Harvest Moon Meadow of Dreams-a HM fan game-New Art!

[AnoelDreamer]

Hello all! I am Anoel and I am making a Harvest Moon fan game!
Please note that this is NOT a visual novel. Instead it's a Harvest Moon game made in Visual Basic.

New stuff!
SilverHyena has been drawing more art for this game, and here's the update with it! Everyone has pretty, new art now! Please check it out!
Quick update:
I fixed an issue where the save function went off multiple times in a row, and added a load option to the menu!
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You can transfer your save data from the previous version to this one. You can do that by copying the 'save' folder from your old game into the folder for this new version. Also, the game works best if it's just the .exe file and the saves folder in their own folder.
If there's an error on saving or loading, or anywhere else, please let me know and I'll endeavor to fix it.

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This thread on the Fogu forums (a Harvest Moon fan community) has a lot of information on this project.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/jr34g ... _v15.5.zip
Use that link to download the current testing version.

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Here's some things this game will have and not have:

In regards to farming:
random, alternate color crops
rare, giant crops
super rare, giant, alternate colored crops
three season grains
all the crops that were in (More) Friends of Mineral Town and DS (Cute)

It will have, in regards to romance:
22 individual marriage candidates
different gender preferences for each candidate
the option for same gender marriage

Other things this game will have:
a fishing mini-game
full mining
cooking
a VN-esque dialog screen

This game will NOT have:
A full graphic interface (like the original games). Instead you will click buttons to do almost everything.
Natsume or Marvelous's support
adventuring elements like in the Rune Factory games

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Previous Updates:
You can buy a bigger barn and coop, and a pond!
Grains! (Wheat, soybeans, and buckwheat.)
All villagers have affection level lines, especially all the marriage candidates!
Everyone has liked and disliked gifts!
Blue feather is in!
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I've picked up this project again! In this update, I've changed around the user interface! No more windows appearing and disappearing, everything takes place on one window, clock included. And now you can save and access your bag from anywhere!
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[Rinima]

Should be interesting, even if the though that it's button based confuses me a little.

[PaupauSenpai]

Yayyy!! I looove Harvest Moon with all my heart ywy this sounds phenomenal! I can't wait for the release!

[writinggg]

Will the mining be more like Animal Parade, Friends Of Mineral Town or Magical Melody? I love those mining systems!

[AnoelDreamer]

For the mining, I don't want it to be like Animal Parade's, where you had to pay to refine and it could be junk. I'm thinking something more like Mineral Town's.

[writinggg]

For the mining, I don't want it to be like Animal Parade's, where you had to pay to refine and it could be junk. I'm thinking something more like Mineral Town's.

Thanks! Anyone of them is great!

[Elze]

Yayyy the thread is up! There isn't much to show for art yet but here are some sketches from my end! C:

Sketch of the policeman

Seamstress

Gem Artist

Since my drawing is still kind of flaky and unstable, I'll be sketching out every character before I start working on actual sprites, to avoid drastic inconsistency in quality.

[PaupauSenpai]

Elze: Your sketches are AWESOME! 8D I love all three of those characters based on looks alone >w>;
22 marriage candidates ohmigad oAo That's gonna be a lot of drawing, I commend you xD I am totally supporting you guys all the way <3!

[AnoelDreamer]

There are 22 eligible single people in town. That, and a bunch of other villagers! Remember, this is trying to be a full Harvest Moon game! Just with less graphics.

[AnoelDreamer]

Hey, a new version is up! If you play it, tell me if anything breaks!

[Godline]

I love this idea. I've never actually played Harvest Moon, but this is so little and cute. It's like having one of those cyber pets on your desktop.

I'm really curious what platform you're building it on? How would you even go about MAKING a game like this? It's so cool though!

[AnoelDreamer]

Ah, I'm so glad you like it, Godline!
I am making this in Visual Basic! Microsoft owns VB, and there's a drag and drop window maker, classes, and other functions!
It's a lot more programming intensive than renPy, though.

[snowflakes]

Woooow! I've never played Harvest Moon (but i thought about it), but this game seems even cuter!
Can't wait to know more info about it, i loved the idea!

[wererat42]

Just wondering, is there even any reason to put the Harvest Moon label on this? It looks pretty original to me.

[AnoelDreamer]

Well... Harvest Moon is the basis of this game. I went into it wanting to make my ideal Harvest Moon game. For example, character archtypes that I like (witch, doctor, smith, and so on), the crops and livestock, and the general feel.