After putting this game on Steam, I realized that I haven't been super transparent on the progress of the game. Well that ends today!
Crop Genetics
What I've been working on is a system where you can continually enhance the power of your crops to infinity.
The way the game works right now is you buy a seed, plant it, wait for it to fully grow then harvest it. You would get a random amount of crops and the potential to get another seed so you could continue that cycle. This still exists but now you can go a different route. You can harvest the genetics from your crop and then attempt to modify those genetics by playing a game!
The first crop you extract the genetics from will come with two traits. One for seed yield and one for crop yield. You can bring these crop traits to your crop genetics table and attempt to enhance them. If you win the minigame, your desired trait will be put into the crops so the next time you plant it, it will produce more crops and seeds!
The game difficulty goes up with however many traits your crop has but gets easier with your farming level. So as you progress in the game, it becomes easier to get that high crop yield!
Squirrels
I've also took some time and added a squirrel to the game! Along with the squirrel is squirrel traps. I want the game to be non-linear. I don't want you to choose one way to make money. I want you to experiment with all of them and see which way is best!
Glen is a character in the game and he'll buy Squirrel tails from you or live squirrels that you've caught yourself!
Now instead of having a farm full of crops, you may have to put down some squirrel traps to see if maybe, just maybe, those provide better profit than just farming.
Until next time!