{"author_link":"\/users\/general","author_name":"general","author_uid":"general","comments":[],"epoch":1714074816,"event":"LD55","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":394693,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"206656","p_author":"general","p_authorkey":"1008166","p_urlkey":"443189","p_title":"Farm and Mine, my LD48 entry, got released on 4 platforms!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD55","p_time":"1714074816","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1008166","us_name":"general","us_username":"general","event_start":"1712966400","event_key":"120","event_name":"Ludum Dare 55"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":383062,"_trust":1,"author":8166,"body":"Hello, fellow LDJammers! I hope my story will be motivational and inspirational for you. \n![FarmAndMiner4GGConference_1080_badges.png](\/\/\/raw\/6ef\/1\/z\/64ccc.png)\nThree year ago, at Ludum Dare 48, the theme was \"Deeper and Deeper\". I decided to make a game where you first dig potatoes, and then dig deeper to mine for coal, ore and other deposits. I named my simulator \"Farm and Mine\", to stand out among other idle resource managers, which are usually either entirely farm-based or entirely mining-based.\n\nAt the jam the game performed moderately, but the players noticed the potential and I decided to keep working with it afterwards. After 4 months of open beta testing I was ready for the mobile release, which I did in August 2021 at Pocket Gamer's Launchpad event.\n\nSince then I updated the game with new content on a regular basis and responded to the players' suggestions and reaction. And now I'm proud to tell that the game is available on 4 major platforms\n\n**Google Play**. Farm and Mine is available for Android phones and tablets, and also for Play Games on PC\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.airapport.farm.mine.idle.ludumdare48\n\n**App Store**. Farm and Mine is available for iPhones and iPads and other Apple devices. If you try our game on Apple Vision Pro, don't hesitate to share your impressions!\nhttps:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/farm-and-mine-idle-tycoon\/id1564694016\n\n**Itch**. Here you can get play Farm and Mine in full screen on Windows and Linux computers.\nhttps:\/\/airapport.itch.io\/farm-and-mine\n\n**Poki**. Web HTML5 version of Farm and Mine is available here, so any device which can run web games will run this version of our game\nhttps:\/\/poki.com\/en\/g\/farm-and-mine\n\n\nHere is what to expect in Farm and Mine:\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TdWdXowA9Tc\n\n- Over 60 facilities which produce resources, convert them, sell, or provide new game aspects;\n- Integrated autoclicker: just click on the facility which you want to boost and the autoclicker will do the job for you;\n- Unlimited offline time: having made sure you automated the production chains, you can leave your farm to return later and see how much did your citizens produce;\n- Interlocked resource branches: agriculture, industry and population, each one depends and empowers the other;\n- Elaborate prestige system which allows you to select which aspect of the game boost the most (and you can change your mind and try a different strategy on the next run);\n- Human-drawn buildings and characters who work everywhere in your growing city;\n\n\nFeel free to use these ones to activate the timed bonuses which will speed up your progression:\n\nEUZUMQO: Time speed x10 (2:00) \nEPHP7UI: Clicks x10 (1:00) \nEO6MWON: Transport x2 (12hour 0m)\n\nThe current game rating on various platforms is around 4.4 - 4.8 after thousands reviews, so we hope you will enjoy the idle farming and resource mining, too. 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I hope my story will be motivational and inspirational for you. \n![FarmAndMiner4GGConference_1080_badges.png](\/\/\/raw\/6ef\/1\/z\/64ccc.png)\nThree year ago, at Ludum Dare 48, the theme was \"Deeper and Deeper\". I decided to make a game where you first dig potatoes, and then dig deeper to mine for coal, ore and other deposits. I named my simulator \"Farm and Mine\", to stand out among other idle resource managers, which are usually either entirely farm-based or entirely mining-based.\n\nAt the jam the game performed moderately, but the players noticed the potential and I decided to keep working with it afterwards. After 4 months of open beta testing I was ready for the mobile release, which I did in August 2021 at Pocket Gamer's Launchpad event.\n\nSince then I updated the game with new content on a regular basis and responded to the players' suggestions and reaction. And now I'm proud to tell that the game is available on 4 major platforms\n\n**Google Play**. Farm and Mine is available for Android phones and tablets, and also for Play Games on PC\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.airapport.farm.mine.idle.ludumdare48\n\n**App Store**. Farm and Mine is available for iPhones and iPads and other Apple devices. If you try our game on Apple Vision Pro, don't hesitate to share your impressions!\nhttps:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/farm-and-mine-idle-tycoon\/id1564694016\n\n**Itch**. Here you can get play Farm and Mine in full screen on Windows and Linux computers.\nhttps:\/\/airapport.itch.io\/farm-and-mine\n\n**Poki**. Web HTML5 version of Farm and Mine is available here, so any device which can run web games will run this version of our game\nhttps:\/\/poki.com\/en\/g\/farm-and-mine\n\n\nHere is what to expect in Farm and Mine:\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TdWdXowA9Tc\n\n- Over 60 facilities which produce resources, convert them, sell, or provide new game aspects;\n- Integrated autoclicker: just click on the facility which you want to boost and the autoclicker will do the job for you;\n- Unlimited offline time: having made sure you automated the production chains, you can leave your farm to return later and see how much did your citizens produce;\n- Interlocked resource branches: agriculture, industry and population, each one depends and empowers the other;\n- Elaborate prestige system which allows you to select which aspect of the game boost the most (and you can change your mind and try a different strategy on the next run);\n- Human-drawn buildings and characters who work everywhere in your growing city;\n\n\nFeel free to use these ones to activate the timed bonuses which will speed up your progression:\n\nEUZUMQO: Time speed x10 (2:00) \nEPHP7UI: Clicks x10 (1:00) \nEO6MWON: Transport x2 (12hour 0m)\n\nThe current game rating on various platforms is around 4.4 - 4.8 after thousands reviews, so we hope you will enjoy the idle farming and resource mining, too. Have fun!","title":"Farm and Mine, my LD48 entry, got released on 4 platforms!","wayback_source":[]}