Working on Lists and More Design

[Sakura02]

I've been away for about a week but during that time even though I couldn't help work on anything we've been populating lists of the items the game will contain, as well as discuss some more game design decisions.

[b]Not all may appear in the first release of the game.
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56 types of Trees (Wood and Fruit)
80 types of Crops (does not include flowers)
84 types of Fish
21 types of Ores
60 types of Gemstones
58 different themes of furniture to collect
34 drink recipes
35 meat recipes (chicken & beef)
307 other recipes (ingredients listed as well but not finalized)

We wiki and research every item we put in the game so don't think we just copy and paste from existing games without context. Having a player run economy has been proving a bit tricky so having things be equal across the regions is important. Something that I'm excited for is we've done global research on different kinds of fruits and vegetables to put in our game and we'll be having some unique crops we never got a chance to grow in Harvest Moon such as avocados, starfruit, beans etc. Because of how much research we put into these items this game may unintentionally become very educational We want everyone to learn about new crops, ore, recipes etc.

Next month we'll start having some models and some shiny things to show off FIngers crossed not sure how busy everyone will be over the Holidays.

[CalliopeSoul]

Wow, that's a lot of stuff!

[Angerfish]

Very cool! I love that it's unintentionally educational, heh heh. Thanks for all the hard work you guys are putting into the game

[mrs saturn]

This is really exciting, I'm loving those numbers haha So much stuff!

Unintentionally educational games are great, honestly - you do learn better while doing things you're interested in. And I wouldn't have found out the existance of what is now my favorite type of fish if not for Animal Crossing. :P