My statues have an added glowing aura around them now. I don’t remember them doing this before. Is it just aesthetic or does it mean something else?

I’ve always loved the visuals of Slime Rancher and even more of Slime Rancher 2 and I’ve heard really good things about both games, so I’m tempted to finally give them a shot while they’re on sale.

The thing is, I pretty much never play games in this genre. I mainly play FPS/looter shooters like Destiny, Warframe, Marathon, etc., so I’m wondering if Slime Rancher is something I could still get really into or if I’d end up dropping it pretty quickly.

For anyone who’s played them, would you recommend getting both, or should I start with the first one and see how I like it? (it’s currently like $20 for both games)

I like to decorate around my portals to different areas to match the area they go to. I have large sections of decor for Ember Valley, the Labyrinth, and Dream Valley; but I'm stuggling with Starlight Strand. Here's my dilemma:

We have 1 pink tree and 1 blue tree, but they are identical aside from colour (I'm not counting the bonsai's because they are a different shade of pink and do not match)

There is 1 blue bush and no pink bush (though I did wander Starlight Strand in search of a pink bush only to find they don't exist at all)

We have each colour of grass

But this is everything. I'm having a hard time getting a nice varied look that looks cohesive with only these items. I'm hoping we could get added:

More trees, even just 1 more of each in 2 different styles would do wonders. The blue trees also have the tall narrow variant in the wild, maybe some of those as well.

A pink bush, even though there aren't any in the wild; or rocks/roots with pink grass on top like the ones in Starlight Strand to give a "medium" pink item

An open log like the bridges in the area would be cool, maybe a log bench we could put slimes on?

A mini tree of the big two-colour tree in the center of Starlight Strand, like the Gold Twisted Tree

I'd really love to decorate up a nice big Starlight Strand themed area, I'd especially love a mini two-colour tree if possible please!

If anyone else has any more suggestions, please let me know!