Missing Sunshine Days

Heartopia is almost a bittersweet game for me. A few years back my friend introduced me to a free mobile game called Sunshine Days, it was also "Coming Soon" to steam. In Sunshine Days you did a lot of similar stuff you can do in Heartopia. There was your home plot, a main town with shops, a valley with more locations to do easy requests for the towns folk and even some upcoming shop locations in other areas. There was crafting, resource farming, and even resource conversion like making logs into planks for crafting. It had no chat and yet was such a social and friendly game. There were these Stereo items you could put down that gave stuff to you and any players nearby. Players would create what I'd call "Dance Parties" where a bunch of us would drop stereos at the same time and start emoting together. It was honestly such a great game with a lovely community. 

I have basically no screenshots of my time playing unfortunately so here's a video a found of someone playing it at the time:

 

 

After a point I ended up taking a hiatus because I had lowkey burnt myself out on it but I still loved the game. Sometime last year I went to their website to grab the game again and see what they had added. It was still a new game when I had started so I was excited to see what they had done with the game. To my disappointment however, the game was gone. Sunshine Days was turned into a "Town Builder" game. The mechanics are nothing the same and there's basically no social aspect anymore. You also can't name yourself and there's barely customization now. It's like they took the original game and stripped the entire soul out of it. The new game is "okay" but not something I'd recommend, at least at the moment.  

Heartopia was a breakthrough when I first heard about it. It looked and was described in such a similar way to Sunshine Days so needless to say I was stoked. I started playing with both my partners as soon as I found out about the game. I considered waiting for the Steam release since it was so close but I caved and used TapTap for a bit beforehand, now I play on Steam and Mobile though.  I absolutely love Heartopia and it's gameplay because it's very similar to Sunshine Days but also very different. 

My only issues with Heartopia right now is the devs choices plus the community. The devs are just ignoring the community for the most part. The community on the other hand is mostly filled with ranting and raving. Yes, the ranting and raving is for completely valid reasons but it's also exhausting when it's being repeated by every person and the devs are ignoring them all so it's a double edged sword. Even without that though, some of the community is really hostile for like no reason and cant seem to have fun? I've seen some people get mad at other players for trying to socialize with them in a social game. I removed myself from most Heartopia social spaces except for two I use for news and locations just to keep my sanity.

I am looking forward to Loftia however. I'm really hoping it will have the same energy as Sunshine Days while not making the same mistakes that Heartopia did. I'll still be playing Heartopia most likely but if Loftia does things right I may end up playing that more. Fingers crossed!

Recent Projects

Recently I've just been trying to keep my mind busy so I've been working on various random things.

In March Discord will be requiring ID or Face Scan for adults to verify their age. Obviously most users are not okay with this and now scrounging to find alternatives, the biggest one right now seems to be Stoat, and the poor devs are trying to keep up but I'm hopeful. With these changes I know I'll be staying on Discord but it's only because of the servers I run in there. I do know though that some of my members will most likely want to move off the platform entirely which is completely valid.

After discussing alternatives with server members I landed on making a Stoat variant of two of my servers, TRANScenders and Oliville. It was a bit of a pain to set up because you can't change permissions for channels by category so I had to do it by each channel one by one. But I successfully did it and finished both the servers in the last few days. The bots aren't set up yet but that's only because right now they're quite laggy due to the influx of new users on Stoat. 

• TRANScenders (Trans/Nonbinary, 21+): https://stt.gg/5WJc6ahD
• Oliville (Gaming, 18+): https://stt.gg/8SPFGrxZ

Other than the servers I have also begun working on another simple HTML, CSS website! Since Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is coming out very soon I wanted to make a website dedicated to Miis! Growing up I ended up with a Wii which was my favorite console at time and I had always loved Miis especially in the Wii Sports games. That love for Miis only grew throughout my life thanks to games like Tomodachi Life and Miitopia.

The website is called Wolf's Mii Plaza. So far it doesn't have much but I'd love to find more Mii related resources and links. I've posted the link to the website on various platforms in hopes of getting some suggestions, haven't gotten anything yet but eventually I will, especially with Living the Dream coming out! I think my next "major" update I'd like to do to the website is a screenshots page. While it's a Mii resources/links website it is also like my little digital shrine for Miis. The screenshots page would be for any images I take in the various Mii games I play and they'll probably be sorted by game. 

I'm honestly really proud of myself for my little Mii website. Alongside making the website I decided to make the page title myself! Originally I was using this image for the website title since the website is Wolf's Mii Plaza. However I wanted to have a title that actually said Wolf's Mii Plaza without taking away the authenticity with using a random font.

 

This is what I ended up coming up with!

It honestly came out much better than I expected it to because I was originally struggling with the color choice at first. Blue isn't my favorite color but it's a pretty color and it just felt right for this logo! I think part of it may be the fact my personal website has a lot of red going on since Red is my favorite color.

 

Along wit hthe logo update I also fixed up the Links/Buttons page from how I had it previously so now there are proper sections for everything. With this addition I also went looking for an anonymous suggestions box. I didn't want to use something like Tellonym since that is more so for anonymous questions. Finally after some searching I landed on WhisperMeter which allows me to do exactly what I need including instructions/info on what suggestions are accepted so I quickly set one up! I can't wait to start getting suggestions through it since it'll all be neatly organized with the website. I may eventually create a guestbook as well but for now that is up in the air.

Warframe 2025 Year Review

I accidentally forgot about the yearly review otherwise I would've talked about this in January. Anyways though I'm definitely not surprised and expected most of this. Sevagoth became a new main Warframe just barely last year, previous I was maining Zephyr. I still adore Zephyr but once I got Sevagoth I immediately fell in love with his play style. My second most played Warframe last year ended up being Oberon after his rework. His rework made his play style exactly how I had imagined it was back when I first got him years ago, I had slowed down playing him when I learned that wasn't the case.

My top weapons I'm definitely not shocked by in the slightest, been using the same three for years now. Every now and again I'll switch though just not for very long. Before the Guandao though I had previously mained the Orthos which I still return to on occasion depending on the build I'm running.

Further down in the review my most used companion ended up being my very first Kubrow that I returned to using just last year when my fiance helped me finally build him out. He's a beast with damage and handling overguard I love my giant fluffy boy. What's funny about him is I named him Kurbow because I didn't know what to name him and had forgotten how to spell "Kubrow" in the moment, I'm not upset though, Kurbow sounds cool. It's definitely a funny story to look back on considering how much younger I was when I had named him.

I'm honestly not sure what to expect for my year review for 2026. I still love Sevagoth and Oberon dearly but at the time of this post I am finally crafting Nokko and I believe it's this year that Follie, the ink frame, get's released. I absolutely adore the designs of Nokko and Follie and really want to learn how to use them well. I also recently started playing a bit more of Hildryn because I also adore her design, especially her Prime design. Though there is also the very small possibility of Vauban being up there if I get his Heirloom skin this year because it looks sick as hell. Warframe almost never misses with their designs especially nowadays. Every Warframe is loved by at least one person no doubt.

I'm kind of hoping more Protoframes come out and that Follie gets one. It would make sense since she's ink based maybe she could be a writer or artist Protoframe? I'm honestly just really happy about their being a plus size Warframe that doesn't have abs and is actually plus size. 

I can't wait to see what Warframe has in store for us this year. 

Talking about TRANScenders

Ever since I was younger I've been creating and building up Discord Servers. There were a few that I either didn't stay in or ended up remaking, my major one being my gaming server because I wanted it to be a perfect and fun safe space. Finally I did end up remaking and settling on a new gaming server not too long after I adopted my cat and I themed the server name and icon after him, thus creating Oliville in November of 2023. The server has grown a little bit though not very much because I haven't been actively advertising it enough until I recently added it to Disboard and it's growing a small and slow community.

I spent a lot of time exploring the Fediverse during this time. Through my time on the Fediverse I noticed a lot of older Trans/Nonbinary folks seeking a space for them. You can find thousands of general trans/nonbinary servers for teens and adults and probably just as many servers just for teens. Trying to find servers for older Trans/Nonbinary folk was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. In 2024 I had just turned 21, in that March, and decided to take the dive and make a 21+ Trans/Nonbinary Telegram chat. I didn't want to make the age requirement older than myself because that just felt wrong so instead in advertising I made sure to specify that it is more meant for older Trans/Nonbinary folks since their experience, especially if their egg hatched late, would be vastly different from the "average" Trans experience. I had originally gone with a Telegram chat because I didn't originally want to overwhelm myself with a second Discord Server. However, this didn't last long because quite a few group members wanted to move off of Telegram so I just went for it and moved it to Discord in that April.

The Telegram chat had already grown pretty quickly for the short amount of time it existed. I didn't expect this to take off at all and honestly expected only a few people to move from the Telegram chat over to the server, but, I was very wrong. Basically everyone moved over and ever since then the server has been steadily growing in members. We've created such a caring community with daily activity, even if some days are more active than others. 

Over the past few years with the server growing I also got two moderators on the server fairly quickly. Since then though, they've both become Admins and we've added a new moderator to the team. I am honestly so thankful for them because I would be so much more burnt out than I already am with other things in my life. I consider them both good friends and one of them even lives quite close to me. We got to meet up at their place for parties on a few occasions and those were probably the best ones I've ever experienced. They were small and fairly simple gatherings but there were so many queer people that I just felt genuinely welcome even though I was new there. 

Today I had some random motivation to fix up some things on my various servers including channels, bots, and even some rules. TRANScenders got the most of this though. Regarding the channels we have a category for general common topics with each channel being a different topic. One of these channels was the "Health and Wellness" channel which was for general discussion regarding health, working out, yoga, disability, accessibility, etc. This being a server geared towards older trans/nonbinary folk I felt this was an important channel to add. Today however I decided to build on that. Now instead it is a "Health and Wellness" category with multiple channels.

These channels include:

• General Health - This is what used to be the Health and Wellness channel now renamed for general discussion regarding health.
• Workouts and Yoga - This is now it's own channel for discussing different workouts, yoga routines, workout journeys in general, etc.
• Accessibility Aids - This is for discussing, asking, and sharing different accessibility aids, tools, and gadgets.
• Disability Resources - This one is a forum channel for discussing Disabilities as a whole and sharing resources to help other disabled people.

Obviously none of these channels are meant to replace or substitute actual medical care but rather be a space where Health can be discussed, because as we get older Health begins to play an even bigger factor in our lives. I already know there is a few disabled people on the server so I hope this helps them feel more welcome too because they deserve it just as much as an able bodied Trans/Nonbinary person.  

I wanted to write about this topic because I need to remind myself of the good I have done. I constantly doubt and downplay anything good I've done as not enough, because it's not enough for myself. I push to be the best I can be while also draining myself in the process. This server however is slowly chipping away at that mindset. It's still a hard mindset to shake especially due to other factors in my life but this server seems to be slowly helping me just as much as the people in the server. My two Admins for example are so thankful for the server because it's helped both of them so much. Today someone joined the server and immediately exclaimed "Finally a 25+ place for trans and nonbinary people" and it just gives me that little reminder of knowing I've done a good thing. The server definitely wouldn't be what it is now without my two Admins though because they've been amazing at moderation and motivation for caring about the server.

I hope TRANScenders gets to see many more years to come and branch off into other things too. We already have a Steam group so I'm excited to see what comes next. 

Logo Credits to:
Pascal The Otter (One of our Admins)

Tomodachi Life LtD Excitement

I've been excitedly waiting for a new Tomodachi Life game for years, even before the Switch game's announcement. I didn't get to play Tomodachi Life on the 3Ds until about 10 years later when I had finally modded it and it's my favorite game on the 3Ds console. My only gripe with it was not being able to design characters more accurately and wishing there was more clothes. 

With the new game knowing how much customization there is I'm going to be able to add significantly more characters than on the previous game. I'm heavily looking forward to being able to create dynamics between OCs and Canon characters especially with being able to have other sexualities for the Miis. 

I've already begun working on a list of miis I plan to add to my island. I do hope there limit doesn't cap at 100 so I can add as many miis as possible. I kept having to cycle out miis on my 3Ds until I finally settled on one's I didn't want to get rid of but I still would've liked to have more. I'm also taking the opportunity to add my more niche fandom characters as well. 

I do hope someone makes an island layout planner so I can plan out my island as well. I don't even know how I'd go about it either. Maybe depending on what it let's me do for customization I could make different parts of the island themed for different Fandoms that tie to the miis that I've added. 

I'm quite excited to finally be able to add my own OCs as well. There's one OC I technically could've had on the 3Ds game but his hairstyle wasn't there so hopefully the new game will have it. My other OC I'm excited to add is an Orc so I definitely wasn't able to add him on the previous game. 

I still need to watch the direct/showcase as well so there's probably a lot I don't know about. I only saw bits and pieces on the subreddit so I'll be watching that soon but I can't wait to see what else is in the game that hasn't been shown yet as well.