
Discover your sinister purpose in this horror farming game. Your idyllic farm life can't be trusted. Keep up with the façade as you give your crops to the gods. Explore the ominous island and question everything. You must fake your blissful farming days. Your life depends on it.
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You live on an island with just you, your sister and your dad. Farm life is is simple. Water the crops, tend to the animals, and catch bugs. It's a simple life... but then you start exploring. You asks questions. Why am I alone on this island? Dad starts to tell many "white" lies. Your sister becomes paranoid. You become paranoid. There's something wrong on Harvest Island. Discover it's dark story in this horror farming game.

Gods play an important part in Harvest Island. Everyday, the gods will ask you for items that are around the island. You receive bless from the gods once you give the items to them. You use the bless to upgrade your farm or use bless to build and craft stuff.
As time progresses, the forest, caves, and seashores change. When it becomes night, the caves glow, the forest sings and sparkles with fireflies, and the shore recedes creating a low tide. You can see the sunset and sunrise while the landscape changes. The day/night cycle is perpetual and you don't even have to sleep if you want to pull an all nighter or two.
There are many wild animals on the island. You can befriend them, pet them, or even feed them. Sometimes they will give you items they find in the wild or show an undiscovered passage for you to explore.
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Throughout the island, you'll collect items like coconuts, seaweed, horseshoe crabs, and other peculiar stuff: Nine-armed starfish, beetle, and a shark. You'll offer these common and strange items to the gods and in return, the gods will reward you by giving you bless. This bless helps you craft, upgrade your farm, and progress the story.
There are tons of different types of fish that you can catch all over the island. Each fish has their own behavior and habitat. Depending on the conditions, fishing during the day or night, or far off into the corner of the island will catch you different types of fish as long as you use the correct bait during those times. You can then cook the fish and eat it to gain bless and stamina when you perform activities like farming.
You can craft various tools from your workbench to help you further explore the island like a ladder, rope, and a fishing pole. These tools will help you further progress the story and will help you farm.
When it rains, animals will hide, fish will hide, and crops will be watered. Sometimes you'll get a sprinkle, and other times it'll pour down hard. But when it's sunny, everything is back to normal.
Tides fluctuate as time progresses, changing the island's landscape. You can pick up sea critters during low tide and offer them to the gods. And tides can open up new paths. It'll allow you to explore the island further.
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Languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Italian, French, Turkish, Korean
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love the art style and the story so far, but I've had to take a break not far in as the crafting system is a bit of a struggle and I've made the pickaxe 3 times now without ever receiving it, the materials leave the inventory and I've successfully crafted other tools before.
really good enjoy the art still great storyline so far
I [i]really[/i] tried to get into this, but RPG Maker was just not designed for this. I however, don't feel ripped off and there was obviously a lot of thought put into this.
Ich liebe Farminggames wie Stardew Valley und ich liebe RPG Maker Horror! Das Spiel kombiniert Beides! Aktuell spiele ich den Storymodus. Und dieser kann wegen der Dialoge zwischen Will und seiner Schwester sehr ziehend wirken - die Beziehung zwischen den Beiden ist aber genau richtig. Samatha muss nervig sein ... xD Ich kann aber empfehlen, dass ihr während des Storymodus euch wirklich darauf konzentriert, die ganzen Erntegaben für die Statuen zu sammeln und euren Hof auszubauen. Sonst wirken die Horrorsequenzen dazwischen sehr öde, weil es erst spannender wird, sobald du mit der Geschichte voran kommst!
69 Dragon Balls/10
I bought this without reading anything. I think that made it WAY better because I legit had NO idea what was about to happen. Short but good. Skip to story mode, normal doesnt really offer anything other than spending more time gathering resources you ultimately dont need.
I enjoyed this cozy farming game with dark horror tones way more than expected
I think I like this game.
relaxing
Overall, I really enjoyed this game! It is something different and unique, I personally haven’t played anything like Harvest Island and will be keeping an eye out for similar games. Absolutely loved the concept. I do agree, to an extent, with the other comments that the ending could be better and the twist wasn’t necessarily shocking but I will still be purchasing The Chains That Bound Me when it is released and it hasn’t put me off. The main issue I have with the ending (other than the obvious Will storyline) is that it feels incomplete, I understand this is to sell separate DLCs but I think it should wrap the game up enough to complete the storyline, but that is just an opinion and I’m sure there are lots of people who feel like the ending does complete the story. I would still purchase new game releases and DLCs to continue playing even with some closure on the initial stretch of the story so it does feel a bit disappointing to put all the hours in and not truly find out what happens within the base game. With that being said, I loved the game and really appreciate it when devs actually try and think of a unique concept and not just stick to your typical farming sims. As mentioned already, I will be purchasing new releases from the developers and would recommend the game to anyone looking for something different. It is a really addictive game and I thoroughly enjoyed playing!
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