Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a brand new title from Edelweiss, the talented indie team behind the highly acclaimed title Astebreed. Sakuna- Of Rice and Ruin represents a whole new direction for this acclaimed developer, combining side-scrolling action with deep crafting and farming simulation. Players take on the role of Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest goddess who is banished to a dangerous island with a group of outcast humans. As she tames the island by defeating demons in gorgeous, mysterious natural settings, she will also find a home in a mountain village, proving herself worthy of her title by harvesting rice and bettering the lives of humans. In addition to serving as a love letter to Japanese mythology, Sakuna- Of Rice and Ruin is an ode to the artistry of cultivating rice, and an engrossing simulation of the craft behind the agriculture
Story
It’s the Warring States period. The unending strife and bloodshed that engulfs Japan fills the mortal realm with hatred and despair. These powerful emotions are felt even in the heavens, and demons that feed on this malice appear in droves in places situated on the border between heaven and earth.
A group of humans, each of whom has lost something precious, wanders into the celestial realm. There they meet Sakuna, a proud and high-ranking harvest goddess. Together, the humans and Sakuna cause a ruckus that earns them the ire of the celestial ruler. The ruler exiles them to Hinoe Island, a sacred place that has become overrun with demons, and commands them to reclaim it.
Sakuna and her companions must fight against both the elements and monsters in a harsh yet beautiful environment. Having grown up in the luxury of the celestial realm, Sakuna must rediscover her birthright as a harvest goddess and bring agriculture back to this wild place. And by helping her, the humans banished with her may yet find the reason to live that had been stolen from them. Together, Sakuna and her human companions must join hands and tame both the soil and the demons of Hinoe Island.
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Key Features
Refined Side-scrolling Platform Action – Sakuna uses farm implements as weapons, chaining together strong, weak, and special attacks to take down animal demons, and combines this with her “celestial scarf”: a magical item that allows her to grapple distant platforms and enemies.
Detailed 3D Simulation-style Gameplay – The village serves as a base of operations for crafting weapons, cooking food, and farming rice by following detailed steps from planting to harvesting across the seasons, improving the eventual harvest and honing Sakuna’s battle skills.
Stunning Environments and Enemies Inspired by Japanese Legend – A painstakingly researched story incorporating Japanese history and legend sees its heroine face off against numerous types of demons, great and small, as she traverses detailed landscapes rich with the iconography of classic Japanese myths and legends.
A Moving Story about Finding One’s Place – Through her life in the village, Sakuna will learn more and more about her human companions and, hopefully, help find ways to heal their souls.
In Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, players take on the role of Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest goddess who is banished to a dangerous island with a group of outcast humans. Sakuna tames the island by defeating demons using farm tools as weapons while also making ample use of her “celestial scarf,” a magical item that allows her to grapple distant enemies and platforms. Along the way, she establishes a home in a mountain village, which serves as a base of operations for crafting weapons and cooking food. Additionally, as a harvest goddess, she grows rice by following a detailed process that encompasses everything from planting to harvesting. Through this process, across each of the four seasons, she’s able to improve the harvest and hone her battle skills alike.
The painstakingly researched storyline incorporates Japanese history and legend, with its heroine facing off against numerous types of demons, great and small, as she traverses detailed landscapes rich with the iconography of classic Japanese mythology. A love letter to Japanese culture, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is also an ode to the artistry of cultivating rice, and features an engrossing simulation of the craft behind the agriculture.
The game, a “genre-defying mixture of side-scrolling action with the complexities of rice cultivation set against the mystical backdrop of Japanese mythology,” is the first title confirmed as part of XSEED Games’ E3 2017 lineup.
Developed by Edelweiss(Asterbreed) and published in North America and localized by XSEED Games, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is in development for the PS4 system and Windows PC and is scheduled for release in 2018.
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Dunno about the rice growing/village simulation stuff but the action and platforming looks really fun and i like the enemy design a lot especially the toad boss we see shortly i saw a video of the fight from the E3 and it looked great.
I also like Edelweiss previious game Astebreed a lot they are one of the few Japanese doujin
/indie company's with modern production values (it's getting better since they discovered Unity there though )
Marvelous has updated the Japanese official website for Edelweiss-developed action RPG Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin with information on the game’s rice farming elements.
Get the details below.
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■ Planting
Plowing the Rice Field
The process of removing rocks and plowing the rice field with your hoe to prepare an environment where rice can easily grow. The better you plow, the better the rice-plant’s roots will spread and grow.
Sorting the Seed Rice
The process of sorting the seed rice. Mix mud and salt into the bucket the seed rice is sunk to float and remove the lighter weight and lower quality seed rice. But be careful as this will lower your yield.
Raising Seedlings
The process of raising the sorted seed rice into a seedling box and growing them into seedlings. There is dense seeding in which many seedlings grow but at lesser quality, and sparse seeding in which less seedlings grow but at better quality.
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Planting the Rice
The process of planting the raised seedlings in the rice field. If the spacing between seedlings is too close or too far apart, it may have a negative effect on the rice-plant’s growth.
Handing Off the Work
You can entrust some farm work such as plowing the rice field and planting the rice to your in-game companions. However, since the quality of the work will be lower, the quality and yield will also be low.
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Helper Animals
Animals can help with the farm work. Ducks can eat the harmful insects in the rice field to protect the rice-plants from disease, and cows can help plow the field.
■ Raising
Watering
The process of using waterways to control the amount and temperature of water in the rice field. The better the water management according to the growth rate of the rice-plants and the day’s weather, the better the rice-plants will grow.
Fertilizing
The process of spreading the compost fermented by mixing various materials into a fertilizer tank to nourish the soil in the rice field. By sowing the compost, you can counter the outbreak of disease and harmful insects.
Weeding
The process of removing the weeds that grew in the rice field. Weeds grow over time, so remove them often to nourish the rice-plants.
Improving Your Rice Farming Abilities
Through repeated farm work, Sakuna’s farming abilities will improve. This will allow for more efficient rice farming such as growing many seedlings at once or faster harvesting.
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Rice Farming Meetings
In addition to checking the condition of the rice field, you can also pray to change the weather. Also, by meeting predetermined conditions, you may receive a “Farming Book” that contains the secrets to rice farming.
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■ Harvesting
Harvesting the Rice-Plant
The process of using a sickle to harvest the rice-plants. Draining the water before harvesting the rice will make it easier to dry when hanging it on the rice rack.
Drying the Rice-Plant
The process of drying the harvested rice-plants. Since the rice-plants are full of moisture after harvesting, you must dry it properly to turn it into delicious rice.
Threshing the Rice-Plant
The process of removing the unhulled rice from the ends of the rice-plants using tools such as a comb-shaped hand thresher.
Hulling the Rice
The process of removing the rice husks and turning the unhulled rice into rice using tools such as a wooden mortar. The more you polish the rice, the closer it becomes to white rice and the better its quality, but the lesser its nutritional value when used as an ingredient.
Ability Growth
As a child of the harvest god, Sakuna’s abilities will improve in proportion to the quality and quantity of rice she harvests. She may also acquire new skills as she grows.
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Rice Trade
If your yield exceeds a certain amount, you can trade your rice to obtain materials from the gods of the spirit world.
And then just splotch on some ketchup on it as the finisher.
EDIT: 30+ Celsius and not much happening, ha ha.
EDIT: Though it's interesting to see the farming aspect being a more major elements not just something quick or eat food, receive buff.
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