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Before The Green Moon

A science fiction farming simulation game set in a small community at the base of a space elevator during the days and seasons leading up to your departure for the moon.

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Turnfollow
Publisher
Turnfollow
Release
March 14, 2023
3 years and 142 days ago
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Very Positive136 reviews94.1%

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About the Game

BEFORE THE GREEN MOON
A science-fiction farming simulation game set in a small community at the base of a space elevator during the days and seasons leading up to your departure for the moon.

Features...

  • Relaxing farming simulation gameplay. An aesthetic and mechanical throw-back to early farm-sim games.
  • Create your own character. Be you. Be with your thoughts.
  • Explore the community and its surrounding areas. Quiet vistas and secret alcoves.
  • 24 hour day/night cycle with dynamic weather. Adapt to the region's Rainy and Dry seasons. Rainy days, sunny days, stormy days, dusty days.
  • Get to know your neighbors. A helpful administrator, a handsome chef, a plant designer.

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Before the Green Moon was developed by Turnfollow

Programming and Writing by Ian Endsley
Art and Sound by Carter Lodwick
Music by Scott Archer, Marissa Deitz, and Carter Lodwick
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