The Farmer Was Replaced

Full disclosure to start: I refunded this game already, so my review is based on the one play session I did have. This game is extremely deceiving in both how it presents itself and the reviews that are on its page. A lot of the negative reviews are from people like me, and a lot of the positive reviews are from early versions of people like us who have done negative. Thankfully, I realized where this game was headed after my first session as I thought about it more and I realized I had to refund it. Why did I *have* to refund it? Well, because I wasn't okay with the way this game is being marketed in the end. It didn't sit right with me, and I'm sure it doesn't sit right with some others either, but they're not quite sure what's wrong. This game will take up hours upon hours and hours of your time, as you'll see 100+ hr reviews littered throughout. But what are you getting in those hours? Are you actually gaining programming knowledge? Nope, you're learning "techniques" and "bits" but nothing significant, but it makes you think it is more than it is. And therein lies the problem. I graduated with a degree in software engineering over a decade ago and got into professional programming right after. While, yes... this game provides you with Python "code", as other negative reviews have pointed out it's not really coding. There are no classes, and there's nothing you're really learning except how to interact with a pre-built drone and farm expansion land. It's deceptive, to say the absolute least. But this isn't the biggest crux for me. Having picked this game up only after watching the trailer, I gathered that if I knew what I was doing I could keep expanding and there'd be somewhat of a hacker storyline with a farmer interacting with his drone and it going haywire and then you get to a point an win. (I know there was no direct explanation of that anywhere, but I really thought there'd be a story?). This is where I realized I *had* to stop if I wanted to play other things and keep programming for fun, because the game is just a straight up Idle / Clicker game disguised as teaching you how to code. The developers created something cool, but pricing it where they did without any story or real progression outside of forcing the game to stay on ain't it fam. Thankfully I didn't play more than the amount to refund, so it happened quick. But I would say do not be deceived by the "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews - and think more about how if you're wanting a game like this designed to help you program then you should absolutely check out "codingame". I used it a lot back in the day and it can help you develop your skills in a multitude of different languages. (it's also free)

Very funny game! Kept me entertained for hours. Still just at the beginning. I'm not a coder and even so it helped me learn and the fact that I was learning made it a more enjoying experience.

能跑就行，别的你少管（

Хороший полигон для тренировок на досуге. Подойдет для школьников тоже у кого интерес к программированию. Было бы такое в мои школьные годы а не веселая ферма...

As someone who knows python and writes python code at work, this game is very good for begginers. It teaches you the basics, has a lot of simple explanations, and the game using "ticks" to describe how fast it will take a certain function to run makes you wanna optimize your code as much as possible. On the other side, python primmary method of writing ussualy is OOP (Object oriented programming, which means writing classes) which this game sadly doesnt teach and doesnt have. It can lead to someone getting used to function writing and then meeting the harsh reallity of having to re-learn to use OOP (like me when I started). Also, for those who know python already the game can get borring quickly since the code will be written already but the resources wont be farmed yet so you'll have to afk farm to get the resources. Overall its a very good game for begginers who want to learn python, but for those who already know it the fun will not last much. 9/10 reccommended! :D

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Solo | Multiplayer }--- ☑ Single Player ☐ Multiplayer ☐ PvPvE ☐ Bonus Modes | PVP ☐ Essential ☐ The best multiplayer experience I've had with friends online. Antagonising ghosts and instantly getting bodied is always fun. ---{ Style }--- ☑ 2D | 2.5D ☐ 3D ☐ Early-Access ☐ FPS [First-Person] ☐ Third-Person ☐ MMO ☐ RPG ☐ JRPG ☐ Battle Royale ☐ Action ☑ Indie ☑ Casual ☐ Gatcha ☐ Anime ☐ Pixel Graphic ☐ Adventure ☐ Exploration ☑ Atmosphere ☐ Life-Sim ☑ Simulation ☐ Open-World ☐ Strategy ☑ Enigma ☑ Automation ☐ Construction ☐ Survival ☐ Horror ☐ Metroid Vania ☐ PlateFormer ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press [W-S-A-D or Mouse] ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☑ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Шикарная игра, интересный геймплей и задумка, ты гриндишь ресурсы но что бы их гриндить ты должен написать 200 строк кода а потом оптимизировать его что бы он не занимал весь экран, небольшой минус то что не все функции по коду открыты с самого начала, развиваться в начале тяжело ведь доступны только самые базовые операторы и функции, и из за этого код в начале игры может растянуться, но этот минус - игровая условность, будет просто не интересно если в первую минуту игры игрок просто напишет супер скрипт а потом будет сидеть и ничего не делать :) игра вынуждает тебя развиваться, в итоге 10/10, одно из лучших вложений сделанных мною.

Sólo para programadores. Es divertido. Es como las prácticas de algoritmos de la universidad, pero con una representación visual divertida más allá del clásico de ordenar imágenes.