Romanceable characters scale info

[Anutha_1]

Hello Devs,

I remember in one of the previous Dev streams that the romanceable characters the PC would be able to woo was based off a sliding scale we determine when initially creating our character to begin with. Left side of the scale being completely straight/heterosexual to the right side of the scale being homosexual.

Can’t remember if this adjustable sliding scale was 10 wide, 15, 20, or whatever it was at the time and that we would choose a range of 5 on this scale for where we like our partners to fall on it. Any romanceable character whose sexual preference fell outside our chosen range when initially choosing it wouldn’t actually be romanceable after all as I understand it.

Any possibility for the 24 romanceable characters that appear in the game, it can be disclosed here what those 24 characters sexual preference ranges are without disclosing which exact characters they belong to?

[Anutha_1]

Come on Devs, help a brutha out here.

[CloudyChai]

Sorry for the late response, but I got good news because we did actually share the NPC preference chart without names a while back (about two years ago in fact haha!) Here's the link to the discord message containing it:
https://discord.com/channels/676857688998674471/833072538031620127/896091661548007445

Originally posted by Anutha_1:

Come on Devs, help a brutha out here.

[Angelina]

Originally posted by Anutha_1:

Hello Devs,

I remember in one of the previous Dev streams that the romanceable characters the PC would be able to woo was based off a sliding scale we determine when initially creating our character to begin with. Left side of the scale being completely straight/heterosexual to the right side of the scale being homosexual.

Can’t remember if this adjustable sliding scale was 10 wide, 15, 20, or whatever it was at the time and that we would choose a range of 5 on this scale for where we like our partners to fall on it. Any romanceable character whose sexual preference fell outside our chosen range when initially choosing it wouldn’t actually be romanceable after all as I understand it.

Any possibility for the 24 romanceable characters that appear in the game, it can be disclosed here what those 24 characters sexual preference ranges are without disclosing which exact characters they belong to?

None of this matters because what is the point of having romanceable characters when you can't get married and when you can't have children? We might as well buy one of the multiple games coming out soon that does include these features

[ziggy]

Originally posted by DanielSnook:

Originally posted by Anutha_1:

Hello Devs,

I remember in one of the previous Dev streams that the romanceable characters the PC would be able to woo was based off a sliding scale we determine when initially creating our character to begin with. Left side of the scale being completely straight/heterosexual to the right side of the scale being homosexual.

Can’t remember if this adjustable sliding scale was 10 wide, 15, 20, or whatever it was at the time and that we would choose a range of 5 on this scale for where we like our partners to fall on it. Any romanceable character whose sexual preference fell outside our chosen range when initially choosing it wouldn’t actually be romanceable after all as I understand it.

Any possibility for the 24 romanceable characters that appear in the game, it can be disclosed here what those 24 characters sexual preference ranges are without disclosing which exact characters they belong to?

None of this matters because what is the point of having romanceable characters when you can't get married and when you can't have children? We might as well buy one of the multiple games coming out soon that does include these features

Marriage is one of the least developed aspects of any of these games. If this one is unique and improves on a lot of the overused, underdeveloped mechanics in the genre but you don't buy it because "can't have girl/boy I like stand around my house for the rest of the game" then that's your loss.

[ziggy]

Originally posted by UvetteRichardson:

Originally posted by ziggy:

Marriage is one of the least developed aspects of any of these games. If this one is unique and improves on a lot of the overused, underdeveloped mechanics in the genre but you don't buy it because "can't have girl/boy I like stand around my house for the rest of the game" then that's your loss.

You would be in the minority if you bought this game and it didn't include letting us get married. Having children would be important too. I agree that marriage could be improved and expanded upon in most games that have this feature. Marriage and having children is one of the biggest reasons why people buy these types of games.

Citation needed. I may not have the same taste as you, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong and you're right. Again, you're applying your preferences to a game that's not even out, that you have given no chance to, and acting like the devs will crash and burn because they're focusing on the romance and not the marriage/ownership of the NPCs. Admit that you don't know what everyone's preferences are and just be more understanding.

[Merman Fanatic]

Originally posted by Sierra:

Originally posted by ziggy:

Citation needed. I may not have the same taste as you, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong and you're right. Again, you're applying your preferences to a game that's not even out, that you have given no chance to, and acting like the devs will crash and burn because they're focusing on the romance and not the marriage/ownership of the NPCs. Admit that you don't know what everyone's preferences are and just be more understanding.

Sunnyside will crash and burn without romance and marriage

I'm not sure if it'll be to that extent since, depending on how deep the romance turns out to be, the game could possibly have a chance. That said, I agree with the fact that it's quite a big risk not to include marriage and children, since those are staple features of the farm sim genre, given that country/farm life and family/home life go hand in hand with the idealistic fantasy many players love about the genre. As a result, there is a strong possibility that the game could receive many negative reviews based on that alone. I mean, the farm sim games that don't have marriage and children don't have romance either, and there is usually a logical reason for it, such as the player character being a child or the NPCs being animals.

[Anutha_1]

Originally posted by UvetteRichardson:

Originally posted by Anutha_1:

Hello Devs,

I remember in one of the previous Dev streams that the romanceable characters the PC would be able to woo was based off a sliding scale we determine when initially creating our character to begin with. Left side of the scale being completely straight/heterosexual to the right side of the scale being homosexual.

Can’t remember if this adjustable sliding scale was 10 wide, 15, 20, or whatever it was at the time and that we would choose a range of 5 on this scale for where we like our partners to fall on it. Any romanceable character whose sexual preference fell outside our chosen range when initially choosing it wouldn’t actually be romanceable after all as I understand it.

Any possibility for the 24 romanceable characters that appear in the game, it can be disclosed here what those 24 characters sexual preference ranges are without disclosing which exact characters they belong to?

Considering that we can't get married and have kids I don't care about the romanceable characters sexual preferences. A game with no marriage plus no having kids isn't really worth buying. There are a lot more games out there that do include these features which would be a lot more worth purchasing

For someone who is not interested in this game due to it not having marriage and children in it, you sure do like to post frequently on this board saying as much.

Why continuously do so if you’re not invested in this game? Are you hoping your continually harping on this changes the Dev’s minds or something?

[Anutha_1]

Originally posted by Rachel Denison:

Why would anyone ever even consider buying this game if we can't get married and have children?

Why don’t you try asking yourself instead, why did so many people back this gaming project on Kickstarter:

https://www.backerkit.com/projects/rainygames/sunnyside-open-world-farming-jrpg

They more than doubled their original pledge goal in one month’s time.

You people need to let go of this idea that people won’t buy this game once and for all.

Here is a more in-depth synopsis of what the game is about:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rainygames/sunnyside-open-world-farming-jrpg

If you’re at all familiar with the Persona series of games, their relationship system blows most games relationship systems out of the water. That is but one of the features that many of the players waiting to play SunnySide are looking forward to. Not just a shallow date, marry, and have kids feature that so many other games continue to utilize to this day that so many are perfectly acceptable with. Have you folks ever heard of trying to raise the bar and make something better than the same old, same old? That’s what Rainy Games is trying to do here. Yeah, we understand it doesn’t have marriage and kids but the social sim part of it and the relationship building you will have with the other characters will be heads and shoulders better than Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, and yes, most likely Stardew Valley.

[Merman Fanatic]

I have Persona 3-5 on the Switch but have yet to play it (hopefully soon), but I'm looking forward to that relationship system being the inspiration for SunnySide's relationship system. Admittedly, at first, I wanted at least a kiss or a hug interaction, but the more I think about it, the more I realize how unique each of those interactions would have to be due to the NPCs actually being fleshed out and diverse enough to enhance the immersion, so it probably would be a lot of work to animate them differently for 20+ romanceable NPCs, much like with adding marriage and, even worse, children. Ah, well. I love visual novels, so I'm used to reading how the romance goes rather than seeing it in action. I don't regret backing at all, both Switch and PC versions. This game is going to be very interesting, and I can see myself investing lots of hours of gameplay.

[Anutha_1]

I can’t wait to go in blind and try and possibly woo a certain character only to find out they may not be in the range of scale to like my character back. “Sorry but I don’t really see you more than anything but a friend” or whatever in-game dialogue they’ll choose to use if they may not even swing that way. And if it’s different for every character too, that will be so much different than most games out there that let you woo every single potential partner in the game.

Most farming sim games I’m trying to min-max from the first playthrough because most just do not offer much in the way of replayability.

Why so many so invested in just the marriage and children bland vanilla system implemented by most farming sim games can’t see this is beyond me? Hopefully SunnySide does implement this after the fact possibly via DLC or if not, in their next game, but I am still so looking forward to this game even without it.

Hurry up already Rainy Games!

[Merman Fanatic]

Agreed! I do know that Sydney said on a dev stream that it could likely happen as DLC if the game sells well enough. Given the time consumption and tedium involved in developing it, I'd support it as paid DLC. Plus, players who don't want marriage and children can just not buy it, so it's a win-win.

[Anutha_1]

Originally posted by Rachel Denison:

Compared to other Kickstarter games in this genre Sunnyside has almost no backers. Sunnyside could still have a complex dating system with having marriage and children, but without marriage and children it just won't be worth playing. If marriage comes later on as DLC then that is great and the game will be great and if they are able to add in having children as DLC then that would make it even better and I would be a willing to pay for both.

Do you even understand how Kickstarter works? They doubled their original pledge goal amount with as few backers as they did and closed the Kickstarter. There were still backers that wanted to pledge money to the game that they turned away because they reached their original goal and then some.

Go play Winds of Anthos and be happy with their plebs.

[Anutha_1]

Originally posted by Rachel Denison:

Originally posted by Anutha_1:

Do you even understand how Kickstarter works? They doubled their original pledge goal amount with as few backers as they did and closed the Kickstarter. There were still backers that wanted to pledge money to the game that they turned away because they reached their original goal and then some.

Go play Winds of Anthos and be happy with their plebs.

You are speaking complete another nonsense! They never turned away any backers because they had too much money pledged already. I'm almost positive that it isn't even possible for people to who want to pledge to a kickstarter campaign to be turned away. And just because they doubled their money that means absolutely nothing at all whenever a lot of other Kickstarter projects in the same genre made 5 or 10 times the amount that they asked for. Sunnyside would have never turned away people wanting to pledge money to their campaign because after their campaign was done they started up with another campaign to make more money. I don't care if you don't share the same opinion as other people but don't starting making up lies or harassing people because they don't share your opinion

Rachel, just go away, you’re making a fool of yourself now. Contact Rainy Games directly about this if you don’t believe me. Go to their Discord channel and ask them once they closed their Kickstarter campaign if they turned away some backers, before they opened up the Backerkit campaign because so many that wanted to donate were being turned away after the Kickstarter campaign was closed. I’ve got no reason to lie about it. Of course I doubt you actually will because you’d rather post over and over here you’re not going to buy the game because it doesn’t have marriage and kids like the others doing so here as well claiming the game will crash and burn because of it.

[Anutha_1]

Folks, the Kickstarter ran for one month’s time and they doubled their original fundraising goal during that time. Once the fundraiser was over, other people who were not even aware it was going on at that time, that are interested in the game and were interested in donating to the cause but the Kickstarter campaign had already ended by that point.

On top of that, they had different levels of donating during the Kickstarter campaign, the highest of these tiers was one of the first ones to sell out. I give props to Rainy Games for not selling themselves out like you see so many others do these days to make as much money as possible at any and all costs.

They’re designing their game that many of us are interested in and granted there are many that may be turned off by how it is currently set to turn out, there will still be plenty of us who do purchase it and enjoy it regardless of however you may think it may sell.

To be honest, if you really want to make your voice heard regarding this whole situation, go to their Discord channel instead and voice your opinion there as Rainy Games rarely even posts here on Steam’s Discussion boards.

[Anutha_1]

I don’t have any difficulty with differing opinions. My latest responses were just clarifying some poster’s continual misrepresentations and postings on the board here about the game’s fundraising campaign.

There are those of us who can act unbiased towards the game and then those others who continually are posting here who are not invested in the game but would rather see it fail. It’s obvious by the context of their posts. Why someone who is so interested in the game failing lurks on that same game’s board like they do is rather puzzling, to say the least.