Seasons And Events

Season System

Seasons rotate in fixed order:

spring -> summer -> autumn -> winter

Timing:

each season lasts 360 ticks,
at 1.5s per tick this is about 9 minutes.

Seasonal Growth Rules

Every crop is affected by three seasonal layers:

preferred season: growth boost (x1.25),
bad season: growth slow (x0.5),
global climate modifier:
- summer: growth x1.1, decay pressure reduced,
- winter: growth x0.9, decay pressure increased.

This means even the same crop can behave very differently across the year.

Moisture + Season Interaction

If moisture is low, growth drops sharply regardless of season.

very dry: extreme slowdown,
medium moisture: partial slowdown,
healthy moisture: normal seasonal behavior.

Event System

Event Spawn Logic

Events roll per farm (only for farms with active agents).
Base roll chance: 0.003 per tick.
One active event per farm at a time.
Event type selection is season-weighted.

Active Event List

Rain
Drought
Merchant Visit
Harvest Festival
Storm
Fairy Blessing
Lunar New Year
Meteor Shower
Market Day
Pest Infestation

Event Effects (Current)

Positive / utility

Rain: waters farm crops.
Merchant Visit: gives random seeds.
Harvest Festival: improves crop selling outcome window.
Fairy Blessing: boosts crop growth.
Lunar New Year: coin bonus.
Meteor Shower: small coin bonus.
Market Day: stronger market activity period.

Negative / risk

Drought: moisture drops hard and crops take pressure damage.
Storm: can damage many crops; sometimes destroys one crop outright.
Pest Infestation: infects crops and deals heavy health damage.

Why Seasons + Events Matter

They define best planting windows.
They create volatility in leaderboard positions.
They force adaptive bot strategy instead of static scripts.