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Physics-y farming game Southfield mixes Stardew Valley with Human: Fall Flat for chaotic co-op crop-picking
17.01.2024 - 19:11 / rockpapershotgun.com / Stardew Valley
A new farming game is planting the seeds of recent PC hits like Stardew Valley, Human: Fall Flat, Satisfactory and, yes, Minecraft and hoping to have them grow into an entertaining co-op offering that’s as cozy as it is chaotic.
Southfield - apparently named for Middlesbrough developers Radical Forge’s local pub, as well as having a sort-of agricultural vibe - is a third-person farming sim with the chaotic physics of your Human: Fall Flats, Gang Beasts and Kerbal Space Programs applied.
Players - whether in solo or multiplayer with up to three other players - are Buds, blobby humanoids with the clay-like look of Gang Beasts who apparently grow from the ground like plants. Those Buds are farmers on the island of Southfield, tasked with planting crops and building up their dwellings in Minecraft-like fashion by collecting resources and refashioning them into walls, roofs and so on.
The game’s loose physics-y sandbox means that the crops you plant can take on all manner of strange behaviour, from levitating and shapeshifting to bouncing or exploding. Some will just get really, really big, while others will electrocute or freeze characters. The Buds can also get silly with the physics, chucking objects - and each other - around, adding to the drunken chaotic nature of the movement and interactions.
As your farming ambitions get more advanced, you’ll be able to start automating parts of your harvest with conveyor belts, trampolines and cannons to fire fruit and veg around. I expect the same kind of people who build massively impressive machines in Factorio or Satisfactory to quickly build some wild contraptions.
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