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Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Besides, I think the only Harvest Moon game that ended after two years was the very first one. After that, a few required you to have a certain amount of progress after two years, and the majority of the series is just 'yeah just have a great time farming until you reach the win condition'.

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Patware
Jan 3, 2005

The Mimic posted:

Thanks for sharing, I'm surprised that I haven't heard of it already. Really dig the graphics and aesthetics, particularly the shading of the trees and the grass/dirt borders. Graphically, it's like a marriage of all of the little styles I loved in old SNES games, and yet somehow coherent and solid. Really like the character portraits, as well, as a refreshing change from Natsume's current direction with Harvest Moon and others. Hope it survives Greenlight.

If a game called "Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars", which reads like an actual goddamn parody, can make it through...

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Technically, that's on-topic.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Mordaedil posted:

This is looking really magical, I feel the visuals captures the spirit of the old SNES sprites of Harvest Moon without being derivative.

Speaking of HM, I tried one of the DS games a while back and the beginning somehow allowed me to murder the mayor. Did they get that dark at some point or was that just a one-off thing?

Regardless I hope this game doesn't go that way, it felt really inappropriate.

It's also an instant game over and a callback to the last time Thomas talked poo poo about someone's farm.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

So hang on.

Can you do a two-player game where one person is trying to support the community center and the other is supporting JojaCorp?

Can this be a competitive farming game?

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

SourceElement posted:

Unless I've really missed my guess, didn't HM64 have both?

You had like two years to run a profitable farm, and then the game went into endless mode. Honestly I don't think it was possible to actually lose the farm at HM64's "ending" short of sleeping for two straight in game years.

I'm pretty sure only the first Harvest Moon had a hard time limit whereupon the game then ended. The second one for the Game Boy might also have had that. After that there was always an endless mode - most games after the first few don't even have a real time limit at all with the occasional exception of romantic rivals, allowing you to calmly farm as you will.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

well this was a lot of farming-based negativity out of fuckin' nowhere

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Yeah, business-wise, shoving your indie game at Twitch people is basically the only marketing you can really easily get, it's basically mandatory.

Further, as long as multiplayer doesn't get cut, I'm prepared to wait a whole 'nother year for this game.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

not surprised at the delay, not too concerned either since it's not like i've already handed this dude money for the game

super happy to hear about a low-bullshit magic horse though

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

YOURFRIEND posted:

Was multiplayer a thing literally anyone asked for?

yes, comma, you dope :reject:

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Demiurge4 posted:

It's really quite perplexing why it isn't. Grognardy games have huge popularity on PC, just look at Minecraft.

japan is only just now starting to figure out you can play video games other than porn vns on a computer

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Eonwe posted:

its not really for me, it just don't really control very well and the people in the towns are kind of boring

i saw this picture



and i could tell right off it probably played like a chunky piece of poo poo. part of the thrill of harvest moon is running through your crops with a dangerous tool out with the tension of accidentally chopping down your level 9 potatoes hanging in your spine because there isn't a confirmation box to be seen.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Jesto posted:

I want the Harvest Moon experience without all the anime.

Anyone willing to go in for a 40-pack with me on founding an Amish community irl? I'm okay with Ohio but Pennsylvania is also an option.

Will we be able to go on Nihonspringa and just gorge ourselves on anime for a year before deciding if we really want to commit

Sakespringa??

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Ghostlight posted:

Just the subhumans of GBS.

I have to check - for science's sake - on cuckatrice

Boy howdy I can't wait for Stardew Valley!

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

JerikTelorian posted:

A word of caution: stones will occasionally "fall off" stone walls onto adjacent tiles. This can include crops.

A good thing to know before you put your ancient seeds there :sigh:

You mean walls and not fences, right?

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Remember to take some time to clear out the wilderness areas of weeds and poo poo so forage can repop there.

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Jan 3, 2005

Poil posted:

It took me half a year before I could finish that quest. Implications... unpleasant.

At that point it's really more of an explication

I hope Marnie becomes faux-marriageable but if you take it to a certain point Lewis comes into your house at night for a stern conversation.

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