Bit Orchard: Animal Valley Brings Game Boy-Style Farming Vibes To Switch Soon

This looks really cute. I'd consider it when it releases.

Urgh why does the publisher have to do NFTs.

Looks cute but sadly published by Reddeergames, pusher of NFT scams so I can't support it.

I really love the touch with adding red for the apples but everything else is the GB palette. I think that’s such a cool touch (sometimes less is more, there I said it.)

I really wish this was out on 3DS too/instead because this has handheld written all over it. I really never liked Switch in handheld mode and for me 3DS will reign king in that department. I wish this was out on 3DS but I understand why it is not!

@Anarquista @Ogbert NFTs are not inherently bad. Yes there are scams in the space like there are in any space especially as it was emerging and yes there is spoofing going on like there is in the "fine art" space too.
They really are just a form of technology akin to a digital receipt or email. If they treat them like lootboxes then I am completely against it just like I'm against those. I don't know if this makes you feel better about it but NFTs are only going to be used more and more. It'll soon not be possible to avoid them. Housing leases/deeds and medical records will soon be using something that is basically an NFT.

Not crazy about the art, but the music slaps.

@Ironcore they absolutely will not. They are far too insecure to have anything remotely as important as medical records and housing deeds recorded in. Not to mention the environmental cost of the blockchain, unless switched to a proof of stake system which is still quite negative environmentally and demonstrably less secure. Hence big crypto currencies not switching over too it or constantly saying they have plans too and then pushing them back like Etherium does.

Nothing NFTs can do can’t be done via other means already. It’s just not done because it’s not actually desirable or it’s a bad way to do it. Indeed blockchain, NFT and crypto actually create most of the problems they claim to solve and them don’t actually solve them.

But in principal an NFT itself is not a negative thing. However it has to be taken into account via the larger picture which is the crypto currency sphere and that is extremely problematic and unstable. In fact it’s a zero-sum scheme designed with hyper deflation as the goal, known in the space as going “to the moon”.

There are daily accounts of scams stealing thousands of dollars worth of crypto and NFTs. There are so many widely reported rug pulls and pump n dump schemes within the system. It’s demonstrably not a secure and good enough system to use for house deeds and medical records. And that’s before the environmental and moral issues.

@Ogbert I don't want to come across as a pompous ***** but what you are saying is buzz words and phrases used by the mainstream. I don't personally work with NFTs but I do work in the crypto space. I studied economics and global finance. Companies are already adopting the tech. If you use apple, paypal, any company thats publicly traded through the london stock exchange and many more, then you are already exposed to it. You have obviously seen a youtube video or two to know these phrases and it great that you're looking into it but diversify the content you consume is all I will say.

All about those screenshots! Most definitely gonna pick this one up.

@Ironcore hard disagree. should you "diversify the content you consume" if you largely consume anti conspiracy content? because that kind of thinking leads to people buying into batshit conspiracies, they would've never even considered. Just because youve bought into some tech that you think is the future doesn't mean your on the side of facts, and it defintely does not mean we have to consider the other side, just as I won't start considering the other side when it comes to flat earth oconspiracy, since its easily disproven with basic reasoning. And to say that NFTs and crypto are built on shaky grounds is a massive understatement. How do you think something with such hilariously long transaction times and fluctuating value is going to function as a currency? thats insane. I would hate to see a world where this is the future quite frankly.

@Anarquista thanks for saving my money

I'd just like to say, that behind all the talk of this publisher dealing with NFTs is a small indie Dev that needs support. I'm so tired of people saying they're taking the moral high ground at the expense of real people. Small artists trying to share their passion in a completely broken world.

Everyone can do what they want, but I'm picking this up.

@Wordbonder Yeah, it stinks that this indie dev will have their work overshadowed by the scams and greed of their publisher, but his game looks cute, it's nicely priced, and it looks like there's been a lot of love put into it.

@Phoenixfire683

Your first point about the conspiracy chat, thats gaslighting I guess. We are not talking conspiracies here, we are talking about a technology like the internet.

I haven't “bought into some tech” - I work in the space and study global finance and economics.

“does not mean we have to consider the other side” - I suppose you don't need to consider anything as you are not a; developer, bank, hospital or developing world farmer so you wouldn't be in immediate need of the tech or contributing to it either.

Your second go at gaslighting re the flat earth comparison if anything is making you sound like a conspiracy theory nut something like a 5G is [insert latest claim].

“How do you think something with such hilariously long transaction times and fluctuating value is going to function as a currency?” - this is the gotcha moment, you don't actually know what you’re talking about. Very briefly, there are many tokens and coins out there for a vast variety of tasks, using it as a currency is one of over 100 categories. There is a trilemma between scaleability (speed), decentralisation and security. There are networks where they operate faster and cheaper than visa. In terms of volatility, compare the $2T mcap of the sector to other sectors and this point is invalidated. Tokens that are genuinely used as a currency are pegged and stabilised with burns and mints so they stay at the same value.

@Ironcore and you accuse me of regurgitating buzzwords lol. Gaslighting is not at all what I was doing I was making a comparison. You know, that thong you do to try to get your point across. You just don't want to confront a situation where you might've bought into the wrong side. Also good for you that you say you've studied it, but that really doesn't make your argument inherently more valid as you seem to think. Other people can have opinions on a subject, as long as they somewhat know what the issue is, as I do. I know enough to know that crypto is a zero sum game, resulting in more and more gullible people having to buy in to keep it lucrative, and that nfts hardly even do what they say they do, since you don't actually claim ownership to anything. More often then not they just are used to facilitate rug pulls, and commodity literally every aspect of our lives online. If that last point somehow sounds good to you ... good for you ig, but I sure as hell don't want to live in a world where that's the future.

@Phoenixfire683

“Gaslighting is not at all what I was doing I was making a comparison.” - Comparing crypto to conspiracy theories to try to devalue its validity.

“You just don't want to confront a situation” - Is that not what we are doing right now?

“Also good for you that you say you've studied it, but that really doesn't make your argument inherently more valid as you seem to think.” - It means that one of us qualified to be having this conversation.

“Other people can have opinions on a subject” - Is it truly an opinion though when you don’t know what it is or how it works?

“resulting in more and more gullible people having to buy in to keep it lucrative” - Is it possible that you are thinking of the market rather than projects themselves? The market works in the same/similar way as the traditional stock exchanges. Have a look at how the nyse and nasdaq work.

“and that nfts hardly even do what they say they do” - You are correct here, the current state of NFTs is an absolute mess although recent events are heading towards a clean up of the space. The actual tech itself has use but not like this.

“commodity literally every aspect of our lives online” - This is one area and school of thought on it and I agree with you it's not a good thing.

Crypto is a huge space now and so statements like “its a scam” no longer fly. If you want to see real scams have a look at multi $bn companies that openly trade in the traditional market. Panama papers and so on. This is not to say that everyone in crypto is innocent but its not inherently bad. I dont want to mention any project by name as it may look like I am shilling something. Have a look at what the defi space is doing to help farmers in developing nations or for their people if their countries currency is volatile/weak see remittance payments.