"Most of the characters in Animal Crossing are largely throwaway, you don't really get that deep into their backgrounds.And the story itself is sort of this weird capitalist fantasy that never totally worked super well for me personally. "One of the things that I personally wish I could have had more from Animal Crossing was a meaningful story," Edery says. For instance, Edery says he was inspired by one of the few actual storylines in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, where the player gradually gets tailor Sable to open up to them about her life and feelings. Spry Fox wasn't trying to be a copycat, he says, but it did want to iterate on the formula. Hence Cozy Grove, which Edery very candidly admits takes a lot of inspiration from Animal Crossing - both what the team loved about it, and what they don't. But over time, invention became less important, while making the world a better place became more important. In the same interview, CEO David Edery says when he and Cook started Spry Fox, they were obsessed with inventing new things all the time. Many of these games, including AlphaBear and Triple Town, include the same large, square-ish bears that now feature as Cozy Grove's roaming spirits. "We're always trying to bring joy to people's hearts and somehow add something positive to the world, as opposed to something dark and negative." Spry Fox has been around for 11 years and worked on a number of different games in different genres. "I would say the big unifying theme is we want to make the world a better place," says Spry Fox CCO Dan Cook in an interview with IGN. New tasks are available each day, and returning regularly will gradually unlock more spirits and more of their stories, as well as new activities and spaces around the island. Each day, many of the spirits you meet will have tasks for you to complete, which may include familiar activities like fishing, digging, foraging, decorating an outdoor space, or hunting for lost items. Cozy Grove, like Animal Crossing, takes place in real time. Your Scout begins the game by traveling to the titular Cozy Grove and is immediately stranded there, along with nearly two dozen spirits who need your help to move on. Enter developer Spry Fox with Cozy Grove, a simulation title in the same vein as Animal Crossing that sees players take on the role of a "Spirit Scout," an order of kids in tune with the supernatural world who help soothe restless ghosts.
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