RMMV Farmlife Simulator - Farmstead (Discontinued)

[Jiffy]

Farmstead is a Farmlife Simulator that started development mid 2015. The game started off as a side project in RPG Maker VX Ace using Celianna's Rural Farm Tile Pack but eventually evolved into a planned commercial RPG Maker MV game, with a change in graphics to Pixel Myth Germania and now partially custom using the LPC art style. The game is based off the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory games.

Demo Reveal Trailer:




Ever since you were a kid, the idea of being a farmer was quite comical, an idea that was out of the reach of reality. However, you are forced to grasp the idea, as you go into bankruptcy and are forced to make a living on a farm.
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The idea of a farmer isn't a surprise in Briskbreeze Valley however, as a farmer who once lived in the valley at one time practically controlled the economy. But, when he passed away, the economy of the valley was destroyed, forcing them to give you the old mans farm for free, in hopes that you can rebuild the devastated economy of Briskbreeze Valley.





A Farmlife Simulator Unlike any Other

• Meet villagers from different towns.
• Explore terrains of all kinds.
• Over 3 different ways to make money (farming, fishing, foraging and more.)
• Tons of different animals that can live on your farm.
• A taming system, so you can get some exotic pets.
• A cooking and crafting system, to speed up your day to day activities.
• Upgrade system, pray to the Season Goddess to upgrade various stats (stamina, speed, and more.)
• Payback and get yourself out of debt, so that you can invest in numerous government programs.
• Compete with other farmers and other towns for various in-game perks.
• Lots of customization.

Tons of Replay Ability

• Randomly generated events that makes every play through different.
• A marriage system, with different candidates from every town.
• A never ending experience with an infinite amount of in-game days.

All music composed and created by Jacob Mann: https://soundcloud.com/jacob-mann
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Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[Kyoku]

Harvest Moon and Rune Factory? Harvest Moon and Rune Factory!?
YEEES! MY FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL TIME!!!!!
okay, jokes aside (even though I was dead serious, believe me, I LOVE those games) it seems great!
I like the mapping, features, and the music (especially spring time)
Can't say there's more to love, great job~

 

[IAmJakeSauvage]

Oh cool! This sounds really ambitious - and I love the soundtrack!

 

[Thanatos]

Nice project, I remembered this:
Https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/fantasy-farming-orange-season.35189/

 

[Lorsynth]

This is so nicely presented! Lots of interesting little bits and bobs.
I'm such a die-hard fan of taming things, and the random events sound pretty wicked. <3
Looking forward to updates!

 

[fizzly]

It's really similar to Orange Season by @Hudell (I mean the graphic). Main character does not look like a farmer to me...also it looks like it's still in early development. Anyway, crossed fingers for all farming games!

 

[Jiffy]

@fizzly Yea, I've been getting the graphic thing a lot. I've already started drawing my own tileset to help avoid graphic similarities. I've never done art before so I have no idea if the final version will end with custom graphics or not. Thanks for the feedback

 

[fizzly]

@fizzly Yea, I've been getting the graphic thing a lot. I've already started drawing my own tileset to help avoid graphic similarities. I've never done art before so I have no idea if the final version will end with custom graphics or not. Thanks for the feedback

Can't wait to see results then. Anyway, don't get me wrong, I don'y claim that you need to change artstyle cause it looks like Orange Season's. Just letting you know

 

[Jiffy]

Update:
I am still actively working on this project and just finished up a trailer you can find here:

 

[Jiffy]

Update:
Been working on the game for 5+ hours a day now. Redoing this art is hard work, I'm changing styles over to the LPC art style, every map being personally parallax mapped to keep a retro look while still looking modern.

Here's a comparison of the new and old art styles:

OLD:

Spoiler: Old

NEW:

Spoiler: New

I'm now unsure about keeping the demo release date for summer, as summer ends in a few weeks and converting a map is taking around 6 hours.