Comments on: Third World Farmer

By: Spiritress

Spiritress — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:44:37 +0000

Hi,
My girlfriend introduced me to this game today. I didnt except any chemical plants or military bases. I just farmed and kept my family healthy. I got up to 8 family members and $50,000 in two hours. My girlfriend lost her family and all her money. So, I guess its the random choices of the game as well as in life.
smiles =)

By: Peroz

Peroz — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:59:08 +0000

I followed BioGeeks Advice and managed to buy everything and win…
If you want to win, Follow his advice!
*The guy 2 place above this messege*

By: Paul Currion

Paul Currion — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:12:22 +0000

Thanks to everybody for the hints and tips, but you realise that this now means that I have to waste, ahem, spend even more time to see if they work…

By: Biogeek

Biogeek — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:46:32 +0000

The strategy for the game is actually fairly simple, once you get off the less-than-$1000 track. To do so, one generally focuses on corn and wheat, and when one has about $300, buy a scythe and shovel. It’s good to try to get as many children as possible, but one must balance it with how much workforce loss one can sustain. When one gets to around $500, one gets a barn and well, and one cow, then uses the remaining money to get as many of the higher-priced crops as possible – go for cotton and peanuts, but if you can get an extra crop unit or two by combining a couple of the corn and wheat units, then that works better. Try to get a full set of cows, then when money has reached several thousand dollars, hire a representative, and start replacing the cows with elephants (which earn three times as much), and replacing the tools with harvesters and tractors (DO NOT get harvesters and tractors before getting a representative, as they WILL get stolen). One should gradually replace wells with barns, especially after getting crop insurance. As others have said, the clinic should be bought first, then the school, because years of education are the single largest score contribution in the game. Don’t get communication until you’re ready to end; it doesn’t have much of an effect. At this point, one should be earning as much as $20,000 each year, and have three to five children with ten years of education, each. At this point, it’s mostly marriage negotiation; one has to try to get the marriages that bring people to the farm, rather than getting them to leave. The income is basically multiplied by the number of people you have on the farm, so that really helps gain income.

By: S Jackson

S Jackson — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:14:05 +0000

Won on hte 31 day. the secret is to never use more than 1 of the same money makeing devices unless you have to. so one of every crop and animal per turn. also, get hte livestock buildings as soon as possible, and make the clinic the first of hte other buildings so you dont have to pay much to keep the family alive

By: byron fruge

byron fruge — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:25:52 +0000

Well to answer some of you on how the high scores are acheived, i can tell you this [but not much as i don't want my secrets to get out] the more stuff you own the better yuor income will be. I have lived for more the 400 rounds before quiting not loseinbg and i have made at time in excess of 2000 dollars. Like i said it is all about your toys.

By: Daniel Eriksson

Daniel Eriksson — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:30:21 +0000

As a procrastinating PhD student I got quite far. Even bought a mule and a full set of livestock. Ran out of leisure time just before I was able to buy a tractor. You have to capitalise on your offspring and play the international market, get a water-well ASAP.

This is a good example of a ’serious game’

Also check: http://www.darfurisdying.com/

By: Sanjana Hattotuwa

Sanjana Hattotuwa — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:51:49 +0000

Came across news of the development of an interesting game to teach (natural) resource management to avoid conflict – http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/fighting-global-warming/

By: Tom Longley

Tom Longley — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:20:32 +0000

I managed to get 18 rounds in with a corn-only strategy. Sadly my diversification into chickens was not so fruitful.

By: Sanjana Hattotuwa

Sanjana Hattotuwa — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:12:22 +0000

Paul,

Is there any possibility for championing better promotion from within? My experience is that the (even constructive) criticism of former employees are not taken seriously by organisations, who would much rather shaft them aside as comments from disgruntled ex-employees with an axe to grind…

Have you encountered A Force More Powerful – http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/pc-games-and-peacebuilding/

As for 3rd World Farmer, I’m very much in the same boat as you – can’t imagine how some of those high scores were achieved…

Sanjana Hattotuwa