Farming Simulator Game Analysis

In my free time, I really enjoyed playing Farming Simulator. I've had the same game for many years on Xbox, PC, and on my phone, so I had a pretty good idea of how the game worked and what the best way to make money was. As for on the IPad, it was pretty much the same deal: get your crops in the ground as quick as possible, harvested, and store them until there was a great demand. There was one major difference pertaining to using this game as a tool in class; and that would be having to track and record your finances.

When I played this game on different platforms, I never thought about how much money I spent. My only concerned when I played was to make as much money as quick as possible so I could expand my operation. When I first heard that I was now forced to record my finances, I did not know what to think. For the past years, I never kept records, so I was not sure what to expect. It turned out to be interesting tracking my money because my records showed what my expenses actually went too. Before, I was not scared to hire workers and spend a lot of money because I knew that I would just have to sell crops to get it back; but now, I was very weary about hiring workers because it did cost quite a bit on money. By playing, I learned a lot about what it takes to keep good records, and managing my …show more content…
One of the major differences was keeping the records. You had to know the amount of money you had before you started working, and subtract that from the amount of money you had once you were done. This in itself wasn't hard, but it did limit how many workers I wanted to hire because keeping them inline and tracking the money got to be difficult. Keeping track of my money would have been a lot easier if I got receipts from hired work, buying seed, fertilizer and gas. This might seem like a small inconvenience, but in a way, I was limited to the amount of work I could