Arthur 'Mr. Podunkian' Lee
@mrpodunkian.bsky.social
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Previously: Stardew Valley.
Now working on Sunkissed City, a life sim set in the city!
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2175840/Sunkissed_City/
Join my Discord for more updates! https://discord.gg/kuBAYBEbRu
Previously: Stardew Valley.
Now working on Sunkissed City, a life sim set in the city!
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2175840/Sunkissed_City/
Join my Discord for more updates! https://discord.gg/kuBAYBEbRu
Snow Clump
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Snow Clump
Added the sun and moon to the sky (and surfaces that reflect it, like windows and bodies of water). The moon also shows different phases depending on the time of month.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Added the sun and moon to the sky (and surfaces that reflect it, like windows and bodies of water). The moon also shows different phases depending on the time of month.
I teased this on my Discord, but I finished Siouxsie's summer outfit too!
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I teased this on my Discord, but I finished Siouxsie's summer outfit too!
It's something I had planned for awhile, but I spent today writing systems to allow Siouxsie to change into her work uniform to cover up her tattoos when she's on the clock at Ramen-ya ATSUI.
October 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It's something I had planned for awhile, but I spent today writing systems to allow Siouxsie to change into her work uniform to cover up her tattoos when she's on the clock at Ramen-ya ATSUI.
Juliette's fall outfit!
August 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Juliette's fall outfit!
I just checked and 12K wishlists, so thank you all !! Only 1 DAU, but the game has Acai as a fruit tree now, so I consider this weekend a success
August 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I just checked and 12K wishlists, so thank you all !! Only 1 DAU, but the game has Acai as a fruit tree now, so I consider this weekend a success
After working on some tropical fruits suggested by my Discord, my girlfriend, who often has, hmm... "creative" ideas, said I should add a "Durian that you can make into a weapon." While I haven't added a "stink gun" (???), as she suggested, I thought Durian would be fun to add.
August 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
After working on some tropical fruits suggested by my Discord, my girlfriend, who often has, hmm... "creative" ideas, said I should add a "Durian that you can make into a weapon." While I haven't added a "stink gun" (???), as she suggested, I thought Durian would be fun to add.
I made some changes to how farm animals produce items. It's no longer a "this or that" situation, so some animals, like sheep, can produce multiple types of items at once (wool and sheep milk). Sheep milk can then be used to make Pecorino Cheese !!
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I made some changes to how farm animals produce items. It's no longer a "this or that" situation, so some animals, like sheep, can produce multiple types of items at once (wool and sheep milk). Sheep milk can then be used to make Pecorino Cheese !!
Since the game takes place in the city, it didn't really make sense for the player to be building old rickety windmills, but I still liked the idea of having something you could build on your garden plots that would have some ambient motion, so I came up with these buildable wind turbines.
June 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Since the game takes place in the city, it didn't really make sense for the player to be building old rickety windmills, but I still liked the idea of having something you could build on your garden plots that would have some ambient motion, so I came up with these buildable wind turbines.
Worked a bit decorating the Marin Shores Aquarium today.
June 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Worked a bit decorating the Marin Shores Aquarium today.
This past week, I celebrated my birthday! Secretly, I was hoping to have the game out by now, but I was happy to have enjoyed both my first camping trip in decades and some fanart from my longtime friend/collaborator instagram.com/lia_pchan/ instead.
May 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This past week, I celebrated my birthday! Secretly, I was hoping to have the game out by now, but I was happy to have enjoyed both my first camping trip in decades and some fanart from my longtime friend/collaborator instagram.com/lia_pchan/ instead.
I wrapped up Juliette's Summer outfit and her second event !! She starts out a little mean and more than a little judgy, but I'm hoping people stick it through with her!
May 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I wrapped up Juliette's Summer outfit and her second event !! She starts out a little mean and more than a little judgy, but I'm hoping people stick it through with her!
I've hit 100k wishlists on Steam !! Thank you all for your support !! I'm open for questions about the game if you've got any !!
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I've hit 100k wishlists on Steam !! Thank you all for your support !! I'm open for questions about the game if you've got any !!
With some help of my Discord, I worked out Juliette's outfit in summer !!
May 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
With some help of my Discord, I worked out Juliette's outfit in summer !!
I've been spending some time working on bird stuff. You'll be able to identify when certain birds are nearby by listening closely to the ambient noise! (birders, feel free to school me if that's not at all how cardinals sound irl)
May 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I've been spending some time working on bird stuff. You'll be able to identify when certain birds are nearby by listening closely to the ambient noise! (birders, feel free to school me if that's not at all how cardinals sound irl)
Just a little work on how waterfalls get rendered ingame! I apply a little scaling near the top of the waterfall for the illusion of perspective, and so that it looks like the water is getting faster as it falls further downward.
April 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just a little work on how waterfalls get rendered ingame! I apply a little scaling near the top of the waterfall for the illusion of perspective, and so that it looks like the water is getting faster as it falls further downward.
After a week break, I returned to wrap up the animation for my splash screen!
April 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After a week break, I returned to wrap up the animation for my splash screen!
I've had a Talent in the game to show how NPCs respond to gifts you've given them in the past, but it was kinda tucked in an easily ignored UI element. I think it's much easier to parse this way !!
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I've had a Talent in the game to show how NPCs respond to gifts you've given them in the past, but it was kinda tucked in an easily ignored UI element. I think it's much easier to parse this way !!
I was just noodling with some music and was trying to write a theme for the Museum, but I think it ended up fitting in better with Phoebe's character. Here's her first friendship event with the music and all of the new character emotes I've been working on !!
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I was just noodling with some music and was trying to write a theme for the Museum, but I think it ended up fitting in better with Phoebe's character. Here's her first friendship event with the music and all of the new character emotes I've been working on !!
Spent the day putting the finishing touches on her portrait and in-world sprite! Here she is ingame!
February 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spent the day putting the finishing touches on her portrait and in-world sprite! Here she is ingame!
WIP of Hildegard (Hilde), who maintains the Apollo City Museum !! There're still a lot of details I've gotta fill out in her artwork, but it's been super fun working on characters again, since it's my favorite part of games like these.
February 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
WIP of Hildegard (Hilde), who maintains the Apollo City Museum !! There're still a lot of details I've gotta fill out in her artwork, but it's been super fun working on characters again, since it's my favorite part of games like these.
FINALLY wrapped up the first draft of the ingame map. The map is drawn to scale, so NPCs are positioned exactly on the map as they are in the game world (with some logic to "group" nearby NPCs together so that you don't have a bunch of overlapping icons).
February 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
FINALLY wrapped up the first draft of the ingame map. The map is drawn to scale, so NPCs are positioned exactly on the map as they are in the game world (with some logic to "group" nearby NPCs together so that you don't have a bunch of overlapping icons).
Recently I've been all over the place in terms of work on Sunkissed City, but one thing I can share is that I've added more of those cute Animal Crossing-y reactions/emotes to the game, which I've been peppering into the game's friendship events!
February 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Recently I've been all over the place in terms of work on Sunkissed City, but one thing I can share is that I've added more of those cute Animal Crossing-y reactions/emotes to the game, which I've been peppering into the game's friendship events!