TOUHOU FARMING DEV BLOG

the latter. it is a house.

the upgraded house in 1.0, before any additions. although, i guess i shouldn't call them "additions" since i ended up just including basic versions of every room with the same collisions to simplify the technical overhead...

oh it looks like i overwrote it with the compost bin and forgot to replace it. fuck's sake

Picked the game up again after initially playing on release early access, but was surprised the UI didn't have a menu for it with the social inclusions added to the game since. I know there's a heart in character dialogue box which presumably could show progression, but that's more obtuse than a page in menus that displays heart progression.

for instance, the icefishing payout was a little less than the other two games, and it also occurred to me that if you couldn't do normal fishing at the lake gudgeons and crucian carp were inaccessible. solution:

in winter mokou will appear next to the kappa workshop. talk to her before noon to start the noodle-slinging job. (like chimata, she is not a real npc, but she does have a few lines of dialogue.)

the serving job plays like the old arcade game tapper, except you need to select the right bowl to serve to customers, and you can hold multiple bowls at once. there's a small penalty for letting bowls break, but you get freebies based on how many bowls you served. special customers can show up, so pay attention! when you complete this game, mokou will give you a free bowl of ramen to take home as a bonus.

urumi, in her spiffy new winter outfit, will start the day at her shack up on the lake. (you can access her shop functions up here, and she leaves for the day at about 4 pm and resumes her normal schedule.) talk to her to start the ice-fishing game.

the trick here is that the fish only become accessible if they have a hole one block wide above them. movement is similar to the mining game, but this is in real time. you can break ice blocks or reposition them by kicking them around. more rows of ice will regularly appear. also, you may see something zipping around in the air from time to time...if you want to grab it, you'll have to leave a stack of ice you can climb to reach it! the smelt you get from this game go into your inventory like normal to sell, cook, or whatever.

by the way, as part of this update the lake sky now accurately reflects the season and time of day, and it's cloudy during storms.

the mining game is mostly the same but has better room generation, and instead of just extra payout, if you get at least 3 of the daily gem color, momoyo will give you a Cool Rock which is a universally loved gift.

I think the likely outcome of this is that, like, maybe a dozen people are able to contribute $5-10 bucks a month which doesn't really amount to anything in terms of real dev time.

none really, her inventory is just random! she always has the following things, all high-quality:

5x spring crop

5x summer crop

5x fall crop

5x forage

1x white meat OR red meat

1x small meal

1x medium meal

1x large meal

the prices of each of these are randomly between 90~130% of their sale value. it's up to you to know what items are worth and whether you're getting a good deal or not!

she may also stock the following at fixed prices:

an amount of copper that scales with your generator upgrade level (sold at a premium)

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The winter games update will be out in a few days. That will bring your winter income options up to those three side jobs, regular fishing, adventuring (I decided to make hard mode available in Winter 1 instead of Year 2 for this reason), or just growing a thousand Cirnomelons if that's your bag.

This is what I'm committing to as a final list of what will be in 1.0:

All remaining characters that don't have 3 friendship events will get one.

The mystery of the Suzuran Chicken, revealed!! Also, option to return chickens to Kutaka.

One last (currently half-finished) farm doodad that will give you a fun use for tree fruits and fix the Cirnomelon economy.

Some final adjustments to Suwako's mission requirements.

A final evaluation + ending once all missions are complete. Endless play will continue as normal after that.

+Girlfriend stuff, as follows:

All girlfriend candidates go up to 5 normal friendship events. (Some of these are already done and in the game, just inaccessible for parity reasons.)

After that, you'll be able to buy a bouquet from Yuuka and gift it to get an additional date event. Once you do this, it adds a new pool of dialogue, and you'll learn the requirement for getting your girlfriend to live with you. (You can also have fun giving the bouquet to everyone to see their reactions.)

Each girlfriend will have an associated house addition (built by the oni as usual), which, once built, will get them moved in and change their schedule. These will be a large money sink. For each girlfriend moved in beyond the first, there'll be a short scene introducing them to each other.

There will be some special conversations (not a lot, but a few) added for moments when your girlfriends are interacting inside your house, which will be part of their schedule if they're both present.

Yes, you all sleep in the same bed! (No, nothing spicy happens. Valve might nuke the game.)

I'll update the store page accordingly. As before, if 1.0 creates a bump in sales I'll use that money to add more stuff.

a WIP of the ramen-slinging minigame. it plays like the old arcade game Tapper; kappa will pile in through the entrances and you'll have to toss them their orders and catch their bowls on the way back.