Cozy farming · Fruit Affinity · GDD v0.1
Minori no Shima
実りの島 — The Island That Grows With You
Hana Midori receives the kingdom’s most mocked skill — Fruit Affinity — and is exiled to abandoned Tane Island. Grow twelve base fruits, discover 28 hybrids, befriend four fruit spirits, explore The Deep Root without combat, and unravel a deliberate blight the mainland salted thirty years ago. Four endings when the kingdom offers to buy the island.
種島 Tane Island · 3PM ferry
No sword · all fruit
Core loop
Water, ship, sleep
Morning harvest and animals → midday explore, forage, or dungeon → 3PM ferry crate deadline → evening craft, cook, spirit talks → sleep. Energy 100 base; pass out at zero with 50% next-day energy — no hard fail.
Skill tiers unlock from Sprout through Harvest: cross-pollination at Bloom, root sense at Root, spirits at Canopy, kingdom recognition at Harvest tier.
Systems
Hybrids & Deep Root
Adjacent compatible parents at same growth stage yield hybrids — Void Melon (starfruit × moonpear, night-only, 10× price), Amber Slice (preserves harvests). Six secret combos need season + weather + spirit hints.
Five-floor exploration dungeon: root sense, fruit lights, boar companion Kuchi. Boss is a grieving root system, not a monster. Blight truth assembles from ruins, Sumi’s notes, and Shiro’s nights.
Scope
Seven zones · four endings
Assets: Hana Karaka full suite — farming, crops, livestock, cozy island, dungeon, interiors. ~17 weeks part-time.
Endings: Sell (bittersweet), Refuse (heritage site), Negotiate (Pip max friendship), Sovereign (all spirits max + Harvest tier).
Universe
Takumi breadcrumb · NMFI reveal
Must ship first for the Not My First Isekai true ending: Nami no Sekai is this island. Mid-game NPC “A Familiar Stranger” washes ashore — odd clothes, asks about status screens and affinity meters, says “doing better this time,” leaves by boat. Replay after NMFI: Takumi Haruki was here the whole time.
Void Melon lore may echo Hollow Ascent. Shiro’s blight parallels Harae kegare themes.
