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MetalSlimeHunt

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Third World Farmer
« on: July 25, 2010, 05:24:31 am »

You know how most games trying to make a real world point suck? I have found the exception.

Can you survive as a virtual third world farmer, and make the world around you a better place? Or will you die, like so many others? I find this game very fun, with my only real complaint being a lack of music. So get somthing set up in the background if you need audio stimulation.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2010, 06:13:45 am »

Turn 11  8) with 930
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2010, 08:03:42 am »

"Chickens provide a small income each year"
"Pigs provide a medium income each year"
"Cattle provide high income each year"
"Elephants help"

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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 08:05:10 am »

Yeah, I never figured that out either. I guess you could sell the ivory, but that doesn't explain them not dying off every year.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 08:06:58 am »

Oh yes, the game events are shitting on me, and its rather tedious placing crops one by one.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2010, 08:28:13 am »

I remember this game. Its built to fuck you over.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2010, 08:34:37 am »

Though being the roguelike players we are, we're determined to beat the games that are built to fuck us over.

First game, I watched as my village slowly crumble to it's end and struggled for 23 turns. Second game, I worked a lot when the family was still healthy, it paid off and in the end I retired the village with 17000 dollars, many elephants, years of education for all the kids and every single facility. It took 17 turns of hard work.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2010, 08:41:47 am »

'Elephants Help' likely refers to them pulling equipment or helping plow.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2010, 08:54:42 am »

I find the easiest way to win is to plant peanuts and pray that the random events dont screw you over.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2010, 09:25:47 am »

So except for the part about the peanuts, it's just like real life?
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2010, 09:27:08 am »

I just managed to have the potential to win on day 7 but chose to continue playing. The whole bountiful harvest on the first year helped a lot.
So I sent two uneducated kids to be married to presumably decent spouses, and 2 fully educated kids to be married to presumably much better spouses. I ended the game with both parents healthy and 60 years old, with my youngest son being 18 and fully educated, after realizing that with that $100k in my savings I could pay for my son to go to college in the west if that was actually a game mechanic.
Does anyone remember the name of that other game where you start as a random person anywhere throughout the world and just try to survive? It's in the same vein as this game..
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2010, 10:14:07 am »

I actually found this moderately easy after a few tries.
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2010, 10:14:12 am »

Yay, first-year guerillas, second-year drought!
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2010, 10:30:36 am »

I dunno. It kinda looks like this game sucks. Unless you're a masochist. Like most of us are :P
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Re: Third World Farmer
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2010, 10:45:39 am »

Does anyone remember the name of that other game where you start as a random person anywhere throughout the world and just try to survive? It's in the same vein as this game..
Real Lives, you mean?
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