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Alice Greenfingers
Step into the gardening business in this intriguing simulation game, where you build and decorate your own garden of flowers, animals and vegetables. Follow the market trends, get to know your customers and serve ripe crops down at the town market to expand and get your business profitable. Harvest many different crops and enrich your land with animals as you earn more than 10 special awards. Design your garden the way YOU like it with Alice Greenfingers!
I have to admit that when I looked at the screen shots and read the description this game didn't really seem appealing to me. But after reading some positive reviews I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised and glad that I did.
There are several games combined into one here and the overall result is really fun. You plant crops, water them, harvest them, sell them at market, purchase equipment and upgrades, etc, repeat.
The biggest win for this game is the ability to queue up a seemingly infinite number of click commands. Since you have to manually click on every grid cell that you want to perform some operation with, there would normally be a lot of click, click, wait, click, click, wait. They speed up the pace and the ease of play by letting you queue up anything you want. Click on the watering can, then click on 4 crop sites, then click on the well to fill the watering can, and so on... all without having to wait for the character to finish with any of those tasks. She will carry on and proceed to execute everything you assigned. I was unable to reach any limit of queued tasks while playing through the demo for an hour. This one feature really completes this game and is a welcome thing to see when you compare the popular seek, find, and click games that make you wait for some superfluous animation to finish before you can click on the next item you spotted.
The graphics are nothing to write home about, but they are still well done and do a fine job of presenting the environment in a pleasing manor.
Sound is well executed with distinctive audible cues that play when you execute each unique operation providing good feedback to the player. Music is subtle and not annoying.
I was sad to see the one hour time limit expire and look forward to playing this game some more when I can scrounge up an extra 20 bucks.
This review has an average score of 4 - Based on 47 ratings Login to rate this review
Jojisama's Review - June 20, 2007
Full Version (PC)
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Harvest Moon-y
Ever played Harvest Moon? This game is very much like Harvest Moon only different in growth of plants and there is very little things to do except run around and harvest your crops. It is very entertaining though and I was kind of addicted to it, wanting to own every item on the shop and wanting to get every award.
It is was fun for a while but it just gets so monotonic as you advance farther in the game. You may have gotten all the items but the gameplay is still the same. But, again I like this game ='3
This review has an average score of 3.8 - Based on 17 ratings Login to rate this review
jmohart's Review - June 7, 2007
Demo Version (PC)
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Funfun
I can't say much more than what's already been mentioned. But to comment on what I which I knew before I started: Make a fake name to go through the tutorial with. I didn't like how you finish the tutorial and you continue on with the garden that you started. I made this goofy haphazard garden that didn't work efficiently, then I got the sprinklers and boom, garden didn't work well at all (the only way to put the sprinkler where i needed it was to dig up a plant and wait for grass to grow in it's place) But all in all this game is a great combination of clicking diner dash and tycoon type games.
This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 19 ratings Login to rate this review
Type GOODTIME - Market demand will increase.
Type RAIN - Plants will no longer require water.
Type GREENFINGER - Plants will grow ultra-fast.
Type FUND - Gives you $100
Type SHOPPER - All items unlocked in the shop.
To deativate a cheat, just retype the cheat you no longer wish to use.
hi
make the fields cultivated in 5*5 square Water
leave the center square for placing automatic water tool.
(you can keep one fore each 5*5 square or you can keep less no of automatic water tool, and change the places when ever plants require water) seeds
put the seeds on 12 squares on 5*5 field(another type in another 12) rate
keep the rates as 10 for all the items (as they will not deacky) it will be sold when the demand comes (first it will be less but after you will have a gradual money)
in the tutorial the first box of tomato you sell you can keep the rate as 20(only for the first one)
health
accept any offer for medical checkup, doctor appointment etc. popularity
if there is any offer for puttint an article in news papers accept it.
some times they will ask for smuging your aponent, accept it even though your popularity decreases (some times only)- but you will lose a competant perminently(you can see in the market)
and you can increase the popularity at another time... decorations
use it only if you want to get the beautiful garden award.
(use it only if you have nothing to spend other than this)
"shopper", "rain", "greenfinger", and "gootime". the type in "fund' about 30 times for $3,000,
...click to reveal spoiler...
then buy all of the plants, plant at least 4 seeds of each plant, then put the prices up tom $10. dont put the plants for sell until you have atleast 1 of every plant for seell, that way you will make alot of money.
if that doesn't work good in the proftis then buy 6 big fences "using the cheat "fund" then fill 3 of the gates with sheep and the other with cows, {[(~REMEMBER TO FILL THEM}])~
When you started playing, and when you are going to sell your 1st box of tomato, set it to the highest $. ($20) so that you can buy more things at a later stage. If someone calls and ask you to learn or whatever, you just keep pressing yes. It will help you, and get your money back.
watering the crops: If you had buy the hose that can help you water, it can only help to water 10u. So, when digging, try to make 8u. And since there are 20 seeds in a bag, 2 boxes(16u) will go to ONE seed bag. If there are new seeds or whatever thing, Don't be so excited to buy. Round off your money first then you buy.
setting the price: If you want to set the price, base on the demand. If it is low, set it lower as if it is high, set to higher. If you do not follow the demand, you will sell your crops real slow. (execpt the 1st box of tomato you sell at tutorial.)
Decorating: If you want to get the garden award, then you buy decorations. It will cost alot. (For some)
Sabotage: If someone calls to ask you if you want to sabotage your competetors, try not to agree. If it fails, your popular will fall and sometime, very high.
Animals: they will help you to earn more money. But try to keep the chicken away from your crops. (place them far away. If they come near, just go to the place were they are and they will run off.)
Slow growing crops: Buy fertilizer and put on it. It will grow faster.
Digging on the wrong: If you had dig wrongly, buy grass seed and plant it back.
harvesting: 1 box can only contain 4pcs(Only 1 kind).
Do not want to walk to far?: If your crops is far away from the rench, buy 1 more and put it near. (not complus).
Problems: If you had buy the hose for watering the crops, and still it need water,(included that if the hose can reach it) it may be 'bugs' close the game and re-open. It shall be watered by then.
Good lucks!! More tips to come from me when i discover more :p
Are you having problems with taking care of your plants and do you have money (more than 150$)?
Well, what you need to do is
dig a 5x5 square, leaving the corners and the midle square.
Get a bag of the seeds you want to plant, plant them in the soil, and when you reach the last square of soil, the seed's bag will be empty.
Now, what you need to do is buy a sprinkler (if you don't have money, tipe FUND until you get enough money to buy a sprinkler) and place it at the middle square.
Keep doing this all over your garden, and you will have an automatic farm!
The only thing you need to do is collect the flowers/veggetables and put them in warehouses.
I advice you to do a 5x5 square that I mentioned 4 times like a square and do 2 things:
Put a warehouse in the middle;
Put a pack of 10 boxes in front of each square of soil.
This way collecting fruits/veggetables will be a lot more easier and will take less time.
All shop items shopper
Extra money fund
Crops grow faster greenfinger
No need to water plants rain
Market demand temporarily increases goodtime
End current day endday
weant to get the most profit <spoiler> sell all the new flowers/fruits higher...sxample tomatoes for 6 and the next new sort of flower for 8 then for 10 so on and if you have a chance buy the 5 boxes in a package for 5
Don't go to storage too often, just place your crops near by untill you have enough for the full storage. Then put in in storage and sell. It saves a lot of time.
