Pot Farm Info Page
| Pot Farm | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Brain Warp Studios |
| Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
| Release | 20 April 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation, role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pot Farm, also known as Pot Farm: Grass Roots and Bud Farm: Grass Roots in some markets,[1] is a farmingsimulationsocial network game developed by Brain Warp Studios and sold to East Side Games in 2010. Gameplay involves planting and harvesting different strains of cannabis and manufacturing cannabis-based food items. Many of the plants, quests and achievements are named after elements of cannabis subculture.[2]
It is available as an Android and IOS app, and was previously available as an Adobe Flash application via the social networking website Facebook. It is a free-to-play game and requires an internet connection to play.[3] On Facebook, the game was restricted to players over the age of 21.
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Gameplay[edit]
The game is similar to Happy Farm and FarmVille, but with an emphasis on cannabis cultivation.[4]
The game starts with an empty plot of land, with the objective of turning it into a profitable cannabis farm. Progress in the game is tracked by your character level, which is increased by experience gained from tending crops, earning achievements and completing certain quests. The higher a player's level, the more different seeds they can grow, products they can buy and sell, and upgrades they can make to the farm.
Crops are grown from seeds purchased with coins (the game's primary currency) and sold for a profit. The game's secondary currency, potbucks, are earned by gaining levels, planting rare seeds, and from earning achievements; they can be bought with real currency through microtransactions. Coins can be used to buy decorations and upgrades as well as seeds; potbucks are used for reducing grow times and purchasing rare seeds and special items.
In the Facebook game, if the player was to allow a protection level to drop too low by planting too much without offsetting this by posting guards around the farm, a character called Ranger Dick would appear and confiscate stash and crops. A minigame-like feature called 'Gold Rush Mode' was also available, which has been compared to Bejeweled,[5] in which potbucks could be gambled for a chance to win many more. These aspects are not present in the mobile game, but posting more people around the farm has benefits including quicker grow times, more money from sales, and more experience.
Development[edit]
East Side Games spoke to Canadian media in 2019 about the publishing of the game, saying that 'ESG [East Side Games] has always made their mark by doing something different and that's where the idea for cannabis-themed games was born. We wanted to build this community out of nothing. It was a great business opportunity because there wasn't a market for it, and very few other games in that space.'[6] The game was published on April 20, 2010.[1]
In May 2011, the game developers produced 420 rally kits for fans attending cannabis activism rallys.[7]
The mini-game collection is hosted. The games all have traditional versions as well as 'advanced' variants exclusive to the Family Game Night package. It was released on November 11, 2008.Hasbro Family Game Night was also released on on March 18, 2009 as a free hub application, with the individual games available for separate purchase. A disc-based copy of the game was released in November 2009. 
In 2011, East Side Games added a Facebook extension called 'Pot Farm Raiders', based on the Zynga Facebook app Mafia Wars, but with stoners as the mafia, where the same principles as Pot Farm apply, but crops can be stolen from other farms. This game had about 71,924 monthly active users in 2011.[4] The 2012 monthly active users count for the main Facebook game was about 880,000[8] compared to 82.4 million for Farmville in 2010.[9]
The Android mobile app launched in 2016, and quickly had over 10 million downloads, with the iOS app launching the same year.[1] A board game version was released in 2015[10] after Kickstarter funding.[11] The Facebook version of the game shut down in December 2019.[2] A spin-off called Cheech & Chong: Bud Farm will be released on April 20, 2020.[12]
In 2020, GameSpot compared Pot Farm to the history of cannabis in video games, writing that 'As cannabis became less taboo and the smoke cleared from the hysteria sparked by the War on Drugs, more developers devoted entire games to running cannabis enterprises [..] Pot Farm took off [as] American views of cannabis softened, most notably on the political level, state-by-state'.[6]HERB had written in 2016 that the game created 'the largest cannabis community on earth', with 20 million unique players across its platforms and a 2011 figure of over 1 million users on Facebook.[1]
Reception[edit]
By the end of 2010, Pot Farm was estimated to be earning its developers $148,000 a month.[13] Most of the game's revenue comes from the subscription service offered to its players.[2]
Comparing the game to other popular farming sims, NBC News's Wendy Benedetti said that 'this is not your grandmother's Farmville. Unless, of course, your grandmother was a hippie in the '60s.. in which case, dude, this is totally her kind of Farmville' and concluded that '[the game] features some decent production values and a zany sense of humor (check out the sketchy wildlife) and that's enough to keep me coming back'.[4] David Silverberg for GameSpot also commented on the game, describing it as a 'tycoon-type' game that 'was a huge hit on Facebook because it didn't sway too far from the core appeal of the extremely popular Farmville'.[6] He credits the rise in cannabis-empire games to Pot Farm's success.[6]MMO Games compared the gameplay, saying that 'in short, Pot Farm is Farmville but a lot cooler, [and] I was pleasantly surprised upon entering Pot Farm, upon realising it was far less gimmicky and more in-depth than Farmville.'[5] The review notes that the multiplayer aspects are more fun than solo gameplay, but that it is still a fun and accessible game.[5]
HERB said that the game's 'dedicated underground fanbase and high levels of engagement are a testament to the game's impressive art, contraband content and strong community engagement', writing that 'whether you're a diehard gamer looking for refreshingly fun graphics or a stoner looking to spend time on a perfectly addictive app, Pot Farm: Grass Roots has more than enough to keep any digital pot farmer thoroughly entertained'.[1]
Drew Cohen of Kotaku said that the game 'operates much as you'd anticipate from a Facebook-hosted farming game', while praising the laid-back attitude of the game and noting that its design was not as 'slouchy' as the deadbeat stoners in it.[14]Fox News, however, reported that the game was controversial and quoted several concerned citizens; while one said that it should not be on Facebook because it is not for children, another noted that when she tried to see what it was from her children's accounts it would not load due to an age block enforced[15] on anyone under 21.[4][9]
It was nominated for 'Best Social/Casual Game' in the Canadian Videogame Awards 2011, with Benedetti writing 'In case you didn't know, the Canadians totally love the cannabis'.[4][16]
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- ^ abc'Pot Farm Info Comprehensive Play Guide and Fan Site'. Pot Farm Info. Guru Steve. Retrieved 2020-04-11.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^'Bud Farm: Grass Roots - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ abcdeBenedetti, Wendy (2011). 'Dude, 'Pot Farm' is totally 'FarmVille' for stoners'. NBC News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013.
- ^ abc'StackPath'. www.mmogames.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ abcdSilverberg, David (January 2, 2020). 'Weed In Games: How Pot Stopped Being A Video Games Bogeyman'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^'Rally for Pot Farm on 4/20'. web.archive.org. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^Davison, Pete (June 14, 2012). 'Pot Farm review'. www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ abDowns, David. 'Facebook's 'Pot Farm' Game Nears 500,000 Growers'. East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^'Pot Farm: The Board Game'. BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^'Pot Farm: The Board Game'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^N, Davey (2020-03-27). 'CHEECH AND CHONG Have a Video Game Coming!'. Red Carpet Report Entertainment News Media. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^Downs, David. ''Pot Farm' on Facebook May Be Grossing an Estimated $150K/Month'. East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^'Farm, Chill, Whatever—It's All Cool With Facebook Game Pot Farm'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^'Virtual Pot Farms Are Harvesting Real Controversy - FOX23 News'. web.archive.org. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^Canadian Video Game Awards 2011Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine