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Happy Monday Ranchers!! Our first Stretch Goal is reached!! We've unlocked "Birds & Insects" thanks to your amazing support and trust!
The Ranchers sky will now be populated with flying birds and insects making it more alive than ever! We are introducing a variety of flying birds and insects including -but not limited to- Crow, Parrot, Pigeon, Seagull, Eagles, Vultures and colorful other birds and butterflies! Some birds and insects will only appear in some specific zones, some only on a specific time of the day, weather conditions and/or specific season! Thanks to The Ranchers systemic engine, birds and insects are totally aware of their surrounding, they will be able to land on the open world elements (NPC houses, city buildings, light pole ...), on your own custom buildings (player house, tent, fences...) and they will adapt their behavior by making autonomous decisions based on what's happening in the open world! Not all birds and insects are just here to fly around and make your day in The Ranchers open world enjoyable! Some can be harmful to your plantations by feeding them self from your crops and planted seeds, and some can take advantage of your livestock! Can I hunt/catch the harmful ones? Of course you can! Catched/Hunted birds and insects can be used to decorate your house, sold to well-paying NPCs, help accomplish quests or donated to The Ranchers Museum to help document them all!
As always, we are open to more ideas! Leave a comment or join our discord server to let us know what you have in mind ;)

Whats next?

At 130K, we will be expanding the cooking mechanic Adding Bee Houses and introducing a totally new gameplay when it comes to how storage conditions will affect the quality and the value of your veggies, fruits and cooked dishes. If you havent taken part of Kickstarter campaign yet, this is your chance to secure your exclusive access to our closed Alpha by supporting us on Kickstarter: https://ranchers.game/ks while also helping reaching the next stretch goal!! Let's go Ranchers! Thanks for reading, Ethan

[ 2022-07-11 19:44:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Ranchers

RedPilzStudio Developer

RedPilzStudio Publisher

2021 Release

Indie Casual RPG Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 12

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

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The Ranchers is an open world country-life RPG in open sandbox mode!

After years of living in the metropolis' stressful and hectic life, you finally decide to leave everything behind to buy your first lot of land in the country and start a new life, in the quiet, close to nature. However, your skills as a farmer and manager will be put to the test to make your Ranch a prosperous business and earn the villagers' respect and esteem. And who knows, maybe find love and start a family.

CREATE YOUR RANCH.

Raise animals, grow crops, reclaim resources, buy new lots of land, and much more. You'll have plenty of space to create the Ranch of your dreams.

DEVELOP YOUR RANCH.

Craft objects, machines, and transform your basic resources into elaborate products to attract villagers, fill daily orders, or sell them in different markets for maximum profit.

MANAGE YOUR RANCH.

Optimize your Ranch's resource consumption, sign water, electricity contracts, or build your water wells, wind turbines, and solar panels and sell your surplus to the village.

ONLINE COOPERATION.

Invite 1 to 3 players to join you in your Ranch online! Your friends can help you develop your Ranch, fulfill your goals, or explore the vast open world of The Ranchers together.

AUCTION MARKET.

You can sell your resources to other players via the online auction market to maximize your profits. The auction market is directly accessible from within the game and from the companion application on iOS and Android. It seems that in The Ranchers, money never sleeps!

TRADE GUILD.

The Trade Guild offers you new and exciting challenges every real-world season to test your Rancher skills and collect rewards, exclusive new animal breeds, new seeds, and new in-game content - all to make your Ranch the greatest and most powerful empire ever built.

A GIGANTIC OPEN WORLD.

On foot, horseback, scooter, pickup, or yacht, explore a gigantic open world where mines, wild islands, shipwrecks, and dangerous monsters abound. Use your skills to recover ultra-rare minerals, gems, etc., to make and improve your tools, donate them to the village museum, or sell them at the auction market to other players.

IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS.

Enhance your character with various skills that will serve you in your adventures. Choose to develop your farming, ranching, crafting/building, combat, or hunter/fisher skills depending on your play style.

BUILD THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAMS.

By the seaside, in the middle of the prairie, or on top of a hill, choose your decor and place your furniture to create a house that reflects your image and that your friends will love.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY.

Meet many colorful characters and discover their atypical personalities, everyday life, and fascinating stories. They go to work, go to the park, go to the restaurant, play sports, and interact with each other in many different ways. Take the time to get to know them, make friendships, and who knows, maybe love will be there, and you can move in together, have children and start a family?

AND SO MUCH MORE.

There's something for everyone in The Ranchers! Take part in the frequent festivals and many other activities. Just let your imagination run wild. Want to hone your culinary skills and prepare delicious dishes? Try your hand at game hunting, insect hunting? Or relax and spend the afternoon fishing? It's up to you!