myrmepropagandistFeb 22

Stardew Valley but it's the South Bronx 1960s, you run a community garden & Jojamart is Robert Moses with the Cross Bronx Expressway.

The mines? Subway tunnels with a secret passage to North Brother Island.

Build friendship with the local teens by helping them to find a productive use for their love of graffiti-- But, don't offend the sweet church ladies: you'll need *their* help as well to stop the expressway.

Find artifacts of NYC history!
Pirer is now Pedro at the bodega.
#stardewvalley

Show threadJhooperFeb 22
@futurebird I like the city setting, but does it need to have farming/gardening? Why not something different. I think it might be neat to run a hot dog stand or an ice cream cart.
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@jhooper

I mean I guess not, but there's a lot of gardening around here and community gardens in NYC have played an important role in many struggles for places to define themselves.

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Show threadJhooperFeb 22
@futurebird I don't mean that I don't think there's gardens and such there, I'm just a little tired of farming games and thought that the city setting could lend itself to new ideas.
Show threadswachterFeb 22
@jhooper @futurebird We need a Luis & Maria’s Fix-It Shop.
Show threadhexFeb 22

@jhooper @futurebird farming has a pretty important role in liberation. Food is the ultimate resource. The US has just locked food behind a car, and thus gasoline, for a lot of folks. But it's still one of the essentials: food, water, shelter, safety.

Authoritarianism keeps people in line by threatening one or all of these. So rain collection, community gardens, and tenant's unions, and community defense/cop watch groups are a critical antithesis to authoritarian violence.

I guess it depends on what you're trying to *do* with the game though. My mind just jumps to this because that's the kind of game I want to make or at least play.