Fabrizio Valerio Covone

GAME REVIEWFARMER 2: SAVE THE

VILLAGE

• Player Role: countryside landlord.• Main Story: save your village from Big Boss (an industrial

tycoon) that wants to transform your village in a factory complex.• Main Goal Achievement: earn money by trading raw materials

(produced by farmers) with retailers and invest the money earned buying new lands, farms or shops and/or improving the old ones.

• Storytelling: the story is divided in 70 days (levels), each one has an achievement to fulfill. Only the first 10 levels are available in the free version.

REALITY REPRESENTATION

• Interactive Items: farmers (producers), retailers (consumers), raw materials.

• Player Interaction: raw material ready -> visit the producer -> gather raw materials -> deliver to retailer -> earn money.

• Level Goal: fulfill deliveries, earn a certain amount of money and/or improve farmers and retailers in the time given.

INTERACTION

• Money• New Pieces of Land• New Farmers• New Retailers• New Raw Materials• Artifacts Recipes (e.g.: 1 flour + 1 milk

= 1 bread )• Medals (e.g.: fast level completion,

combo deliveries, etc.)

REWARDS

GAME MECHANICS

Need Money

Earn Money

Trade Raw

Materials

Deliver Artifacts

Improve Shops and

Farms

Buy New Lands

Time• Achieve daily (level) target in time.• Raw materials have different production time (e.g.: wood

production >> milk production).• Manage your time to earn extra money.

Player Him/Herself• Choice to deliver raw materials or make complex recipes.• Choice between two or more different raw materials.• Earn different medals (e.g.: fulfilling daily target in a

very short time, delivering huge amounts of raw materials in one shot, etc.).

CONFLICTS

RAW MATERIALS VS ARTIFACTS

Raw MaterialsPros:• Quick

Production• Fast Delivery

Cons:• Low Income

ArtifactsPros:• Great Income

Cons:• 2 or More Raw

Materials Required

• Very Slow Delivery

RAW MATERIALS VS ARTIFACTS

Timevs

Money

Lowest Income

Highest Income

Lowest Time

2 Milk BottlesTime: 2 x 1 sec

+ 1 sec DeliveryIncomes: 2 x 4 $

Total:3 sec + 8 $

1 Milk Bottle + 1 Flour Bag

Time: (1 x 1 sec) + (1 x 2 sec)

+ 1 sec DeliveryIncomes: 4 $ + 8 $

Total:4 sec + 12 $

Highest Time

2 Flour BagsTime: 2 x 2 sec

+ 1 sec DeliveryIncomes: 2 x 8 $

Total:5 sec + 16 $

1 Bread Loaf (1 Milk + 1 Flour)

Time: (1 x 1 sec) + (1 x 2 sec)

+ 2 sec Preparation + 1 sec Delivery

Incomes: 23 $Total:

6 sec + 23 $Dominant Strategy

Nash Equilibrium