phpFarm

phpFarm

One farm. One deploy. No backup.

You write PHP. A robot runs it. The skill tree unlocks the language itself.

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<?php
while (1) {
    if (can_harvest()) {
        harvest();
        plant('grass');
    }
    move('north');
}
Valid phpFarm code. Fred runs it, tick by tick.

What this is

You are not a farmer. You are a PHP script running on a forgotten shared host, automating a farm. The last developer is gone. There is no staging, no backup, no ticket system. There is index.php, and there is you.

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The farm with code windows open.

What sets it apart

  • The skill tree unlocks the language.

    At the start you can call harvest() and nothing else. while has to be earned — and by the time you get it, you know exactly what you want it for.

  • Errors that teach.

    Every message names the line and the column, explains the problem in one sentence and suggests a fix. No unexpected T_VARIABLE.

  • Real PHP, not a lookalike.

    Sigils, semicolons, type juggling. '5 melons' + 3 is 8 in here too — and yes, you will debug that.

  • A path, not an empty sandbox.

    Twenty missions from the first harvest() on a single tile to a farm that runs itself. Every concept on the smallest field where it is needed.

Screenshots

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    The farm with code windows open.
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    The skill tree.
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    The main menu.
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    The robot at work.

Roadmap

Everything here is planned, not promised.

  1. 01

    In progress

    17 of 20 missions · seven crops · a skill tree with four branches · German and English

  2. 02

    Next

    the last missions · polish on the windows · balancing with real playtesters

  3. 03

    Demo, then Early Access

    a free demo covering the first missions, then Early Access on Steam

  4. 04

    After launch

    classes and objects · Fibers, and with them more than one robot · irrigation · more crops · leaderboards

Further out we plan to keep adding pieces of PHP and to build on them — a labyrinth first, then sensor logic for Fred, then a fertiliser system.