My First MONTH In Coral Island

In this video, I played my first MONTH in the lovely Coral Island. I met a bunch of really interesting villagers, helped to purify the island, and pursued my one greatest goals of becoming a chicken. This game is currently in early access, so not completed yet, but I still wanted to give it a try and see what it was all about!
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[@sarcasticsmoothie9397]

it's giving a combo of stardew and animal crossing and i don't think anything could be more amazing omg

[@AngelinaRoseCal]

YES

[@CharlieBarley]

Yes!!! Exactly what I thought as well 😁

[@Jadieecakes]

Idk why but for me I don’t like it. It might be because I think it’s a bit of a fake of animal crossing and Stardew but everyone has there own opinions

[@sarcasticsmoothie9397]

@@Jadieecakes Yeah I can see that it seems a bit like a copy, but I really enjoy this style of game! Plus, it's always good when they add their own twist like with the oil spill/company :)

[@Jadieecakes]

Yeah That’s true ty

[@emmalution]

You didn't choose the chicken life, the chicken life chose you

[@kronoskai2738]

No-one cared who she was till she put on the chicken suit

[@penelopewilson6249]

This pablo and Charlie situation feels like victor all over again😂😂😂😂

[@sqv1dz0]

and then something is gonna happen where it becomes waluu and charlie like with lance

[@melonpop486]

The Spaghetti saga

[@mine.hartanto]

So cute, he called pablo to show him his cute costume ❤️

[@SKPetel]

this feels like if Stardew Valley and dream daddy had a child

[@hoopa_axolotl9293]

Sunny and Charlie just doing the Spider-Man pointing meme

[@noogems755]

Nah u from greasy groves

[@Jacob_Lynch]

We love your confidence to try other games, because it shows that you know we don’t watch because of your gameplay, but because of you and your personality. We all love you Charlie, and we’re glad to see what the future has in store for you!❤

[@IceMaverick13]

Bronze... ore? Really cool that this island just has pre-alloyed metal naturally occurring. Very helpful.

[@tash8697]

Your reaction to Pablo was my reaction to Rafael 😂 Glad to see some coverage of Coral Island! The scenery is based off of Indonesia where the devs are from and the game is super promising I'm glad you gave it a shot

[@dan-gy4vu]

"No dont consume the tulip in front of pablo you fool." Honestly me every single day.

[@Pixel-Lucas]

It looks like it could be a green crested lizard which they have in Indonesia. My first thought was Day Gecko or Jackson Chameleon, as we have a ton of those in Hawai'i but then I found out that this is an Indonesian based dev. Either way, that lizard is hella cute.

[@CharlieBarley]

Ooh very interesting, that totally makes sense!!! I'm just desperately hoping I can make it my pet hehehe 🦎

[@ghostnamedpepper2874]

@@CharlieBarley I’ve always wanted a lizard

[@alfisyar632]

You mean Komodo? Yeah, it looks kinda similar to Komodo.

[@hanifkasyfillah]

@@alfisyar632 there is no way such a dangerous kind of lizard running around 😂

[@manokilo9885]

@@alfisyar632 More like monitor lizard or biawak.

[@BeanColored]

Ok yes Pablo and wakuu yes But may I add Rafael? Beefy puppy man, y'all can't change my man

[@CharlieBarley]

YES Rafael seems really sweet, I've gotta get to know him more!!

[@midnightsky8400]

Would love love LOVE part 2!!

[@tabbitee]

Charlie's excitement over the chicken suit is too pure for this world :3

[@5am_nightmares]

Coral Island doesn't feel like it has that much of its own identity at the moment, but I really enjoyed this video and I'm curious to see how the game grows and develops

[@milesparker557]

i love your playthroughs. Both this and your stardew expended series are so entertaining. it feels like i'm watching a story unfold instead of just watching someone play a game. i'm excited to see if this also devolves into a soap opera filled with adultery.

[@becca349]

Its cute but seems like an exact replica of the Stardew gameplay and storyline except 3D and a larger town

[@miaa7968]

It really isn't! I was an Alpha tester and the story is incredibly different and based on real cultural experiences and backgrounds from the Indonesian developers.

[@overworkedgilgamesh]

you really shouldn't judge it before playing it, its different. the only thing it has similar with stardew valley are the mechanics. but its mostly based on Indonesian Folklore

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

@@miaa7968 it is a copy

[@bellalands6508]

Please keep in mind that this game ist still in early access! I had a blast playing so far highly recommend it

[@buvket]

OH MY GOSH I just started playing this and am loving it. It’s so excited to see you play this! I always look forward to your uploads

[@totallyahuman4497]

Charlie: I really like Walter! *proceeds to show us a clip of some dude named Randy.

[@CharlieBarley]

LOOK I MADE AN ERROR 😂

[@justingonzaga_admu]

I hope you continue this HAHAHAHA you were fun to watch! I might consider buying the chicken suit now that I knew Rafael had something to say about it.

[@sunfvalley]

i loveee the subtle indonesian representation. something as minor as them including kosan style (cheap boarding house for indonesian uni students) or the tumpeng :))

[@neoneko280]

well the dev is indonesia based :)

[@cosygracegames]

That was SO good! Haha the ending of becoming a chicken, following pablo around, and adopting pablito 😂 what a wonderful family, so excited for summer episode! 👏🏻

[@TubeUser11325]

Yes I've been considering this game for about a week and seeing actual game play (plus your awesome commentary) has cemented my purchase on steam. Love all of your series including this one!

[@anjelicawhitaker9515]

reminds me sooo much of stardew valley. might have to have a look at this ☺️

[@rpederse]

Awesome! I definitely want to see more. The month at a time format seems to work really well for this game.

[@karlyl7616]

Man, indie developers are doing Story of Seasons SO much better than SOS is doing itself these days

[@magsiemoo]

I was hoping that you would dabble in this game! I’ve loved watching people play it. ☺️ Loved your reaction to Pablo… because same 😆🫶🏼 Really enjoyed your first video one this! Would definitely love to see more!!!

[@justyouknow2856]

Not me buying the chicken suit for 800 coins at Ben's sneaky Van in my first week xd

[@amandahi4177]

i usually watch full episodes of let’s play so this was an interesting way to see you explore the game. ngl i kinda liked it :) love your humour and the way you talked about the stuff in the game. would love to see more coral island content if you’re up for it! thank you!!

[@DariaElGrellPozina]

This game looked so cute since the first moment I saw it, but the more I look at it the more upset I get. It has so many cool ideas like ecological focus and the visuals are stunning- why the fk did it have to lift some things straight from Stardew Valley? Like, I guess with some things like mines with monsters and bringing things to blacksmith to open and corporation taking over small town and museum donations and gathering bundles are pretty on the surface ideas (even if done remarkably similar to ST), but the farm layout and chicken coop layout is just stealing. And the way many resources look? "ST in 3D". I am still on the fence if I want to buy it, I love the art and characters and magic and character customization and the "help nature heal" storyline, but goddamn.

[@miaa7968]

This is a weird critique, and I feel like you wouldn't believe this so much if you actually looked at the game, especially at the developer notes in the Discord. If you also knew about Stardew's origin, you'd realise it isn't entirely original and ConcernedApe credits a lot of other games for many of the ideas. Don't put two brilliant individual/'small' creators against each other for doing very different takes on a game genre that is pretty stock standard and can be hard to make 'original' versions of.

[@DariaElGrellPozina]

@@miaa7968 it's not when certain elements are carbon copies. Yes, they have a lot of cool ideas which makes the game unique and interesting (to the point where I tried it for myself and decided to buy), and some that can be named "transformative". But I've played enough games in the genre that some elements of CI literally made me uncomfortable like an uncanny valley to the point where I wasn't sure I want to play it, even if the gameplay looks like a mix of 3 games I really like. Sure, maybe "stealing" is too strong a word, and maybe some of those were done as purposeful nods to other games, others just subconsciously and the rest just emerged as best ways to implement a gameplay after a few different versions. But I don't have to know their artistic intent from Discord to form my opinion. Just as you don't have to agree with me for my critique to be valid.

[@ChaoticBluebird]

I hope you come back and play another month or do 100 days or something. Its still in Early Access, but the whole game has had a lot of updates and polishing since you made this video. All the characters have heart events up to 8, there are more animals to unlock, new areas, crops, and such. Its really great! I'm super happy to did your first month. Hopefully you'll do a series when the game comes out in full release. :)

[@yarahelal9412]

this honestly looks incredible. the world, the characters, all the quality of life features. it has so much charm and personality. can't wait to play it.

[@beenoutafterdark]

this woman gives me unimaginable amounts of joy

[@Nanana-no2ki]

Hi, thanks for playing this game. so Coral Island is based on Indonesia Folklore, do you ever heard of Bali? Bali is in Indonesia, all the shrine in coral island is inspired from shrine that exist in Bali, Indonesia. Sesajen is Indonesia word for Offering, you will find a lot of sesajen in bali especially in front of people houses, you put offerings as offerings to the gods for the blessings that have been given, it is a culture and religion things (hinduism). (im Indonesian but im not living in Bali and Im not Hindu, so if someone from Bali saw this comments, please cmiiw) a lof of those carvings on the shrine is the hallmark of shrine or house gates sculpture in Bali. Because the developer is from Indonesia, therefore they want to bring up Indonesian folklore/culture. Balap Karung is a traditional game from Indonesia that is often played especially during Indonesia's independence day. Balap is racing, and Karung is sacks. and also Tumpeng is rice cooked with spices so that it turns yellow, then molded into triangles and surrounded with delicious side dishes, tumpeng always there for happy occasions. some players are also seen wearing traditional Indonesian pieces/clothes. and also one thing that I love the most from this game is actually the characters in this game really reflect the diversity of the Indonesian population, which has almost more than a hundred tribes with different complexion.

[@CharlieBarley]

I knew there was a lot of stuff from Indonesian culture integrated into the game because the Devs are based in Indonesia, but it's so cool to learn about the specifics!! Thanks for letting me know, though, I'm definitely gonna look into some of this stuff more. It's SO exciting to have a farming sim that includes this kind of detailed representation, definitely one of the things I loved most about the game! 😁

[@Nanana-no2ki]

@@CharlieBarley yea, even we Indonesian were also very happy when this game came out, never thought there would be a farming game that included indonesian culture in it such as Balap Karung, its such a memorable game that I used to play and compete when i was a kid.

[@hanifkasyfillah]

the one thing that isn't Indonesia based on if it has 4 seasons 😂

[@Nanana-no2ki]

@@hanifkasyfillah hahaha yea, and we don't have Sakura tree

[@abbeeeeeeeeeeeey]

Charlie: I love Walter, the elementary school teacher!! Randy, the elementary school teacher: 🤔

[@unsent_racoon_pod]

Rafael has developed sentience, he's way too powerful

[@annatourinho1706]

I just LOVED this video, Charlie! Please do more Coral Island ones! Hope you’re doing well, love your channel ❤

[@TwoCullensAndAJonas]

This game looks super cool!! I can't wait to see more!

[@victoriasenn3818]

God I was hoping and praying you'd play this! So excited for this to become a longer series!

[@ansley4269]

i'd love to see more coral island! loved the video as always charlie

[@cassieanthony6383]

Got coral island today and it has been so much fun! Although, yeah I got lost a lot too lol, but the villagers are so interesting and my favorite part is you can talk to the little cats and dogs roaming around town! I love them lol

[@goodmorning8674]

i've been keeping my eye on this game for a while but couldn't really justify buying it for some reason but now i;m definitely going to!! it looks AMAZING

[@alpiatr]

Thank you for making this video! I really wanted to know what Coral Island is all about, and well, it looks positively charming. 🌞

[@thunderlei1851]

I loved this one month video thingy, you’re so entertaining to listen to! I experienced all of those but lietening to you made me laugh all over again haha

[@StephanieVannoy]

Would love to see more Coral Island content from you! Loved this!

[@continuitybomb]

Man your recaps are rad as hell! I love how you edit them together! Super fun and entertaining. 🙂

[@lauramichelle6976]

I love this game. Hopefully as more content releases you’ll revisit 🎉

[@irishviking514]

Somehow your video managed to be the first one I've seen on Coral Island. Great video! This game looks so much fun, would definitely love to see more!

[@Radvile945]

"They seem like they'd mess me up emotionally but also like, i'd let them" - never before have I ever related to a content creator so much.

[@hibibibi_02]

This looks so fun! Can't wait to see more :)

[@blossomnessstudios4446]

OMG Rin AND charlie playing coral island??? amazing! I need this game, the cherry blossom festival sold me on it immediately lol

[@chocobeetleful]

I started playing this yesterday and I got so excited when I saw you already had a video up ❤

[@jesschristie1358]

you dont have to ask, we NEED more coral island videos.. i must know how pablo meets pablito

[@mikeymorphine8265]

May we have more of this!?!? I'm in love with this, love watching your gameplay and listening to your commentary 😍

[@shawtybadlikemorally]

omg this game is adorable!! thank you sm for the upload charlie :DD

[@Trinhelium]

I honestly love all your videos your way of playing is so fun to watch and also gives a real sense of the humor to everything

[@thanhthuy624]

Yasss i was so excited for tgis game and you simply did a video about it. Thank you!!!!

[@Ejemjan]

I really enjoyed this video! I would love to see more Coral Island content. Keep up the good work ^^

[@muriella8008]

Loved "nO! Don't _consume_ the tulip in front of Pablo, you fOOL!"

[@alyslim5234]

you always brighten up my day 😆🥰💜 sending love from the UK!

[@emmyru.k]

I love people just casually playing games and also giving us kinda a tutorial. It’s so refreshing to see content creators do this and not really know anything about it.

[@centuriesuntold]

Yessss! I've been waiting for you to play Coral Island. :D Glad you're enjoying it, I am too!

[@sgpb000]

I really enjoyed this! Thank you so much for sharing! Yes to more Coral Island. I'm sad that we don't have them for Mac so I can't play. :(

[@netchix7840]

This video made me such a fan. You have the perfect way of making a video, you're hilarious, and you remind me of Koramora. I'm subbing now

[@ritzinabox]

This video has got me excited to give this game a try! Thanks for this

[@meghan404]

Downloaded it yesterday and it is 10000% worth the money and the hype. It’s a beautiful game, I’m obsessed

[@sgpb000]

This is so fun! Its not on mac yet and I IMMENSELY enjoyed playing vicariously through you. Hope you'd come back to this one day. 🎉 (no pressure tho)

[@NiomiJo]

Omg I really hope this becomes a series!! Another fun video🥰🙌

[@instantdoodles4828]

Bro I’m so excited to see this!! Also I’m like really late on this but I love your new channel profile picture

[@GuntWastelander]

The gasp when you first saw Pablo got me ☠️ I can relate lol 😅

[@goose6907]

this game seems so cool!! would love to see this become a series once it gets out of early access

[@cryophbia]

my heart melted when i seem noah for the first time. I WAS IN SHAMBLES. HE OWNS MY HEART CHARLIE, ITS UNBAREABLE. anyways, i rlly love that you made a video on this, i do enjoy my time watching your hard work. Thank you Charlie :)

[@DiamondLadyLF]

I can't wait to see part two, I absolutely adore your videos

[@JenniferSmith-jb3sr]

I'm loving this game and watching you pursue your dream of getting that chicken suit was everything! 🥰

[@star-fc3ir]

Yesssss I’m so glad you’re playing this! That way I can live vicariously through you since I’m broke

[@inquiringmind1287]

That abandoned cabin is to the left of the mines and the monkeys that run it sell a few different things. I am on a quest to get enough money for the panda suit! Love your playthrough!! This game is so much fun and it's come a *long* way since it's start. I'm so excited to see where it goes from here!

[@MARIANNEVALDEZART]

Yesss!! So happy ur playing coral island!! Your Stardew vids are my favourite and honestly I can’t get enough of this game genre.

[@gitadine]

This is so cool! The game has so many cool Indonesian elements - I love that they included Balap Karung! That's a classic Independence Day race. I've just subscribed to you and I hope to see the next episode of your playing Coral Island :D

[@tarasasmita9916]

stairway games is located in Jogjakarta, that's why there are a lot of Indonesian elements in this game

[@gitadine]

@@tarasasmita9916 yes, I know 😊

[@Herehellohi]

Please play more of this! It’s so good !

[@muriella8008]

I would love to see you play more of this game!

[@anneisaway]

i was hoping you'd do a coral island video! this was such a fun one!

[@rebeccaevans51]

I want to see more of Coral Island! I really enjoyed this video. It was a lot of fun.

[@april6553]

petition for charlie to get a chicken suit for the next video, so instead of a dangerous gamer, she's a dangerous chicken

[@morganscott7480]

I would love to see more Coral Island play through!!

[@Greymetaphor]

Ben can sometimes sell the Chicken Suit at his caravan. For a lot cheaper too (I found him selling it for 1500cc one weekend!)

[@thbestfrnd]

I love all your farming sims so much. You should try OOBLETS next!

[@birdcritic]

i’ve waited for this game for so long and it so excited!!!!!

[@angelicnic777]

i love this i hope it becomes a series!!

[@AthifaPradyaAyutaffana]

I really love ur channel!! Keep up!!♡

[@gwagner1380]

I can wait for this game to come to Switch. Sure it is the last of all the consoles but man this game looks and feels really nice. Also while for all the kick-starter I was team Rafael, Mark is pushing all my buttons and now I feel torn. Either way thanks for the 1st month preview, it really put my mind at ease with all my concerns regarding the game at this stage of development.

[@zel3535]

this reminds me of my time at portia! i’m so excited to try this game out ❤

[@allysseTV]

The cherry blossom festival looks so nice. I thought it was an all day thing so when I went it was already over. I was so sad inside 😢. It would have been nice to meet most of the locals.

[@placefantasy1821]

I love this genre of farming simulator games they're so relaxing and fun to play. It feels like once you've found your favourite farming simulator the others kinda get boring but this one seems like its really fun to play and pretty.

[@puppyqueen5688]

Ik it's reading into it too much but the crude stone age tools in the coffers implies solenoid stone age sociotiea alongside a advanced sociotiea with carpenters and goldsmiths

[@tinygorl]

Welcome welcome is such a hehe "welcome" sound.

[@maqt]

AHHHHHHH I'M SO HAPPY YOU UPLOADED THIS. WATCHING NOW!!!

[@Emily-wj7yx]

You're so active this week!!! A gift!

[@FrostFinn123]

Rafael reaction to the chicken suit was kinda adorable ngl

[@markoosh]

Thank you KZbin algorithm for being helpful for ONCE. This is a game I must grab asap.

[@finnmackeen378]

Would love to see more!