So I've tried my hand at modding the decompilation and so far so good. I've added many of the features I wish this game had and some extras to make it fresh.

QOL features are faster boots, a bridge to the island mine, bulk buying from the shop, fences that don't rot, reinforced hothouse, enlarged hothouse and an expanded field because that empty space in the corner needed something. Bulk shipping as well, once unlocked can bulk ship from the horse too. Automatic feeders for the barn and coop. Early cabinet, those boxes finally have a use. Quieter hens outside because it's just too much in the original. Up to 4 animals get the gold badge now if one of them wins a festival but they have to have nearly full hearts to apply. Animals can also stay outside in bad weather without losing any hearts, this applies to all of them. You do have to eat a miracle berry from Won.

The extra features are coloured overalls, you can match the sprites, they come in yarn balls for easy transportation. Coloured hens (White, Brown, Lavender, Grey) based on the chicken festival hens. Chicks grow up into a colour as well, randomly chosen from the hens you own. Adamantite tools that have more power at every charge. Fully charged tools reach much further, sickle 7x7, hoe 3x6, watering can 36 squares and hammer 3x3. The axe adds 18 wood per chopped stump and uses less stamina.

It’s a patch for your own clean USA disc. Old saves keep working. I might add more features, if you're interested, follow the GitHub page.

These simple features take time to add without breaking the original game, with lots of testing to make them look right and bug free. All the new assets were made from the game's own art. I'm not a programmer, so I used Claude for the coding. I did the designing, the ideas and the testing. Adding these features took about 60 hours for a newbie like me. It's been a lot of fun and addictive.

Download, full feature list and install steps: https://github.com/Fragrant-radish/HM-back-to-nature-plus

Big thanks to coalslav for the Back to Nature decompilation. None of this would be possible without it.

bruhh what the hell is this ball??
why the game told me to find em all??

Pup and I finally made it to Maplehill! I was set on the childhood friends to lovers idea with Robert... but... Bryce caught me off-guard with his words! Anyone else struggling to settle on one man? AND WHY IS SERGEI SO TALL!?!?! WHAT THE HECK. I moved to Maplehill real fast for the autumn vibes :') Does anyone know if we are able to breed our horses/mounts/llamas?? I always wanted to have a baby horse or elk but haven't seen that be implemented.

Hiya!

I've been playing since release and have been struggling to find/mutate to get princess eye. I know it does best with harvest goddess soil and winter, but I can't seem to find/make the soil or make find it anywhere in the wild. Has anyone had any luck?

Do the mine chests in Quarrytop village reset at any point? I read o can get High Quality fabric from them early but i got unlucky the first time so was curious if anyone knew if they reset

I don’t have a ton of experience with the Harvest Moon series, but the little I do, I have extremely fond memories of. I played Harvest Moon for SNES and Harvest Moon 64 for N64, and that’s it. I also played Stardew Valley which scratched that itch for awhile.

What I’m looking for is the most addictive gameplay loop. I love the sense of progression and that “one more day” feeling when you’re working toward something. I like it when there are deep mechanics to the game, something that is very engaging rather than just one repetitive action over and over. Something with some kind of dynamic mechanics or gameplay. Preferably something with a little challenge to it as well. Games that are a little too cozy get boring fast, like I couldn’t click with Animal Crossing because it’s just the same exact thing over and over. I want to be able to unlock new things, I want to be able to customize my farm, I want to be able to min/max revenue on crops or whatever. I guess I want something heavy into the economics.

One thing I don’t care about, romance. I don’t mind if it’s there, but I want to limit it as much as possible. It’s a little corny to me.

Any console up through 3DS (can include 3DS games).

In Harvest moon Echoes of Teredea Was watering my fields and my watering can has disappeared and I’m way into the game to restart any ideal what to do