A free 'cosy MMO' pitched as Animal Crossing with other people in it, opened to the public in August 2023 with a wave of streamers and a wait list, then losing much of its studio to layoffs in 2024 before being sold to Daybreak. The record notes that the cosy genre's first live-service attempt found out what live service costs.
A Twitch category in August 2023 filled with people fishing beside a lake and talking about their week, which is also what the game is.
Correction: the layoffs were in 2024, not at launch, and the game did not close; Daybreak Game Company acquired the studio and kept it running with a smaller team.
The record notes that the game was promoted through cosy-gaming YouTube and a Switch release, and that its early crowds were built on the same hunger that Stardew Valley had been feeding alone.
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