Farming sim template
One field, one crop, and a day that actually ends. Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe, 2016) ends it with an energy bar. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous, 2020) ends it with a season. Farming Simulator 25 (Giants Software, 2024) ends it with a machine you still have to park. If you can plant all night, you deleted the day. The AI farming game maker and the farming game maker are this field.
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What makes a farming sim
Farming sim: planting, tending and harvesting across days and seasons.
The games that set the standard are Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe, 2016), Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous, 2020) and Farming Simulator 25 (Giants Software, 2024).
What the template starts with
The farming sim template starts with one field, one crop and a day that ends. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: plant, water, sleep, harvest, sell.
What to change first
Spend the day on one crop and go to sleep short of finished. The next morning should still be a morning. A day that waits forever is a menu.
2D or 3D
The farming sim template starts in 2D.
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