Sow'n'Reap

Description

*Sow'n'Reap* is a relaxing, turn based farming game where your goal is to reach a level's goal yield by growing crops and harvesting at the right time. Many parameters influence the yield of your crops grow: What soil they're in, how much water and nutrients are close by, etc.

The game was inspired by Conway's Game of Life, SimCity, and Stardew Valley

Features

- Friendly, wholesome atmosphere
- Relaxing music and sounds
- Different types of soil
- Visualization Overlays (use Mouse Wheel to access)

How to play

Please watch in the in-game "How to Play" video, everything should be explained there! If you're playing the game in Wine on Linux, the video might not work, so here's an online version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgs6q58-5Zw

The goal is to grow crops and reach a certain yield per level. Each day (turn) you can perform up to 3 actions (harvest, sew, water, or fertilize). If all your crops perish, you lose the level and have to restart it.

Keep this page open in case you're stumped.

Controls

- *Mouse* -- move pointer
- *Left mouse button* -- interact
- *Right mouse button* -- cancel action
- *[SPACE]* -- next turn
- *[PgUp] / Mouse Wheel Up* -- next info layer
- *[PgDn] / Mouse Wheel Down* -- previous info layer
- *[Del] / Middle Mouse Button* -- switch off info layer
- *[1]* -- Watering mode
- *[2]* -- Fertilization mode
- *[3]* -- Sowing mode
- *[4]* -- Harvesting mode
- *[Alt+ENTER]* -- toggle full screen
- *[Esc]* -- skip tutorial video

Gameplay Tips

- Start planting seeds close to water. That way you won't have to irrigate them
- Sometimes crops take many days to ripen. Keep hitting that space bar
- Use the different soil types to your advantage
- An icon will tell you when crops need water/nutrients
- Harvest at the right time for maximum yield. Consult the different info overlays

Different soil types have different properties:
#### Sand
- Can’t retain much water
- Not very fertile
- Crop ripen very fast
- Keeps fertilizer

#### Silt
- Good all-round soil
- Nutrients regenerate very fast

#### Clay
- Retains much water but doesn’t pass much on
- Retains much fertilizer but propagates much of it
- Recovers nutrients slowly
- Crops ripens slowly

Versions

1.0.0.0: Initial Ludum Dare 52 Compo release
1.0.0.1: Finishing the tutoral video won't hang the game anymore. Thanks @mostlikely & @horda!

Credits

A game by Phil Strahl a.k.a. Pixel Prophecy made in 48 hrs. I thought I was well ahead of the deadline until it crept up on me.