Harvest Moon - OOC

SETTING

This is a straight up slice-of-life game that's a jamjar/alternate universe hybrid, depending on your preferences. The only condition is that your character legitimately wants to be here, whether they made the wish consciously or subconsciously. Maybe they got a flyer in the mail offering them a chance to live peacefully for a change, and put their chaotic lives on hold until they're ready to return.

The game takes place in a little vale town named Rendezvous. It's nestled next to the Arpegie Mountain in the north, and to the west is a vast, wild forest called Merlin's Woods. A beach borders the town to the east, where travelers come and go via ship. Vacations in the exotic locations of Snowland, Komugi, Moon Tropics, and the Ancient Ruins of Silke are all very popular. But it's the vast acres of farmland to the south that make Rendezvous such a promising place to stay. The earth is rich and fertile, promising rewards of healthy, delicious crops to those who dedicate themselves to a life of farming.

That's where your character comes in. Whether you've always lived in this world and traveled here to start a new life, or if you were pulled from your own reality to wake up in Merlin's Woods, you have a chance to be a part of this peaceful community. You can live in town and start a trade, or you can take up your tools and work the land. The choice is up to you! You can make friends with the other villagers and farmers, and if you work hard enough, you may even fall in love with one of them, get married, and start a family of your own.

What you get out of the game depends on what you put into it. You can focus strictly on livestock or crops, or maybe you'd rather specialize in growing and selling flowers. For the truly ambitious farmer, you can try all of these things, buying and trading as you go in order to make your farm the best in the world.

Power for electricity, machinery, etc. comes from several windmills stationed at strategic places in and around town. Technology is about on par with the 1930's, complete with rotary phones. Though automobiles do exist in large cities, this isn't one of those places, and travel is done primarily via ship, horse, and foot. There are planes that can carry a pilot and up to three passengers to a remote location, but this method of travel is expensive, and not often used except for a luxury vacation.