Starsand Island Sparks a DIY Revolution in Life and Farming Sims Giving More Control to Players
Yes, that's a personal houseboat roaming Starsand Island.
Starsand Island isn’t just a typical cozy farming sim with an anime tag; it also boasts a breathtaking world with its wonderful art design. However, it’s the game’s customization that takes center stage, aiming to redefine the genre by offering players more freedom.
What Makes Starsand Island’s Customization Unique Compared to Other Farming Sims
While most life and farming sims lean heavily on familiar cozy game tropes, like decorating your home, dressing up your character, and collecting fun and cute items, Starsand Island pushes the genre forward by giving players more creative control.
In an interview with Starsand Island’s Technical Director, Golton Gao, we asked about how Starsand Island moves the needle in finding a way to make customization more engaging.
According to Starsand Island’s Technical Director, Golton Gao, the game’s theme itself breaks new ground. “Home-building in Starsand Island isn’t static,” he explains. You can actually build your own houseboat and customize your mobile home, growing plants and raising animals on board. You can bring your cats and dogs along for fishing trips at sea and leisurely adventures. For wardrobe options, beyond modern styles, we also offer special traditional cultural outfits.
This twist on the typical farming setup emphasises freedom of expression, turning the whole Starsand Island into your dream playpen. Home-building being expanded to mobile homes, or even getting a home sailing the seas, adds a unique flavor to the genre that you never would’ve thought you needed.
Although the current editing design may appear more complicated, you’ll get accustomed to it. In fact, the added feature of importing and exporting home builds and layouts will really help showcase the potential of Starsand Island’s creative design.
Apart from these DIY customization features, you still have the cozy nature of fishing, farming, designing, adventuring, and meeting all the locals.
Cozy Farming Sim Players Are Craving for Deep Customization
Most farming simulators nowadays focus on creating a unique, cozy world with interesting characters and building a farm from scratch. They add the same features, such as an adventurous route to get unique materials, and tend to your farm while socializing with the townsfolk.
As for mechanics, we’ve blended Minecraft’s block-based building with The Sims 4-style modular construction. It’s all about making creative freedom easy and intuitive, with batch editing tools for more convenient large-scale design. We’ve also carefully analyzed and broken down architectural rules for things like traditional East Asian gardens, so players have the tools to authentically recreate all kinds of distinctive layouts. -Golton Gao
No one has ever thought of combining The Sims’ massive success with the same formula. Since The Sims is mostly known for its deep customization, that’s what lures players to keep coming back to the franchise from time to time.
With Starsand Island’s foundation set, it’ll be interesting to see how a DIY revolution on deep customization plays out. Starsand Island will definitely be a game to watch out for when it cozy farming sims in 2026.
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