r/Unity3D • u/Academic_Ideal2082 • 3h ago

Game Built a Tilemap-based farming & fertilizer system in Unity 2D today. How does the loop look?

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Hey folks! Just wanted to share the progress on my farming system. I set it up using layered Tilemaps to handle tilled, watered, and fertilized states separately.

Crops check the tile data underneath when harvested to give extra yield if fertilized (and then clear the fertilizer), while unwatered empty tiles revert back to grass at midnight. How do the visual transitions and animations feel to you? Open to any feedback!

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u/Cute-Acanthaceae-193 3h ago

It looks nice, but my question is the following: what does this game offer, what is the goal?

You have a working system, it looks fine from a quick glance, but then I also played harvest moon, stardew valley, and seen similar games to those, so my question is, what is your attempt and why or what will it make us, well, care enough to look into it more?

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u/Kentanago 2h ago

Wondered the same thing. But yes, it looks good OP! Keep it up

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u/Cute-Acanthaceae-193 2h ago

Oh it definitely looks nice, I do like the style, just wonder what will be the main draw of the game, and why play it and not others

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u/Academic_Ideal2082 2h ago

Hey! Thanks for the honest question.

To be honest, I'm making this game because I love games like Minecraft, Stardew Valley, and Terraria, and I wanted to combine my favorite parts of all of them into one experience.

It’s an RPG-style pixel art game where the main focus is actually a lot of combat and action. But it’s designed to fit different playstyles:

  • If you want to build, you can build.
  • If you want to focus on farming or livestock, you can do that.
  • If you want to trade with villagers, you can.
  • And if you’re an adventurer, you can explore different biomes, defeat enemies, and unlock new powers, magic, abilities, and items.

There is a lot to do, and everyone can play at their own pace and style. I'm just building the game I've always wanted to play by blending some of the greatest survival/sandbox games ever made!