Videogames I wish were real #42
A farming game set in a world inspired by mesoamerican civilizations of the past such as the aztec and the maya. You'd get a lot of the usual gameplay mechanics of farming games (such as fishing, foraging, mining, etc), but the farming mechanics would feature some of the characteristic farming techniques of the region, such as floating gardens, raised bed farming for the swampy areas or terrace farming in the mountainous areas. Your crops would be staple mesoamerican crops, such as corn, beans, squash, cassava, cacao and peppers, but there would also be travelling merchants selling seeds from other regions, such as tomato or potato seeds. Instead of a sprinkler system, you could create irrigation channels for your crops. At the start, your settlement would be a small village, but as you progressed in the game you'd be able to expand and turn it into a prosperous town.
Similar games that actually exist: (and by this I mean farming games set in something different from the stereotypical setting of the genre. There are a lot of other farming games with different settings, but for this list I only picked the ones inspired by real cultures and civilizations) Roots of Pacha, Daomei Village, Litchi Town, Tales of Seikyu, Gaucho and the Grassland, Pathless Woods
