{"id":23804,"date":"2023-10-18T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23804"},"modified":"2023-09-09T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T15:59:07","slug":"sprout-valley-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/18\/sprout-valley-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprout Valley (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/sprout_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-23802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_BOX-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_BOX-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Nico is a cat who has moved out to a remote island to start a new peaceful country life.\u00a0 Help Nico plant crops and harvest them, as well as ship goods, gather materials, and craft them into new things in this simplistic retro pixel farming sim.\u00a0 Sprout Valley is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>Like most farming sims, the game runs on an in-game clock and you must do what you need to do in the short amount of time each day before it turns to night and you must sleep to replenish your energy and save the game.\u00a0 During the day you can use tools via a ring menu (like Animal Crossing) to till the soil, fish, mine rocks, chop wood, water plants, and more.\u00a0 Harvested and mined goods can be sent via your mailbox where you\u2019ll get money for them at the end of the day.\u00a0 Everything you do costs energy, but you should still have enough by the end of the day to do most of what you need to do.\u00a0 Later on you\u2019ll be able to use the things you\u2019ve gathered to craft new things, too.\u00a0 You can also choose to go to a randomly generated island to gather more materials, too.\u00a0 But you\u2019ll need to buy travel supplies to do that.\u00a0 Other things you can buy via the book at your desk include seeds and other materials.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s pretty much the game.\u00a0 It\u2019s about as bare-boned of a farming sim as you can get.\u00a0 No other people to interact with besides the penguin who sends you letters.\u00a0 I think most people may find this game too simplistic.\u00a0 I also think the days don\u2019t last long enough and they don\u2019t explain some gameplay aspects as well as I\u2019d like.\u00a0 But most of it is pretty easy to figure out.\u00a0 If you want a farming sim without all the extra fluff, then you might want to check this one out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/sprout_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SPROUT_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must as everything is text based, though.\u00a0 Sprout Valley is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nico is a cat who has moved out to a remote island to start a new peaceful country life.\u00a0 Help Nico plant crops and harvest them, as well as ship goods, gather materials, and craft them into new things in this simplistic retro pixel farming sim.\u00a0 Sprout Valley is available on Switch and PC, but 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