• Another mod/people to bounce ideas with
• Suggestions (e.g. how to go about reviving the tree, plot things, setting, etc)
• Any questions/comments! By all means, feel free to ask me anything or let me know how you feel!
• I was thinking of specifically asking people to use this character maker to use for their refs--opinions on that? It kind of goes with the HM theme + I'm not really comfortable taking random images/other people's work on the net and using them as character refs :C

• It is literally...a farming sim with dating sim elements. Relationships (both platonic and romantic) play a big role, and there are also some bits of fantasy elements thrown in (Harvest Goddess/King, Harvest Sprites, Witch/Wizard, and so on)
• Character occupations for the RP can pretty much be nearly anything, granted that they live in a relatively small town. I'll definitely be noting specific needed roles that have been in most HM games, like the doctor, nurse, farmer, witch, and so on.

NONE OF THIS IS POLISHED YET LOL so everything is written super casually/colloquially. UHH, GENERAL PLOT HERE, probably loosely based off of Tree of Tranquility and Hero of Leaf Valley. A nice writeup will be done eventually! Until then...rough points: Nice, flourishing island that is overseen by the Harvest Goddess and Harvest King of the land, who have been long time friends. All is well until a bunch of city folk pop up one day, wanting to buy the island and urbanize it by turning it into a tourist attraction/amusement park.

The Harvest Goddess and Harvest King end up fighting over what to do with these visitors. While the Goddess wants to leave things to the townspeople and let them resolve matters on their own, the King wants to indulge in more direct ways of trying to scare the newcomers off. Things get a little violent between the two, kabloom, and they accidentally strike and kill the sacred Tree of Demeter in the center of the town. As the tree withers, everyone on the island is negatively affected. The soil on the island has become barely fertile, the weather surrounding the island is out of whack, and...other things I intend on brainstorming about happen :'D. Most importantly, both the Goddess and the King end up losing their powers and become mortal as a result.

While there is a way to revive the tree, many of the townspeople begin to leave the island due to how harsh the land has become and the apparent inevitability of it being sold to the big city company. The Harvest Goddess and Harvest King want to fix both the land and to regain their power, and so they try to encourage the remaining villagers to band together to bring the tree back to life.

(...How they can potentially fix this issue is still in the works. In ToT, the main character had to complete tasks to create a rainbow. Roughly, it was something like: achieving the requirements for the red arc = the wind on the land starts blowing again, achieving the requirements for the orange arc = the raging seas calm, and so on)

• General RP etiquette applies--please be considerate to others, and remember that people are busy outside of RPing.
• Keep things PG in the thread! Anything 18+ should be taken to PMs.
• No godmodding, and anything that has potential serious, long-lasting effects on a character can only happen if said character's player agrees to it.
• idk more

Saffron

^{Age: 19 // Height: 5'2" // Occuption: Traveling Flower Merchant}

Personality, history, and family info go here. Probably doesn't have to be long--1-3 paragraphs or so?

Birthday: Spring 16

Favourite Gift: French Toast
Liked Gifts: Pinkcat Flower, Moondrop Flower, Peach, Herbs, Pudding, Pumpkin Pudding, Moonstone
Disliked Gifts: Fish Bones, Empty Can, Boot, Branch, Porridge, Curry Bread, Fish Stew
Hated Gift: Curry Noodles

Relationships:
Harvest Goddess // ♥♥♥♥♥ // THEY'RE FRIENDS APPARENTLY
Harvest King // ♥♥ // He threw a pumpkin at her head and she never forgave him. What a buttface.

• Where are those images of the HG/HK and other characters from? Do I have to use the same maker to create my character?
  Those images were made using the maker here, using the lists of items from here! There's also an easier-to-use version of the maker here, though the items/faces/etc are a lot less shiny and pretty~ And no, you don't have to use make a ref image from the maker to join. I just thought it kind of fit with the Harvest Moon style and that it'd be nice to have a consistent character style throughout! You're welcome to use your own picture though--just note that if it's a large image, I'd prefer that you link it on the profile instead of posting it with image tags! C:
• How do you use the character maker? How do I change the character's pose/save the image?
  I made a quick tutorial. Click the spoiler box to view! Warning: Kind of long/image heavy!
  
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  Let's start with the basics!
  
  
  
  As labeled, the bar on top is the search bar, and the squares below that are categories. You don't have to type anything into the search bar--you can just hit a category and hit the button at the bottom if you want to view all items within that category--but it can be handy if you're looking for a specific colour/theme! Since this site is Japanese though, you'll have to search in Japanese, which is where Google Translate comes in handy. For the sake of easy reference though, if you're looking for hair/eyes/clothes/etc of basic colours:
  
  Red: レッド
  Orange: オレンジ
  Yellow: 黄色
  Green: グリーン
  Blue: 青
  Purple: パープル
  Black: 黒
  White: ホワイト
  Pink: ピンク
  Brown: ブラウン
  
  So let's say we're looking for faces, and we find one that we want.
  
  
  
  You'll want to copy the 8-digit number beneath the image, and then paste that...
  
  
  
  ...into the corresponding section of the maker. Then hit the button to see your changes and make sure that it worked!
  
  
  
  Hurray! That's pretty much the gist of this whole maker, actually. From there, you do the same with hair, clothing, etcetc! You can also change your character's pose, but that's a little more complicated.
  
  Poses
  
  
  
  The pose category is here. The same thing applies--you'll need the code beneath the image you want. However, there's nowhere for you to insert it in the maker. So, what do you do?
  
  
  
  See that URL button? Hit it and copy the URL that it generates. It should look something like this:
  
  http://image2.atgames.jp/selfy.swf?&hair=10517872&face=10891673&top=10517893&bgFlg=1
  
  From here, you'll need to change the url a little to change the pose of your character. I've put the necessary changes in red!
  
  http://image2.atgames.jp/selfy_motion.swf?&hair=10517872&face=10891673&top=10517893&bgFlg=1&motion=POSECODEHERE&width=450&height=665
  
  As you can guess, the part I put "POSECODEHERE" in is where the code goes! So I put the code I want (in this case, 10891431) in there, hit enter, and...
  
  
  
  Nice, there we go!
  
  Saving
  
  There are two ways to save the image! One way is simply hitting print screen, cropping out your character, and saving that!
  
  The other way provides you with a slightly bigger version of your character and is the only way to save a character that has a changed pose. Copy/paste the url of your finished character into your browser and hit enter. After that, you'll probably have to minimize the window that you have your character open in and adjust the size of said window until the proportions don't look too wonky. Then hit the print screen button on your keyboard, slap it in MS Paint or some kind of image editor, and crop your character out. Save the image of your character, annnnd you're done!
  
  If you can't figure out how to save the image though/you're on a tablet or something, feel free to post the completed url of your character in the OOC thread and I or someone else will be happy to help!
  
  Extra
  
  If you're curious what I did with Saffron up there the sample profile (which totally isn't necessary LOL), after I print screened and copy/pasted her image, I brought it into Photoshop. I used the magic wand tool (Tolerance 5, Anti-alias and Contiguous boxes checked) to select the white background and deleted that. Then I double-clicked on the layer my character was on to bring up the "layer style" box to put a stroke around it.
  
  Stroke --> Size 2px, Position: Outside, Blend Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100, and changed the colour to whatever I wanted
  
  After that, I just deleted the background layer so that my image would be transparent and saved it as a png!

> Is trying to be fancy, so she tries to render her character
> Doesn't have photoshop
> Failing