- Frunbuns – They like cute stuff
- Peaksnubs – They like success and competition
- Mimpins – The science kids and the socially awkward
- Mossprouts – Outdoorsy club that loves a good adventure
Growing Friends in Ooblets
It feels like I have been waiting the better part of a decade on this game, but in truth it seems I first wrote about it back during E3 of 2017. Ooblets entered early access yesterday and after spending some time being a post apocalyptic delivery man, I decided to hop into a delightful cartoon world before bed time. Ooblets can best be described as what would happen if you got Stardew Valley and a Card Battling game in your Pokemon. You could also potentially relate some of the things to Animal Crossing, but instead of Animals there are delightfully weird human beings taking their place.
The character creation screen is very limited, and is doesn’t involve gender selection. You choose a hair style, a skin tone and the sort of outfit you want to wear. This is going to be a game where I don’t likely get a beard but I am largely okay with this as I think a lot more options open up once you start exploring. I found a barber shop and there are already hair options that were showing up that did not appear during the initial character creation system. Additionally there is a clothing shop that reminds me a lot of the Able Sisters from Animal Crossing. You collect a currency called Gummies and that seems to be what is spent on everything cosmetic. I just don’t really have many of those yet nor do I have any clue how to get a large quantify more so I am rolling with this basic look for now.
The game starts with you arriving by boat from an island to this seaside town. You come from a place where Ooblets did not exist, and you are immediately thrust into a situation where you are given a horrible farm house that you will need to fix up, and a job acting as the assistant of the mayor. Since you arrive without an Ooblet of your own you are presented with the choice between four clubs that dominate the town. This feels very much like a Hogwarts House sort of mechanic, but it truth I just went with the house that had the Ooblet that I wanted to use the most. Your choices are: