Farming Simulator by spacechase0

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made by spacechase0 for LD23 (COMPO)
Got pretty far, but decided against finishing up for various reasons. The main thing that's missing is more crops (and maybe seasons).

I was going to try to fit it into the theme, but like I said, I decided not to completely finish. :P

I probably didn't even spent a little less than 10 hours on the game, because I was out of town.

Controls:
Mouse wheel or Up/Down arrows change the selected tool.
Left clicking uses the current tool, right clicking sells plants (if they are grown).
O decreases the time rate, P increases it. L sets it to the default.

It really isn't that accurate. It's just a quick clone off of Harvest Moon (minus characters... and everything else).

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 1.93 875
Audio 1.75 675
Fun 1.80 849
Graphics 2.13 785
Humor 1.18 800
Innovation 1.67 884
Mood 1.78 842
Theme 1.54 893

Feedback

icefox
23. Apr 2012 路 06:39 UTC
Interesting, but could use a little more elaboration. You probably know this. :-)

Being able to fast-forward time would also be handy.
馃帳 spacechase0
23. Apr 2012 路 15:47 UTC
Oh yeah, forgot to mention the controls. :P I've already added that.

You can hold O to decrease the time rate, and P to increase it. L sets it to the default.
xBlinkedx
26. Apr 2012 路 02:03 UTC
It's not bad, but it could use a little more features added to it. Also selling the plants wasn't working for me. Unless I'm doing it wrong.
Kharza
26. Apr 2012 路 02:14 UTC
My father is a farmer so I had to try this. I didn't have much luck though. Hope you are around for the full 48 next time, it's a different idea!
Sanguine
26. Apr 2012 路 15:19 UTC
I played it, but it was not very clear about what I should do.
馃帳 spacechase0
26. Apr 2012 路 21:45 UTC
xBlinkedx: Make sure they're fully grown (top row in the screenshot). If not, I'm not sure what the problem would be.

Sanguine: Yeah, it probably could use some more instructions next time. :P
demonpants
27. Apr 2012 路 21:47 UTC
Looks pretty cool - can we have a Mac version?
馃帳 spacechase0
28. Apr 2012 路 01:54 UTC
I actually developed it on a Mac. :P It's up now.
seagaia
28. Apr 2012 路 02:33 UTC
Like the farming vibes and the lack of farmville/zynga evilness! It was cute and works pretty well so you should do more if you liked making this
artefon
28. Apr 2012 路 03:05 UTC
This reminded me of Zynga's farmville.
Permanent7
28. Apr 2012 路 04:26 UTC
Very unoriginal farming game. But well implemented! The innovation wasn't really there but its still a fun type of game.
馃帳 spacechase0
28. Apr 2012 路 04:40 UTC
I've never been original. :)
Fenyx
28. Apr 2012 路 05:35 UTC
Maybe you could add variation to the speed of growth for the plants? Anyway, it was well implemented, though being able to slow time (and the default time itself) made the game far too easy to manage a full farm.
Lucas Tiridath
28. Apr 2012 路 14:45 UTC
Intriguing but the lack of variety and win conditions meant it got a little boring quite quickly. Solid basis for development here though.
Waynetron
29. Apr 2012 路 07:27 UTC
I don't get it, sorry :(
jrasmussen24
01. May 2012 路 05:06 UTC
Good basis for a game, though it definitely needs a little more variety/ a win condition (I have a hankering for a variety of vegetation).
egerlach
13. May 2012 路 00:47 UTC
I couldn't sell plants either :-(
tomhunt
13. May 2012 路 03:14 UTC
the app crashed when i tried to run it on my mac
Lawrence Esswood
13. May 2012 路 15:17 UTC
Needed a lot more content. Otherwise, respectable