FARMING SIMS: plant you a turnip

Magic Pink

Farming sims! They're fun! Let's chat about them cabbages and dang ol chicken raising and such!

What are farming sims you ask. They're video games, ya idjit. You plant stuff, make money, scrounge resources, marry hot guys, build a farm mansion and OWN THE WORLD

Stardew Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1tjqSdAwg

Sun Haven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqC99UFnRk&t=2193s

Graveyard Keeper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_krymjJho&t=154s

Fae Farm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlao820BeXc

Coral Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjGN8iA5Wc0

Dinkum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tusxfgoaqE8&t=165s

Wylde Flowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9tdn8X2Uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNY5HGcopA

Gleaner Heights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0HVZJ5yiY8

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofFFE7zYv0

Kynseed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnol1cvQ8c8

My Time In Sandrock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBbkW5bC2Y

Rune Factory 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB4YCLAjbu0

Immortal Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8NU54S2cc

AND SO MANY MORE HOLY CRAP

Raijin Quickfoot

Do any farming sims let me compost my own waste?

Captain Inertia

No but they all have fuckin

Magic Pink

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Do any farming sims let me compost my own waste?

Yes! Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin specifically has you slop out the outhouse for fertilizer!

Magic Pink

Captain Inertia wrote: »

No but they all have fuckin

Immortal Life and Everdream Valley don't, actually!

Taya

Finally a thread that addresses my needs.

Rhesus Positive

Captain Inertia wrote: »

No but they all have fuckin

I don't recall Graveyard Keeper having fuckin'

Unless it was implied

Magic Pink

Rhesus Positive wrote: »

Captain Inertia wrote: »

No but they all have fuckin

I don't recall Graveyard Keeper having fuckin'

Unless it was implied

YOU were not engaging in the Big F but you do set up others to so it's a grey area

plus it ends with you

absolutely banging the heck out of your wife

Magic Pink

ALSO

Coral Island is absolutely amazingly pretty and the 1.0 release is just 2 weeks away so go look into it if you like to spread seed a lot.

Captain Inertia

Come on

Immortal Life <—— implies spreading the human seed for generations, that’s fuckin
Everdream Valley <—— wet dreams about people’s nether regions
Graveyard Keeper <—— well I’m struggling with this one but fortunately

Magic Pink wrote: »

Rhesus Positive wrote: »

Captain Inertia wrote: »

No but they all have fuckin

I don't recall Graveyard Keeper having fuckin'

Unless it was implied

YOU were not engaging in the Big F but you do set up others to so it's a grey area

plus it ends with you

absolutely banging the heck out of your wife

WotanAnubis

Roots of Pacha is literally Stardew Valley but in the Stone Age, where you and your tribe end up inventing the agricultural revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zX8OrNV4oE

Captain Inertia

I’m gonna stop shitting up the thread….how do you all deal with the crushing FOMO aspect of these games?

Taya

I have My Time at Sandrock preordered. It'll take a week or two for it to arrive. I played My Time at Portia a ton but never actually beat the story.

I'm eagerly awaiting the new Stardew Valley update. The last time I played I unlocked some late game stuff but I definitely barely scratched the surface. I don't think I'm going to start a new game when the update comes out, unless it's recommended.

Gleaner Heights was kinda cool but I didn't play it enough to learn what was going on in the town.

Rune Factory 4 is rad. Rune Factory 5 I barely played. It's not terrible but I just couldn't get into it.

I've got Wylde Flowers on my Switch wishlist.

Magic Pink

Captain Inertia wrote: »

I’m gonna stop shitting up the thread….how do you all deal with the crushing FOMO aspect of these games?

i am not aware of that aspect i guess. that's how i deal with it?

Captain Inertia

The timer to do stuff and having to not do stuff sometimes because of it

Magic Pink

Captain Inertia wrote: »

The timer to do stuff and having to not do stuff sometimes because of it

some games actually let you increase the day timer, some games now don't force you to sleep and, if it is the standard "be in bed by midnight", there's always more days to do stuff

Taya

I've never felt the pressure of time in a farming game. I guess some people play Stardew Valley like they need to restore the community centre in year 1 or else, but there is no time limit to do anything. Some quests are on a timer but there's no penalty to failing a quest and you can try them again later.

Kane Red Robe

Are there any besides Stardew with co-op play? Mrs. Red Robe and I had great fun in Stardew together but I don't enjoy playing these solo.

Magic Pink

Kane Red Robe wrote: »

Are there any besides Stardew with co-op play? Mrs. Red Robe and I had great fun in Stardew together but I don't enjoy playing these solo.

Fae Farm
Sugar Shack
Sun Haven
Everdream Valley (soon so say the developers)
Dinkum
Coral Island (again, soon)
Gardenpaws
Farm Together
Roots of Pacha

Probably more!

edit: oops, My Time in Sandrock too

Magic Pink

Taya wrote: »

I have My Time at Sandrock preordered. It'll take a week or two for it to arrive. I played My Time at Portia a ton but never actually beat the story.

I'm eagerly awaiting the new Stardew Valley update. The last time I played I unlocked some late game stuff but I definitely barely scratched the surface. I don't think I'm going to start a new game when the update comes out, unless it's recommended.

Gleaner Heights was kinda cool but I didn't play it enough to learn what was going on in the town.

Rune Factory 4 is rad. Rune Factory 5 I barely played. It's not terrible but I just couldn't get into it.

I've got Wylde Flowers on my Switch wishlist.

I've been playing Sandrock in EA and it's pretty great.

I hate Stardew updating because it borks all my mods and I have to manually replace them all. I wish the mods were easier to use.

I'm the same with Gleaner; it looks impossibly cool but i can't stick with it long enough for the real creepy stuff to kick in

I also dropped off RF5 real fast. No idea why.

You will LOVE Wylde Flowers.

smof

How's Dinkum these days. I liked the crafting and building of it but it all felt pretty meaningless when I played it. Needed some Stardew style character plotlines.

Taya

My favourite Rune Factory game is Frontier for the Wii. Its only flaw, and it's a pretty big one, is that you need to take the time to manage the runeys in each part of the map or it will severely stunt the growth of your crops. If you know how to deal with it, it's fine, but it is still something of a chore. And people playing the game blind are not going to know what to do. But still, I really liked the game.

By the way I heard the new Harvest Moon by Natsume is not terrible. I might pick it up one of these days. Natsume still hanging in there, trying to make Harvest Moon happen.

Magic Pink

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

How's Dinkum these days. I liked the crafting and building of it but it all felt pretty meaningless when I played it. Needed some Stardew style character plotlines.

Nothing better, sorry. It doesn't have a story pretty much at all, sadly.

You may like Wylde Flowers or Coral Island tho, they have some AMAZING character plotlines. The folks in Coral Island are all so wonderful, my stars.

Magic Pink

Taya wrote: »

My favourite Rune Factory game is Frontier for the Wii. Its only flaw, and it's a pretty big one, is that you need to take the time to manage the runeys in each part of the map or it will severely stunt the growth of your crops. If you know how to deal with it, it's fine, but it is still something of a chore. And people playing the game blind are not going to know what to do. But still, I really liked the game.

By the way I heard the new Harvest Moon by Natsume is not terrible. I might pick it up one of these days. Natsume still hanging in there, trying to make Harvest Moon happen.

I have enough I don't have to bother with Natsume.

I HATED the Runeys in Frontier, absolutely killed the game for me. It just took so dang long to vacuum them up. I hope they someday do an updated version because other than that it was wonderful. My fave RF now is easily Tides of Destiny, I just adore it.

smof

Magic Pink wrote: »

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

How's Dinkum these days. I liked the crafting and building of it but it all felt pretty meaningless when I played it. Needed some Stardew style character plotlines.

Nothing better, sorry. It doesn't have a story pretty much at all, sadly.

You may like Wylde Flowers or Coral Island tho, they have some AMAZING character plotlines. The folks in Coral Island are all so wonderful, my stars.

I am definitely going to check out Coral Island. Probably in the depths of winter when I have a lot of free time and need some colour in my life.

Magic Pink

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

Magic Pink wrote: »

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

How's Dinkum these days. I liked the crafting and building of it but it all felt pretty meaningless when I played it. Needed some Stardew style character plotlines.

Nothing better, sorry. It doesn't have a story pretty much at all, sadly.

You may like Wylde Flowers or Coral Island tho, they have some AMAZING character plotlines. The folks in Coral Island are all so wonderful, my stars.

I am definitely going to check out Coral Island. Probably in the depths of winter when I have a lot of free time and need some colour in my life.

there is SO MUCH COLOR it's so incredibly pretty i just like to go in peoples' house and just look at all the little details in their beautiful homes

Lindsay Lohan

Once some of the stress in our state runs its course and my wife's job goes back to normal a bit, we're both restarting Stardew Valley for the winter with the knowledge we gained through our first plays. I know I never really attempted any of the wooing of townsfolk, so I'm especially excited to try to get a spouse this time.

Magic Pink

I forget which game it is, I think Coral Islands, but you can actually marry other players now in the game

Madican

One thing I'll say about Sakuna is that it goes HARD on what I have to assume is hyper-accurate rice farming. Literally every single step has its own rules and techniques ranging from how far to plant the sprouts to how long to husk the rice.

However it's not a very fun game and I had to drop it because it committed one of the cardinal sins of an RPG: it locked me in a location way beyond my level that I could not leave and had no way to get stronger, because your power only increases based on rice harvesting not enemy kills. So I was literally stuck.

Magic Pink

Madican wrote: »

One thing I'll say about Sakuna is that it goes HARD on what I have to assume is hyper-accurate rice farming. Literally every single step has its own rules and techniques ranging from how far to plant the sprouts to how long to husk the rice.

However it's not a very fun game and I had to drop it because it committed one of the cardinal sins of an RPG: it locked me in a location way beyond my level that I could not leave and had no way to get stronger, because your power only increases based on rice harvesting not enemy kills. So I was literally stuck.

Yeah, it's really interesting to see the rice planting but the game is maybe 6/10. Still worth a look I feel.

Magic Pink

MOONLIGHT PEAKS!

A new vampire farming game is coming soon! You play Dracula's child out to prove to him that you can coexist peacefully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEL1rn69Z7Y

Magic Pink

also Loftia looks interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-zT0lVaBI

Lindsay Lohan

Wylde Flowers is getting really good word of mouth, but I really hate the art style of the characters. Fae Farm looks great, but the Switch tax on it is just too much for me at the moment when the same price will buy so many other games.

How is Graveyard Keeper? I keep thinking about grabbing it, but then other stuff seems to sneak in and steal my money first.

Magic Pink

Bloody Hell Hotel is an upcoming management sim where you play a vampire renovating a haunted mansion to attract guests to eat. There's multiple vampire classes to play and different bats to choose to turn into. It's also the game you would get if you removed my brain and smeared it on a 3.5 floppy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2u84ZEUl4

Burtletoy

WotanAnubis wrote: »

Roots of Pacha is literally Stardew Valley but in the Stone Age, where you and your tribe end up inventing the agricultural revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zX8OrNV4oE

Saw this was on sale yesterday and almost got it, but also moonstone island was on sale for slightly cheaper and when I watched the video for moonstone island it had card battles so pretty much had to buy that instead.

Still got patcha wishlisted for next time I need to farm some turnips tho

Tofystedeth

Lindsay Lohan wrote: »

Wylde Flowers is getting really good word of mouth, but I really hate the art style of the characters. Fae Farm looks great, but the Switch tax on it is just too much for me at the moment when the same price will buy so many other games.

How is Graveyard Keeper? I keep thinking about grabbing it, but then other stuff seems to sneak in and steal my money first.

I don't love Graveyard Keeper as much as Magic Pink does, but I thought it was pretty fun.

Skeith

Burtletoy wrote: »

WotanAnubis wrote: »

Roots of Pacha is literally Stardew Valley but in the Stone Age, where you and your tribe end up inventing the agricultural revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zX8OrNV4oE

Saw this was on sale yesterday and almost got it, but also moonstone island was on sale for slightly cheaper and when I watched the video for moonstone island it had card battles so pretty much had to buy that instead.

Still got patcha wishlisted for next time I need to farm some turnips tho

Pacha's fun. Looking forward to the updates.

sarukun

When Blizzard still thought Overwatch was an MMO they rigged up a “day job” (heroes were supposed to have secret identities back then) farming sim that was supposed to be accessible on mobile as well as being on the PC client.

I think about that farming sim that never was a lot.

Magic Pink

Lindsay Lohan wrote: »

Wylde Flowers is getting really good word of mouth, but I really hate the art style of the characters. Fae Farm looks great, but the Switch tax on it is just too much for me at the moment when the same price will buy so many other games.

How is Graveyard Keeper? I keep thinking about grabbing it, but then other stuff seems to sneak in and steal my money first.

Wylde Flowers art is weird but it does grow on you and by halfway through spring you probably won't even notice it. The game is amazing otherwise.

Fae Farm is way too expensive for what it ends up being. The gameplay systems are really good, even ground breaking for the genre but the town and people have no soul. every interaction is the same, you can't gift people and all romance quests end when you get married. your spouse literally ceases to exist.

Graveyard Keeper is superb but I really recommend grabbing the first 2 expansions. You can skip Better Call Soul if you want, it is fun but isn't as integral to the overall plot and doesn't really add a whole lot. It does add SOME tho.

Lindsay Lohan

Thanks for the info! I have some fun bucks from work I could flip over to the switch, maybe I'll have to pick something new up. Not a farming sim, but if anyone wants an easy, relaxing way to spend an evening or two, I just finished Alba, a Wilderness Adventure and it was a nice little story that I really enjoyed playing through.

FANTOMAS

Ooblets.

Is a game where you farm vegetables AND animals, and then make them compete in dance battles. And its very enjoyable, not sure why it dissapeared from public discourse as fast as it did.