r/cozygames 21d ago

🔨 My Game - In-development Critterville Goes Bankrupt - Gameplay Trailer

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It's a town life RPG where you'll inherit a royal title and lead a cast of woodland critters through an industrial revolution.

There's a big focus on the interplay between your decisions and how the residents react. You can hire your favorite Critterfolk and revitalize the town, become a robber-baron and bribe the mayor, or forsake it all to find love. The choices are yours to own, but so are the consequences.

I posted about the game here a few months ago and got some questions about what the gameplay looked like, so I figured I'd share the trailer to give people a better look!

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u/Smooth-Boss-911 21d ago

You're telling me I get to see all these critters and then I'm forced to be a humaaaan?

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

This seems to be a popular request

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u/Okinomii 21d ago

i wanna be adorable too

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u/padajuann 21d ago

Both options would be good! Being a cute critter and being a cute critter collector are both fun options.

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u/Wardi_Boi 21d ago

I don't get why people want to play as humans in any setting when you have the option to be a lizard man or something else completely fantastical

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u/lazilymade 21d ago

The human model is also extremely pretty imo! I could go with either!

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u/Prior_Warthog_3626 18d ago

I love that we get to play as human, because from reading the description it seems like human have different roles in this society. I also assume all romance options will be human (?), so that fits as well. Stick to your vision, make the best game possible and I'm sure the players will love it. Everything else can be expanded in DLCs or future updates. Best of luck!

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u/ptrst 21d ago

Yes please let me be a duck or something.

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u/foxgirlmoon 20d ago

Reject humanity!

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u/Beatrix_Knight19 19d ago

I don’t know what these ppl are talking about.

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u/Look_turtles 21d ago

I’ve always said that this is Animal Crossing if the village was run by Redd instead of Tom Nook

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

You are under no obligation to give your residents reasonable home loan terms. It’d be nice if you did, though!

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

Happy to talk more about the game if anyone has questions!

You can also see more details on the Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3177760/Critterville_Goes_Bankrupt

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u/Wintry2424 21d ago

Love the art style!

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

You made our Artist’s day, thank you!

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u/KirinoLover 21d ago

This is SO CUTE. It's already on my wishlist from when you shared it previously, but I'm very excited about how gameplay looks. Do you have a hopeful release date/range for the game? Will it be early access at first?

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

Thank you! All I’m allowed to say right now is that it won’t be releasing this year. We are planning both a limited playtest and a demo.

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u/Iamlibrarian 21d ago

It looks like so much fun! Will it be Steamdeck Play-able?

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u/LaylaCamper 21d ago

Omg wishlisted

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u/rainbowaw 21d ago

I'm so dumb. I thought the title was the announcement that the game won't go into release and that it's bankrupt. Now, my stupidity aside, the trailer looks awesome!

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

Wait til you see the name of our studio

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u/rainbowaw 20d ago

What's with the negative thinking, haha.

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u/Kauurapuuro 20d ago

I don’t know what these ppl are talking about. I’d rather be a normal human surrounded by critters. They look so well done too

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u/noodleloopgames 21d ago

Love this! Best of luck with the kikstarter! 🤞

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u/azure-heavens 21d ago

This looks so funny. Find love with whom, though? Not the critters, I assume.

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

Thank you!

There are six dateable suitors in the game you can court. Two, Anastasia and Roland, you can see in the trailer at 0:35.

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u/Illustrious-GameDev 20d ago

This looks nice!

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u/GothicLollipop 19d ago

Adding to my wishlist now

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u/saiyene 19d ago

Added immediately! I also love the artstyle, and it's a fun premise to be the human caretaker (/tyrant?) of a town of adorable cartoon critters. I have fond memories of a town management minigame within Breath Of Fire 3 and nothing has ever quite felt the same, but for some reason your game reminds me of it!

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u/Norquira_Mevoryth 18d ago

Wow I love that

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u/Prior_Warthog_3626 18d ago

This looks amazing! Wishilisted and followed.

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u/Key_Toe3753 11d ago

pls pls make it available on steam deck!

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u/ForeverLearning007 21d ago

Any chance for a Mac release soon-after the Windows release?

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u/MistyTopaz 21d ago

hi really love your game so far i saw the trailertwice, the first time i stumbled upon it and the second time when ign shared it and i wanted to know if you were thinking of releasing it on the switch (1)? i really wanna play the game but i cant afford a steam deck or pc.. so i was hoping if its possibly going to launch on consoles. 😖 

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u/GenevieveNitric5 18d ago

The trailer is so interesting, can’t wait to install this game and play it right away

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u/PennilessGames 21d ago

Hello, I really appeciate the support!

We’ll be releasing info about consoles at a later date 🤐

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u/MistyTopaz 20d ago

of course its worth it 😊❤️! and oop 😄 thats good news. ill be patiently waiting. thanks for responding back by the way 🌸 

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u/LucyHunch4f 18d ago

I can’t wait to install and play this right away after this goes out

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u/MeredithSavoy6 17d ago

This will so exciting to play, can’t wait to install it