I am thinking of getting that let me know what you think
So far so good. I played the first day so far and it feels a lot like Stardew Valley and a little bit like New Horzions (and Pokémon of course).
The day passes by and you have energy, but it's a lot slower than Stardew Valley. Also you have a town with villagers, but they seem to be more repetitive than New Horizons at the moment. It's in early access, so there's probably not a ton of dialogue yet.
You have a lot of quests to fix up the town and your farmhouse, but there's also stores with furniture and house expansions. There's also a store with clothes and you can immediately change your hair and color it with many more colors (as soon as you have the money).
On your farmhouse you can grow stuff that replenishes your energy or gives you new Ooblets. You get an Ooblet seed after defeating an Ooblet. The ones I got so far only take a day to grow. Your Ooblets level up by fighting and you level up by everything you do in a day.
The battle system is pretty fun. The first to reach 20 points wins, you can hype yourself up to get more points per card or you can steal points from your opponent. Every Ooblet has one unique card and gets new ones through leveling up. The system is simple, but it makes it work imo.
When you arrive on the island, you have to choose a club to join and it determines your starter Ooblet. Your choice is basically cute, cool, nerd and nature - they all have their own leader too. Nothing came of that yet, but I only played one day. The first day was about helping the mayor.
A lot of the game is collecting resources to fix things and progressing the story. You initate battles by offering the Ooblets snacks iirc. They definitely require resources to fight, but you can pet them for free! The Ooblets are very cute, they're all over town and follow you a bit.
Overall I'd recommend it, it's fun and you really can't tell it's early access - also it's on sale right now. Just be aware that it's
very quirky.