A doodle I did of a snoozeling! Snoozelings will be a new pet collecting and breeding sim with self care tracking stuff when it comes out! This color combo is called goldfish!
I was selected to be an alpha tester for Snoozelings, and the alpha closes tonight. Snoozelings is a low-key pet sim that focuses on encouraging mindfulness and self-care. I wanted to document my time with the site so far, and also explain some of the features.
Early Access sales for Snoozelings will be opening later this week (21Dec23), and EA will open in Spring 2024. In 2025, the game will open to everyone.
As opposed to most pet sims, where your goal is to care for your pets, Snoozelings require no food or regular attention. Instead, most site actions encourage you to take care of yourself! The first and biggest example of this is the journal.
You can select between journaling for chronic pain or mental health so far, but the developer plans to add more. I chose mental health. The journal has you rate your depression and anxiety, sleep, water intake, and other similar factors. It also has you track habits.
These screenshots show only a portion of the journal. I found it most helpful to do my daily journal at night.
Crafting and exploring in this game are fairly typical of the genre-- you can explore once every 2 hours per Snoozeling, and craft items such as materials, clothing, dye, more farm plots, and more pet beds with the resources. The game also has farming.
Unfortunately, I watered my farm before grabbing a screenshot, but the game prompts you to drink some water before watering your plots in-game. I found this to be a great reminder to hydrate, and definitely noticed that I was better with drinking water during the alpha compared to my (dehydrated) baseline!
The game does not have a typical economy; there are no player shops or player to player sales, which is by design to prevent competition. However, there is a daily raffle! Players can donate items to be raffled off the next day, and if your item is selected from the pool to be raffled, you receive a special kindness token currency item, which can be exchanged for unique clothing and useful items.
The game also has a forum, and while it was only alpha testers so far, it has a lovely community. :)
Finally, the sidebar has a daily affirmation, and also a handy "to-do" list, which shows all of the tasks you are able to do at the moment and links to them if you click. I found this really helpful for remembering when my crafting was done, or when I needed to water my farm.
All screenshots shown are my own, and reflect the alpha state of the site. There are several more features, some planned for EA and some already implemented! Personally, I'm really looking forward to more journal types, and maybe someday the addition of relaxing mini games. Overall, the site is very casual, and has no punishment for skipping tasks/not being on for a while. I wasn't asked to make this post, and wanted to do so before my Snoozelings were reset in preparation for EA so I could remember my time with the site, and maybe help some others discover it!
The website is https://snoozelings.com/, and the upper right of the site links to the Snoozelings social media. The discord is the best place for news, and I'd encourage you to check it out if you think you'd enjoy the game!
