#town builders

Like. The goal would be to manage people's microaggressions so they never actually enjoy the community you built, but without making them so unhappy that they realize you're doing it on purpose. Trying to stay in a careful gray area where people's needs and requests and desires are being met, but unsatisfyingly.

I would play that game.

Diverse character creation including 9 different body types and the ability to play as a nonbinary

Absolutely beautiful art style and soundtrack to match

There's a talking book, who squees over cute animals, and cauldren, who has anxiety

Its a combination of a town builder and gardening sim and does an amazing job with both individually and with connecting them

The gameplay loop between tending to your worldtree and the town is extremely satisfying and the way the rewards and quests work gives you just enough rewards to be satisfying without feelings like to much imo

Copptertop, the cauldron, and Book are really great and their relationship with the PC is really sweet

There is a two phased night system; when you hit the night you'll no longer be able to tend to your worlds and if your on the tree you'll be teleported off; the moon is the end of the day and if you're not inside your house you'll be teleported back their with no penalty

Time doesn't pass inside your house, vaults, or the Everkin's town

Pretty much anything you harvest that can be broken down to essence should be, the only time you'll need the items in non broken down form is for quests and generally you'll only need one or two which is fairly easy to just harvest when you get the quest.

Once you get the net and fishing rod you can trade the critters caught back to the everkin who gave you the respective tools for evercoin

When fishing you want to try and cast close to the fish but not right into them, and you can adjust your line once its in the water

Evercoin can be used to by essences and the selection to buy changes each day; if there's something you need since time doesn't pass while your in the everkin's town feel free to hang out and catch fish and bugs until you have enough evercoin for it

Shops you build will sell items, some like tailors and hairstylists are themed, but others like flower shops and general stores will sell a variety of basic items like keys, batteries, and wallpaper.

By default building will have one of their slots for employment or housing unlocked, to unlock the others you apply a token from the building customization section of the town management. Tokens are given as quest rewards, found in chests, and for sale in some shops

Once you get to the point of being able to grow your own worlds you can chose how many you have going at once, more worlds mean more essence but will take more time to tend. I suggest starting with two and adjusting with more or less depending on how you want to play

There is no real time passing mechanic other then the day night cycle so feel free to take your time exploring around or tending to your tree as you please

On the note of exploring there are lots of hidden secrets and chests so explore and see what you can find.