[ACE] Reap and Sow

[SnowOwl 1]

 

Reap and Sow is a mixture of a farming sim and dungeon explorer.
Explore your own mind by entering your dreams.
Take care of a farm during the day.

The dreamworld will be split into 12 parts, each with a distinctive look:
Abandoned temples, dark forests, insane asylums, underground tunnels and much more. Each dreamworld ends with a boss. The dreamworld will tie into the real world and you can use some crops that you grow in your farm to affect the dreamworld (mostly the mushrooms you can grow later). Some items from the real world can also be used in the dreamworld.
You start with almost nothing except a few seeds,
and from there you must expand with more plants and even livestock.

 

Short story synopsis

You and everyone in the village you live
in have all been turned into living skull dolls.
You have no memory of how or why this happened.

Your goal is to find out what happened and if possible reverse it.

Somehow you feel like your dreams can help you accomplish this.

 

Screenshots

 

 

From the Intro

 

At the roadside.

 

Nature.

 

Dreaming.

 

 

 

Scripts

Yia Menu by YesImAaron

Large Choices and Choice Options by Tsukihime

Text Pop Over Events by Nelderson

 

Music by Tarranon

 

Demo

http://www.mediafire.com/download/6y0cddf292z93wp/Reap_and_Sow_Demo6.zip

Edited August 24, 2013 by SnowOwl

[dolarmak 23]

I loved the Harvest Moon games, look forward to seeing what you can do.

[SnowOwl 1]

Thank you, thank you. I'll be working on it.

Edited May 24, 2013 by SnowOwl

[SnowOwl 1]

Uploaded a demo (in main post).

The demo mostly shows the gameplay and not much of the story.

If you feel that something could be improved or if you find any bugs or grammar fails please let me know.

[SnowOwl 1]

Made some major changes to the demo. Removed some of the dreamworlds and completed the first temple world, complete with new creatures and the first boss. Beating the first boss and exiting the temple will now also end the demo, so there are two ways to finish the demo now, either through buying the statue in the shop or completing the dream segments.

The reason I made these changes is because the dreamworld was a mess before, and not very representative of how it will play in the final game. This should give anyone playing the demo a better idea of how it will work.

For those who played the first version, the places I removed will still be in the game, they will just appear in later worlds. So consider those places sneak peeks into other parts of the game.

[dolarmak 23]

Okay, i played your demo and things look promising. I think the dream graphics are awesome creepy. Good job with the boss fight too. It was pretty hard.

What are the bonuses you will gain from beating the dream sequences?

 

I have a few suggestions.

 

First a stamina bar or indication of how tired you are would be nice. In Harvest moon they give you the indication by having your character sigh and wipe his brow to let you know you were 1/2 done your stamina and then another exhausted expression when he's at 1/4 stamina. It's just a way to let us know that there is a limit.

 

Will you make items that replenish stamina?

 

Adding more selection on what you can grow is kinda obvious, but since this is a demo i will assume you'll add more later.

 

Instead of just teleporting your character to bed when your stamina runs out, why not let the player continue to walk around?

 

it's a nice start, keep it up.

[Calvinchun 3]

Well! Another Yume Nikki and Harvest Moon! 2 In 1. I look forward to the full game!

>Downloading now<

[SnowOwl 1]

 

What are the bonuses you will gain from beating the dream sequences?

Various items, stamina boosts, new stuff in shops, that kind of stuff

.

 

First a stamina bar or indication of how tired you are would be nice. In Harvest moon they give you the indication by having your character sigh and wipe his brow to let you know you were 1/2 done your stamina and then another exhausted expression when he's at 1/4 stamina. It's just a way to let us know that there is a limit.

 

Will you make items that replenish stamina?

No items that replenish it, but there will be ways to increase the max stamina. I'll probably add some kind of indication that the character is tired too. It's not on the upper part of the list of things to do right now though.

[SnowOwl 1]

Another week, another update. I've had a lot of time to put on the game lately,

so I can actually put out 2 updates in a week. Here's the new one (also updated in main post download):

http://www.mediafire.com/download/knydrgsdsxm0hyv/Reap+and+Sow+Demo+3.zip

This update adds another dreamworld and some much needed "cozy" lighting changes.

Actual story progression and intro rework, too.

[SnowOwl 1]

http://www.mediafire..._Sow_Demo_4.zip

Demo updated (main post also updated).

In this update: Loooots of visual improvements, Real world still very sparse, but I finished the town

and a few NPCs including the shop, plus a couple of houses.

One new dreamworld, more story, new entry sequence when you enter a dreamworld for the first

time (only for the 2 first ones so far) and lots more.

I would love some feedback on anything regarding the game!

 

 

 

 

[SnowOwl 1]

New screenshots.

 

 

In a dreamworld.

 

Growing some shrooms.

 

New titlescreen.

 

 

Edited August 18, 2013 by SnowOwl

[dolarmak 23]

good to see progress, keep it up :)

[SnowOwl 1]

More progress, in the form of a new demo!

http://www.mediafire.com/download/6y0cddf292z93wp/Reap_and_Sow_Demo6.zip

Looots of new real-world stuff. Ducks, fishing, crafting, new shops, mushrooms and more.

Somewhat less new dreamworld stuff, but at least one more world is added.

Edited August 24, 2013 by SnowOwl

[SnowOwl 1]

I am aware there are a couple of bugs towards the end of the demo.
I will probably not upload a fixed version, since I'd rather spend the time that would take on finishing the actual game. Hopefully this won't ruin anyones experience too much.
At least I uploaded a fix for the bugs in the form of quickfixes:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/dw36fg9dr8jrylh/Map001.rvdata2
http://www.mediafire.com/download/9x9i1lfv3pce3xr/Map038.rvdata2

Put those 2 files in the "Data" folder.
Sorry about this.

At least progress have been good lately, finished a couple more dream worlds along with the rest of the farm animals, upgrades to your house, new crops, and other small stuff.