Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Menus

Menus:  
The bottom screen has 5 different menus...
Diary Menu- also called the save menu, you just click on a diary and you will have the option to save. 
Rucksack- also called backpack, holds everything you carry around- you can get up to 3 screens- but you will have to pay a big amount. Red slot- Tools  
Green slot- Items (also shown above your head)  
Blue slot- Accessories  
Light Brown Slot- everything else not in above 3 slots.  
Island Map- Divided into 8 sections, tap on one to look around there, just remember, you can't do anything but look.  
Farm Summary- status overview  
Money- shows total amount you currently have, shows daily earnings, and monthly/yearly earnings.  
Character Portraits- shows Farm degree, Birthday, and tool levels. your husband and child also have one, each with birthday and the husband's displays your anniversary.  
Animal Portraits- Livestock and poultry shown. Tap on any animal, and you will see it's current level, name, crowns it has won, and hearts which represent how much it loves you.  
Harvest Sprite- lists the ones you found, how much they like you, their skill level, and how much time they have left to work for you. Cooking Recipes- lists all the recipes you know. 134 recipes total.  
Buildings- 17 types, all located on your farm. you have to ask Gotz to build them, ant they will cost ALOT, but you will need them.
Animal shed- Where you keep cows and sheep.  
poultry barn- Where you will keep your Chickens and Ducks (you also need a duck pond to raise ducks) House upgrades- Tabel, Kitchen.  
Bath room- where you take a bath. o images, takes 20 to 30 game time minutes. Toilet room- Where you umm... take care of buisness, takes 10 to 30 minutes in game time. Basement #1-3- greenhouses, you can plant seeds there, but you must have he correct sun there to plant seeds. You must water your seeds yourself daily.  
Silo- stores bird and animal feed.  
Mushroom house- you can plant mushrooms here, but water them every day!  
Maker barn- where you keep your makers- cheese maker, yarn maker, seed maker, yogurt maker, mayo maker, and canner, which also ships your items, and makes their value go up.  
Duck pond- stores fish, you must have this to own ducks.  
Bins- 3 types- gold, stone, and wood. they store the blocks you buy from Gotz of make by hitting with a hammer. Vacation villa- an extra house, on island you can but if you have enough money.  
Shipped items- shows the total amount of items you have shipped, and how many of each item. Fish- all species of the fish you catch.  
Mining- all the items you have found in the mines, all the dark creatures you killed, and how far down you have been in each mine (4 total).  
Harvest cards- Collectable cards- no real reason, just for fun. you buy them from jet, for 150 G and contains 5 cards.  
Sprite station- 9 channels, give you news, weather, help on farm work, and more.

Controls

Controls: A button- pick anything up... just stand facing the item and press A. B button- Hold to make your character run. X button- eat whatever you're holding, as long as it's edible. Y button- press to use a tool or plant seeds(only on tilled soil) START button- pause your game. press again to un-pause. LEFT BUTTON- whistle for pets- but they mostly ignore you... oh well. RIGHT button- doesn't do anything unless pared with another button. RIGHT + A- switch item your person is holding. (above head) RIGHT + B- rotate tools and seeds. (red slot) RIGHT + X- rotate accessories. (blue slot) RIGHT + Y- does the same as RIGHT + B, but in reverse.

INTRO

Harvest Moon DS Harvest moon DS is a wonderful game... you just have fun farming, fishing, cooking, playing with animals, playing games, meeting your soulmate, having a kid, and more!