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As I was playing this game, I just wrote on a notepad:

plant a1 b1 c1 a2 b2 c2 a3 b3 c3
feed a1 b1 c1 a2 b2 c2 a3 b3 c3
harvest a1 b1 c1 a2 b2 c2 a3 b3 c3

then  I was just harvesting->planting->feeding, and this was the whole gameplay for me, I mean it was better than manually writting. while the idea of a immersive farming sim is there, the fact that, this makes me write a lot, not think a lot, made me not have so much fun while at this. As you progress you have new plants, but at the same time, sometimes its just a bit harder to figure out if they are grown, but all plants act the same regardless. The story was interesting at the start, but I could barely pay attention to it, because I was focusing on copy-pasting and I couldn't scroll up. I think in your presentation video you talk about how rain becomes more intense as the game goes on, I barely noticed it. I'd definitely notice it if the rain would start to splash the ground or splash the chat or any extra effect really.  the only difference from starting and ending the game is literally how your plants look and rain a bit and nothing else. 

I really like farming sims, actually most farming games and most sim games, yet this one just shown a really basic solution that works the whole game and requires 0 thinking to do. I get that  this is a gamejam game, but I had to point out why I didn't have fun with it. The "rain out of control" concept is not bad, yet the execution is questionable, because again, there's no scrolling upwards, the rain has no effect upon rest of the scene. so lemme sum it up:

1. easy winning strat, can be cheated with copy-pasting, no thinking involved
2. rain doesn't impact rest of the scene, I hardly notice when it changes
3. the other plant types have no additional effects besides looks
4. couldn't scroll up to read bits of story

so far I just rated the gameplay, but there's more to it, the audio is nice and the visuals are also nice [except for lack of rain affecting other parts]

copy paste? I just pressed up arrow key to repeat previous command, mostly feed, but occasionally changing first word out for harvest then plant