New farming game for those looking for something darker

[CeliriaRose]

There's a new farming game coming out on steam soon called Gleaner Heights. It seems to be going for a more retro style of game similar to the original Harvest Moon on top of taking cues from shows like Twin Peaks with some dark/horror elements to it involving town folk leading double lives and supernatural evils.

From a PC gamer article on the game: https://www.pcgamer.com/gleaner-heights-is-a-retro-farming-sim-that-mashes-up-harvest-moon-with-hp-lovecraft/

"Gleaner Heights is an experiment on how people will react upon finding out that their formerly-perceived-as sandboxy, innocent, do-anything-I-want world has consequences," Manolidis said. "In other farming games, if you neglect a sick animal, it will die, vanishing automagically from your farm. Well, not in this game. Here, you'll have to deal with the slowly decomposing result of your neglect."

It's obviously grim in places, and there are combat sequences, but it's not gratuitously violent: Violence happens, but the greater horror is being forced to live with the consequences of your actions. As you wander the streets at night, discovering the secret lives of your friends and neighbors, you can help or hinder them as you see fit. But if you choose to become involved, you don't get to just walk away when it's over. "The ghosts of victims of your vile deeds will haunt you forever," Manolidis said.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/786580/Gleaner_Heights/

It seemed like something some people here might be interested in if they are up for a darker spin on the farm life genre.

[Vroomi]

''Witness the double lives of townsfolk, their plottings and betrayals. Help them or destroy them as you see fit.''

Definitely keeping this game on my wishlist.

[Theblender2000]

lol i can just restart the game if i do something wrong lolooolololololololololololololol

[wilco64256]

That does look appealing, thanks!

[Nakos]

Hm.. conceptually, it sounds interesting, but ... those graphics compare poorly to SDV (in my opinion).

The "charm" of the graphics is a big draw for me with these old-fashioned (intentionally) pixelated games. Games like SDV and Starbound make the grade for me visually, but lots don't.

[CeliriaRose]

Escrito originalmente por Nakos:

Hm.. conceptually, it sounds interesting, but ... those graphics compare poorly to SDV (in my opinion).

The "charm" of the graphics is a big draw for me with these old-fashioned (intentionally) pixelated games. Games like SDV and Starbound make the grade for me visually, but lots don't.

Personally I think the graphics are perfect. They are meant to imitate the art style of the original Harvest Moon and as far as that is concerned the dev really nailed it.

http://dev.nitwoe.com/images/praedium-introduction/harvest-moon.png

[Vroomi]

Escrito originalmente por CeliriaRose:

Escrito originalmente por Nakos:

Hm.. conceptually, it sounds interesting, but ... those graphics compare poorly to SDV (in my opinion).

The "charm" of the graphics is a big draw for me with these old-fashioned (intentionally) pixelated games. Games like SDV and Starbound make the grade for me visually, but lots don't.

Personally I think the graphics are perfect. They are meant to imitate the art style of the original Harvest Moon and as far as that is concerned the dev really nailed it.

http://dev.nitwoe.com/images/praedium-introduction/harvest-moon.png

I'm pretty sure Nakos is talking about the contradicting artstyle used in Gleaner Heights.

The character prites and such are very simple and not-so detailed, while things like trees and grass are highly detailed. It's not a good contrast and personally it makes it hard to look at, but that's just me and my sensory overload issues.

[CeliriaRose]

Escrito originalmente por vroom vroom:

Escrito originalmente por CeliriaRose:

Personally I think the graphics are perfect. They are meant to imitate the art style of the original Harvest Moon and as far as that is concerned the dev really nailed it.

http://dev.nitwoe.com/images/praedium-introduction/harvest-moon.png

I'm pretty sure Nakos is talking about the contradicting artstyle used in Gleaner Heights.

The character prites and such are very simple and not-so detailed, while things like trees and grass are highly detailed. It's not a good contrast and personally it makes it hard to look at, but that's just me and my sensory overload issues.

Fair enough. It looks fine to me and I don't see any real issue between sprites and the world but different strokes for different folks and all that.

[Saints RS ⚜]

harvest moon + Suspense/Horror? Thats interesting , added to wishlist

[Hiba]

Oooh,interest is piqued.

[Watchful Liz]

Oooooooooo, I'm keeping an eye on this one!!!

[Syfe Kuroslayer]

Seems interesting enough. I will look into it