#coral nerd

[coral-nerd]

okay so coming out of anon because I have been in your asks on anon so often lately it's frankly a little embarrassing-

so yeah, rant anon :D and a couple more anons that you got and that I'm really happy you answered!!! you're single-handedly feeding my growing interest in this game when I can't be playing it 'cause of school and stuff :D I just hope I'm not bothering youuu

(also warning, this is... longer than I thought it would be T-T please don't burn me at the stake)

How does your farmer feel about:

My farmer's name is Rome :) he/him

Farming: As soon as he got sprinklers, it got a lot more fun. He loves calculating the maximum amount of seeds that can be bought for all the money in his wallet and realizes only after what a chore it's gonna be to take care of all that every single day (unless it rains). But overall good vibes, farming is fun and he loves getting new seeds at Sam's and loves harvesting them even more - all good for artisan products or for gifting to the giants, who, alongside Wakuu and Mark, are his besties at the moment :D

Mining: LOVES the mines. Went through the silver, gold and osmium mine shaft in a single day each (upgraded pickaxe and explosives and 50% time speed :D) mostly because he felt really bad making the giants wait for their friends to be rescued - and also due to his own curiosity. and the rocks sounds. and loot. and monsters. Maybe he should have become a minor of coral island instead of farming? but then he wouldn't get to experience the joy of nursing seedlings to life, so farmer-miner life it is :D kinda like a double agent

Foraging: foraging is money, to be honest. Rome honestly just pairs foraging with catching bugs and exploring the island, his first day was exactly that - running around everywhere possibly and picking up stuff off the ground, and it paid off, so he just kept doing it. He likes gifting shiitake to Mark (the reason his friendship with Mark is so high) and has kept a secret stash of wasabi in a chest in his house because he had a strange hunch he would need it later for something but can't remember what (I honestly just had a really strong feeling I needed wasabi for something in a previous save and just kept every piece I found in this one just in case :D)

Catching: Rome loves catching bugs. Bugs are great. Sorry, Sunny, but your wife is right, bugs are the best and I love them and the moths on the island are just absolutely irresistible. There was a brief moment of frustration known as the Tiger Beetle Crisis, but thankfully, bug traps solved this issue and all is well now in bug-enthusiast land. Also, he looooves catching ocean critters. He loves the word critter. It's so cute.

Fishing: so far, Rome hates fishing due to reasons mentioned in the previous ask (rant). The fish are really pretty, but unfortunately, he just catches more trash than aquatic life, so he's waiting to give it another chance a little bit later :)

Ranching: Embarrassingly enough, as much as he loves animals (and has animals), Rome keeps *forgetting* he has animals due to the unfortunate placement of the barn and coop he chose on the other side of the farm, so he goes through about three heart-attacks a day when he can't remember if he petted his cows and chickens that day (he named all of them after characters from Greek mythology or plays). In theory, he loves ranching. In reality, he also loves ranching but is very, very forgetful about it

Combat: He's a combat lover - at first, he was driven by wanting to learn new stuff and fill the bestiary, but now that it's all filled up, his main motivation is fulfilling requests for B.O.S. or just the compulsion to play with a sword while in his beloved mines :) (Personally, I think the combat could be tweaked to work a little bit better, but honestly, it's not the main focus of the game, so I'm not mad about occasional jankiness)

Diving: Diving is a sort of 'in it for the long run' sort of affair for Rome. He refuses to dive without having an upgraded scythe, so when Ling talked to him for the first time, he really just waited to get a bronze scythe before even dipping a toe in the water, but now, he's a little ways into the gold kelp area and entering a state of 'going diving when there's extra time at the end of the day' rather than doing full-day diving trips, since he's not that much in a hurry to clear the entire ocean (don't get him wrong, he wants the roots gone as much as anybody else, but this is the one area where he kind of wants to take his time and focus on other things first

Interacting with the Islanders: Local cryptid extraordinaire, he usually emerges in the dead of night when everything else is done and runs around, giving often-not-so-thoughtful gifts to whoever he runs into. Unless it's Wakuu, in which case he usually spends a portion of his hard-earned cash to buy the object of his interest a muffin and see the smile on his face :) He tries to be nice but struggles a bit with dead-panning obvious things (as much as dialogue options in-game allow). Despite some initial awkardness, though, he's managed to make Mark warm up to him, and that's *got* to mean something, right?

He's also trying his best to befriend the giants :)

Other:

What is their favorite building material? Rome likes building with wood :) He has a pretty wooden fence + plank paths on his farm framing the tilled spaces and is pretty happy with that :) He changes things up here and there with stone

What is their decor style? It's a bit too early for Rome to really decide which decor style, so it's a bit of a mix, but his favorite items so far have come from the blossom festival, which I think is shoji? I really the screen and chair + paintings in the early game to make the little house look a little less depressing :D

Who's their love interest? as much as Rome wants to say he's not really in it for the romance or that he at least wants to explore all his options beforehand, he's really just head over heels crushing and pining after Wakuu. Maybe dyed hair is his type? He's got green hair himself :) (used to be white, but he's circulating between the two)

What's their favorite thing to grow? in terms of type, Rome loves growing the seasonal flowers because he gets to feed the bees on his farm with it (he already has eight bee houses and only plans to expand). Honeymaking is his favorite so far, probably mostly because the houses are so adorable, and the bees need a home after all :)

What's their favorite animal? In ranching, he prefers the ducks, especially his brown duck, Persephone, who has a white counterpart, Hades :D But his most favorite animal is of course his pet dog Sammy (spike bonkers) who he is slowly building a better relationship with

Bonus! What do you associate with your farmer in these categories:

Color: light blue

Season: spring

Metal: silver

I am going to burn you at the stake for not sending me more long rants!! I am so honored and grateful to get to be part of your interest in this game! And it's so great to share the love with people who also enjoy it!

Rome is a cool name, and we're green hair buddies! I do now need to request images, and of Persephone and Hades like COME ON!!! That's awesome!!!

Actually Rome and I are so oddly similar XD Totally forgetting the animals, big greek mythology nerd, refusing to do the big tasks without upgraded tools, unfounded hunch that Wasabi will somehow be important, enjoying the sound of Coral Island Rocks breaking...

I don't really care for combat though (not because of the jankiness, i just generally don't like fighting games), and I keep forgetting BOS quests are a thing! I've also only ever managed to do a single full shaft in one day, not THREE IN A ROW?!?!?! That is scarily impressive! So at least I'm not a Rome Clone XD

...what is the tiger beetle crisis???

[coral-nerd]

Trying to break the mold!

...is there a theme with my Coral Island farmers? Perhaps.

[ellieanimations113]

Coral glasses

[olessan]

[rosehagikure]

Just three awkward, lovable, bearded nerds going through their own midlife crisis💖

My sources say they're the same person. And I stand by them🧐👆

Harvey (SDV), Gale (BG3), and Raj (Coral Island) aka the love of my life.

[dizzyrobinsims]

Me: "Rafael is really cute, but maybe I should hold out for Semeru because whooo boy. But also Millie and Macy are adorable. Urgh. I can't-"

Luke: *pun names a tree he plants*

Me: "...fucking no, NO, I'M ROMANCING THE RICH BOY-"

[lunar-stims]

Hiraki board for me

🐟|🌺|🧨 💣|🏮|🔦 🎇|🌸|🐟

[jazstudios]

Scott you wet cat nerd you

[nerdiel-has-no-braincells]

OMG

TWIRLS HAIR GIGGLING

[jaylalovesjayfeather]

I made this then realized how wild my imagination is lol

Alot of this is old art btw so its not that good

[coral-nerd]

Okay per request I will do a short rant.

I fully agree with you about the clothing!! I go to the clothing store every chance I get and I feel they really should have more at this point. At this point in the game I have a lot of mini skirt options but not a lot of longer ones, which I really want.

The body types thing was especially confusing when I first started playing because it just seemed so odd to have limited body types, like bodies aren't incredibly varied.

npc's are AMAZING!! I like how the first impressions can leave you thinking about them one way, but by the time you get to a 4 heart event or something your opinion on them has completely flipped. I thought Chaem was gonna be a mean girl when I first met her from her comments, but shes so much fun to talk to and hype up now!! And Eva is sweet as sugar but so determined.

And I especially love the slow pacing of the game. Okay I'm gonna be honest with you, I've had this game from the beginning. I bought it when it was still in Early development mode, I remember when it was a kickstarter trying to surpass goals, the whole thing. And even though I had to restart it for the official 1.0 release, I'm still only at year 2 summer. I like being able to take my time with video games, and also my computer overheats so trying to go fast is liable to have a days worth of work not saved.

And I like what you said about seeing things changing. Personally, I love the tree planting festival the best because doing things like that and seeing progress is so much fun.

Also, as someone who's big on the environmental issues, I like that our big bad is an oil executive! lol!!

Wow this was longer than I thought it would be, whoops. All in all, while it could be better, it's a great game and I can't wait to see where it goes.

Honestly, no notes! You've encapsulated it all so perfectly!

I still haven't found myself particularly interested in Chaem or Eva, but that's what I love about fandom! Everyone will enjoy a different kind of person, and then I get a new point of view and more reasons to like something!

I forget when I joined tbh, just that I spent a lot of time watching youtube videos about it until I finally realised it was a HUGE hyperfixation and I should treat myself to a purchase. The fact that you've been here so long is just--- WOW!

I'm still not sure where I stand on the 1.0 release thing re-setting progress. I really miss my og farmer, but tbh I don't think that guy would like how expanded the world's gotten since then XD

I also have a second file from that time with a good chunk of money that I'm saving foooorr... I dunno, final release ig?? Some farmer down the line is going to have a great start!

I'd really love to hear more about your save as you progress through the next few years/seasons! I've only heard of 1 person who's gone past year 5 at this point, so I think taking it extra slow is the way to go!

[tatsumi-rin]

Sat here watching the VOD of the Wonderful Precure Christmas stream that they apparently just did last night and god I NEED to watch Wonderful Precure the whole animal/pet theme is adorable

[pinayelf-archive]

there has to be a comic con in the coral island universe and that would 100% be something immy and noah would be into

Noah's fave extraterrestrial show would be there and immy's fave animated show creator would be there (+ whatever sanrio is in coral island verse)

her and noah working on her cosplay and geeking out abt the whole thing I just 😭❤️

[gnomeyana]

RAMARIA, HERE I GO AGAIN

MY-MY, ECTO-MYCORRHIZAL

[shy-peacock]

I’m playing Coral Island for the first time and I don’t really have anyone I wanna date quite yet but literally my mind immediately wanted to ship so many of them together 😂

[selfconsciousfangirl]

This looks like such a cool idea, but I question the use of 3D printers, mostly because I’m sure there’s no shortage of clay enthusiasts who also love marine wildlife, and who’d love to volunteer their time and skills to help rebuild coral reefs.

3D-printed clay tiles designed to restore coral reefs

Architects and marine scientists at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have jointly developed a novel method for coral restoration making use of specially designed 3D printed artificial ‘reef tiles’ for attachment by corals to enhance their chance of survival in the Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park in Hong Kong waters.

The artificial reef tiles are specially designed to aid coral restoration by providing a structurally complex foundation for coral attachment and to prevent sedimentation, one of the major threats to corals. They provide anchors for corals of opportunity, i.e. dislodged coral fragments that are unlikely to survive on their own, giving them a second chance to thrive.

The 128 pieces of reef tile with a diameter of 600mm were printed through a robotic 3D clay printing method with generic terracotta clay and then fired at 1125 degrees Celsius. The design was inspired by the patterns typical to corals and integrated several performative aspects addressing the specific conditions in Hong Kong waters.In addition to the novel design of the tiles, the materials used are more eco-friendly than the conventional use of concrete and metal. The tiles were printed in clay and then hardened to terracotta (ceramic) in a kiln. The team plans to expand their collaboration to new designs with additional functions for seabed restoration in the region.

Read more at newatlas.com or check the source for University of HK press release