! )

[icy zealot]

More cosmetic: environment subtly changes within seasons. Spring flowers start as buds at the beginning of the month and start blooming day by day. Summer daylight is longer on the solstice. Autumn starts with leaves on trees as more and more leaves fall on the floor. Winter has darker days and snow on the floor slowly melts until a snowstorm comes to blanket everything in white again.

• But as someone who has designed game assets before I know this means x5 the work 🤣🤣

[spring linden]

Furniture suggestion(s): Clutter! And some antiques etc? Options to make your home look as lived-in and fitting-in-the-world as possible, instead of "this is the player's house."

Stardew Valley did a great job of this by having lots of clutter and decor (plates, model ships, globes, potted plants, a glass cabinet). I'd love for the inside of our homes to have the potential to look as characteristic and detailed as an NPC's home. It was always a little frustrating being like, "why can't I have X detail or X chair from this guy's house in my own house?"

This is a suggestion made because I realize that a lot of thr furniture in games where you can have a house is ... exaggerated and simple when compared to NPC homes? Like you get the option of big round neon green chairs when the NPCs have simple elegant home-y nondescript dining chairs. But I want those NPC chairs! Hopefully this makes sense. You could definitely take lots of inspiration from Animal Crossing: New Horizons in this department.

[cursive bridge]

Has anyone mentioned making QA and beta testing a priority? The Switch port of My Time at Portia was disastrous because a of lack of beta testing for Switch. I am hoping the same won’t happen with this game.

[south scroll]

I don't know if this has been brought up or not. However, what about the ability to set your seasonal clothing and choose it from like a closet or something? I love the idea of changing my clothes to match the season. (Idea from Animal Crossing and the wands)

[limpid arrow]

I really hope that the dev team either does extensive research or consults plus size people when developing the character creator, we don’t want another sims 4 scenario 😳

[wide echo]

Bicycle you can use to travel around the island

[untold pond]

Can we get our own streamers channel when streaming becomes available so that people can find Coral Island streamers/content creators and support them?

[pallid ravine]

@untold pond What do you mean? Like a category?

[untold pond]

Yeah! like if people want to watch Coral Island game play, maybe it could be its own category under Coral Island so people can put in their YouTube channels or Twitch/Mixer links for when they go live

[icy zealot]

That you can upgrade or maintain at the mechanic's! I'd actually love someone like an Audrey Ramirez female mechanic character (esp since the blacksmiths are brothers). The idea popped into my head when someone suggested a Milo-inspired romanceable 🤣

Edit: they're characters from Atlantis btw for those who don't know

I'd also love to see a Badjao (sea gypsies) inspired community/NPC. Maybe they could even be close to the merfolk kingdom and have close ties to the sea, doesn't necessarily have to be a fisherman like Theo.

[near yew]

Ooh I've never seen this culture, it looks so cool! Just friendly reminder that g*psy is considered a slur by a lot of romani people, so sea nomads probs the better descriptor ^^

[civic crown]

I almost mentioned it but felt awkward, thank you!!!

[placid canopy]

One thing I’d ADORE to see is for villagers to have awareness of the relationship with your child and vice versa. It would be neat to marry Noah for example, and your child recognize his mother (Betty) as grandma or his brother (Frank) as uncle. It’s a small touch that would make the relationships feel more connected and realistic.

[celest willow]

Being able to save at anytime rather than just when you sleep would be great for accessibility, I have chronic pain and fatigue and sometimes just finishing one day is too much but I still wanna play the game bits at a time you know?

[broken crypt]

This may be a bit of a odd one, but more of a reminder; Please be sure not to violate the Genova Convention! (the use of a red cross to indicate a hospital etc.) http://introbiz.tv/why-video-games-cant-use-the-red-cross-symbol/#:~:text=“Those responsible may be unaware,most important diplomatic agreements of

[subtle pine]

I would loooove 2 see pc options with 4c hair and locs!!! And maybe more nonbinary datables!! (W any pronouns 😔😔 just having more nonbinary characters would rock)

[spring linden]

YES. milo-like romanceable! cute!

[tender tangle]

@dull sand and @rustic fern told me to post this here:

Do we have any idea of accessibility options in the game yet? Like menus wrap? Do you have to use a cursor? Is there controller support (I think it said yes but not 100% sure). Do footstep sounds stop when you run into something? (like if you walk into a wall, does the sound keep going if you are not moving). Do people/places/objects make noise in the environment? Is there different music for different locations? Is there an extended timer option? Is there a way for the game to lead you to an objective? Is there any sort of teleport or fast travel or follow option?

[wide echo]

Other types of pollution like oil

[alpine patrol]

Not meaning AT ALL supporting politics or even talking about the politics at all in it... I personally hate politics. That is a MESS in our country. Hahahaha. I also know nothing about the politics of anywhere but AU as I am Australian purebred myself but I am very conscious of disastrous world events as I work with refugees and charities (volunteer work... even have friends in doctors without borders like programs so we send doctors etc overseas too for little private unfunded aid programs too) and have travelled extensively. Some of my best friends here are from Myanmar. All they want is to live peacefully and farm. They do not care really who has the power so long as they could live the Bountiful Life so to speak.... haha. Again back to that which we cannot mention out loud here as it is too bad. HORRID ENOUGH that we had to view it elsewhere. We spent the last 24 hours in tears at the funerals. I also have an indonesian best friend here. I guess which was why I came to back this project. The indonesian gentleman is my disabled son's carer. The goal for the quest then simply to promote peaceful life for everyone. Not trying to kill each other all the time and I think this is what all countries should be trying to achieve within themselves. Sadly some are not as lucky as the rest of us. I am so lucky to be in Australia and so lucky my friends are here with me. I wish I could row over and get their families but immigration won't let me. Hahahaha.

I can't wait until the game is out now.... REALLY need it now after last night. Need the cheerup

The world needs to stop trying to kill each other and farm and fish and CHILL OUT! The beach should definitely have sun chairs on it for me to sit on. Hahaha (no need.... just kidding)

[wide echo]

I think this is too much but the ability to do laundry and wash dirty clothes

[gloomy gorge]

I'm not sure if this is something you already have something in the works but an upgrade to the barn/coop that will auto feed the animals as long as you have hay/feed in the associated silo

[narrow onyx]

I’m also Australian, 3/4 blood because my family is English. @alpine patrol With my university I have participated in many exchange programs alongside missionary programs in the surrounding islands around Australia ( also within it) . So I know full well the situation that’s going on. And I really wish that it wasn’t happening right now to do the state of their very fragile situation- I don’t want it to take a turn for the worst and go full blown civil war etc. 

I still believe the previous suggestions tie in really nicely with what you’re proposing, in a way that makes more sense for the game as a nod to this and many other civil situations faced by islander peoples and communities.

I also can’t wait for the game ! They have done amazing work and it’s soo nice to meet likeminded people here in the discord 🙂

[dull sand]

Hey, if you all would like to continue discussing this, I'm gonna ask you to message each other directly. We don't want this feed clogged with discussion, just straight up suggestions.

[narrow onyx]

Yeah - I wasn’t expecting a reply, and want to keep discussion on game content only

Thanks @dull sand you and the mod team are doing an amazing job! You make this game/ and the prospect of playing it even more exiting 🙂

[dull sand]

No worries at all, thank you!

[icy zealot]

Ahh I apologize 🙇🏻‍♀️ it's the anglicized translation of Badjao/Bajau here so we don't really have a negative connotation to that word. But yes, a better way to call them would be sea nomads 😀 and best part is that it's an ethnic minority spread across the southeast Asian region. It's not exclusive to one country (which is expected since they're nomads 😝)

[warm sigil]

Plus the cool fact that they've got a very specific mutation that allows them to dive for longer periods of time!

[rich cloud]

suggestion. many people like dynamic weather.

maybe it would be cool, if there's a fog added to the game

[inland ether]

This actually reminded me of when you could have hurricanes in Harvest Moon and that you'd have to bring the animals in and do some replanting and cleanup afterwards. I actually enjoyed that part, it was cool to listen to the storm!

[rich cloud]

👍

[cursive bridge]

id like storms where you have to keep the animals in and cleanup afterwards

but i dont want to loose crops to weather, that always annoyed me in harvest moon if a storm showed up like the day after i planted expensive crops and then most of them were just gone because of the storm, very frustrating

[pallid ravine]

@cursive bridge Would it be more viable if you were told the weather for the next day? Because SDV does that, but it doesn't destroy crops I don't think. But it's an idea

[cursive bridge]

i still would rather not loose crops, its just always been frustrating to me to loose crops in a game that im playing to try to relax

[untold pond]

I loved the storms too! any game that offers a bit of a challenge is great to me. That was my biggest issue with AC. It was just too boring, no challenges, etc

[shut bane]

So... Once you have kids in the game, something I've always wanted is to be able to carry my kid around with me if I want. You could carry the baby on your back in a wrap when they're little, and then the kid could follow you around when older. It would be like your teaching your kiddo and spending time with them. Maybe the kid could even confer some sort of bonus or skill boost when they're around, like you're extra lucky when your kid is with you. (And maybe your partner would show up to take the kid for the day if you entered some place dangerous like the mines, haha.)

I also think a bonus like this would be cool for characters you're friends with. If there's a way to ask them to walk around with you for a while, they could confer a special skill bonus that makes sense with their personality, and perhaps have new dialogue that reflects that you're hanging out together.

[pallid ravine]

I loooooove this!!

Gives it more of a reason to have kids if you want kids~

[shut bane]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who would love having the kids be more deeply integrated into the game! I feel like it would make having a family feel much more satisfying and like it impacted the game in fun and helpful ways.

[pallid ravine]

@shut bane I do like how you gave the option of having villagers go with you too on the side of people who don't want kids

[tender panther]

has anybody discussed the potential of rivals? past harvest moon games had a mechanic where you had to befriend your rivals to unlock their marriages/have kids/ etc. i always thought it made the island feel more alive, and i LOVED seeing the rivals’ kids interact with my own kids in-game!

[pallid ravine]

They said that it wouldn't be good if it was other dateables because we're ale to divorce and try other people so

[junior pagoda]

yes i dont know if there is a rival system in this game but i hope so..

[dire cosmos]

Rival mechanics is not going to be implemented for the time being.

[dire cosmos]

#coral-questions-and-help message

[junior pagoda]

ahh thank you. thats alright.

[icy zealot]

Other forms of "fishing" that isn't the traditional fishing rod. SDV has traps, ACNH has diving, which is going to be implemented here too, but maybe we can have something like net casting that will get you a certain kinds of assorted fish/trash/seaweed.

I know island hopping is after 1.0 but I'm not sure if it's just a quick teleport or if there's basic boating involved, but having more fish varieties while further out in a boat would be cool!

[junior pagoda]

YES, net casting is very common here in Indonesia (and any southeast asia countries) that would be a good thing.

[wide echo]

I agree like the further out at sea you are, the more fish there are so like rarer fish and bigger fish

[junior pagoda]

Didn't they already confirmed that fishes have different location and season?

[wide echo]

Im not sure, I dont believe so

[frigid quiver]

Different fish show up in different weather so I would assume they do during different seasons and in different locations as well

[junior pagoda]

yeah just like harvest moon

[prisma hearth]

Yes, they did!

[wide echo]

Different boats and fishing rods and different bait for different fish

[zealous oxide]

I would like it VERY MUCH, if we could play matchmaking between the love interests. I just want these people to find their true love too🥺🥺

[cursive bridge]

I hope there are Race Fishman other mermaid like in One Piece. Because they are one tree family

[rustic fern]

Y'all please remember not to discuss suggestions in this channel. This is for dropping suggestions and feedback ONLY. Please move all discussion of these suggestions to #🐔coral-general or to #💬general or #💭general2

[rough lance]

Oh, what if there’s this cute elderly couple that travels from island to island to tell old stories handed down for generations to anyone who wants to hear. And maybe some stories about what happened recently on other islands. Like, they want the tradition of the stories to stay alive so they share it everywhere they go. Maybe they come with their family if they have any kids or extended family. Could be lots of family members or a small amount depending on the day they arrive or something. The grandkids could play with the island kids. It would be cute if you could learn each story so you can tell them to your own kid when you have one, and have your kid go to the elderly couple’s story time. And maybe if you talk to the couple enough to get to know them, they hand you a few children’s books as a gift when they hear you got a kid.

[small zenith]

I know it's been mentioned that likely "rivals" wouldn't happen as you want to make it so people don't feel "locked out" of romancing someone else should you decide you want to divorce and date someone else.. but what if you had to trigger a cut scene with someone asking them to leave their spouse? Or a series of cut scenes? I'd just like it to not feel like I'm the only person in the town making progress on life? Or the only person in town who has a child after such and such a time. If you had to trigger cut scenes to advance town people romance, and say, have 2 people get married, and they have a kid.. maybe if you have them break up down the road the kid spends half their time at the farm with whatever parent you've now woo'd and married?

Just a thought on how to make it so we wouldn't feel locked out of all the dateables but also make it feel like the rest of the town is feeling the love as well.

[brisk igloo]

I hope that if you romance Suki you can have additional children plus hers and make a blended family without it “counting” to a space for a child. I love being able to romance a divorcee that’s in good terms with their ex and being able to make a happy blended family would be wonderful.

[hazy tapir]

Either way I'm still so excited for this game, but I would also like to suggest rival marriages. I know it could be a lot to write, but it adds so much more depth to the game after you get married and start a family. Without it, there will be roughly 20 single adults that never end up with anyone and that seems incredibly unrealistic. I know that it has been said that it could interfere with divorcing and remarrying, but rival marriages were always a main part of what made older harvest moon/story of seasons games re-playable for me in the first place. Maybe it could be added as an update someday down the road. At least I hope so!

[brisk igloo]

That would be a LOT of dialogue changes and updates to consider. The devs would have to account for nearly every possible combination of things happening. That’s a lot for a small and indie team.

[rich tartan]

I totally second the rival marriages! It is a good way to show how time progresses and how other people have a life too. It would give the game so much life and background! And I really really miss the rival marriages in the newer Story of Season's games....

(But I would totally understand if it isn't in the game and/or only comes like... with an update way down the line. The problem would be: you have to actually state who ends up with whom if your player don't marry them (making "canon" pairs). And then you as the player have the "oh no, I don't want character xyz be alone just because I marry their "mate". One could make it so that the player could play matchmaker but THEN you have a TON of work and it will seem that nothing will ever go on without the player... it's difficult no matter what you choose so I can totally understand if it's never it it. Also also with the way how the internet is... people will hold this game up to an ridiculous standard if the romance options are either seen as to "straight" or to "pandering to the LGBTQ+". So yeah... but one can dream XD)

[hazy tapir]

Yeah, i think matchmaker would be wayy to much. Just canon pairs would be my suggestion. I'm probably in the minority of never caring that I took someone's mate away though, lol. So long as the town is moving forward with me I'm happy. The idea of practically everyone in "my generation" remaining single is my main concern without rival marriages.

[vocal dirge]

I do like rival marriages, it's one of my favorite things in the HM64 game.

[rich tartan]

XD yeah I totally agree, it's a bit sad/awkward if you are the only one in a community who get like... a family or any development at all while everybody else is pretty much "stuck" as they are.
Maybe a compromise for the makers could be that not everybody has a "canon" rival/partner but like a few selected ones? would be less work, not everybody has to be paired off, I don't have to feel bad about that one person who gets left alone and you still have some people of "our generation" that get married/paired off and get that feeling of time progression/things moving forward?

[icy zealot]

And getting to attend a wedding that isn't yours 🥰

[small zenith]

(we should probably move any further marriage speculations to #🐔coral-general to not have the devs have a lot to read through to get to next suggestion)

[cursive bridge]

Okay sorry wrong channel

[sullen canyon]

One thing I always have trouble with in PC games that use mouse+keyboard is the lack of left-handed keybind sets. especially games who use WASD, having a OKL; option with the rest of the keybinds arranged around it would be nice so lefties who use their mouse on the left side won't have to spend 45 minutes testing out every single button and playing swapsies until it's comfortable every time they start a new save. Having a few preset options alongside custom keybinds would be really, really nice.

[cursive bridge]

If you want to add strom, how about you add some plant medicine to make the plant strong so the percentage our crops destroyed by strom is lessen?

[cursive bridge]

Ik this might probably come off as mean but...
I want the developers to not add things just to appeal to audiences and people, I know it’s a point of getting feedbacks, but some people just add things not out of passion, but as a way to just point out either how diverse they are and sadly uses minorities or something else as a way for business. .I saw a movie about autism which was apparently badly handled and to be honest, seemed like it was done out of: “Well see! I added these people! I know a lot about people with ___”

Please, please, please add things like this and more out of passion! Your game looks amazing so far, and although there’s some things you can add and mechanics that make it better, I hope you do not feel pressured adding things and I know some mechanics will be difficult, but know there isn’t really a rush.

That and I love when developers add their own history or culture into their games or maybe they have a family member who has a story or might be neurodivergent (I’m sorry if I spelt that wrong :’) It’s really hard for me to spell the word) and add that in.

Just a daily reminder that I think most people would want to see things done for passion and it would be EXCITING if you add our ideas and more in the game- But do it out of passion and want instead of bowing down or adding a lot just because we say so. 💕

[loud oriole]

To hop on the rival thing again sigh I know. It could be cool if there was an extra character kinda like Kai (? At least how I remember it) in friends of mineral town, who comes only during [insert season]. During that season they can flirt with the half of a couple left behind. And if the player wants to marry them, they can woo them during the season they visit! They could be sexually fluid and charismatic to match up with whoever is left ✨

[cursive bridge]

i would love a matchmaker option where you can set npcs up with each other to have them get married and have kids of their own

because you could choose not to pair anyone up and everyone but you remains single XD or you could get married and then match all the other singles up with each other

[little ibex]

Why not have a tick box to turn rivalry on/off, with the default setting being "off"? that way people that want to date/divorce can do that without interference, but people that don't can set up other couples. And have it only as a menu option AFTER you reach a certain friendship level with ALL villagers, so it's something you actually have to find and deliberately turn on, like an end game thing except with romance

It seems like rivalry events are something people really want, but I understand why the developers want it to be more like Stardew in that you can marry the whole dang village, so I think an option that forces a player to DELIBERATELY make the choice would be a good way to satisfy both parties. Maybe less on/off checkbox but once you reach, say, six hearts with everyone you can find an item in the mail that later you can activate through some like, bringing it to an altar process, with a "Are you SURE you want to turn on romance rivalries? You can't reverse this change later!" pop up. that way you can just shove in a chest if you don't want to use it.

Like, imagine if you got a token based on the southeast asian culture to represent love in the mail after becoming friendly with EVERYONE, and you had to do a little quest to find out how to "offer" it to one of the island gods to help "single townsfolk find love." it's deliberate enough that anyone who did that would have done it SPECIFICALLY to unlock "rival" romances. And maybe USING it doesn't unlock an achievement, so completionists don't feel like they're OBLIGATED to use the item if they still want to just date/marry around

[rustic fern]

Hey guys, please don't discuss feedback/suggestions here, this a place to only drop your suggestions/feedback and react to the ones you like (or don't like) to garner support. If you'd like to discuss things like rival mechanics and other things, please move to #🐔coral-general

[lost harbor]

Since the NPCs will have seasonal outfits that will be somewhat color-themed to each character.... would it be possible to have a Name box that we can toggle on and off? Like a "Lily" box above Lily's head, for example?

For people who are colorblind or even just not terribly observant, that might further help distinguish between characters. And again, if we can toggle it on and off, that should keep it from disrupting the game aeathetic. I'm not sure if that's an annoying feature to add on or not, dev-wise, but it popped in my head.

[broken crypt]

That would also be handy for people who are face blind!

[quiet saddle]

Suggestion:

Based on the main and Variant Two artwork for the dragon pet having different colors -
Possibly allow the dragon's colors to be customized, perhaps based on preset color options.

Doesn't have to be overly elaborate - something like a couple color options each for the two areas highlighted in the art (IE main body + secondary color) would allow individual customization.

Let us pick the colors on our scaly snugglers! 🦎

[vestal cloud]

Suggestion:
Since a theme of the game cleaning corals, it would be a good idea for the game to include a coral quiz related to real life as a recurring optional mini-game or festival for players to be encouraged to learn more about real life corals!

Please forgive me if this is already suggested or is actually planned to be implemented in the main game anyways.

[drifting wedge]

It would be lovely if we can later on in the game have mechanics to Color our tool perhaps with just 4 choice of colour or something, so in multiplayer our tools will feel more personal..

[coarse lichen]

I am so excited to play this game! I am curious if we be able to be mermaids :O or can we date a mermaid?

And since many mention for variations for the dragon color I was wondering if there be variations for the other pets as well? Like the dog and cats. :3

But at the end of the day this game seems like alot of fun and the fact that one of your task is to clean the ocean I am very intrigued by that task

[frigid quiver]

We don't know if we will be able to turn into one but yes there are 2 mermaids we will be able to date!

Pets will have different colors :)

[narrow thicket]

Could we share a few more screenshots of 3D assets? The 2D artwork is gorgeous - I don't think anyone is concerned about that - but the 3D assets being shared are far and few between.

[median coral]

I had a suggestion about cooking—I think it’d be cool to implement a sort of ‘food scrap’ feature, where the food scraps we could get after cooking a meal could be used as fertilizer for our farm. I think it would make me feel super connected to my farm and I could think about stuff like “oh, I’m low on bought fertilizer, maybe I’ll make eggs so I can get food scraps from the meal.” I just think it’d be another cool way to make the farming and eating feel real!

[cursive bridge]

or maybe some of the food scraps could be used to feed your pigs (my nana used to do that when she had pigs on her farm a long time ago)

[brisk igloo]

I don’t know if it’s possible or in the works, but an actual demo to get the feel of the game would be helpful in drawing people in (especially if demo saves could turn into the actual game progress).

[sharp kiln]

Request for first 10 days

Introduction without feeling like a tutorial: Welcome To The Neighborhood Visits / Food

I don't know if this is a North American thing, but typically in low-population areas if you're new to the neighborhood, the friendliest folk come to you in the first 10 days to introduce themselves in the morning to your front door, sometimes with baked goods -- especially shop keepers. This is a great way to introduce necessary elements in the game and make a brand new person feel at home -- without feeling like a tutorial.

It might be great for a free demo, 3-4 easy text box lines, and makes the player less confused or overwhelmed to learn the town. It's also a great way to make the player feel like they belong in this game.

I imagine the shy characters wouldn't do this, but the shop keepers or animal farms would want to tell you where they're located.

[ruby mango]

I know there are 3 other characters planned to be added from the stretch goals which probably already have finalized designs but I would love to see a new bachelorette added that has curly/wavy red hair so Charles isn't the only ginger (plus I've always loved redheads 😄 ) I know My time at Portia has a similar character as well as the new Story of Seasons so I thought I'd bring it up for consideration even if there isn't a slot available 🙂

(For reference)

[torpid sail]

nice suggestion!!!!

[cinder cedar]

Add an encounter in which we have to pacify an angry giant. The giants in CI are force of nature and took inspirations from Javanese mythological creatures of punokawan. I feel that we could have an encounter with a giant that resembles either Semar or Petruk where they are enraged due to certain reasons and we must pacify with (having several options) to avert disaster the likes of volcanic eruption or tsunami. Later on we could befriend this particular giant and they would give us some benefits too!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petruk
||i been reading too much||

[arctic thicket]

Hi, so one thing I found frustrating with SDV is I never knew where any of the NPCs were on the map. One cool thing would be if you reach a certain relationship level, they could "share their location" which means on your map it has a little image of their face on their location to show where they are. Saves me from having to google their schedule to find them and chat 🪴 🌻

[median coral]

or maybe something with the environment itself, like they leave a note for you in their room/house at a certain friendship level saying they "went to the store" or something?

[cursive bridge]

I have suggestion on the fighting style in mine.
What if there is martial arts too like pencak silat (?)

So we have other variations in fighting, apart from swinging the sword to attack.
We can practice too.

The hot topic discussed in this game are diversity, so it will be interesting if it can be implemented.

I know it's tough, but it's just my suggestion.
Hopefully there is martial art.
Because I believe the CI team can do it :)

Thank you

[grand jacinth]

hi! I was talking to a few people and I know not all the features will be included but I do hope to see multiple body types and skin colours (like vitiligo esp!) also hoping for neutral facial features (not feminine/masculine) but I know y'all are working hard!!

I'm so excited to try the game I really appreciate all the work you've done. again, I understand not all suggestions will be implemented! simply food for thought :3

-jade

[fading nebula]

Wanted to put in a few suggestions and reiterate a few I've been seeing.

Voice Acting or at the very least sounds for the characters. Unique ones for dateables and generic tones for regular NPCs.

Ability to play with children/pets (harvest moon a wonderful life a good example)

Intimate PLATONIC relationships with the dateables so we can progress the relationship without having to date.

Dateables advancing their relationships with each other, at least after the player marries.

More children in the neighborhood for your own children to befriend.

Group Relationship events that are unlocked after reaching certain levels of friendship with the members of that group.

Crafting for weapons.

Ability to unlock some kind of mp3 player or something and collecting music so you can listen to the songs you want to anywhere.

Diversity is great so far, this is just nitpicking or icing on the cake, but more characters with disabilities and more lgbtq representation would take the grade from an A to an A+

The game is already so amazing. These suggestions are mainly to take it from amazing to (imo) perfection.

Keep up the great work!

[brisk igloo]

I mentioned this in general chat, but it would be nice to be able to set a birthdate and have villagers visit you/send you mail, or if you’re close enough, trigger an event with anyone with (x) amount of relationship points showing up.

This gets trickier with an early birthday and you’d have to wait a second time if it’s “too early” but that could also be worked into an event if conditions were met (“hey so your birthday was a while back, let’s make up for not celebrating before”)

[coral mesa]

A lot of people want the kids more integrated (✌️ and I would too!) but my biggest gripe with almost every farming/dating sim is that once you marry your spouse they mostly just sit around your farm like some living trophy. 😍  I'd love it if the spouse could do chores around the farm (randomly or have a setting to make them do something specific) or at least not quit their regular job (if they had one)!
I just don't like them standing around... they look like their being kept at home, or like they lost all their interests and just wander around the farm staring off into the blue.... plus it could be a perk to actually getting married that they do some helpful things like water the crops🥀 🌹  or bring home an income 💵  (if they keep their old job).
 I'd like it if there was a choice to do this with the kids, too, as everyone that I know who lived on a farm has told me that everyone pitches in with chores to make sure the farm is well run, but I'm most interested in the spouses not losing their interests/fun.

[heavy egret]

Mines not as detailed suggestion but what if we could have turkeys in game? Or a modern that let's us have turkeys?

[barren parcel]

Agreeing with what bonbon said, I would love if they kept their regular lives a bit? Like if they had a job they worked monday-friday when single, maybe they could work like monday-wednesday still? I don't want to take them away from their life..

If there is anyone who likes plants, they could help water crops some mornings, fishing characters could randomly fish for us etc?

[hollow inlet]

I think it would be great for some of the dateables to slowly get married after the player gets married and have some kids of their own to grow up with your child. Maybe the player could even run into some of the dateables dates with each other.
I’m not sure if this is already happening because I just found out about Coral Island. I always thought cooking contests and harvest/animal festivals added a fun challenge to farming games.

[full vortex]

an add on suggestion for voice acting, you can do it rune factory style where the character will say the first bit of their dialogue or a greeting when you talk to them, but it doesn't have to be the entire script, in order to save time/budget on the expansive character list, while at the same time giving players enough of an impression

[covert thistle]

To add on, I'm sure plenty of people in the existing community would be interested in voice acting if that route was taken, and if not, there's always the possibility for a mod down the road so no pressure.

[graceful nebula]

This might be a weird thing to say in this feed but I hope the developers only take on as many characters as their writers can handle. I want as many different and interesting characters like the suggestions above but I've also seen the cost of this. The game I'm thinking of in particular is My Time at Portia where there is a host of interesting characters that haven't been fleshed out because there are just too many. After reading the character bios for this game I hope even the townies get a lot of spotlight. Sidenote I also would love some voice acting! I also hope that farm animals could come in a couple color variations.

[hollow inlet]

This is a small suggestion but if we are able to order food at the tavern/taco truck or even make dinner/breakfast for our family. I think it is great to be able to see the food that you are eating. It adds a nice touch and I’m one of those players that tries to make or order all the food just to see them eat it haha. I know it may be time consuming but if it could be done, I think it adds more to the experience.

[median coral]

yes, I would especially love to physically be able to have meals/meal times with family! It may be just a wish in the end but I think maybe if we cook something at home at a certain time, maybe we could trigger a mini 'event'/cutscene that says something like "would you like to have dinner with your family?" after we cook something too, so we're actually having a meal with them instead of just giving them a food item. maybe the scene could give our character an extra mini boost too!

[left pebble]

I'm not sure how much soundtrack has been talked about, but I would really love to have different themes around the island for each season. Nothing like some good winter music.

[keen juniper]

i wish Coral Island allowed for visiting friends farms like in Animal Crossing or Valheim .. That way you dont have to commit a whole new character to play when you wanna play with your friend every once in a while or if you just wanna visit to see their progress

[hollow inlet]

I agree that would be great! 😁

[sharp kiln]

Wow, lots of requests for voice acting. I have feedback for the developers. I know you're a small team of really hard workers.

Voice acting isn't just a double-edged sword but a dangerous one. Please, please, if you don't feel comfortable doing voice acting, then don't do voice acting. If you do feel you're in a great place to do voice acting, do voice acting... if you can pull off a professional voice actor studio, professional voice actors, and able to find fluent speakers of every language and have some powerful voice actors that have years of experience, go for it. It's crazy, crazy expensive.

There's so, so, so many games that have severely messed up a game with voice acting. The performance reflected poorly on excellent writing which damaged the excellent scripts that came from them. Review site gaming scores went down because of them. In remakes of beloved games like Secret of Mana, voice acting had often made the experience much worse and even detached. People expected the voices to be older, or younger, or different. It's what they pictured in their head. If the voice is on as a default, and the voice doesn't match the voice that the player is expecting, it will damage scores on both websites and Steam. If one person right now is expecting Rafael as a butch, deep-voiced man with a heart of gold, and another is expecting a higher pitched voice unsure of himself but great at his job, one person will be disappointed -- and I don't want anybody disappointed.

The devs are doing a superb job. As a former video game publication editor for two sites, I've seen voice acting hurt games very badly, and I hope this feedback helps to offer a different perspective.

[earnest pulsar]

Bad voice acting can just about wreck a game--but even when it's done well, it's limiting. There's the aforementioned likelihood that many players won't think the voices "match" (and also the inability to alter any dialog once it's been recorded); but also, given the high costs involved and the large number of characters in the game, you'd almost certainly need to have much more limited dialog than if it's all just written, which makes for less interesting and less well-developed characters (who at least for me are the heart and soul of games like this). So I'm also going to respectfully disagree with those who are calling for voice acting.

[wicked meadow]

That’s for sure, when they did the voice acting for hunt down the freeman although that game was already bad, the voice acting was just notoriously bad and the addition of Keemstar as the president it just didn’t set the tone at all

[frail linden]

I agree that voice acting can be a double edged sword, cause I do believe it adds to the experience of a game and the ability to "connect" with the characters but is not always necessary. Sometimes I prefer it to be off, or I prefer it in a language besides English (like Genshin Impact where I can't stand the English voices).

One suggestion I'd like to make for voice acting rather than full voicing would be just to have character sounds - like laughter, "hmm," noises of agreement, approval, disgust, etc. This would be a much smaller and less costly undertaking, since it would not require recording in multiple languages, and would be more of an addition to how people imagine the voices to sound without fully "replacing" or disagreeing with their existing mental idea.

[icy zealot]

More for the discord: update the FAQ with common post-campaign questions. Seems most of the questions being asked aren't there so might help if we add? Most common questions I see:

1. I didn't get to back the campaign, can I still pledge?
2. Can I play this on Mac?
3. Where will announcements for backers and non-backers be made?

Of course people who don't read will still ask but at least it might answer a few others 🤣

[steep drift]

1. wait backersite's website
2. i dont think

[upper idol]

they’re looking into mac support

[spring linden]

yes!! jumping off of this:

after release, if the sales and pre-order sales permit, u could think about enlisting voice actors for these short character sounds etc. (it's clear why a lot of dating sims use this method instead. you can apply multiple instances across a character's dialogue without a problem. )

however, my big suggestion is: even a short line in English, like "that's right!" or "thank you." could be included in the English version and omitted in the other language versions, and english phrases could potentially be delivered by the same voice actor in another language if they're confident about delivering it. (ie it's not that hard to say "de nada!" convincingly even if your only language is english). maaaybe that obviously wouldn't go for all languages and instances, but it's worth a try?

I just keep recalling how the great phil collins tried his best to record the Tarzan OST in five languages and did a pretty great job. and that was singing! hopefully the phonetics for these two to three word phrases wouldn't be hard to voice act in several languages, even if it's limited. though maybe there'd be problems with making the languages uniform across everybody... eh. long term thought! don't worry about it now. just bringing it to consideration. thank you, devs!

[magic rapids]

"the great phil collins tried his best to record the Tarzan OST in five languages and did a pretty great job". A legend.

[sharp kiln]

This thought was actually inspired by a dev question a long while ago.

Camera Idea
While back, a dev said that they were just doing a top-down graphics for optimization which is what I love, but a while ago asked and wondered in what ways would camera angles be useful/helpful.

What if it was just like "touring" your farm? A maaaassive zoom out to screenshot your whole farm from high-level (removing 300 chickens and all animals of course to reduce poly cap and resource cap), that's something lots of folks love doing in Stardew Valley: comparing farm layouts.

I don't know how optimized the game is for top-down, but maybe there's cool ways the camera could sliiiightly move or change positions or sway that gave it a 3D look without it breaking the design/immersion or requiring any rework of the assets.

[near yew]

I'm currently hunting achievements in SDV and would LOVE if CI avoided any achievements attached to items with drop rates sub .9% -_- searching for the last few artifacts im missing that have .7% drop rates has made me hate SDV a little xP

[stray mulch]

Just a silly suggestion: One big pet peeve of mine on farming sims is the watering can mechanic. The whole stop, aim, water, repeat that nobody does in real life. It would be awesome if they implemented some "walking-and-watering" mechanic, even if still waters one tile at a time it looks so much smoother. Like, hold the watering can button and slowly walk and water the soil, even an arm swing motion to water maybe 2 tiles at a time. Either way the game looks AMAZING and I can't wait for it to be released.

[jovial pumice]

Hmm, I see your frustration but would'nt making the game easy to 100% wouldn't that make it less rewarding?

[icy zealot]

Or similar to HM, have hold-to-swing unlocked as an upgrade. If it's the walk-to-water, use up more stamina points (vs aim and water). Just some ideas to balance it out

[granite mortar]

I can’t remember if someone has already suggested this or not, but if there’s say a dance of some sort, I don’t quite like being forced to pick one NPC for the event. Even if it’s for dancing as I’d prefer being able to get to know the NPCs.
I accidentally forgot about the flower dance in Stardew Valley, and haven’t played it since I’m stuck being forced to pick an NPC dance partner. To me it would also make sense if the bachelors/bachelorettes danced on their own as well, or maybe with friends depending on personality.

[iron hollow]

Piggybacking on this idea,
For events that do feature some kind of cutscene, like a dance with a partner, it would be nice to be able to have the option to talk to other characters at the dance post cutscene but still in the event before actually leaving the event, so you still get some relevant dialogue from the people you didn't pick. Bonus if you get extra friendship points when you talk to someone at an event.

[sharp kiln]

.
Sprinkler Thoughts
Every game has a standard 8-tile adjacent 🚰 , what about adding an extra sprinkler that sprays just 8 tiles to the right ➡️ ?

Every Farming Ever (1 adjacent tile everywhere):
S=Sprinkler X=Sprayed

XXX XXX
XSX XSX
XXX XXX

Alternate Later-On Ideas.
(8 tiles to the right ---->) ➡️
SXXXXXXXX

(8 tiles to the left <----) ⬅️
XXXXXXXXXS

This would look a lot cleaner for some endgame aesthetics. 🙂
--------> ➡️ ⬅️ <--------
SXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXS

[earnest terrace]

all i want and feel that would bring this game to the next level is character growth and multiple character emotions and events that change personality's. game character writing is so stale and one dimensional the game would greatly benefit with noticeable character growth and change in the npc's and romancable options as well.

if i could meet a character on day one then on year two the same person was a completely different personality that would be a huge leap in game writing history and make the world so much more engrossing and addictive

[tacit vigil]

Personally I think it would be better instead of voice acting having unique music themes for romancable characters, since they can be subtle differences. Its cheaper than voice acting. There is no issue with the language differences. Its a common thing in dating sims so you still have a unique feel when talking to a character, but without the need to hire at least 20 actors per language

[dusty flume]

Alternatively, i think voice acting could be necessary for accessibility

[covert thistle]

Honestly, I was thinking unique text scrolling sounds could be better and much easier than voice acting, somewhat similar to what Animal Crossing has done, but less gibberish-sounding. It could also help with accessibility to a degree without having to add voice acting.

[dusty surge]

I don’t care for voice acting nor do I feel like its important to make the make a game Immersive. I feel like the team should focus their energy on the technical aspect of the game and or adding more functions/ content to it. Like many others are saying voice acting could also be a double sword.

[nocturne dirge]

tbh i always turn VA off <_<

[rugged mica]

VA would be a nice addition but i'd rather have more in depth dialogue and varied dialogue

[dusty surge]

Sounds like for breathing, or certain effects are ok but I would not care for full blown VA. It would be cool if you create your own language like how animal crossing and the sims have their own dialogue and you don’t have to worry about VA lol

[brisk igloo]

(Most people want VA in the term of vocalized noises and not necessarily full-on reading lines and you can hire people on Fiverr to do that so they get experience AND paid).

[iron hollow]

For VA, I would suggest at most generic phrases for most dialogue and fully voiced important cutscenes (or at least important parts of cutscenes), but i do think they shouldn't do it unless they can provide at least a handful of popular languages, and it doesn't come at the cost of expansive written dialogue. I'm sure mods can add full VA if the community really wanted to. Different music themes (even if just a small remix of the same theme for each character) or a different "typing" sound for each character would be great- or all of these together!

I feel the same way about rival marriage- it would be nice but only if it doesn't come at the cost of in depth dialogue outside of that, which is why I believe the devs have said they don't want to do it, and I'm totally cool with that.

[sharp kiln]

.
Goddess Relationship: Slow Permanent 🍀 Luck/RNG Increase

Could there be a hidden value relationship with the Goddess, where each heart with her increases your total luck over the years by a noticeable amount based on stuff you do that she finds favorable? And effectively increases your chances of really great items that were a lot harder to get in previous years? This would totally keep me committed to playing a game if I knew that some sort of "Grandpa candle" system or achievement system granted an annual goddess review to make frustratingly difficult items a lot easier to obtain over 5-10 years.

[frigid niche]

Will there be an Arabic translation? I would love to see such a game translated into Arabic which may let it accessible to half a billion people. It would be hard work, but I'm sure it's doable.

[gilded plank]

I think it'd be a little pricey to include VA, but I think a cool compromise would be in terms of mod support, would be to include somewhere in the coding an easy way to insert fan VAs. Like a little empty spot where when a dialogue happens it triggers a sound clip (except that space is empty)

[upper idol]

i think it would be cool for the animals to have different shapes! for example have some extra round piggies, or luwaks that are longer-looking.

[hollow inlet]

Yes! Or different colors/types

[celest willow]

In game achievements! That way those on switch get achievements too!

[simple breach]

They have said that there will be achievements for all platforms

[celest willow]

Yes, just saying that switch doesn't have an achievement system so they'd have to be in the game itself

[dull sand]

In the future, use the #coral-questions-and-help channel for this! But right now, the team is looking in to it but can't guarantee anything yet.

[cursive bridge]

good

[buoyant lion]

Okay pet idea: ferrets!!

[true sequoia]

Kinda a question-suggestion.

Will fishing be similar to SDV? And if so could there be a mobility option? Because of strokes/seizures I don't have the dexterity to do fishing in SDV (I've been playing foe a while and I'm still at level 1, mixed everything else though 🤦🏻‍♀️) I just can't do it and I hate that because I LOVE fishing. Even if it's something like Animal Crossing I can manage that. I love challenges and being challenged in game but when it reaches a point of frustration due to inability it looses its fun quickly

[simple breach]

They have already said that they will be finding a way to disable the fishing minigame and combat to make it more accessible

[broken plover]

Since they can't decide on what colors to make the mythical pets, maybe make it to where you can personalize its color based on what you feed it or the activities you do with it? That way they feel more personalized maybe?

[true sequoia]

Thank you!

[quaint cedar]

Hey this may be kind of an awkward suggestion and idk if someone already said this
(Sorry if I sound annoying)

But it would be a nice idea to have a non binary body type in the game (?)

I'm not sure if they're gonna add some more body types (that would be nice as well)
but what I've seen in the kickstarter, it only has the male and female body types and it would be nice if you can become a non binary farmer and npc's use they/them pronouns and or at least more representation of different body types of people

I know what they're showing to us is a prototype but I do hope they add those in the future, I think it would add more spice in a game with it's already amazing diversed cast

I know in asian culture lgbt stuff is bad among it's people (since I'm asian myself and know how our culture is like) but if you guys are to be okay with this suggestion I'll be really happy about it

Sorry if I sound too demanding or asking too much I just wanted to say my suggestion out here

hope I'm not making anyone uncomfortable ::"0

[frigid quiver]

We can have gender neutral honorifics (mx.) and indeed use they/them! I believe they also plan on releasing more diverse body types, the 2 we saw are for the alpha :)

[wanton bane]

Hello , i don't know if this is already a planned feature but will the other NPC's who are romance able be able to get into relationships if you do not choose them ?

[quaint cedar]

If that existed it may depend on ur relationship with the npc's

[frigid quiver]

No, there won't be rival relationships/marriages

[wanton bane]

i think it would just seem weird if everyone else was single, obviously some can stay single but some shouldn't

[frigid quiver]

At least they're not planning on it for now and from what it sounded like it's not a feature they want

[vivid basin]

Hello, I'm just thinking since this games will be add some multiplayer, are you guys planning to some host into a server so other player can join into that server? Like minecraft for example.

[marsh lance]

I believe it'll be hosted by the 'main player', aka Player 1. However, we don't know anything about how it'll work yet.

[simple breach]

Thats understandable but they dont want to do that because they want you to be able to romance all the characters in one save(through divorcing)

[rugged mica]

Rival marriages was one of my favourite things in old Story of Seasons/harvest moon games but they removed it because Japanese players weren't a huge fan of it. I hope perhaps in a future update that could be added to Coral Island because it lets you focus on getting other people together once you are married, extends the game even more! Even better if they then have kids because that gives the game even more life

[wanton bane]

fair enough , in my opinion i think it would add alot more depth to the game if they did

doesn't even have to be rival , maybe after you get married then the other relationships start

[quaint cedar]

there's probably gonna be townies and a lot more who are in a relationship anyways so idk if that's gonna be added maybe

[simple breach]

Understandable. Maybe someone will make a mod that allows for it or something

[torn lynx]

Try to keep this channel to feedback/suggestions please so the team can look through here easier. Discussions about feedback can be done in #🐔coral-general

[quaint cedar]

it would make non binary people enjoy more in the game and get more attached to the character/farmer they make without them feeling uncomfortable with the mispronoun

[plain bronze]

So, this is just a suggestion but...
For the community projects like the town garden thing, will there also be something like a safari park or wildlife center or something similar? Maybe for late game but I would really like to see more nature conservation like with the coral but also for land animals related stuff too

[upper idol]

there should be different types of mounts besides just horses! like a buffalo or a cow! or a mythical one could be an ostrich or even a dinosaur!

[dire cosmos]

or a bear?

[upper idol]

that’s even better

[stray mulch]

I wanna ride a giant chicken

Don't let my memes be dreams

[short haven]

or a wolf! 🙂🐺

[hollow inlet]

A nine tail fox

[wicked island]

I'd love to see dolphins or giant seahorses be underwater mount options? Maybe sharks or rays, too?
Since we hit the undersea kingdom kickstarter tier, we'll presumably have a medium-to-large area to explore.

[cursive bridge]

i second sharks and rays, i would love to ride a black tip reef shark plz 🥺

[hollow inlet]

Piggybacking off of the bear idea, what about a panda?

[lost harbor]

A carabao mount, specifically, would be delightful imo!!!

[frigid quiver]

All of these might be good suggestions for modders as well, I doubt the devs are gonna implement this many different options. There's a lot to do haha

[dusty surge]

Some of my suggestions
-dynamic weather (thunder storms, blizzards, heavy rain, high winds, heat waves) I feel like perhaps also slightly having one or two crops being damaged would also be cool.

-character models reaction to different types of weather. Like winter have NPCs or your character shiver, show as if they were hot etc-

• would be awesome to have intricate mines level designs. And monster are just blobs or etc- like monster would actually have creepy or cool designs.

-different types of weapons with cool designs. (If possible crafting our own weapons) if we can’t craft it would be an awesome thing to have the blacksmith not only repair our tools/swords but also we can buy armor/weapons from them. Or maybe having a black market where we get rare items or weapons.

-to have a clothing store (similar to how in animal crossing and how they have a clothing store and salon) it would be cool if everyday they had different types of clothing etc- as well as a furniture store too.

• I don’t know if this is possible but having another farmer rival would be so unique and interesting to have in these sort of games I don’t see it implemented in farming games and I feel like they should! Like how in Pokémon you have your rival. It can make the game even more fun.

• simple but not so crazy idea but having vending machines where you can buy drinks for energy. And then being able to recycle too.

• having our community center projects make the islander happy and like you more or have the opposite reaction if you do something that wouldn’t help the community etc-

• I’ll like to have a large selection of crops as well as things we can do with the crops to be able to cook etc- similar with the fishing and big catching.

• lastly can we mine and or find artifacts ?

[wanton fulcrum]

Not sure If this was suggested or already planned but for Relationships

• have date nights kind of like side quests or such to increase/decrease heart affiliations depend on how it goes.

-you and or npc can plan things.

• possible to have them break up with you if neglected too much or so.

Ive noticed in games like stardew u get married n thats about it besides a few repeated dialog's n such, they are just kinda there. I hope there will be things you can do with them in game.

[subtle silo]

I don't know if it's in the game but if there's kids once you get married, I'd appreciate it if it was optional. I was playing Friends Of Mineral Town all day every day but then the baby came and now my spouse only talks about the baby, all their interesting dialogue that helped me picked them is gone. I've barely played it since.

[wicked herald]

Also agree with ability to toggle off the possibility of children, even with the chance to have children to begin with is small.

To perhaps add to this suggestion, if the player has children, limiting baby talk to x times per day or manually choosing to talk about something may be interesting.

[celest willow]

They may do something like in stardew valley where it has your spouse ask if you want to have a baby and you can say yes or no! Not saying they will but it could be an option!

[broken plover]

Are "male" characters limited to romancing "females" and vice versa or can any gender romance anyone?

[shell crane]

Any gender (:

[rustic fern]

Nope, all genders can romance everyone. 🙂

[broken plover]

OMG love it, my Blacksmith hubby dreams are gonna come true

[gusty olive]

Suggestion: (mostly for the mods) Implement a Discord bot to help collect suggestions in this channel. There are several bots which will pick up on key words/use commands to post specific comments to its own channel, which you can then prevent people from talking in so it would just consist of suggestions. Google "Feedback bot" for some ideas. Hopefully this would reduce your workload with having to constantly discourage people from discussing other people's suggestions in this channel.
On a related note, if you could customize the bot to flag posts that include words like "rival" or "rival marriage" and point the user to the FAQ, that might also help, as I've seen people ask about rival marriages at least three times every day.

[tardy veldt]

Suggestion: for Macy, how she sells her pictures to Betty inc. do you think there would be a way to make it so you can meet her and you can find her taking photos and she can teach you how to take photos around the island. so there is like a task to take a picture of certain animals or a plant or something like that, maybe also you can make it so you can take pictures with filters and you can take pictures and have them set up in your house.

[minor slate]

suggestion:

• i'd hope that the coral restoration is not just another collectible. it's the main part of the game, but i hope that's more beautifully implemented! anyways, what are the collectibles? i heard artifacts, fish and bugs, but i'd sure to welcome more!

• genetic variations and mendel applications to animals and plants would be cool!

• lore related, will there be more antagonists than just the oil company?

• character related, younger/kids characters, like vincent and jas from sdv

• culture related, some characters have their catchphrases in their mother tongue

• cooking related, i've played sdv and i realized that cooking isn't really profitable in the game. a balanced cooking-profit system would be nice.

• how can we customize the town? i heard there's community projects, but furnitures outside the house would be cool.

i'll add later when i thought more :)

[nocturne plinth]

Howdy there! My only suggestion is if there could be a special edition or Collector's Edition. Had I found this project earlier I would've donated right away for one of the top tier rewards, but since I'm late by a week or maybe even a few weeks the Kickstarter for this is already closed ;-; Great game btw, one of the best I've seen ever.

[lyric epoch]

Suggestion:
-Having gameplay mechanics that discourage mono cultures, or only growing the proft maximizing crop:
-ie. having dynamic sell prices of crops, or having a decrease to crop yields or potential for disease for large mono culture plots.
This gives players an incentive to grow a variety of crops and not have crops that would be underutilized (such as red cabbage, bok choy, eggplants etc. in stardew valley)

[marsh lance]

(Also crop rotation is a thing. Planting one type of crop and one only will lead to the nutrients in the soil all being used up. Planting different types will revitalise it.)

[sharp kiln]

Personally I don't like the idea of needing to remember where all my plants were that year and would be frustrating, but I like the core concept and see where you're going with it. The core idea is cool and I like the concept of discouraging mono-cultures.

What if there were just "Daily Bonus: Eggplant Worth 3x" that certain crops sell for 2x-3x more on a couple days in the last 2-3 weeks of a season, selected at random?

If it's only a bonus (and never a decrease), there's still reward for buying a rare/expensive seed without the aggravation of losing profit and getting stressed out. And if it's only for 2-3 days, you can't plant that specific crop in that timeframe and encourages people to plant all the items as often and as early as you can.

[median coral]

Not sure how often relatives come up but I have a small suggestion about our player's relation to their farm and (maybe) their parents/grandparents/other relatives (if they will even be in the game). Rather than just simple letters or minimal interaction, I think something nice would be a hint/tip system, where if your relatives were farmers before, you can ask them for help when you're struggling. Maybe you send them a text or letter and they can reply with something sweet and some tips, maybe even a small gift of fertilizer/animal feed/etc. as a surprise.

I just think it'd be really nice to have someone there to help you specifically! (And it's how I'm learning to garden myself: from my boyfriend, and him from his parents.) Even if relatives aren't able to do that, maybe a townie already on the island could fill this role! (Also, maybe other townies/relatives could fill a role to help with mining/combat, ranching, etc.)

[minor slate]

Suggestion: Feedback:

I'm afraid that my next suggestion/request might be kind of rude. I'm afraid that my comment will count as inappropriate. I know that character design and the choices to go through is a hard process, this is more like a feedback, I guess.

What?: I suggest that Zarah wears her hijab more tidily, and hide her bangs.

Definition: There's a slang term in Indonesia called "jipon". It's a growing trend of showing bangs while wearing a hijab, which is the "wrong" way to wear a hijab. Because the point of a hijab, is to cover the hair.

Why?: Currently the muslim representation isn't written very neatly in the western media, or should I say, misrepresented. For example, in Elite, the muslim girl is written that her hijab is an obstacle to her and she'll take it of for a random boy of her interest. And there's many more. It's hard to find a representation of a good, devout muslim.

As a studio from Yogyakarta, I was hoping that you can bring a better representation by tidying her hijab, instead of religion-role-breaking misrepresentation that muslims are getting lately. If the game's proud of the diversity of the representation, why not make and represent someone devout? It will be beautiful if the writers made Zarah love her hijab, and not just diversity sake. Other solutions include, adding another woman character with a tidy hijab.

Before Someone Flames On Me: I know that it is wrong to assume a woman solely based on her hijab. And it's also not a good thing to tell a random woman how to wear her hijab, but Zarah is just a virtual character, and we can change that. My point is that I think that devout muslims are better representated without a jipon.

Again, with a restatement, I'm really sorry if this sounds rude or causes some discomfort to y'all.

With love I propose,
#UnjiponizeZarah

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[lyric epoch]

Ideally i think it should be an optional gameplay feature for those who want a more challenging farm vs people who want a more chill game. Even an option like you suggested with no economic losses would be good too.

[keen fog]

i dunbo but i kinda would like a phone or something where you could "text" the romanceables and NPCs so we can get information about them such as favourite gifts and hates (like the Stardew Valley hidden notes where they tell you about a certain npc/romanceable, secret treasures from unknown people who leave them behind), and we can also get like a wiki of sorts, like the animals, "monsters" trash, merfolk, crops, how much "friendly-ness" with a certain NPC, and etc, adding the the phone maybe we could also be shown the daily bonus for a certain crop ( saw this on another suggestion) , a map, and maybe notes so when you leave the game and come back after like a day, you could remember what you wanted to do.

and also i would love if we could get multiple responses from the NPCs when they receive a gift, such as "i love this!" "how did you know this was my favorite" or "i hate this" "well i didn't expect you to give me such an amazing gift i loove it soo much" (hint hint scott), and maybe if you gift them multiple gifts a day they could get "uncomfortable" or something of the sort like " uhm t-that's quite a few gifts" or something!

another suggestion would maybe be multiple choice dialogue with an NPC that influences the future of the game such as having two choices to have a festival or parade and it could majorly increase or minimally increase your "friendly-ness" with a group of NPCs

i know all of this are major stretches and would probably be impossible but i just wanted to share my opinion

[keen fog]

OU

possibly a skill system where you can learn passive abilities that can help you in game such as faster chopping, larger watering, faster movement speed, more health, higher luck.

and also some active abilities!, such as a ranged attack defense/reflect damage, or small ability to aid you in game but this would most likely make the game harder than it already is so sorry...

[tidal kindle]

I think it would be neat if the person you marry also has an effect on your kids, not just you. I don't know if that's currently planned or not, but someone was thinking it wasn't and to me, it would make more sense if they did since they are also the child's parent and it would give more of a consequence to how the child turns out with how you influence the child's personality conflicts or works with how your spouse does it.

[dull sand]

There are already plans for an extensive skill tree, you can see it in the trailer!

[novel mango]

I know this sounds crazy but is there any chance for AM/PM time instead of 24h time option. Growing up in USA for so long using AM/PM seeing 24 hour time I still struggle to understand in video games that 20 is really 8pm but I see such a big number I just go to bed 😛

[pallid ravine]

Ya might want to learn it xD It helps with a LOT of things in the use. I had to learn 24hr time because my husband is a trucker and they run on 24hr time

[novel mango]

As someone who grew up in a military family I know my 24 hour time. Its a matter of how natural it is to see a time and just know it instinctively and then having to do math every single time you look at a time. Its more of a convenience thing for a LOT of Americans more than a necessity.

[pallid ravine]

Ah

I just find it easier to talk in 24hr then 12hr time because now I'm finding it a little harder to speak in 12hr

[novel mango]

All TV is in 12 hour, Entire work time is in 12 hour, I have never once heard anyone in America say they wanted to meet at 17:00. I guess it depends where you at. I teach Children 24hr time in my math class because they never once see it before graduation here. I think its more of a helpful feature for most Americans

[latent pike]

Thank you for your feedback! To clarify, Zarah is indeed wearing a headscarf but not a hijab, the head covering for Muslims. Zarah is also not a representation of any religion.

There are several reasons why people choose to wear a headscarf and one of them is head protection against harsh weather. Her outfit consists of a headscarf that people of her hometown wear. Inspired by Grace Kelly, Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia and Middle Eastern, we incorporated a headscarf on Zarah’s outfit that serves to protect the head, ears, and neck against the harsh weather in her hometown and of course, there is a fashion aspect on it as well.

[minor slate]

Thank you for the reply! I'm sorry for my previous misunderstanding. Now I understand her and the direction of the character building.

[bold oracle]

Remove ordinary members rights to use the “@ - here” ping

[cursive bridge]

please

[bold oracle]

😂

[young moat]

This is a suggestion for the mods of the server, but would it be possible to make a text chat to go with the voice channel? Something for the purposes of sending images and stuff in reaction to conversations being had in voice chat. Also, it would be good if someone is in voice chat but cannot speak so that it is not getting sent into a random channel.

[warm sigil]

Can we have an announcement of the BackerKit preorder store being available, please?

[rugged mica]

They will, they are just testing some bits

[rustic fern]

Done. I'd thought of it yesterday and forgot.

[drifting aspen]

I don't know whether or not this has been added since the official announcement video, but is ambient occlusion coming to the game? It looks a little flat right now
Here's an rough example for what I mean:
https://imgsli.com/NDM2Nzg
Edit: Please open the link to see the before and after images

[torpid sail]

GREAT!!

[rustic fern]

Zarah is not actually canonically Muslim, she just wears a headscarf.

[deep sun]

I know the town relationships are probably already planned out, but I would absolutely love it if some of the non-romanceable characters were in lgbt+ couples rather than all being straight. It always feels a little strange to me when the only queer relationships come from the player character rather than being part of the town as a whole.

[rustic fern]

Emma is married to Dippa, and Dippa is non-binary. 🙂

We also have not met all of the townies, so there's definitely the possibility of more queer relationships there.

[deep sun]

Oh, that's awesome!!! 😊

[keen fog]

but i also want active abilities

[marsh lance]

The highlighted skill is an active ability!

[main zenith]

such as a ranged attack defense/reflect damage
please note the sword and shield/heart icons in the proficiency tree on the left. there will be combat skills

[rustic fern]

Guys, please leave this channel for feedback/suggestions only, and move discussion over to #🐔coral-general , thank you! ❤️

[sharp kiln]

A massive thank you to @rustic fern for answering 500 questions on 5 different channels simultaneously. We think you're a rockstar!

[frigid quiver]

Suggestion to bombard shlees next twitch stream with love next time she streams

[signal sail]

What's shlee's twitch channel name?

[keen fog]

thought that was a passive skill lol like stardew's upgraded weapons and tools where you get stronger/faster or bigger tools(which have to activated) oops

[night wind]

A thought might be to adjust the pigs to look more like an island breed. Like the Kunekune pigs of New Zealand. They love to swim.

Momma and babies as examples from our herd

[dire cosmos]

small silly suggestion :

Pausable Credits

just so that i can find my name easier XD.

[rapid drift]

I want a kune I think they are a wee bigger then I'd want tho

[night wind]

Even the worlds smallest "teacup pigs" mature at around 60lbs. Pigs be pigs, lol. They're sweet and I know a lot of people use them as pets as they are incredibly smart. Potty train faster than a dog generally. You could always look out for a runt from a breeder or something like that. Eventually though even a runt would need a bigger bed. Currently our smallest is about 65lbs at 2 years, she was a runt but she also has some health issues in relation to that which isn't uncommon.

[fossil warren]

Official request for the fox pet to have the option to be a white snow fox 👀 I need me an alolan vulpix friends 🥺

[rapid drift]

@night wind I do have a mini myself. As a piggy parent I don't go around advertising"teacup" since we owners know it's not a thing. Eventually maybe I will have a kune or 12 😂

[night wind]

Pig math...gets me every time, lol!

[clear bay]

Maybe have an option after you reach like endgame/late game to make a new character and have them be part merefolk or something like that.

If you go down the oil drilling path it can cause an oil spill and physically change the map, maybe make some parts inaccessible for a set amount of time like in the ocean.

[silent hornet]

Please leave this channel for suggestions only

Additional conversations should be moved to #💬general or #💭general2

[slow lintel]

Official request for a blue owl pet in the game. Tell me what to do to get it and I'll do it lmao

[lost harbor]

I'm not the best discord-minded person but I'm wondering if there's a way to make a bot that could send a greeting once a day or once per 12 hours in the introductions channel to shoutout the FAQ channel or mention the preorder store/backer kit like a "welcome, please go here before asking questions" message?

Idk I know it won't reach every new person to the discord and completely solve everything, but it might help a little bit..?? Take some of the load off our very patient mod team 😅

[brisk igloo]

I know Carl Bot can be programmed to do things like this. Carl can do a LOT.

[wicked herald]

Suggestion: If romance characters will not end up being able to marry each other by any means, could they still develop in other ways and have a progressive story that leads to them being happy or settled? Late game, x character that dreamed of being a musician leaves on weekends now to perform or performs in town and you're invited to attended from time to time while earlier in the game, there were cut scenes and conversations leading up to this point as character development and growing friendship levels. This may be to fine of a detail, I'm not too sure

And one more: villagers also having pets to interact with our pets and to be another way to interact with the villager(s)

[cursive bridge]

suggestion: the suggestion above, but, you can talk to other villagers and arrange 🌟 pet play dates🌟

[tall rivet]

Suggestion: If romance characters do end up being able to marry each other, perhaps there can be a set of characters each one is compatible with, and the game will end up picking from one of those- that way, there is variance between saves and characters don't always end up with the same person (also make it so that not everyone always gets married in this case, there should be singles too)

[tidal kindle]

Then have more children from those couples that your own child could befriend based on their personalities.

I get that would be a bit much to have at the start, but maybe in a later update?

Heck, maybe our character could help matchmake other couples?

[pallid ravine]

I'd LOVE to play match maker!!

[spice cairn]

Q: Will there be rival marriages in the game?
A: While we understand a lot of people have asked for rival marriages, we decided not to go this route. We would prefer to focus more on marriage events and kids growing up. Rival marriages would also mean needing more than one save in order to date/marry all the available bachelor/ettes in the game, and boy, do we have a lot of them!

[spice cairn]

This is from a pin if you haven't seen it yet.

[covert thistle]

I know this may be kind of a tough suggestion to implement, but any support for dynamic multiplayer romance instead of just a married/not married option would be really cool to see for multiplayer marriage. My partner and I would have a bunch of fun scrounging up gifts for each other if that was a way to get affection between players. I understand if there's no way this can be done, I just think it would set the game apart a lot to have (and I selfishly wanna see it, haha) 😅

[topaz knoll]

Becoming a mermaid would be the icing on top of the already perfect cake I’m not sure if cross play or cross progression could be a thing but eh

I was so gonna say will we be able to control or switch to our children as they grow or will it remains autonomous

[junior hemlock]

Hello! New here! Just want to add to other people’s requests. As a fellow beach cleaner and sea turtle saver, I’d love something with that. Even its a cut scene. I’d love it if it was baby sea turtles and what they deal with/education of hotel lights etc but I know that’s a dream. I’d be more than happy to donate to that stretch goal 😉 thanks! Really looking forward to this game. A few you tubers have been mentioning it and how much they’re looking forward to it. So I wanted to investigate. I’m not a heavy gamer due to time constraints so I’m sure that means the word is spreading 🥳

[rich cloud]

suggestion. i hope your kids, can have kids too.
so you can becomes grandparents.

[frigid quiver]

Your kids will only grow up to be teenagers so probably not

[rich cloud]

ok 👍

[bright galleon]

The game is southeast asian inspired so I was hoping the architecture would reflect that. I'd love to see some traditional housing options for customization. Right now, the only vaguely asian looking option is the straw roof.

[sharp kiln]

🚥 RGB Lights on Fences/Trees?
My farm in SDV never feels colorful enough for my personality.
First thing I always put on RL cabins/tents for vacation are hanging RGB lights. Can we decorate RGB/rainbow lighting on fences/trees?

[topaz knoll]

Can u have babies with multiplayer farmhands

[dull sand]

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by that, but you should use the #coral-questions-and-help channel for any questions about the game!

[cursive bridge]

i think theyre asking if you can have babies with other players characters

[soft ivy]

Oh yeah idk if this has been mentioned but a color blind option would be epic

[mental nexus]

One of the most important things to me in these games is inventory management. "My Time at Portia" does a pretty good job. One game I really liked but did not like the inventory system is "Graveyard Keeper".

[brisk igloo]

I mentioned this before, but I hope that, in Suki’s case, the kid she has doesn’t count towards the two you can have when married. Not because step-children aren’t “really” your kid, but it would to note to have a blended family aspect and kind of a challenge there.

[near yew]

Just wanted to point out that sheep is missing as an option for favorite farm animal in the backerkit survey! ^^

[obsidian river]

I have a suggestion if it’s not too much to implement I use a wacom tablet as a mouse do to disability reasons and many games don’t support a tablet mouse as use in their games. I can use a regular mouse no problem though if the game can support using a tablet like wacom that would be so cool

[hot oracle]

A suggestion: let the NPC's and player have bathrooms. Just for aesthetic reasons. I always think it so weird in these games that focus on living your life at a new place that nobody has those. Would also love to enter a house and see them brushing their teeth or something like that But having an actual bathroom would really be a step up from most of the farming sims.

[rich cloud]

Suggestion. adds some events that's only appears, from specific weather.

[cursive bridge]

I have a suggestion...are there any plans for rearrangement?

What I’d like is if we can have an easy rearrange, no penalty function. I want to be able to move or construct/deconstruct farm items to shift things around as I unlock new items without penalty so I can work on the aesthetics I want on the farm. Littlewood does this perfectly, for example, where you don’t lose resources to deconstruct and then reconstruct items and you can move items at any time, even farm land.

[upbeat vine]

Suggestion: I would like if we automatically or have a choose to change into pj when going to bed

[silk vigil]

Saran aja sih, coba kalau ada biota lau yg bisa jadi pet atau kerang yg bisa produksi mutiara bakalan bagus. Kedepannya kayaknya bagus juga buat pertanian di laut hehehe

[torn lynx]

Please use English in the public channels! There are language-specific channels below

[hexed pawn]

suggestion: it would be really nice to have more than one save file per game 🙂

[pallid ravine]

@hexed pawn there are 99 save slots in the game

[hexed pawn]

it was confirmed already?? cool thanks so much!!

[pastel kestrel]

Suggestion: If it hasn't been suggested already, because search is overwhelming as far as mentions go.

Considering that the offer for Console is not available for current Pre-Order in regards to Kickstarter Exclusive Tier's/items - and these tiers go away on March 31 - can the team please make it possible to trade/exchange an unused PC Steam Key for a Switch key in the future? I plan on redeeming 2 Switch keys (one for me, one for a friend) with all of the exclusive backer add-ons - and it's kind of depressing that the option isn't going to be there. I don't want to answer my survey with plans on console version and not get those rewards on that version.

If this is already something planned and mentioned and I missed it somewhere, again, I apologize.

[dull sand]

Did you back through Kickstarter, or just through backerkit?

If you backed through Kickstarter, you can still select Switch!

[pastel kestrel]

@dull sand Currently just Kickstarter, but if that's true, I can still back on BK and get others for PC then!

[silk vigil]

Thanks for reminding me that. I am sorry to everyone for this it just come on my mind this morning and i wanna write it before i forgot. Once again i am sorry XD

Ahh my suggeation just about some sea creature that we can tame and it will be great if we can plant seaweed or even coral

[mystic pier]

I know u guys unlocked 2 extra language functions and in the backerkit theres a part where u can write down 1 other language that could be implemented... but im lowkey wishing CI could have a Malay option as well given both bahasa melayu/indonesia is pretty much similar but not really the same. Tho i rq it in the backerkit its low chanced so im also putting it here as feedback suggestions 🙇‍♀️

[unkempt pond]

Can we craft anything from the Ocean Junk? Cuz would love to craft stuff from scrap trash... since I am a cheap bastard who abused the Technical Skill in Cyberpunk 2077

[final karma]

It'd be a great way to recycle those junk

[simple breach]

At the very least you can see that we use it in upgrades to the town

[obsidian river]

One suggestion is after triggering an event having it actually effect the game as if when we talk to the characters after the event maybe they have something to say of what happened or when the event is over the characters are still in the same building and not popping to another place this happens a lot in pioneer of olive town

In olive town events almost feel like they don’t matter because the events don’t effect the game. I would trigger an event and want to talk to a character about what happened just to find out he’s back at his house and one time I triggered an event with a character in bed sick but after the event he’s in the town walking like nothing happened so my suggestion is to make sure events matter and effect the game

[brisk bobcat]

For consideration/request: No gender restrictions on outfits! Pronouns are a great start, but I hope masculine-bodied people are able to wear dresses and skirts and feminine bodies are similarly not gated from suits and such.

[fickle copper]

@brisk bobcat I think they have already confirmed this is how it works in game. Clothing isn't gender locked/specific

[brisk bobcat]

Oh did they? I didn't see it - thanks!

... Though, in that case, it might be a good add-in for the FAQ. 😛

[plush valley]

what do they mean by body type?

[rustic fern]

the more masculine or feminine body type

It seems they might not gender-lock the body types that you can choose from, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[plush valley]

ohhhh i see. thank you!

[vast pulsar]

I think having the option to become a single parent like through adoption would be pretty cool

[near yew]

Saw some suggestions in the vicinity of this, but I'd love to keep festivals engaging even into late game. Regardless of whether the devs decide to penalize you for missing festivals even after you've maxed hearts with everyone, rewards that scale somehow, so the contests remain relevant would be great ^^

[cursive bridge]

i wouldnt want to be penalized for missing festivals, because i dont always want to go to them

but i agree that i would love to keep the festivals engaging

[near yew]

Suggestion! Once you are close enough with npcs they can join you in the mines and help you fight, even if they have pretty barebones AI. It could be just the dateables to make it easier to implement. Being able to gift them better weapons and armor would be awesome. They could have varying stats or preferred weapon types. (and you could gain a small buff and/or unique banter if you both are married)

[obsidian river]

I actually have a suggestion for the mines. Is there a way to implement a mode where no monsters comes to cave? I really like relaxing in a game like this and tend not to do so well when it comes to combat and having monsters in the mine would probably have me start avoiding it all together and get stone a different way or just go when absolutely necessary. I know I can't be the only one that would prefer a combat free mine and just enjoy the process of mining.

[simple breach]

They have already mentioned finding a way to being able to disable fishing minigames and combat

[obsidian river]

oh wow thanks and that's great to hear

[keen drift]

Oh thank goodness. I love that people who prefer the additional challenge of those elements can have it without everyone having no other option. I just wanna chill and farm and make friends and such.

[rough socket]

I hope that when we're dating/are married to someone they will actually treat us in a romantic way and we'll be able to hug them or kiss them when we want

[median coral]

yes please! give me the kiss button!

[devout harbor]

Hold hands!

[cursive bridge]

go for walks and hold hands

[hasty kernel]

Hi, just want to say the game is amazing and im so excited for it. But i have some doubts about the dialog. So far after watching the trailer, some things the characters say dont really feel natural and Im worried that will affect the whole experience. Will the dialog change in the future?

[warm sigil]

Do you have an example of what doesn't feel natural?

[hasty kernel]

The way they talk maybe? For me conversations with characters, getting to know them really set the tone of a game.

[simple breach]

Personally I have seen too little and they are still working on dialogue and stuff still for me to make that kind of call yet. But solid point as it is a large part of the game.

[hasty kernel]

Like when scott says he needed to drop off trash 😅. The way he said it just doesn't sound like something a person would actually say.

[warm sigil]

Yeah, dialogue is probably still in progress, so it's a good point to bring up!

[hasty kernel]

Thank you I hope i wasnt too pushy.

[simple breach]

I dont think you were at all! it is always good to bring up concerns so that the devs can see what people are worried about!

[hasty kernel]

Okay thanks

[cursive bridge]

• Possibility for deep, platonic friendships (unlike in SV, where you can only unlock 10 hearts with dateables by dating them).
• I don’t know what the mayor here will be like, but if he’s even half as incompetent as Lewis in SV, being able to overthrow him run for a mayor could be interesting (as more of an endgame content).
• I think it was mentioned somewhere before, but choosing your farmer’s birthday at the start, so they’re not the only person on the island without one.
• Using clay smartly, eg. by introducing pottery wheel & firing kiln to craft giftable/sellable pots and vases.

[toxic horizon]

may i suggest an options to make text bigger for visually impaired people? Especially in console ports, most indie games fail to have a working text/ui scale option, which makes thing impossible or even painful to play to people myself included

[azure hamlet]

this might be a thing already but if not skill bars would be good, it's nice to visually see how much progress youre making and also maybe making them toggalable in some way so they can be turned on and off as players please

[eternal nymph]

This is something I've noticed as well, but even in the kickstarter updates; especially in places like the Meet the Datables profiles.
I understand that the game is being made by a group for whom English is not their first language, so is there any plan for language "localization" to be done for the English version of the game?
I mean absolutely no disrespect to the team or any of the writers! The syntax is just clunky in some places and I don't know if that's something that's been/will be addressed.

[rustic fern]

Yes, they will be hiring people to do localization, including in English.

[eternal nymph]

Great, thank you!

[short haven]

idk if this has already been suggested but I noticed alot of the npc have cameras and or are photographs and I would like to be able to take photos around the island as well if possible

[cobalt lagoon]

ooo yes that would be lovely

oh hey, I don't remember reading this anywhere, and maybe i need to scour the wiki, but have they mentioned trying to be cross-platform? As far as co-op? My bf is prolly gonna get it on switch, but for me and my gf to play with him we would have to both be on our pcs (cause we share 1 switch)

[dire cosmos]

they're still looking into it!

[marsh lance]

This isn't a channel to ask questions. That's for #coral-questions-and-help

[cobalt lagoon]

oh i guess i meant to word it more as...if that isn't a thing, I would like to suggest it. My bad!

[cobalt lagoon]

good to know tho!!

[dull sand]

Crossplay is under consideration but would be pretty complicated to implement, so if it does happen it will almost definitely not be until post-launch.

[median coral]

Suggestion: optional nicknames for our save files

I think it’d be cool, when we created a new save file, if we were able to give a short sentence of what the save is about (for example, “before fire dungeon boss” or “co-op farm”). I know for me I’ll have a few saves with the same player and farm name, so being able to differentiate between those saves easily/at a glance would be really nice!

[lunar sphinx]

Suggestion: as some people may be getting multiple copies of this game for multiple platforms, might be nice to be able to transfer or sync saves between platforms if this is technically possible (depending on the policies of platform holders of course). Would be interesting to say be able to have a save that can be played between the PC version & the Switch version for instance.

[potent robin]

Suggestion. If it hasn't been considered, you can have crops with specific and unique effects on the environment and other plants. Example: Some plants have root nodules that produces nitrate while other don't. So growing something like beans 3 tiles away from tomatoes will boost the growth of latter. It could be a nice extra layer of depth when you try to design your farm layout. Other factors you could have include crops that demand space in between (like SDV trees), those that better retain soil moisture (can skip 1 watering day), likes shade (growing adjacent to trees), etc.

NOTE: I hope this is not heavy handed so casual players do not scream internally and can choose to ignore this mechanic. Like maybe it only raises the probability of better yields and not punish casual players with dying crops. Or make it toggleable as a difficulty customization option

[runic crystal]

Suggestion: I think that this game should be on the 3DS. The reason why I think this is because so many people have a 3DS or another Nintendo gaming system and it would be so awesome if we had more systems that we could play this game on. Like take me for instance I don't have a switch because my family doesn't think I need 1 but I do have a 3DS and honestly I would pay $1,000 just for this game to be on the 3 ds. I would love this game on the 3DS!!!!!!!

[coarse sable]

Unfortunately i don't believe nintendo is supporting more games moving to 3ds at this time. They've been phasing out the system, and all new content is for switch

[runic crystal]

I know isn't that so sad though I mean so many people have the 3 ds and now there's gonna be like no more new good games on there which is so sad!

[stone locust]

Not sure if it's been suggested but maybe an aquarium for coral and marine life that had been discovered and being researched? Or being able to have one in your house that you can add to as you discover things? Not sure how doable this is maybe it can be linked to the overall mission to educate and rehabilitate the ocean life?

[dire cosmos]

i believe it's already one of the stretch goals! (the museum one, i mean)

[potent robin]

I better be able to name every single animal I raise. Not naming my chicken Senior Cluckers is non-negotiable

[steady plover]

Suggestion: I would love a cooking minigame in similar fashion to games like Breath of The Wild and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. Let us use our ingredients along with utensils freely in order to make various meals of various qualities!

For example: You can make pancakes with eggs, flour and butter. But if you use some better quality butter and eggs, or add some strawberries, honey, cream, chocolate or sugar, your pancakes will improve in quality!

I hate when games restrict your creativity when it comes to cooking, and it could be so much fun to discover recipes by messing around in the kitchen on your own!

[paper dew]

Following up on the cooking minigame idea: while being able to play around and build the recipes yourself is fun, it would be really helpful to have a journal that logs all the recipes you’ve discovered and what they create. Especially if you can then cook straight out of the recipe book.

For example, when you go into the kitchen, you can either manually select pan + flour + eggs + honey + cinnamon to make Cinnamon Roll Pancakes or (if you’ve already discovered that recipe) you can open up your journal, select the Cinnamon Roll Pancakes recipe, and it will select all the ingredients for you

[dry sand]

I would love the ability for male characters to have long hair! As a dude with long hair, I find this simple option is often overlooked.

[cobalt lagoon]

That's fair!

[keen juniper]

I hope Coral Island does like charity Pets you can buy and the money goes to a charity to help clean the oceans

[frosty mason]

Oh mi gosh that's such a fantastic idea

[cursive bridge]

totally agree, im 10000000% behind that idea

[lunar sphinx]

I highly doubt it'll ever make it to the Nintendo 3DS because Coral Island is being built on Unreal Engine 4. The only Nintendo platform that UE4 supports is the Switch. I don't think the devs want to invest in rewriting the entire game from scratch to support a platform that has been discontinued by the platform holder. You'd also be better off spending a part of that $1k on a Switch (even on the Lite model would do) and then get this game on the Switch instead 😛

[potent robin]

Suggestion for more ideas for Ecosystem restoration to add alongside clearing ocean trash

Controlling invasive species: Basically chopping down invasive plants and picking up invasive bugs and fishing invasive fishes. Oh there is this asshole invasive starfish species Acanthaster planci that eat coral. Maybe you can pick them up when diving
Picking up toxic trash: Like discarded leaking batteries
Chopping down wood debris outside the farmSmall wood pieces that are left over by deforesting timber companies can be fuel for forest fires (you can even use coastal floodings as an excuse to regenerate driftwood on the map). You can also reward players for relying more on driftwood rather than chopping down the forest
Relocating and fostering beehives They are fairly domesticated thus wild hives runs a higher risk of dying out without human intervention. Maybe finding wild hives and relocating them to your farm will indirectly lead to way more wild flowers blooming throughout the island.

[wraith umbra]

Suggestion for pre order pack:
Please make a Solo Pioneer pack. I can't find anyone else who wants the other half of the pioneer pack (even after telling them I don't want their money. lol) I would really love to back this project and honestly would love to pay $100 for such a solo pack. 🙂

[fleet bane]

Discord suggestion: Can you make the #server-update , #🖼coral-images-official , #📽coral-gifs-videos-official , #🤫discord-secrets , and #📰media-coverage channels able to be followed? I usually mute official game discord servers and have announcements go to a private one. Would love to be notified when these channels get new messages as well!

[snow timber]

Suggestion! I personally love bug catching in games but.. I'm scared of most bugs, and have terrible arachnophobia. If it's possible, I was wondering if you could find a way to maybe add an option for the bugs to look different instead of realistic, maybe really cartoonish or something, but I understand if this is not possible.

[rustic fern]

They are already considering a slider to make the spiders (and potentially other bugs) look less realistic, basically an arachnophobia slider in the game.

[snow timber]

Omg that's amazing, thank you.

[pallid ravine]

A few other games do that!

[obsidian river]

That’s amazing I’m also scared of bugs

[feral beacon]

I know typically with farm sims, like Stardew for example, you can build relationships with every npc. What I think would be interesting though, would be if we could choose like a BFF in game. We reach so many "hearts" of friendship with them, we can make them our best friend and be invited to special events to hang out with them. I don't think I've seen that mentioned before, but I apologize if it has been already! I think that could be really wholesome ❤️

[snow timber]

Oh, another suggestion I have is that maybe an option to set how long an in game day lasts! I had to get a mod for SDV to slow down the time because it was too fast for me to process.

[cunning flume]

Thats actually already gonna be a thing

[coarse sable]

There will be a slider for adjusting how fast time passes; that said, mods to further enable customizing that would be nice

[obsidian river]

Will time pause when in the building and stuff or opening menus I always feel this sense of panic when I open a menu and time keeps going

[coarse sable]

We don't know yet

[stone bobcat]

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I would love it if there was an option to acquire children via adoption/magic regardless of the gender composition of the couple. I like to play as a woman but the idea of me/my character being pregnant really squicks me.

[tardy haven]

i believe it's being left vague and up to player interpretation!

[sharp kiln]

Will we have any dialogue/choices/discussion with our children? Will interactions with them and the town matter?

I'm curious if we might have "cutscenes" with our kids in town. Since this was so lacking in SDV, I just made them doves and saved myself some space in the house. The closer I feel to them, and the more dialogue I have with them, the better the experience will be (and down the line in any upcoming patches). I really want to see how the kids interact with the rest of the town.

[sharp flax]

If it's not already a thing, I'd like a music volume slider. Like, don't get me wrong, the in-game music will likely be very pretty, but sometimes, I just wanna vibe out with either my own music, or the natural background noises.

[vapid elm]

There is definitely an option to adopt your children instead of having them biologically.

[rustic fern]

There aren't actually any "options". You just... have children, and the mechanics behind it are left up to your imagination.

[light mortar]

It would be really cool if one of the “dateables” was a single/divorced parent.

[coarse sable]

That's already in the game!

I'm terrible at names, i think it's Suki? Who is a divorced single mom dateable NPC

[rustic fern]

One of them already is: Suki
https://coralisland.fandom.com/wiki/Suki

[light mortar]

Awesome!

[tame mica]

Hey dear developer team.
I inserted my data for the Backerkit survey and noticed in the confirmation email that it says "&" instead of the & (aka ampersand aka "and" symbol). I hope this won't be an issue and is just an error in the email and won't show up like this in the actual credits in the end. 🙂

[dull sand]

It should be okay, but if it isn't, get in contact with us and we'll do what we can to get it adjusted!

[sharp kiln]

Would the devs be willing to sit down in a video with the mods and discuss feedback read by mods in #🤝coral-feedback ?

[rustic magnet]

It would be cool that you could work on the establishments from the island to earn some money. Like help in the hotel, feed the animals on the ranch, clean the hair saloon, help the carpenter or blacksmith...

[left pebble]

I think it would be cool if we could set our own day schedules! For instance, waking up at noon instead of the normal 7/8 am time. That way you have more time for night/evening activities without getting exhausted. Or can do night farming. Or hang out with some ghosts and listen to their ghost stories

[dusty surge]

Omggg this would be sooo cool.

[sterile lotus]

Night owls, unite! Let me be my insomniac self in the game as well as outside of it! lol

[bold umbra]

Like that! And Instead of forcing you to sleep after 12hours, maybe give exhaustion-points as penalty? So if i wanna make a whole Raid in the Mines, and juse a whole day for it, i have to live the consequences? I Think that would be fun

[tardy haven]

yeah, one of my main gripes with the usual time system is it just automatically kicks you out after whatever time

[mystic delta]

Suggestion: add rival marriages and children between the marriage candidates like older harvest moon games used to do.

[dire cosmos]

It's been said that the devs are not doing rival marriage :)

[mystic delta]

Aww how come? It'd add alot more life to the game

[shell kernel]

This is what they’ve said previously:

“While we understand a lot of people have asked for rival marriages, we decided not to go this route. We would prefer to focus more on marriage events and kids growing up. Rival marriages would also mean needing more than one save in order to date/marry all the available bachelor/ettes in the game, and boy, do we have a lot of them!”

However, the suggestion of a matchmaker system has come up a lot, and might eventually be implemented (though likely not being considered until awhile after release). If you search “rival marriage” or “matchmaker” you can see the discussions about it

[cyan willow]

Will the dateable mechanic be absolutely necessary to play the game (such as unlocking levels or content), or can a player by-pass that and just interact with NPCs on a "as needed" basis?
I really don't understand dating games and don't find them enjoyable.

[coarse sable]

We don't know how deeply the NPC interactions will be integrating with the progress, but there will be options to avoid romance entirely, so I would presume that you'll be allowed to focus mainly on farming

[old ermine]

I want pets to sleep on/near the bed rather than randomly in the house because its probably 'safer' for them or more comfy

[bold void]

I have a suggestion (that could fall into mods too I guess) Suggestion: events or something related to the moon. Maybe this doesn't need to be a full-blown festival, but honoring the moon cycle would be awesome, a full moon and a new moon event that triggers at a certain place (the best moon-viewing spot) or with a certain item or at a certain time. The moon has such a huge impact on the tides of the ocean that I hope it is a theme or has some emphasis in game. Honestly, even the full moon/new moon marks on an in-game calendar would be awesome! New moon nights could be darker than usual, and full moon nights really bright. 🌕🌛 🌑 (I looked through search for this idea and I only found references to Harvest Moon 🤪 😊 ) Thanks for all the hard work the devs are doing, and for all these cool suggestions from everyone- it's fun reading them!

[median coral]

Suggestion: ability to befriend crows

People are able to befriend crows in real life by gifting them shiny things, so I think it’d be super cool to do the same in CI! Maybe by actively engaging in a relationship with them, a few (1-2?) start to become your friends, and they encourage other crows to not damage your crops (not always successfully! For balance lol). And maybe your crow friends can give you small amounts of money or interesting items in return? And maybe if you have a scarecrow up you can’t befriend the crows at all, so it’s all about whether you want to engage in the relationship or not. Just, crow friends!

[jagged wren]

Suggestion: I'm not sure if this already exists but a way to recycle the trash and things that you'll pick up either fishing or in the ocean when diving to turn into other items.

[marsh lance]

We know that some of the trash we get will be used in community projects at the town hall.

[jagged wren]

Ooo that's awesome thank you!

[sharp kiln]

Suggestion:
Keys to the House (Trusted Level)

One of the end-game items I love in SDV is being able to open up houses even when they're "closed."

Instead of just one key, I'd love to earn the trust of someone by doing X amount of tasks for them (instead of just heart points, to add some endgame content).

Example 1: I did 50 tasks for the shop. They trust me. I earn a key to the house. I can come in at 6am to order supplies instead of waiting until 9am.
Example 2: I did 50 tasks for Rafael. He trusts me. I earn a key to his house. He's cool with me coming over at any time.
Example 3: OR I get married to Rafael. I earn a key to his house by marriage. If we divorce, he takes the key back, and I lose all my trusted points.

[covert thistle]

Suggestion: Maybe this will already be implemented or is too difficult but I'd love to see more of a difference in NPCs after significant heart events! For example, in SDV how some marriage candidates have little arcs they go through, but not much changes after the fact. I'd love to see NPC's routines change after significant character development or maybe one or two open a new shop into endgame territory. It would be a really nice touch that at least for me would add a lot to the personality of the characters.

[cursive bridge]

Suggestion:I think its would be really cool to add different gameplay for the mines like on one floor the combat turns from the normal combat to a turn based combat

Also I think there should be a islander like this

[pallid ravine]

I'm not a fan of turned base combat so I would then just avoid the mines :c

[old ermine]

It seems complicated to go between play styles unless it was a trigger

Er toggle to turn on/off as you would

[marsh lance]

(Please keep discussions to #🐔coral-general, guys, let's not make this harder on the mods)

[cursive bridge]

Will I hope there is some variety to combat

[untold cove]

I dont know if it has been said but seeing as the devs took inspiration from SDV I really hope that time is either adjustable (similar to Don't Starve, where you can adjust the length of seasons or 7 days to die) or put into chose-able/adjustable segments (for example "Day - Night" similar to a few visual novels that i cant for the life of me remember the name of) or has some other buffers built into it so it doesnt seem like it took you 30mins to walk from one wall of your house to the other.
My biggest issue with SDV was always that you just. dont. have time. the clock stressed me out so badly. if you have a massive farm that you need to spend 5mins on: you lost half the day(i think the days are 12-13mins long?), the shops are closed and you wont have enough time to visit even 5 levels in the mine. SDV already had very much to do and it sounds like there is even MORE to do in Coral Island so I'd feel really bad if we didnt get time to do multiple things before nap-time comes up.
Then again there are many that favor a quick day-night cycle, some dont mind SDV's clock at all. But looking at my own experience and most of the negative/neutral reviews: some really had issues with it...
Also being able to have an actually usable night-life would be awesome - for all the night-owls out there who also felt weirded out that they were forced to sleep in SDV and that nothing was going on at all at night -except the night market?

[dire cosmos]

That will be afeature in the game, yes!

[marsh lance]

The game will include multiple difficulty toggles. The hours in the day, combat difficulty, the fishing minigame, etc. They'll be something the player can tweak even during a savefile.

[untold cove]

thank goodness, honestly the more i learn about coral island the more it sounds like a dream ;-;

[jovial steeple]

I've mentioned this before, but I just wanted to say it once again because I really feel it's important! I work in the museum field, and I think consulting a museum professional or at least looking into more successful museums and how they style their exhibits is important. The museum in ACNH is absolutely gorgeous, for example. I could go on and on about it, especially the fossils exhibit. The museum in SDV, on the other hand, is atrocious. (Sorry Gunther ily). I'm just excited that we're getting a museum and I really hope it'll be something more than just a collection of items sitting in little rows!

[thorny cipher]

I don’t know if this has already been talked about, but customization options for our homes and yards would be awesome!! Like styled windows and doors, paintings & wallpapers, decorations etc. 💜

[potent robin]

Suggestion: Pet specific benefits. My SDV cat Skippy is useless and he loves sleeping in front of the door so that I cannot reach the bed and pass out. It would be nice to interact with the pets more than just petting. And with an increased friendship, they can do unique things to help out around the farm.

Dogs: May dig up randon valuable artifacts around the farm. More valuable artifacts will be dug up with higher friendship levels.
Cats: Will chase away crows from the crops (Number of crows chased a day will increase with friendship level)
Rabbits: Will eat away grasses and weeds. Number of patches a day will increase with friendship level
Monkey: Will climb and harvest fruits. If there are no fruits available, they will grab seeds from trees
Dragon: Tiny help during monster-fighting in the mines

Is it too time consuming to animate pets sitting on your shoulder and you walk through town? I want a bunny sitting on my shoulders at all time

Like in Let's go Pikachu

[steep drift]

and fox ?

you forgot fox :(

[potent robin]

What do you suggest for the fox? @steep drift

[steep drift]

idk but you forgot another mythical pet. all personnal pet ( after 1000 $) and fox

[potent robin]

I cannot find a complete list of pets.

[arctic thicket]

Suggestion
Festival Idea- Can one of the festivals be like the lantern festival in tangled? You know, where they have those beautiful lanterns that they send floating up into the sky or set sail on the ocean? 🏮 🌊 ✨

[main zenith]

aside from mythicals I'm p sure there's at least rabbit, fox, dog, cat, monkey, and lizard because those were mentioned as the bases for custom pets just earlier tonight in coral gen

[potent robin]

There is a sizable chinese population in Indonesia. The Mooncake Festival (and their associated lanterns) is definitely a thing those devs would be aware of

[arctic thicket]

ooo cool, hopefully they implement it then! It'd honestly be like my favourite ingame festival so peaceful and magestic

[sharp kiln]

.
Suggestion: **Master Chest 💼 Consolidation 🧰 **

Instead of having 100 chests (SDV, Portia, Olive Town), can we have a consolidated "directory" chest?

My SDV house has 20+ fridges, which is insane, and 30 chests, also insane, and it takes up half my house. I can't decorate like I want because it's a house full of chests and fridges and signs next to them so I don't forget what's in them. Resource management aside, could there be a "master chest" that can access all of your game's chests in one place, so I'm not wasting a ton of housing space?

[frigid quiver]

this could be a good mod suggestion if they don't implement it in the game!

[pine sand]

Starts off super basic but can be added upon later with more safes/chests but requires even more resources? Maybe some more rare stuff as to not be OP out the gate?

I'd at least like a button for "Stack to Nearby Chests" myself.

[hybrid tapir]

chest upgrades-

[balmy anvil]

My only suggestion is the option to select pet colour variants , simple but meaningful .
I always try my best in every game to have my recent cats or my late kitties :). So either a option to switch to complete skins or like in stardew where you can switch multiple things on character appearances ( eyes , collar , fur/scales/skin, tail)
Would love to make an exact copy of my fur babies <3

[pallid ravine]

It's been suggested by me before, but maybe allow us to adopt multiple pets? Maybe even a pet shelter that could cycle through a selection of pets of your chosen type each week or month? I love having multiple pets and with being on a farm, having more than one pet can help. Especially cats and dogs because they actually work on farms in the real world. Cats are good hunters of rats to keep the feed and crops from being destroyed and dogs are great herders!

[north carbon]

Endgame content that is just an old man living in the middle of no where who just gives you a diary of him and his wife (thinking UP here) tells you to have a good day/night. Sends you home, and if you try to go back the house is abandoned and broken down. Maybe it locked to a certain friendship with an npc/dateable level and you only hear about him like one time from them when they talk about a childhood memory and you can give them the diary :]

[arctic tundra]

Since I was told to add it to this channel, regarding the different breeds of animals we can get. Since the studios is from Indonesia it'd be neat to include this breed of chicken! ( Screenshot below ) And be realistically pricey like in real life, it is quite the beut.

As well as silkies, please?? 🥲

[pulsar trench]

Ayam cemanis are startingly beautiful. We've had some before -- even their bones & meat are black. They're so rare.

[stark fulcrum]

Wow, those chickens look cool! They seem to be really expensive in some places, but not everywhere though. Here in the Netherlands they seem to be sold for around 25 to 50 euros per chicken

[copper igloo]

not sure if this has been discussed yet, but none of the female-presenting dateable character have short hair and that just seems odd to me? So my suggestion is either, change a character design or two, or have things like haircut, etc. not be static. that would be a lot more work, but pretty cool (and realistic, since people do often change their hairstyles)

[median coral]

Nina and Eva have pretty short hair! Do you mean even shorter hair? If so, I think that'd be pretty cool to have as well!

[copper igloo]

Yeah i guess i don't consider that "short hair" it's just not long hair. i was thinking closer to pixie cut, but anything shorter would be appreciated

[median coral]

I found this image in the #🖼coral-images-official channel: #🖼coral-images-official message it's one of the other characters we don't know much about yet. I think this would fit your description!

[rustic fern]

Hey guys, please keep discussion to #🐔coral-general or one of the community general chats and leave this channel open for suggestions/feedback only

[void zinc]

Suggestion: I know all the dating options have been announced >.< (from what I understand by the kickstarter) but I think having a nb and transgender dateable person would be amazing if a possibility, just thought I'd shoot my shot. I know alot of work and care is being put into the game already and I appreciate the nb rep given, Dippa is amazing and I love them and Emma and can't wait to learn more about them in game even as a non-marriageable character ❤️

Also poly relationships? Possibly not all characters should have the option to be open to a poly relationship based on personality, but I think that there being an option would be lovely and add a more realistic feel :3

[grave knot]

I'm begging for there to be seasonal harvest/animal festivals maybe cooking as well... I found out poot isn't having any a day too late to cancel my preorder

[gritty sparrow]

Please please please, when it comes to mods add a trans character?

[main zenith]

try #💡modding-suggestions

[main zenith]

devs have given a hard no to poly multiple times

[cursive bridge]

they havent said hard no they've said its a possible future update, its a maybe, not a hard no

[dire cosmos]

But Soma has said about it in his interview with Pixelshift tho.

[lunar sphinx]

I know that this isn't game-content suggestion but I still want to suggest it anyways. Please take time to optimize the Switch version of the game. There are many poor ports of Unreal Engine game and this game seems fantastic to be on a system like the Switch, but at the same time, it's the weakest out of all the supported platforms, thus would require more optimizations. I'm also hoping the game would look better than how My Time at Portia (for instance) looks on the Switch. I get that it's a Unity Engine game but boy does it look far worse on Switch than any other platforms.

Here's to hoping for an excellent Switch port when it gets released!

[light umbra]

How many hairstyles will be avaible in character creator at the begening? ( please add long female hair) 💖

[tame owl]

I personally think a cooking mini game would be pretty cool since we have a fishing one. But that's probably just me xD

[wary fox]

cooking will be implemented as a part of the game! (source: the coral island wiki) 🥰

[tame owl]

I know! I was just thinking it would be cool if we got in like a little mini game itself for cooking tho kinda like how fishing will be? But instead we have to cut like the veggies and stuff nothing too extravagant something just as simple as cutting veggies or even cooking some meat. Kinda like cooking mama in a way 😁

[dire cosmos]

It's definitely been suggested though!

I hope it's implemented!

[small iris]

yes, like, LONG female hair plssss, like butt long, i am always frustrated when the longest in game stops mid back

[ivory crypt]

Pro really long hair for anybody! I am also always disappointed if I can't have hair past the butt, but I am not a fan of gender restricted hair

[pallid ravine]

hair and every other thing in game isn't gender restricted!

[thorny cipher]

On top of all the hair comments, if we could get some detailed curls that would be awesome!! It’s so frustrating to see games with only beach waves or light curls. So different lengths of more textured hairs (like the ranges of curl patterns, and more natural hair options) would be awesome ^-^

[frosty dragon]

I love that suggestion! Tighter curl patterns would be amazing. In addition, I believe dreadlocks would be a good natural hair addition as well.

[lament mason]

I just want to say this server is really well organised. I like the developer diary and the channels where we can easily findimages and gifs. I mostly lurk but its pretty cool

[noble fern]

melodramatic events/heart events 🥺

[sharp kiln]

When alpha is launched, I expect there's going to be a LOT of repeat messages over and over.

Alpha: Before You Submit a Ticket
Can you please have an updated popup in the alpha that says "Known Issues/What We're Working On" before the ability to submit a bug/ticket/issue, and clicking-consent that you read the latest update before submission?

If people know what not to submit issues on, it might make life much easier for the devs to parse through what alpha issues might be missed

[eager storm]

I absolutely love the developer diary, it's almost like you're a part of what they're doing

[marsh lance]

This channel isn't for discussion 😅 Please direct them into #🐔coral-general

[primal oriole]

Smol suggestion: An epic pet that's a leafy seadragon that you pull in an aquarium cart similar to Macy. Idk why but in my head it's super cute XD

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: being able to turn rotten vegetables / withered crops / manure / failed meals / beach or sea harvests (algae...) into fertilizer. Especially, since it's an island, gathering some kind of kelp or other sea bounty (ground fishbone?) would make sense, as a way to power up the soil of our farm.

And what if, in the case we'd put too much of it, our crops would yield ''kelp-smelling'' vegetables and fruits and be worth less on the market (bwah), except for one crop, for which it would make it be worth more? ... Ok, that last part is less of a serious suggestion, and more of a fantasy ''what if'' ^^

[tough burrow]

And to add a me too button so that can track occurrences of issues without multiple posts!

[main zenith]

iirc you can harvest kelp or seaweed from the diving areas and use it on crops!

[icy zealot]

Maybe a post 1.0 idea, but crop variations and cross breeding? Like 2 types of banana starters, dragon fruit colors, or even size/weight variations that affect selling prices. Was thinking how we could put some excitement in the farming side of things without overcomplicating things so the crossbreeding in AC came to mind

[potent robin]

Excessive use of fertilizers will result in a lot of nutrients leaching away and not being taken up by the crops. You can get stuff like aggressive weed growth or even oxygen-depriving algae in adjacent waters (since algae eats up phosphates found in fertilizers). High salts concentration from fert also reduce a crop's ability to take up water. You can translate this in game to mechanics like:

If excessive fertilizers are used:
Weeds spawn WAY more quickly
Fish-catching-probability in the farms' nearby waters are reduced
You need to water the over-fertilized crops twice a day for a few days

[wide echo]

teenagers

[pastel thistle]

I smell shroom smoke

[warm sigil]

Like...the children becoming teenagers? That's a stretch goal that was unlocked, yes

[dusty surge]

Suggestion :
I noticed that the mines have the same type of rocks as the farm. Would be awesome if you guys designed different types of rocks for the mines/forest or different types of areas. Also having them different sizes too not all around the same sizes.

[mental nexus]

Suggestion: Please add an bald option in character creation for my guy theno1alex. He'll be playing and he'll be looking.

[keen fog]

idk but a buncha thoughts that were compiled in my head,

-dates where you can choose the location and the date differs with each location,

• each character having diff gift cap

-be able to be best friends with any townie (ace friend's dream ;))

-decorate outside/in others homes/ give them placeable gifts and they place it in their home

-older rude people who warm up to you because you're nice

-marriage with people you are co-op-ing with

-expand island

-secrets(secret islands, foods, places, plants, things to keep the players busy)

-multiple pet designs

-custom wallpaper/flooring

-expanding home/shrinking home because i prefer smaller houses

-bug catching

-museum

-opening a shop/business for your harvests that get paid same day

-joining/reforming/ending/something pufferfish co like it could be like joja mart where you could join or end it

-easter eggs

-something like the search and finds with the casino in stardew where you put together a bunch of puzzle pieces to find the casino

-out of bounds easter eggs

-ability to make enemies ouuu

-decorating outside of house/barn/buildings

-naming animals

-PETTING ANIMALS

-hand/machine feeding (hand gives happier animals)

-ability to locate NPCs with a system maybe with an "app"

-NPCs having random schedules and different routes because in real life nothing is perfect

-ability to transition

-unique weapons to fight enemies

-ability to live in different areas not just farm

-climbing

-volcanos

-science or smn

[keen fog]

My message was too long so adding to those,

-ability to fight other npcs >.> maybe?

-vacations

-having different npcs on your island like the animal crossing franchise idk like an rng factor you might not have a certain npc but all romanceables are available

-easter eggs after putting a certain name like in many games

-being able to grow/shave facial hair, being able to dye hair at will (at salon) or even multicoloured hair

-buying clothing

-making clothing

-gifting clothing npcs would wear

-going through trash

-maybe even more diverse NPCs such as an autistic NPC, homeless, i dunno i'm just going off

-transportation devices

-fun bonuses for planting a certain type of plant,

-being able to make different foods not just the preset ones (probably through mods though .>.)

-choosing marriage location

-differing NPC personality depending on how you treat them,

-dancing

-submarines or deep diving

-~magic~

-working other jobs not just farming

-pranks

i dunno just a list of things i thought up while not being able to sleep

oh and also maybe different events that trigger when you reach a certain amount of hearts with a certain character

[thick nova]

I really like adding more neuraltypical characters, would just ask as a neuraltypical to interview real life people and use their examples instead of stereotypes. Im personally tired of autists being shown only as cold, calculative, robotic which is the only thing Ive seen in popular media, which yes there are autists who are like that and theres nothing wrong, but theres a huge spectrum of us and stereotypes are just tiring.

[keen fog]

that's what i was going for! well.. that was what 1AM me was going towards .>. i just wanted diversity

[thick nova]

What would also be cool is if there were an autist, their special interest would be like ocean or coral science and you could have long dialogue sessions where you learn a bunch of random ocean facts

[dire cosmos]

Hey, so sorry to butt in, but do discuss this over at #🐔coral-general and not here!

[thick nova]

Oops, sorry bout that

[warm sigil]

It's okay! We've already been talking about Bean's suggestions there for a bit, you're welcome to join us!

[tribal sentinel]

suggestion (idk if someone had said it before) : If crafting is exist and we have item processing machine/storage box, I hope the maker doesn't occupy more than 1 tile, like in recent SoS:PoOT, bcs in that game one item processing machine or one storage box takes 4 tiles, which in my opinion is really limiting on how we decorate the farm layout

[wide echo]

No like there will already be teenagers so there's a variety of ages

[pine sand]

Pls, let me have hair akin to me IRL.

I am a dude with 3ft hair, so no game ever gives even a remotely similar option. At least a pretty straight, lower back length design would be nice.

[untold cove]

vacations
bruhh if you become really social (without marrying) and didnt have a work-free day in months: your best friends seek you out saying "we love and care for you and you need a vacation so we'll do anything to help so you'll have a day off"
programming that would be weird but an ace (who appreciates the love language of "acts of service") can dream...

honestly anything that respects your (romance and) love language preferences would be absolutely astonishing. so that you dont just get random gifts from people after a threshold but maybe hugs? personalized kind words? evenings at library parties where you actually get invited to by your friends? a personalized mushroom cave?

[edgy dew]

I feel like a lot of those are already gonna be implemented, though...

• Bug catching is confirmed.
•The museum is confirmed.
• I'm certain things such as home customization will be implemented due to it being such a solid concept as it stands.
• Co-op marriage is confirmed.
• Same-day profits will most likely be a thing. Games like this usually have a way to make profits, be it they arrive later during the day or early the next.
• I imagine Pufferfish Corp will function similar to Joja.
• Character relationship events will most likely be a thing, as most any simulation game involving other people have this.
• Probably the biggest thing is that underwater diving has been a thing from the very beginning.

Don't get me wrong, that's a lot of stuff to think about. I would think the devs have already done tons of research in seeing what could/could not work with the overall aesthetic of the game. (Plus, if something works, it's more likely to get used again by others - SDV is a huge example/source of inspiration for this, I dare say). Don't take this as me putting anything down, but maybe such a large list could have been narrowed a bit. Nothing to feel bad about! ❤️

A plus, however, is the idea of having a sort of questline similar to that of Mister Qi or Birdie from SDV. Something that perhaps would take some more critical thinking and deeper knowledge of the game/characters. (Birdie is a prime example of the previous sentence - ||doing this in case of spoilers. You get handed an object which you give to a particular person, they give you something to give to someone else, et cetera...but it is never explicitly stated who.||)

Maybe BackerKit doesn't say as much of what the game will have as KickStarter, I'm not sure. And if that's the case, can't really blame you for the ideas.

[echo ore]

suggestion:

idk if i overlooked it as a feature but since seasonal outfits will be a thing i would love

• to change your own clothes aswell and a feature to set a preset for each season (in which your character automatically changes into at day 1 of each season)
• maybe, and i know this is probs a lot to suggest, if your spouse is female and pregnant that their character portrait will change into having a tummy and wearing pregnancy clothes?

[pallid ravine]

The last one they moat likely won't do since it's up to the imagination on how the child comes.

[errant mango]

Idk if this was mentioned or already a thing yet, but it would be so cool to have breakfast lunch and dinner as an option with ur spouse! Meals during marriage or as a whole family ( with ur child ) would be soo cool n cute!

Also the choice to have more than 1 child would also be nice!

[simple breach]

I believe we can have 2 if I remember correctly

[abstract parcel]

Sorry, I don’t know if this is already confirmed or not, but I hope that our children will have official artwork that will be displayed when you talk to them! It would make them feel like an actual part of the town rather than a background npc

[thick bear]

My main suggestion is a plethora of dialogue for each character, to the point where you’d have to harass them to get repeat dialogue. I grew bored with the characters in Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon real fast, to the point where I didn’t think farming games were for me. I get a strong sense of far more character development in Coral Island, and I really want it to blow us out of the water. This could be something that is gradually expanded upon with updates even after official release. The characters are what mainly sold me on this game and I want them to drown me in their personalities and personal lives. I’m extremely confident that this is likely already the case to a large extent, but I think the characters could potentially keep me hooked on Coral Island endlessly.

[brisk bobcat]

^^ Especially if there's a strong post-marriage to go with it. I've noticed from previous farming sims that a good chunk of the fandom will get married and then like... stop playing?? For some reason??? If you look at the FoMT remake for example, barely anyone makes it to year 3. Or, in Stardew's case, only like, 6% make it to two kids if you go by the Steam achievements.

Seeing as in CI, your kids are meant to grow to teenager-hood, if you've got the prominent character stories to couple with the gameplay to keep people engaged in interacting with the npcs for that long, it'd probably set a standard that hasn't been seen since A Wonderful Life.

[wide echo]

Cut scenes with the townies talking about the past and the past is shown

[shy gorge]

Suggestion (very long-term!): End-game island hopping could include one or more underwater biomes--like a sunken island or similar

[iron hollow]

I'm one of those who stopped playing fomt after marrying... The dialogue was so bland and lacking and there was just nothing to do or look forward to afterward. The larger the dialogue pool, the better, and the more you can do with people other than your spouse, the better. I want to have incentive to continue to interact with characters after marrying, and plenty of goals to achieve after getting far enough to have married.

[rustic magnet]

Photograph wild animals around the island and underwater

[surreal skiff]

Have some sort of beach sport to passively participate in, volleyball, horseshoes - all minigame-esque

[abstract parcel]

And we can frame the photos in our house!

[manic fable]

It would be cool if our character had their own portrait with their reactions instead of just being seen as an overworld sprite

[rustic magnet]

And a wedding photo

[hybrid tapir]

imagine if the weddings would have cgs

[ember birch]

Hello, I just wanted to throw myself out there that if the developers of the game decided to localize Thai as another language later, then I would love to be part of the game. I am fluent in English and Thai. Please don't hesitate to reach out and let me know, thanks !

[sharp kiln]

thank you for that update on #📣announcements
We really really appreciate you doing that, the 3D models look wonderful

[umbral kettle]

Just a throw out suggestion but I think it would be cool to have starter hair colors. Like black, brown, red, blonde. Then utilize the salon for special colors like pink or green and have them last for 15 game days, then revert back to their natural hair color if we don't recolor. This could be utilized for genetics for children as well.

[gilded fjord]

I have been playing the new story of seasons and I am very impressed with dating so far, and I hope something similar is going to be in Coral Island! Sorry if it has been suggested already, I scrolled a ways but didnt see it.

Meet the parents as the persons new datemate was a first for that game, parents and others interacting regularly like you are dating their family/friend. Having a date during a festival! It makes the world feel way more real for sure!

[remote pier]

I played a lot of Rune Factory 4 on the 3DS a long time ago, it would be cool if we could bring our pets along as fighting companions or even invite bachelors/bachelorettes during their free time.

It would also be neat if the townsfolk greeted you based on time of day when you pass by (without actually talking to them directly) be it by word bubble or a short voice clip (if they do decide to add voiceovers.)

Also, I am a sucker for sad backstories. Please make me cry. 🥲

[sharp kiln]

Not going to lie, the improvement is SO GOOD that i'd rather have that image while I'm talking to him than the artwork! (Not to say the artwork isn't amazing, but the 3D design team upped their game so much that I wouldn't mind looking at the actual 3D model instead!)

[supple obsidian]

@sharp kiln agreed! I love the updated look and I can't wait for them to show all the charecter updates!

[oblique palm]

Total disagree about the 'rather than the artwork' bit but total agree on the improvement entirely! 💕💕 ngl the 3D character models had me feeling iffy in the uncanny valley range, so this update has me sooooo excited!! 💖

[marsh lance]

(This is, once more, not a channel where we discuss things)

[royal cedar]

it is a channel for feedback though :p given how prominently featured in the dev update they were they probably want feedback on the updated 3d models - which, imo, look absolutely phenomenal and I got lost for a good 5 minutes looking at all the detail in them. they look exactly like the portraits which is an incredible feat

[rustic fern]

No, this is a channel for putting down feedback and suggestions for the devs. It's not a place for discussion of said feedback.

If you want to discuss someone's suggestions or feedback, take it to #🐔coral-general, #💬general, or #💭general2 please.

[dusty surge]

My suggestion for the devs and the team overall is to take things slow! I love that you guys are polishing things in terms/sections. Organization is key. Try not to think too much on what people want right now and more on just getting that core game down. And if you need to take extra time as well then do so! We rather have a finished well polished game than an unfinished and unpolished game.

[shell kernel]

Absolutely love the updated models- the expressions feel so much more natural, and the hair looks amazing!
I also really appreciate the body sculpting, and hope we get to see more of the body diversity as we get more updated models

[crude harbor]

PLEASE LET US PUT HATS ON SEA URCHINS

[stiff blaze]

If I may I would like to add some constructive criticism about the noses on the 3D models.

Character Sculpt Artists tend to favor noses that have a strong bridge and pointy tip of the nose because it strengthens the profile of the character and it fits the beauty standard that we have today.

I am not saying that a strong bridge and pointy tip of the nose is a bad thing but looking at the before and after of both 3D Models the 'character' of the nose is gone. The natural slope of the nose is gone and now it is a 'perfect' angle.

This may seem like a weird and entitled criticism but I think it is easy to reinforce strict beauty standards without realizing it. I pointed out that all your dark skinned characters have 'run of the mill' names like Frank, Macy, and Noah instead of 'unique' names rooted in Black culture eg. "John vs. Jamal, Barack vs. Barry". This may have been unintentional but I think that unconsciously you chose names that would 'appeal to the masses' while you gave some of the other villagers names that fit their culture "Zarah, Pablo, Rafael, Surya". Maybe having dark skinned characters with distinctly Black features and 'Black names' would have lowered their eligibility as love interests in many people's eyes but I think that having a 'proper' name is a horrible beauty standard as well.

Your game is already very diverse so my criticisms may feel like nitpicks but I am rooting for you in everyway.

[limber dock]

Kind of would be cool if, sometime down the line once the game is released with mer-folk content, if we could somehow, maybe.... Become mer-folk as well... Y'know....

[remote pier]

Hello again! 😄 I was randomly thinking about ATLUS’s Catherine game and there is a part of the game where they casually tell you interesting alcohol trivia whenever you order a drink in the bar. I thought it would be really cool to see Noah or Frank working the tavern and telling you interesting trivia about foods and drinks that are popular / well known in different SEA countries while you eat said dishes in the tavern... For example, as a Filipino myself I know that Kare-Kare, Adobo, Sinigang and Turon are traditional dishes with different stories of their origin with interesting ingredients. 🌏🍽️

In essence, it would be great to see cooking that is “exotic” and unique from the food we always see in mainstream video games. I feel like players may become curious and decide to try the actual food/drinks they see in game.

Having SEA culture implemented into the everyday lives of Coral Island would be fun to experience too. Like, superstitions from different cultures would be fun to see in character events or just casual chats. For example, (Filipino superstitions I’ve grown up with:) every time I dropped a spoon my parents would say that I have a female visitor coming to see me. Also, wearing polka dots, having round fruits around and throwing coins at the strike of the New Year would bring good fortune. Not a superstition though...is the use of Vicks Vapour Rub: The Filipino cure-all. If you watched Jo-Koy you know. 😂 Also, slipper/flip-flops double as footwear and a tool of punishment for misbehaving children... 🩴🍃

I am just so excited to see a game with so many Southeast asian characters. I am a first-generation Canadian with my parents being Filipino immigrants way back when. It’s nice to be surrounded by cultures similar to my parents in contrast to the Canadian culture/environment I’ve lived all my life (and probably will be for the long run since travel is dangerous right now). Thanks for reading! 😊

[digital kettle]

How bout: Sus Chicken Tattoo ( )is available for our body art when we create character? 👀

[placid flame]

In a similar vein to the nose comment, what immediately struck me about Alice's re-design is that her eyes appear incredibly big and shiny. It reminded me very much of that scene in Toy Story 2 where the creepy collector buffs Woody's eye with a cotton bud. Especially in contrast to all the male and/or asian characters who have much more naturally proportioned eyes it feels a little out of place imo? Again, this is absolutely nitpicking unless all female characters suddenly look like this, as in a Disney movie.

[pallid ravine]

@placid flame I'm pretty sure they're working on new models for all the characters

[candid epoch]

I had an idea inspired by a stardew mod, where after a certain heart level with npcs you can ask them to hang out with you or take a walk with you. They essentially follow you around while you go to diff areas and do tasks, and they can help you do a few things like harvest crops or fight monsters for you, as well as provide skill buffs like increased attack power or increased farming skill. I think it’d be a fun little feature and would encourage getting to know and spend time with all the npcs and not just the fan favorites

[earnest pulsar]

I noticed that, too. 😦 While I love the Theo model, the Alice model has these huge glassy doll eyes that I...honestly really strongly dislike, especially when compared side by side with Theo. I've never been a fan of significantly out-of-proportion eyes in general--I actually find them super creepy--but that dislike is exponentially increased when male characters have normal eyes while female characters have eyes the size of teacups. Yes, people do have eyes of different shapes and sizes, but Alice's eyes are easily 3x the size of Theo's. I really hope they don't decide to go that route. Those two models don't even look like they belong in the same game to me.

[icy zealot]

NPCs/Romanceables with variable or changeable hair. This could be based on:

1. Seasons - Spring/Summer hair could be shorter hair/ponytails/buns, Fall/Winter hair could be longer hairstyles (to go with the seasonal outfits like beanies!)
2. Conversations/events - Interactive questions like spouse asking if he should change his hair, or a "couples special " at the salon

To lessen 2d/3d work, we could stick with 2-3 hairstyles options per character too.

[rustic fern]

Just a reminder to please keep discussion of feedback out of this channel and take it to #🐔coral-general , #💬general , or #💭general2 , as this channel is meant as a place to put feedback or suggestions ONLY and not discuss them (as it states in the channel description as well)

[zinc tiger]

I don’t know if you guys already did this but when we look outside the window in some sort of building while it’s raining, snowing, etc., we can actually see the rain outside the window like drops of rain on the window. And for the snow, maybe display the snow on the muntins of the windows and also the snow outside. I know this might be an unneccesary suggestion but it can make everything look more realistic 😸

[sharp kiln]

Adding to eriic's suggestion, there's ways to get around this that doesn't require transparency. You can bake on animations based on the weather or time of day. Just please be careful with flashing lights for lightning or anything like that, some of us have epilepsy/seizures (including myself) so unexpected flashing can be stressful on the eyes.

[near tusk]

Hello, I've send this suggestion in the questionnaire as well, but maybe more people in this chat like it too? I would love to have another farm-animal in the game at some point (no hurry!): Bee-hive!! Bee's produce honey and wax, and also pollinate your crops (make them grow faster/bigger). They don't need much care, just sometimes a treatment against diseases, and new frames to build more cells. You'll have to catch as swarm first. Also, you can't use pesticides on your crops, but our farming would be organic anyway, right? Wouldn't that be cool?

[simple breach]

Bees are already confirmed as you can see them in the trailer. Buzzing away around their hives. I guess they just aren't really considered farm animals

[orchid chasm]

I know there are going to be idle animals like the frogs and stuff from the trailer, so if there aren't already, snails/slugs would be super cute, jussayin +__+

[twilit siren]

Maybe this has already been suggested, or possibly has already been taken account into. Although I know that there’s 3 more characters yet to be revealed. Although I’m hoping that maybe other than Zarah there’s some more noses that have structure / bumps on them. I know this is kind of a long stretch but as a woman who’s had a nose that has been deemed “ugly” by society it’s nice to see when noses aren’t perfectly curved, but rather with unique features / bumps. That’s all ahhh, thank you for reading!

[arctic thicket]

Idea- maybe there is a different soundtrack at nighttime? In games like Botw (breath of the wild), in the villages they have a main theme and when it reaches like 8pm or something a different, slower and more peaceful version of the same tune starts to play- think of the Rito Village day and night soundtracks. Idk i think it really adds a lovely peaceful vibe and just thought id chuck that suggestion in here. 🌠 🏙️

[coarse loom]

Does anyone else here find the underwater diving/swimming animation a bit odd? I mean it kinda makes it easier to mine the garbage and other underwater stuff cuz it’s like you’re basically standing. Sorry if this has been addressed already

[near tusk]

I didn't see them in the trailer, or are there more than one trailer?? Anyhow, I'M EXCITED!!

[near tusk]

Thanks, I'm going to look for them now!! 😄

EDIT: FOUND THEM AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL!! 😄 😄

[bitter crypt]

maybe add spearfishing inside the water?

[frigid quiver]

I have no idea if this is already a thing but I would live it if there were a way to change your farm-and player name! Maybe there could be a limit on how often you can do it or something but it always sucks being stuck with something forever, especially on your big save!

[wind sail]

I did quite like someone’s idea about having different hair for characters but would like to expand it past seasonal hair; if you are just acquaintances or mildly friendly with someone they might mention they are thinking of growing/cutting/changing their hair before it does (a random once a year event maybe?) if you’re good/great friends I’d imagine they might tell you or even ask your opinion about it. As a lark I’d say best friends with suki might even get asked about another color for her hair!

[iron hollow]

I do like the idea of a character changing something about themselves based on your influence. Rune Factory Frontier had a character who would lose weight if you encouraged them and even though I'm not really thrilled with that idea specifically, I do like the idea of dynamic relationships outside of marriage where you could make decisions for characters that tangibly change the character. Even if it's only a character or two, a forked relationship arc (other than romantic and platonic tongs) would be cool to see!

[marsh lance]

(Reminder that this channel is not for discussing feedback ideas)

[sullen thunder]

Yeah I stop many times after marriage because there usually isn't a lot of content after. Maybe have some special stuff to do that unlocks after marriage.

[rustic fern]

You guys, as Myst said, please leave this channel for the leaving of feedback and suggestions ONLY and move all conversations or discussions over the finer details to #🐔coral-general , #💬general , or #💭general2 .

[steady hatch]

I don't know if this has been suggested but I always find it a bit sad when you gift a love interest something in the game and then the gift vanishes into the void forever.
It would be awesome if perhaps we could craft/purchase jewelry or accessories or even some small decor items as gifts for our love interests and actually see the items on them or in their rooms in game.
Something similar to animal crossing, they could eventually vanish into the void but seeing them for a while would be awesome!

[hexed crag]

As we are exploring underwater I think it would be really cool to see the different catchable fish swimming in the background.

I think an underwater cave would be amazing and have so much potential!! Underwater farm, special dungeon, rare loot/fish, hangout for merfolk, sanctuary for animals, cool base...

[sharp kiln]

Endgame Item Suggestion: Teleporter
I would love an item you could set down anywhere, and teleport to a list of dev-made spawn points. (Obviously endgame)

Endgame = You Completed the Hardest Tasks Already
Imagine expanding your machines off your farm and into a remote area of the island.
And all of your chests stored in an easily-accessed location to teleport.
And a quick teleport to a fishing zone, or the mines, or the blacksmith.
Or a teleport to the Merfolk Kingdom to romance your merfolk of choice.
Or if you're hanging out at the bar into the late night, to teleport back to the farm.

Making this an item (versus a consumable warp totem) just requires one major (probably really difficult) endgame craft that can be put anywhere.

[vital bison]

Farming suggestion:
It would be amazing if we could use our own crops as fertilizer.
Different crops would give different boosts (like "faster growth" or "better crops")
You could combine these boosts and make your plants "evolve", giving you better quality crops that are more expensive.
There would be a "hidden" XP bar for the plants that if you water them everyday and fertilize them correctly they would "level up".

Another idea would be to have grafting be possible in game.
If you combine different plants (not random, specific plants) there's a change you would get a rare plant that you cannot buy a seed from the store. So you either find the seed in the wild, while exploring, or you need to graft your plants to get that specific crop.
And "higher level" plants would give you a higher chance of getting the "rare" plant.

Finally a research skill. Where you would be able to research a certain crop and see how it would affect another plant if used in grafting or as fertilizer.

These would be unlocked as you level up. So higher levels on the farming skills would gradually unlock first fertilizing, then research and finally grafting for example

[hidden valve]

<customise for clothes and furniture>
I hope, in final version not only good player customisation will be added, but also if we can customise our future clothes and furniture at house/farm (by using some tools or with help one of the special talents in skill tree).
like - their colours, some add/remove details, change their ingredients/components (for lvl up quality or add better characteristics).
Or add sewing workshop and furniture store, where we can buy them.

[brisk bobcat]

I'll do you one better.
[https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Teleport_Stone_(FoMT)]

Something like this!

The Teleport Stone in FOMT was a BITCH to get, but it was essentially the equivalent of a tool that would let you move anywhere you wanted on the map just by selecting the general area on it. I feel like that'd be a bit easier to keep track of than a network of warps for airheads like me that don't remember diddly about squat.

[idle oracle]

Officially dropping this here, but an Artisan Good creation phase would be really cool:
For example, if you grow milk and cocoa beans, make different types of chocolate by combining different amounts of the items.
Take that one step further by making flavored chocolates by adding in fruit or such.
Just something that would make late-game crafting a bit more experimental and "what can I create" than just chucking everything into a cheese maker without thought.

[vital bison]

Another farming idea
The same crop would have different textures/variants that would be rarer.

For example strawberry's are red by default but you could, by grafting them, get a different variat like pink or white strawberrys that would be rarer and have a low change of appearing, but they would sell for more money.

As you level up your farming skills (and unlock grafting) you can combine 2 strawberry plants and have a chance of getting those rarer variants (the higher the plant level, the higher the probability is)

So instead of creating entire new crops, with more models and animations, you would only add new colours to already existing objects

And easier alternative would be that if you plant a higher level crop you have a chance of getting the rare variant. Withou any extra skill of mechanic being added

[hot oracle]

Festival Idea... Back here we have a festive day on which we have flea markets and everyone can sell the stuff they don't use anymore, but would still have value to someone else. I think it would be fun to have something like that in CI. Also as a "save resources and use things more times" eco-message. I would love to collect unique items from the NPC's houses that way. And then display them in my house. Like Archie selling me his ladybug plushie...

[hybrid tapir]

Little idea.... More pets/mythical pets to be found/kept per island reached via island hopping?

[hot oracle]

And another thing I was thinking about: how is energy organised on the island? Karen wants to drill oil and there's an electronics shop and some power lines in some of the screenshots. So energy is being used. I know these type of games usually don't show the use of energy. But I think it would be really nice if the PC could promote the use of green energy, for example contribute to a community project for solar panels or wind turbines. Also as a way to counteract the oil drilling plans. It wouldn't have to be a big thing, but just as another way to help "clean up" the island.

[frigid quiver]

Someone said they would love to see donation campaigns towards clean energy/reef preserving charities in the future so I had this thought: i think it would be cool if way, way, wayyyy down the line they'd maybe sell a small dlc pack with themed items and the proceeds would go to a charity or something like that! I think that would be the most viable thing in terms of donations
Or for people who buy the game in a certain time frame (like earth month or smth) some of the proceeds would go towards charity but that way the ppl who already own the game couldn't really participate

(wording might be weird cause I just copy pasted what I wrote in gen chat, sorry ahah)

[untold cove]

this was the start of the photo idea as far as i remember and as an addition: maybe you have some sort of phone/camera(-wall) with photos of the (official?) achievements (from the first ever first chicken to a cute "we got married" or whatever the achievements are gonna be. It'd transform the achievements from like just steam/switch popups to actually meaningful rewards in game - i love david's art and it would a true award worth fighting for)
That could also open up a possibility for the modding-community to make their own achievements in-game?

[wintry loom]

Given how I very much love the art style especially on the character portraits, I hope they add like a special artwork for the marriage candidates that you can see once you marry someone. I remember this being a feature in one of the older Story of Seasons game. I just can't remember which one.

[idle oracle]

Dropping a suggestion over to chat: it sounds like Dugongs (a type of manatee/sea mammal?) are from the oceans in this area and are disappearing - it would be cool if underwater quests could include helping them in some way, or ways to protect and help other endangered sea creatures.

[sharp kiln]

THERE'S A RAINBOW TREE???!?!?!?!?!?!? 🌈 🌲

Please invest 9000% resources in animation for this tree. 🌈
My day is better because of this update.

[idle oracle]

(Sorry for dropping another suggestion but this came out of the game chat): A mini-mine type place for Underwater Caverns! Someone mentioned the possibility of mining for sea salt for cooking, but you could also have things like pearls or other ocean-related gemstones and tokens. It would also create a cool place for underwater monsters / scary sea creatures, since it doesn't look like combat is a general thing while just cleaning up the coral reef. It could be MUCH smaller than the standard mine, while still just being a little extra area to explore/have quests built into.

Kinda expanding upon ZennOctopus's original idea for an underwater cave xD

[lost harbor]

Regarding Bug Reports for Alpha:

This suggestion is assuming there will be a bug report system separate from discord. If it's only going to be done via discord then just ignore me.

Thought of this while playing the Roots of Pacha Alpha. Let's say I find a bug, so I submit a report with screenshot. Well, I want to go back and see if i can replicate it, but how do I let the devs know that I replicated it (assuming the devs would want to know this)?

1. I dont want to only report after I replicate something, because what if I for some reason can't replicate the bug and then I lose the screenshot of the initial glitch?
2. I also don't want to submit 2 reports for the same problem.

So it might be nice if there's a way amend/update reports you've made. Not sure if it's possible, but it's a thought.
Alternatively, we could post in discord "Report of ____________ was able to be replicated" or something like that but idk if that would bloat the discord channel too much. (& at the very least, just take this as "food for thought" 🙂)

[wintry loom]

So I'm currently playing Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and one thing that I really don't like about it is how the romantic festivals don't really give the marriage candidates time to shine. What I mean by this is that no matter who you choose to go with they'd have the same generic dialogue just said differently. For example, at the lantern festival one candidate may say: "I hope we stay together just like our lanterns"; while another candidate would say: "Do you think we'd stay together just like our lanterns?"

So if romantic festivals would be included in the game, please give us the chance to get to know these people better. Like maybe them recalling a memory or opening up about a subject that's very personal. It'd be even cooler if they'd have different dialogue depending on how far along you are with your relationship with them.

[bold oracle]

It’s been stated there will be an in game bug reporting system. 👍

Good suggestions. They said it will be like the Subnautica bug reporting system. Not sure if reports were trackable and editable for that game but I like that idea.

#coral-questions-and-help message

[untold cove]

events that arent on the calendar but still happen casually once a year would be awesome - like turtle hatchlings annual events ;w;

[lethal raven]

So my mom had a great idea for if possible you could have the ale game file and be able to play it on different platforms. Play it on your switch and then go to play it on your computer and it be where you left off on your switch or vice versa.

[old ermine]

that seems pretty hard to impliment myself..

[sharp kiln]

Suggestion: maybe extend the roof towards the direction of the camera and give a little bit of shadow effect on the front of the building? The shadows look amazing everywhere but idk, the sun aimed directly at the front of the building with no shadows feels... off and flat? Compared to all of the rest of the shadows which look amazing.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727496040948826122/826797592376508486/ezgif.com-gif-maker_1_-_Copy.gif

[heady cedar]

I would love if we could have reactions in the game. Like your farm character being able to wave to others or doing a little dance, maybe even having the chance to use reactions in heart events as well

[marsh lance]

If I could suggest something for the monsters - I'd quite like a bestiary of monsters you've encountered/killed, perhaps with little lore segments or details on their strengths/weaknesses. I like to know what I'm fighting, sometimes.

[indigo raft]

what if you unlock more info when you reach certain benchmarks? Like, one kill you get basic info, 10 a little more, 20 more info and so on?

[remote pier]

I know that cooking meat is an issue and we don’t want to kill our farm animals. So I was thinking that slaying the beasts inside the mines could solve this problem? Maybe even have a range of quality meats depending on which level of the mines and how high levelled it is? I know in real life there wouldn’t be large beasts living very deep inside mines (at least I hope so) so this could be a range of fantasy monsters? Sort of like FFXV’s recipes that look like our food but uses beast meat from the wild? 🥘🍔🍖

[hardy prawn]

To continue on the topic of monsters, another suggestion. Instead of an automatically-filling bestiary with lore magically appearing in it, maybe you could have a character very knowledgeable in monsters, or at least researching them. You could meet them once in a while, and they would update your lorebook, if you'd have reached the required number of kills for a specific species (either: ''well, my fellow monster enthusiast, I see you kill as enthusiastically as I do, here is some post-butchery information, now go keep protecting the town form the god-forsaken horrors lurking below'' or ''waouh, are you bringing me 457 specimens of demon-goblin-sandbats? Oh boy, Iet me bring these corpses to my lab. next day, scribbled note arrives in the mail From your Friend the Monster Scientist (Diploma pending): Yep, as expected. They have two legs. You can add that to your Monstercyclopedia.'')

It wouldn't have to be a townie, by the way. Could just be someone visiting town once every week or something (it would be a cool travelling-biologist character, wandering across the islands to get proof that monsters exist - because somehow, noone beyond the archipelago really believes they exist, although the coral islanders know it). And you could meet that person again in the end-game island-hopping; maybe you'd get to actually know them then. It would be a fun end-game questline: get to finally know them, go on some adventures together (research / fetch / fight / ... quests) and triggering some cutscenes along the way, and maybe getting them to move to the island eventually).

Other suggestion: make use of the fact that this is an ISLAND to get some frequent boat-merchants or boat-visitors. How many games have harbours that are never used, except for one main-storyline-related quest, across the whole game! It would be awesome to get traders or recurrent visitors anchoring for a day!

Other suggestion: befriend-a-monster questline / pacify-a-monster-species questline, to turn them from foes to (tolerable, though slimy and toothy) friends. Although this might be ethically counter-productive with the monsters-as-meat suggestion stated above by melanie 😄

[remote pier]

A weekend harbour market, maybe? A tropical twist to the regular flea market! 🏝️🛍️ Different item types every week maybe have some boat merchant exclusive items which are limited in stock. 💎 To balance out the harbour market with Ben’s caravan merchandise you could have the boat vendors have completely different stock than Ben’s. Or have Ben sell his items at lower prices since he is selling pre-used items. Ben’s stock will be randomized since he is presumably selling stuff he’s found lying around.

[sharp kiln]

Incentives to Eat Crops/Dinners: Luck-Based or Max Energy-Based Increases for X Days
A (completely optional) reason to eat every day

Other farm sims give you a very very minor bonus to eating, but you can go a year without eating a thing. Mainly because the bonus only matters when you're fishing or mining for something, and usually it's silly to waste the profit.

What if eating any crop per day gave you a bonus on luck for up to 5 days, which stacked with up to the past four days, allowing a higher chance at silver or gold crops by the end of the season? By keeping yourself healthy and nourished, and consuming different foods (encouraging you to grow lots of different foods and not just the one that sells the most), you can consume low-quality crops to generate higher (silver, for example) quality stuff to sell later?

And if you cooked yourself a meal every day for 5 days, you could get an even higher cap of luck, generating a higher chance of receiving gold crops?

Example (I'm really terrible at math btw, dun't jujge mah maeth):
Monday: Ate 1 🥕 from garden +0.5 luck to crop quality
Tuesday: Ate 1 meal 🍔 cooked +1 luck to crop quality
Wednesday: Ate 1 🍓 from garden +0.5 luck
Thursday: Ate 1 🌽 , +0.5 luck
Friday: Ate 1 meal 🍕 cooked, +1 luck
On Friday, crops have +3.5 luck to crop quality increase
Saturday: Eat nothing on this day, +3 luck (because Monday expired)

Even if it's a little bit, it gives nice incentive to keep cooking and eating more. And the higher luck recipes can always be unlocked after a year or two is over, gating this to what's fair the first year or two (or even gating that season's luck bonus to crops during that season, and the recipes come the season after to ensure fairness, you're the experts so you'd know best).

(Added later: Great conversation about this went to general chat: #🐔coral-general message )

[frigid quiver]

I'm sure this has been suggested before but I just had a thought: it would be neat if we could have a tool ring in addition to the inventory, logging your tools around in your inventory always takes up so much valuable space :( even if it's just an upgrade we could eventually buy/craft!

[hidden valve]

or, if we have small inventory space... maybe we can have some bag for diff type of items? like, bag for minerals/food/ingredients/exc

[sullen thunder]

To go off of that maybe a box you can name whatever you want that can go into your inventory (taking up only one space) or be put on the ground that opens up with several other inventory spaces. For example name a box food and put all your food there then you can carry your food around in your inventory with only taking up one space.

[hidden valve]

also good) also, if we can filter all items in inventory, that they can sorting to this box

[sick rose]

If I can, I will suggest to have different child depending on the bride/husband, It might be difficult, but it also could be so cool!

[untold cove]

we already have a tiny bit information about that:

We've unlocked another goal! Now all KIDS—your children and the children around the island—will grow up to the teenage years. This feature will include additional stories and relationship development. There will be new schedules, dialogues, and many more! For the Player's children (you can have up to 2), there will be a variety of children's designs. The children will have their own personality and interest; you can influence this as they grow up, or let them discover it on their own. Worth noting that the children's characters/traits are not exactly tied to the spouse you marry.
from the Kickstarter Update 11

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion for expanding inventory: be able to stack stuff on your mount / on a work horse / beast of burden / specially trained cow... The animal would follow you around at your command (with some restrictions of course: not in the mines). It would be an immersive way of expanding the inventory and facilitating the "farm > gathering locations > shop" back-and-forths. [To clarify, following comment:] Not our partner pet (cat, dog...). Rather an actual farm animal, like people used to have donkeys and oxen to carry stuff for them, when going to sell their products to the town's market.

[hidden valve]

u mean, use our pet? partner pet?

[whole fjord]

(remember this channel isnt for discussing suggestions)

[hexed crag]

It’s been suggested by @idle oracle already, but oh my goodness, DUGONGS. Ever since I saw them mentioned I can’t get them out of my mind! Their natural habitat includes Southern Asia, though they used to be much more prevalent throughout all Asian waters. They are sadly very endangered. And it would be so perfect because dugongs used to be mistaken for mermaids! Which is actually where their scientific name, Sirenia, comes from! (Never mind that sirens are half-human half-BIRD mythological creatures, people used to get a lot of things mixed up!) I can totally imagine the merfolk commenting about how the dugong swim so gracefully they understand how people could mistake them for mermaids. 🥰 Our character wouldn’t even have to interact with them; it would just be so amazing to see the dugongs drifting along in the water! ❤️

[steep magnet]

Not sure if it’s been suggested yet, but the ability to remap controls! I know for certain games or systems, the button mapping can be restricted or you’re unable to in general. For the Switch system, there are tons of different controller setups (Joy-Cons Attached, Single Joy-Con, Dual Joy-Cons, Pro Controllers, Game Cube Controllers) so being able to remap controls to make them more comfortable would be such a nice quality of life feature ☺️

[coarse sable]

Not just on the switch; control remapping on PC is important too!

[obtuse jungle]

And include LMB/MMB/RMB in controls that can be remapped interchangeably with keyboard keys, this suggestion brought to you by me trying to middle click with a touchpad because a game wouldn’t let me remap it grr

[sudden goblet]

Hey so this is a really random suggestion but I thought a cool mechanic involving the romance system would be that to marry any character, you had to have the Coral 3's blessing, or at least the blessing of the Flower Goddess. I was thinking maybe you could do little quests for each of them to prove your resolve and devotion and then they'd give you an item which you use to propose

[idle oracle]

Officially dropping this here, but having the ability to put hats or scarves or bows on our pets would be a really sweet touch! Bonus points if we can coordinate with them.

[remote pier]

Adding to this: Ben seems to be an ‘another man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ type and would probably fix the items he’s found (which are most likely broken appliances/furniture or worn-out/out-of-style clothing) and sell them at a low price back in his caravan. 📺🔧 ✨👕🪡 Ben would teach us the importance of the three Rs: “🇷educe, 🇷euse, 🇷ecycle”! ♻️

[graceful gale]

Controller support on steam? ✨

[simple breach]

It will have full controller support

[keen juniper]

I hope the game will have the option to mute background music for the days I want to listen to my own music as I play the game

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: buy a box (two?) of cookies, and give a cookie to each member of the team, to keep them motivated. 🍪

[orchid chasm]

My friend who has preordered but isn't on the server wanted me to pass on his desire for cute hats/head accessories including cat ears

[green vale]

Suggestions: Make it possible for male MC can have a romance and marry male characters, the same for the females (LGBTQ relationship) ? I'm female and I always choose male characters to have a romance with other romanceable male NPCs

[rustic fern]

That is already the case. 🙂

[flint sonnet]

This isn't my original idea, this was a stardew valley mod that I thought had a cool concept: Where you can get certain boons for marrying certain characters. Like for example if you marry Sebastion his mom would give you a discount on house upgrades, for being a part of the family.

[candid epoch]

I would love to see some drama in the town! something I find that other farming/life sims lack is drama and the realism of life not always being sunshine and happiness. Bring on the tragic backstories and messy relationships haha

[cursive bridge]

I put this is #coral-questions-and-help a few days ago but was told it'd be better suited here so: Is there a need for captioning on specific actions/sounds that are integral to the game? One of the things that I enjoy about Minecraft is while there are some sounds that tell you whether something is nearby (Creeper hisses, Enderman teleporting, fish bobbing, etc.), they have an option for cc. I guess a workaround for cc would be similar to what ACNH does with fishing where the bobber going in the water has a specific vibration.

[potent tinsel]

If there is a skill-tree, please allow for some level of re-speccing. I find it very frustrating/stressful when leveling up means I have to make an utterly permanent character decision

[acoustic ore]

I feel like this must have been suggested before but I'd love a way to organize my crafting recipes (if they aren't already sorted by decoration/tool/etc). Going along with that, the ability to "wishlist" items from town that require a certain amount of materials so I don't have to continually go into town to remember what those are or have a guide open. Thanks for all your hard work!

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: have the preferred gifts of the villagers recorded somewhere in their info in the game, once we've discovered these gifts and gifted them to them (...uh... english? sorry, second language) for the first time. I'm tremendously bad at remembering that stuff, and it becomes more and more problematic as the character cast increases ^^

Suggestion: have a ''notebook'' option somewhere in the menu, in the inventory or even in our house, where we can freely write down stuff. It would be useful to be able to keep game-related info in the game (instead of on a piece of paper you always end up losing): info like the usual prices of stuff, or what you're currently doing as a non-scripted creative effort (what goal are you working towards in your farm's layout endeavours, that kind of stuff), or the materials you're currently gathering... With this suggestion, I'm thinking about all the people who cannot play every two-three days at least, but further apart, and who thus need to spend a bit of time fumbling around each time they get back to the game, trying to remember ''what the heck was I doing, and why did I leave a beehouse, a crab and a mug in front of my door - I obviously was up to something''.

[sudden goblet]

We have seen a menu screenshot which shows Lily's loved gifts and a 'show more' button, implying that gift preferences will be recorded

[sudden goblet]

suggestion: have spouses suggest names for your children, possibly different names from each spouse. I think this would help me as I feel like imma get super stumped when having to choose a name for my kid

[remote pier]

Adding to norman07’s name suggestion, it would be cute to have an optional pet name for each other after marriage (like Honey, Sweetheart, Love, ect.) Rune Factory 4 did this (and it was voiced 💕). I think it’s very endearing. ☺️

[hardy prawn]

Adding to melanie's suggestion: being able to enter our own pet name for our spouse to use.

[pearl sluice]

Hello! I watched a YouTube video from someone named MrCobbleWobbles and he talked about the salon and said that it would be cool if our hair grew slowly as we played so we feel the need to visit the salon more for a hair cut! I love LOVE this idea! It'll give us a reason to go!

[jovial cargo]

Suggestion: it would be spectacular if after a while the gifts do not improve the relationship with the npc so much that you have to spend time with them to make them like you.

[main zenith]

or perhaps the npcs could have different love languages? some get big heart boosts from gifts, others get more from talking to them regularly or from doing quests for them

[outer slate]

Suggestion: If you add anymore NPCs, consider making them someone who uses sign language to communicate.

[coarse pond]

Yes but I think make it like stardew valley where you should pay some amount to re speccing your skill/talent

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: have some idle animations for our characters that vary depending on weather / season / other parameters. Sneeze in spring, shiver in winter, wipe off forehead in summer... They would trigger randomly after some time motionless. Such small details bring a lot of life to a game.

[potent tinsel]

Oh yeah totally, even costing quite a bit of resource is fine. It is just very comforting for the option to exist on some level at all imo.

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion to add to the topic of: what does it cost to re spec your skill tree? It could cost: eating a certain amount and variety of dishes. It would be a neat way of giving another use to the cooking mechanism (which is often not-that-useful gameplay-wise, as discussed above already). Also it would provide kind of a challenge, by having you gather and cook various ingredients, instead of just paying a random amount of money to the magical skill-tree tree (HA!) that has the magical power of erasing and reprogramming your brain and muscle memory 😄 (Just kidding, maybe it's a magical piece of coral in this game, I don't know. No offense to magical trees or corals of any kind). Hey, the re-speccing could even be something the doctor would manage: you'd get an appointment, and they would give you a ''new diet'' depending on which amount of skill points you want to change: a quest for preparing and consuming a list of these dishes (hm, you don't consume the list of course). After all, when you want to become better at something in real life, you sometimes gotta change your food intake. More proteins for more muscles, carrots for better eyesight and pink thighs (...was it just my mother telling me that when I was little, or is it a real thing? ^^). But anyway: a doctor actually doctoring would be a nice side-effect of this mechanism (lookin' at you, Stardew Valley where Harvey has the chillest life of any doctor ever :p).

[cold oar]

Suggestion: show cutscenes every time there is a special event such as when the relationship becomes higher with a partner or when completing certain missions or events. I saw many VN games that use cutscenes to make the conversation between characters more interesting and I think that if this is implemented in Coral Island it will make it unique and distinguish this game from Stardew Valley.

[median coral]

Suggestion: have the option for a left-handed farmer; from: someone who's left-handed I don't think it's necessary, but just an extra level of immersion!

[urban plover]

This👆 . Accessibility in video games is always a good addition .

[sudden goblet]

Suggestion: Have info about bought items be given to you in a line of dialogue. For example, if you were at the ranch, you could hover over the option to buy chickens click some type of 'info' button and instead of there just being a little pop-up explaining what chickens, you could have Kenny say: 'Oh, you're interested in my chickens? You can take the little friends home if you have a coop and they'll produce eggs for you to sell or cook with. So, will you buy some?'

I think that would be cuter and more immersive, even though it's only a little thing

[cursive bridge]

im on board for that idea, but dont add the sad dialog if you say no, i always hate when games do that i feel so guilty

[sudden goblet]

No I don't think sad dialogue would be necessary...I don't wanna disappoint Kenny!!#

[sudden goblet]

Another super random suggestion: make one of the arcade/home console minigames a pixelart platformer using a pixelart Zarah as the protagonist. A bit of a weird one, but we discovered earlier that Zarah looks amazing in pixelart, it's like it was meant to be! If not in the game originally, someone PLEASE mod this in!

[cold oar]

Suggestion: Make cutscenes that are not monotonous and have some movement of the eyes and other parts of the body like the ones in the VN game Our Life: Beginnings & Always. This will make the cutscenes much better.

[sharp kiln]

Home: Interior Structural Layout Editor
This is more about floor plans: floors and walls

Would it be possible to adjust the actual layout of the home, to make every home feel more unique and less... same house layout that everyone gets?

"Sets" like kitchens can be static, but could allow each house to customize its floor plan. The entrance/exit is a static tile so it doesn't have to move, and adjacent tiles ensure that the player can enter/leave no matter what is accidentally removed.

For people who love rooms, they can make lots of separations, and people who love open areas can just go wild (within static limitations).

I'm on my 4th Stardew Valley run and after upgrading the house I think... gawd this layout again? 😄

[twilit siren]

This might’ve been suggested before, although I’m not sure and just want to say something about it! I know this game is very heavily environmentally conscious, and with cleaning up coral reefs / the ocean there’s going to be chances that you will be collecting lots of trash! One thing that I’ve seen in real life is that people use these trash items, and recyclable items to turn them into things like park benches, sculptures, and other reusable items that people can use! I think it would be so interesting and cool if the trash you collected in the ocean, you could use it in the Town Hall community projects to make new items, and in general spruce up Coral Island! I think it would give trash some purpose other than just picking it up in the ocean. ♻️

[median coral]

I really like this idea! Maybe it could be where we have three or so presets for the house too, where it upgrades differently based on your preset (open concept, smaller, etc.), and if you have an upgraded house maybe you could change up each section of upgrades if you like a different house's preset customization more! (So, you chose the 'open concept' house at the start, and you upgraded to have a bigger room/double bed. You like the smaller house option's bedroom more, so you go talk to a builder shop or whatever lol and you now have the option to pay to change the style of your main house or the bedroom to the style you want) So then instead of just three presets, you have more variety within each room/upgrade!

[cosmic basin]

I've been playing a lot of stardew valley lately and I've noticed that there are a lot of cutscenes where you're "forced" (there's no option to decline) to drink alcohol, and there's even an effect in the game that makes you drunk. I avoid drinking for personal reasons and have been really shaken by some of these scenes, so I wanted to suggest that if there are cutscenes that involve drinking alcohol (I know it can be a great bonding experience!) the player character has an option not to drink that doesn't negatively affect your relationship with the NPCs involved

[flint sonnet]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but a common theme I've noticed in these types of games is that whenever there is wedding or some type of festival, is that the villagers will be wearing formal wear or something like it. You however will be stuck in your everyday clothes and it is always kills me. It would be awesome if the farmer was made to match. Another thing would be that festival dialogue is not the same every year. Just please, I stop going to the festivals after a while because it is so boring.

[cosmic basin]

I love both of these suggestions, and adding to the formal wear suggestion, the option to choose a tux or dress (or other option if there's another option) would be really cool!

[remote pier]

Bringing this idea back up, I think having a compost bin in your yard or an organics bin in your kitchen that can create a bag of fertilizer everyday would be cool! ♻️ 🪱
The game can bring awareness to the use of compost bins if composting was an essential part to farming high-quality crops? 🌱 ⏫

(I remember as a child that my family and I would just dump all garbage into one bag and not separate bones and food scraps from the plastics and papers. I did not know that organics bins existed then. My middle school teacher brought us on a field trip to a waste management facility and showed us the complicated process of sorting out items (paper, plastics, organics, batteries, ect). Unsorted garbage is placed on a moving conveyor line and tired line workers will eventually miss items that should've been removed before the bulk is compressed at the end of the line and sent to their proper disposal/recycling sites. The environment can be negatively affected if the wrong things are accidentally dumped into garbage sites. This made me re-think about what I throw away especially batteries which are filled with chemicals. 🔋 🦴 🗑️ )

At the end of the day, I think we should be aware of where our garbage will end up which is definitely a strong message already being sent, but this includes organic waste too!

You can also go high-tech and have Bioreactors (large silos that decomposes organics at high speed) instead of regular compost bins and have renewable energy + fertilizer!!

@twilit siren, also mentioned the idea of turning trash into pieces of art which is really cool. It could become a landmark on the island and a constant visual reminder of all the hard work you've done cleaning up the environment! 😊 ⛲

[rapid nest]

It also would be nice that you need to buy your wedding clothes (whatever it may be) before marrying. Would be kinda sweet to have that in your inventory :]

[median coral]

This gave me an idea about wedding anniversaries too! Maybe on that day, you and your partner could dress up in your wedding clothes and dance in your home, or something like that! I just think that celebrating the anniversary would be really sweet :)

[elder halo]

Since people are talking about the weddings I would love to see our characters get asked out/be asked about a relationship by the npc romancable characters. Maybe if the friendship is high enough? Would also be nice if they could propose. It would be nice to have them do the asking sometimes lol. Also, if you have kids with a character it would be nice if they parented and their family (if they are characters in the game) brought up the kids and interacted with them.

[foggy cypress]

Dunno if this also has been mentioned or suggested but I'd like to see our character be able to ask your partner out on dates or them respectively and choose what to do and have other npc's react depending on the location the dates take place

[sudden goblet]

Can I recommend that somebody pins a message to this channel explaining the question mark reaction we discussed yesterday?

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion to use the cooking mechanism: make it so that we can create our own dish; this being targeted towards a larger thing explained below.

1. How? > Being able to freely combine ingredients, from what we grow, gather or buy. For the visual aspect: maybe one-two generic images (steaming pot with a lid, unspecific brownish thing in an oven dish) that would be randomly picked as an item icon. Also the ability to name our creation (no, I'm not afraid by the idea of having my ''Chocolate Pie'' randomly matched with a slow-cooker image 😄 - all is possible)

2. What's the point, and how to link it to the rest of the game? > It could be part of the development of the relationship with all the foodmakers in the game (taco truck cook, baker, tavern keeper): at some point they could ask for help/inspiration for a new ''special'' they'd serve in their shop... It could be a one-time thing, but I'd rather see it as a regular thing (weekly or monthly), and if the dish you suggested (cook once and bring it to them, so that they replicate and serve it) is successful (customers like it), you could receive a small reward. Maybe a friendship increase, or a discount in the shop for the month, or a few free items. They would renew their request every week.
   It would nicely link together gameplay mechanisms, your own production, and storytelling.

3. How would the ''success'' of a dish be measured? Would there need to be a whole new mechanism written for that, with some items being well-combinable, and others not? Not necessarily. It could be completely randomized (fun for the results [how come my peach-meat-dirt pie with kelp sauce was successful, and not my chocolate cake?!], but less interesting gameplay-wise, in my opinion; or it could be calculated from data already existing in the game. For instance: the game could scan the likes and dislikes of all NPCs, and assuming that all NPCs taste the special each month, grant 1 point per times the item is a like for someone. So if 7 persons like dragonfruit and 3 persons like eggs, and your dish has both, you'd end up with a 10 points dish. And there would be a hidden scale indicating success (0-20: epic fail, 20-40 meh, 40-60 ok dish, 60-80 general sucess, etc). There could also be substracted points per times the item is a dislike.

So... It would make for an interesting system to explore: you'd need to get to know pretty well what the NPCs like and dislike (and not just what they love the most, like in Stardew or My Time at Portia, where you end up always giving them the same gemstones or high-friendship-bonus items - with this food system to explore you'd need to test their likes and dislikes for random ingredients).

It would also keep up the interest for going to the shops, as this would be a really long-term quest-line.

4. One could also imagine a bunch of ways to spice up that mechanism, so that players would not end up making always the same dish, once it would have been determined on the internet what is the most advantageous combination: the NPC asking help from you could specify a condition each time (''oh, I have oranges going bad, this week's dish needs to use them'' or ''use whatever you want except fish this time'' or ''brr it's a cold winter week, please make something with potatoes, cheese and extra fat''). It would encourage experimentation.

5. UI suggestion: for this to be fun, and not too wiki-intensive, I think it would be a good thing to be able to see which inhabitants (or how many) like and dislike such and such ingredient from the cooking page/menu/whatever, for instance while hovering over the ingredient; this, of course, as long as you've already discovered this specific like/dislike in game by gifting the thing to them at least once. It would avoid A LOT of not-fun back-and-forths between the NPC info page and the cooking page.

I do hope this suggestion will be read through by the team (or at least, whoever's responsible for filtering all our dreams and wishes, in order to bring the worthy ones under the severe and scrutinizing eyes of the Holy Game Makers, who might refine them into actual gameplay ^^)

[hardy prawn]

Suggestion: be able to send letters to NPCs!

[elder halo]

Something else that could be cool is having NPCs visit us at our home randomly.

[remote pier]

Having special one-time offer sales broadcasted on TV every Sunday morning? Similar to Persona 3’s ‘Tanaka’s Amazing Commodities’ infomercials? Who is selling and what is being sold can be up to you, game devs. It could be used by Pufferfish Corp. or by the local businesses. 📞😄🛍️📺🗓️

[sudden goblet]

I have a couple suggestions about ranching in particular:
1 - For sheep especially, the ability to milk them and make sheep cheese. This wasn't a thing in SDV but sheep cheese does exist and it's pretty tasty
2 - Have a few different personality types within each animal species, so each individual feels more special.
3 - Feed for each animal type being a little different. This doesn't have to be an inconvenient and tiresome process for the player where they need to get all these specific different animal feeds, it can just be a cosmetic change depending on which animal is in that barn/coop

[viscid folio]

Adding onto this - being able to invite NPCs over to your house/having them be able to invite you to their house. Maybe each NPC could have an activity you could do at their house, and depending on their personality/age you would do a different activity at your own house (e.g. hide and seek with kids, doing some knitting with the elderly, etc.)

[viscid folio]

this !! x1000. I think it'd be cool if you were able to buy the proper clothes at the festival/beforehand and then it'd be your job to get dressed in the proper outfit. Maybe also having NPCs comment on your outfit depending on how fitting it is (if you wear winter clothes to a beach festival then they will comment on it like "Isnt it hot in that?", or if the clothes are right either have them not comment/say something about how it looks nice)

[hardy prawn]

Adding to this: maybe there could be one NPC, especially careful about how appropriate clothing is, or especially fashion-attentive (either grandma-style ''oh dear, you can't go out almost naked in this season, you'll freeze to death'' or fashionista-style ''uh... really? flip-flops at your own wedding?''), whose gimmick it would be to comment on your outfit. Maybe that could tie into some quest at some point.

[viscid folio]

YESSS I WOULD LOVE THAT !!

[sudden goblet]

I just saw the convo about the hilarious spinning giants and I thought you could implement it for the memes by having baby giants or just smaller giants ride your sprinklers playfully as a background animation

[bitter hatch]

I'm kinda surprised there isn't a text chat for gardeners in here. I would love to see people's pics of veggies they are growing irl.

[whole fjord]

I have a suggestion
Please be patient and kind to yourselves devs! We love you and are excited for your game, but make sure all of you practice self-care! You can't do your best developing anything if you aren't at your best! Make sure to take plenty of rest as well.

Love you guys <3

[sudden goblet]

The most important suggestion^^

[untold cove]

yess, or more of a chat generally about plants that's also for gardeners who have flower gardens or our proud potted plant parents!

[marsh lance]

I know it was just suggested a couple of days ago, but please, let the giants play on the spinning sprinklers! The bigger ones, maybe not, but the little giants seem to be of the younger or more playful side. A bug can inspire a feature, and I think lots of us would appreciate it.

Also, for everyone else, please let the developers know that you’d like this in the game by reacting with a are you happy now, Marm

[modern saffron]

I had the idea for adding a pangolin pet for the game. maybe with a dark red/brown and tan color scheme

[edgy dew]

I have no idea if this has already been suggested, as I haven't been here in a very long time. But an idea regarding further developing relationships with characters...

Some simulator games make it to where an event with a character can take up the entirety of the player's day, which is no fun if there's still lots of things to do.

Other simulator games make it where specific events may not happen with the player (but other characters instead), but the option to "Hang Out" with the character is available. That lack of personalization/"connection" with the player is also no fun.

Why not have it to where you and the other characters can "hang out" and they accompany you as you still do what you need to? And if a certain heart event happens to be acquired in that time, then it happens once the player stops hanging out for that day? I can see a nice balance there between "I want to further my relationships with the other townsfolk," and "I have so much to do on my farm, so I can't visit the townsfolk."

[hidden valve]

to continue previous suggestion, and add some more moving to letter theme:
maybe we can write some letters every day/week (for some limited q-ty, like 5 only) for npc, this way we also can put their friendship points (like +5 points)📨
or even create some collage which one include - photos, flowers, nuts, notes about nature, ect. And this will be can created every season by 3 q-ty, so its more rare, and give like +20 points.💌

And also, maybe we can collect items in some collection of different things: such as shells, fish, flowers, beetles, ect.🐚
With thus, keep a journal of the island, as if we were explorers.🗺️

[elder halo]

This might sound weird but it would be nice to get like photobook pictures with significant others that you can keep and maybe use to decorate. Maybe there's one or two in different areas and they can be kept. Maybe have different poses.

Would also be nice if family photos (if you choose to have one) could be used to decorate your home and just to have taken. Even if it's just an interaction and they appear.

[untold hazel]

Any chance that birds could be “caught” via net and brought to the museum alongside bugs and fish? Could be a great way to differentiate the game from others like animal crossing

[icy zealot]

Or bird photography. See a bird, snap a pic, add it to the museum 📸

[remote pier]

A communal bath house or a hot spring is most likely planned... and it would be nice if the townsfolk have a bathing schedule. The bath house in Stardew Valley was kind of eerie with the lack of visitors... The bath house outfits could be their beach outfits if creating art assets is an issue but having a classic towel wrap would be a nice touch! ♨️☺️

[median coral]

Speaking of, I had a suggestion about getting things for the museum as well! What if there was a system where we could leave something like nuts or honey in areas like trees or bushes maybe (like how you could leave honey on a tree in Pokemon) to attract bugs to catch (and birds to photograph)?

[native terrace]

If there could be bird feeders on our farm/around town that we could fill with different kinds of seeds or crops to attract different birds, that might be a neat way to influence what we see around town.

[still merlin]

I'm noticing in the Developer Diary page a lot of "prompt" updates. Does this mean that pop ups or "word bubbles" (for lack of a better term) will appear whenever our character can interact with something?
If this is the case, I might suggest toggling that as a setting. I find prompts like that in video games super distracting and it pulls me out of the world around me. It makes me feel like the game is babysitting me and telling me what I can and can't do. I can figure out when to press A to talk to a villager or refill a watering can on my own. I don't need the game constantly reminding me of it.
So if this is something that is put into the game, maybe have it as an option that can be turned off and on for emersion.

[rustic siren]

I'm sorry if this has already been suggested. I'm new here and I scrolled through some suggestions but never saw anything.
Stardew Valley had a system where marrying an NPC would allow that NPC to help out around the farm and live with you. I found this system very bad, as they don't actually do very much. They will sometimes water 5 plants around the farm, or feed the animals, but that's not very often.
If there is some way to improve this system, I think the marriage system would be a lot better.

(With the things I've heard about the marrage system already, it's far better than the one in Stardew Valley. This is more of just what your partner and child actually end up doing to help you)

[lament coyote]

In the same line of thought, itd be cute if each partner did something a little different. In stardew they all do the same things for you and they end up losing their unique character. For example, all spouses in stardew would (sometimes) water and cook for you. But what if the doctor specifically made you healthy dishes? Or gave you medicine/energy stuff? Maybe a miner spouse could sometimes be like "hey i just got back from an expedition and found this!"

[viscid folio]

Also - please let the kids be able to help around the farm !! I sort of think this may have been confirmed but it would be a great feature

[sharp kiln]

Animation Interruptions
I love seeing all the animation updates in #📓coral-developer-diary

As animations are being created, can you please consider movement action-cancellation in each action? (In other words, moving the d-pad lets you move on to the next task after you've seen the animation 1000x before)

Example:

• Filling the water can's animation is, say, 5 seconds.
• Pulling a crop is 2 seconds.
• There's 30 crops to pull in a line.
• Planting the seed takes next to no time, but...
• Watering each seed (usually the worst culprit in farming games) in that row is 3 seconds for all 30.

These add up to 3-4 minutes of player time. By allowing someone with a lot of stuff to do in the day, stopping the animation and making it a split seconds allows more time to visit NPCs, romantic interests, or find players walking around town. Walking usually takes the longest of the whole day, so saving those precious seconds is really nice so you don't miss someone in town.

Much appreciated for the work you're doing, keep at it. 🙂

[viscid folio]

if this feature is added, it'd be nice if there was a toggle in the options menu :)

[native terrace]

Even if it isn’t added, that might be something good for a mod. I know I’ve used mods like that in some games.

[simple breach]

A Chicken Outfit

[simple breach]

Giant emotes for the server would be really cool as well

[slender echo]

It'd be nice to have plus size body type options available for those who want it

[granite verge]

I was just about to say what Sunsation did! It would be nice to get fat body types and other plus size types!

[simple breach]

Keep in mind that they are just what the alpha will ship with not what the final game will have.

[maiden willow]

Everything in the dev update looks awesome!! I do agree that in the final game more body types would be good though- it seems odd that there's not even a muscular female option with the muscular male body

The carpenter shop looks so gorgeous 🥲♥️

[native scaffold]

i dont wanna repeat what everyone's said already but Yes Please to more body types and just bc its a bit more specific- more androgynous bodies! no chest but curvy hips, masc shoulders w/ some curves, feminine face w/ beards, etc etc! i think smth a lot of ppl miss out on is the pure variety that nb ppl can play w/ gender and i wanted it noted even if it ends up being a Bit too ambitious to do for the end-game 💕

[finite sleet]

Agreeing with everyone- fit bodies, curvy bodies, plus size bodies. Know this is already being worked on but always helps. Love that it’s customizable to the point of running styles. Carpenter shop is BEAUTIFUL. Y’all are doing amazing

[granite verge]

Yeah for sure! It's something for the future, definitely not a set in stone thing. I'm just super excited to see that the devs are open to our suggestions, AND i'm ALSO super stoked they're developing things like unique animations as well to make customization even more in depth!! that stuff is always so awesome

[sharp ginkgo]

I see a lot of ppl mentioning more body types but I also hope there will be options to have long/short hair regardless of chosen gender? Since in the screenshots it looks like the options for a masc avatar are limited to only short hairstyles?

[ionic hazel]

I think that is actually the screenshot only showing one page for the hairstyles not that it is the hairstyles matching that body type.

[light pumice]

I came here to suggest more body types (specifically I wanted to suggest a fat/chubby body type) and I’m so glad to see others have suggested that too!

[pallid ravine]

We also have to remember, most of this is to flesh out animations and get the ball rolling for alpha. This does not indicate anything for early access or release. They have said in the past that nothing is gender locked and that there will be a few body types.

[rustic fern]

Just a reminder that this channel is for leaving suggestions and feedback, not discussion of said suggestions or feedback! If you'd like to agree with someone's suggestion, please put a 👍 or a or a ❤️ or a or something positive. If you are unsure, put a ❓! Then move discussions to #🐔coral-general ! Thanks for helping us keep this channel relatively free of chat so the devs can freely search through it and easily find information!

[mild lintel]

boobs toggle on/off in character creator? i can picture ppl wanting mix n match w/ the present body types! i get why this could be off the table depending on the animations ❤️

[tiny hill]

Was going to also ask for this. Would be so great to finally have a game that included androgynous/ non binary characters. To be able to choose your preferred gender pronouns and have access to all the different body types/ hairstyles etc. would be a first and would be amazing!

[warm sigil]

It's already be confirmed that we get to choose what to be referred to as at the start to the game! And they've also mentioned that there will be more body types will be coming post-Alpha and hairstyles won't be locked to a body type! 🙂

[rustic fern]

Y'all. Not a conversation channel.

Move to #🐔coral-general please.

[sharp kiln]

Body hair. Please please please body hair.

Please.
Please please. I beg. Please.

I don't look like those bodies. I know it's more of a Western/European thing, but if there's no chest hair, it doesn't look like me, and I don't feel like I'm playing me, but someone else. People with body hair are often shamed for not looking beautiful, and I think I'm beautiful.

Other Eastern country-based games rarely put chest hair, and force you to mod, but I can't mod on a Nintendo Switch. 😢

[light schooner]

The 4th Jog cycle is BY FAR the best one of the 4. I really hope they pick that one.

[rustic fern]

My suggestion would be sliders for body types. Even with the preset body types, the ability to add breasts to any body type would be ideal, along with sliders to increase or decrease the size of the chest, shoulders, hips, and waist. If hair styles and honorifics will not be chained to one body type, then as long as it's feasible, being able to customize all the body types to fit everyone's needs would be made very simple with those two features.

[hearty canopy]

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but maybe two or more tones of hair, and different color eyes. The updates look awesome, stay safe and healthy!

[sharp flax]

Honestly, those jog cycles could each be attached to a different body frame. I know it'd be more work, and probably wouldn't happen in the long run, but it would make the characters a bit more unique.

Also, the option to have heterochromia (eyes of two different colors) would be nifty!

[snow sentinel]

I feel as though the head size does not fit the style. The bodies are too realistic compared to the size of the head. The quality of both are sublime, I'm a big fan of how they individually look
But the proportions are throwing me off. In the overhead view, the character model in the jogging animation looked fine but the frontal view looks odd. Maybe I'm being a bit too picky, or the larger head serves a purpose, either way just a suggestion ^^

[proper tartan]

I think the necks are a bit too thick for the bodies they're attached to. It makes the characters look very top-heavy and out of proportion. Thinner necks could possibly fix this?

[covert prism]

Sorry if this is a feature I missed previously but would love to see some facial hair options!

[cinder ferry]

i would suggest including body shapes other than really in shape people. There definitely needs to be some diversity. Many people don't fall under "fit, thin, or buff" body shapes and its very limiting for self expression.

[full vortex]

yeah, i'm pretty sure that's what they were going to address

[lost harbor]

HI so actually we get 3 body types in alpha and more will be availble in the full game

[full vortex]

the main issue rn is that they're still implementing vital systems as they go

[pallid ravine]

Please refer to #server-update

[frigid quiver]

As they said in the update, it's a wip for the alpha.

[rustic fern]

Y'all, please don't have conversations or respond to feedback in this channel. This is for the leaving of feedback and suggestions ONLY

If you'd like to address or chat about a suggestion, PLEASE move to #🐔coral-general

[lusty ether]

I like the 2nd jog cycle the most from the April post!

[dusky comet]

I think it's great they're putting so much into creation, from what I've read we're not limited to hairstyles or other features based on the body-type? I hope it's also possible to mix clothing styles with body-types, like skirts on the 'buff' type as well as on slimmer or larger builds.

I think it looked sort of like there might be possible color wheel style customization for some stuff like hair/eye options?

I'd like to know at some point if you'll be able to customize outfit colors?

Other cool stuff might be like, possible custom crop breeding? Not like choose the color but you know how they can make an apple that tastes like cotton candy, or citrus fruits crossbred for color or taste? That would be an interesting sort of farming puzzle. But that's something I'd imagine for late game unless it was an accidental kinda thing that could just happen because of certain planting patterns?

[restive needle]

I would suggest ignoring the haters and powering through - you clearly have an idea that resonates with quite a large audience, and as with anything online, you WILL get a good number of loud angry narcissists that MUST have THEIR version and ONLY their version. Pay attention to the actual results and notice that the companies that constantly kowtow and capitulate NEVER stop getting increasingly angry demands, and decreasing market share - whereas companies that ignore or even blow off the angry narcissists see them go away, while their market share remains the same or increases.

[trail jackal]

Would definitely love to be able to play a fat character, as others have said! I like where the body types are headed so far but I was disappointed to see only thin options.

[gentle fiber]

I think the body types are a neat option, especially since I know I have some non-binary friends that would pick the middle option. So have some non-binary options is cool 🙂

[dusk hawk]

I want Dad Bod

[hazy spire]

There is a lot to do until alpha release. I adore how you didn’t give us one but THREE body shapes. My suggestion is, for the next previews on character customization, show people with clothes on so there is no people feeling not having their particular body-shape represented in the game.
IE, stardew valley has only one body shape but given that is fully clothed everyone can think what they want about the body of the character, and everyone can be projected into the main character of the game

[native terrace]

I would really love to see “cosmetic” options in character creation like freckles. I’m pale and freckled myself and I love giving characters freckles when I can.

[heady ingot]

Since we're going to have underwater world, it would be cool if we could have underwater farming too. Like kelp, coral, seaweed.. or maybe animals like crab, shrimp, clam.. not fish tho since we already have fishing

[hardy prawn]

Feedback: the new version of the carpenter shop looks AWESOME 😄
Suggestion: Have the dudes work the forge at night sometimes... There's something so lovely and peaceful about the light of the hearth in the dark, and the bell-ringing of the hammer through the quietness 😄 The only voice still awake, and the one light still flickering 😄

[tough ivy]

Im unsure if this has been suggested before, but It would be nice to be able to choose what your default unclothed / swimwear appears as. I know other farming sims when you go into spas and the such just default you to "shirtless swim trunks" or "bikini top/bottom". Its not a necessary feature that by no means need to be implemented now, but itd mean a lot to people who are gender nonconforming and such.

Also I just wanted to say from looking at the devlogs, im so excited for the alpha. The Devs are putting so much effort in and doing their best to listen, and it means a lot and is not going unnoticed. Love the new concepts for the building, and the new facial sculpts are looking fantastic.

[sick forge]

I suggest adding sharks to diving mostly the not eating people kind. My friend is a big shark enthusiast and I think it would help to highlight that sharks are mostly really friendly or do not care about people diving.

[untold cove]

whale sharks

[sick forge]

I love hammer head sharks

[cinder nexus]

I'd like to suggest the pets you have active has some sort of modifier that could help you on your farm or with socials/gifting that you'd like to use each day. It would give opportunity to use all sorts of pets, dependent on how you want to play!

[tribal sentinel]

underwater combat would be nice with deep sea predator trying to attack us

[noble bone]

Would be fun if anything you throw away (I'll just assume that's part of the game) appeared in a trash can next to your house and at night, raccoons or other animals come and dig there for food. Which could mean that you could feed them by throwing away food they like and eventually tame them.

[hazy spire]

Suggestion: NPC tags on the map or the option to enable them
Suggestion: a dinamic map that changes as the player unlocks parts of the island or with the story progression

[stone kayak]

i def like the npc tag idea, sometimes it's so hard to find people in games

[elder halo]

I think it would be cool to implement being able to work at your spouses business if the person you marry owns one. Even just some of the time. Even if it's optional!

[slender echo]

I'm not sure what the plan for pets exactly is, but it'd be nice if there was an option to have whatever pet you choose follow you wherever you go, even into town. Maybe even have some commands for them like "stay" so they'll sit outside shops and wait for you. Somewhat like how you can have partner pokemon in some of those games. Sorry if this has been suggested before! Or if this is already the plan

[fossil field]

@slender echo I'm not sure what the plan is either but that would be sooooo cute. I hope your pets can help you wrangle your livestock too like in Harvest Moon. Save the Homeland you got a flute that you could play to train your dog certain audible comands. That would be a neat addition.

[visual bloom]

Regarding character customization.. This is kind of a personal desire that people may or may not relate to. But I am a ciswoman with a pretty defined cleft chin which is something I used to feel self-conscious about - now I adore my chin. I NEVER see cleft chins in character customization for video games!

If there could be the option to have one that would just be the icing on the cake for me 😊 I know it's a silly, little thing to care about so I'm not gonna be upset if it's not an option, this is just an idea

If not for the vanilla game, maybe this is an idea for a mod?

[fallow harbor]

suggestion: in character editing, it would be nice to have the option to choose one eye of each color, heterochromia

[slender echo]

Oh another suggestion, having a mirror or some such where you can go back and change your characters appearance at any point in game in case you aren't happy with it or no longer like it. Or just feel like it fits your character story-wise. So not just hair but skin tone, shape, etc. Can't remember what they're typically called in games.. mirror of transformation or smth?

[quick spoke]

Hi folks, is me again 🙂
Like I sayd before... "I play some farm games, and what I really miss is some "farmers events" (I'll try to explain), when I was young, I'd play Harvest moon, and my two perfect/favourit events of my life until today, is the horse race and the animals contests. But, sadly, (Huge sadly for me), i never see a game wich have this today. So, after this nutts frustrade explanation, here's my sugestion; add events like those in Coral Island (Animals contests, and horse's race)! If you do, made shure tha my dream is done. AND, are you doing a different kind of interactions with pets? Cause wold be so cool if we had, like frisbee, achrobatics skills (basics of course)...