Funky Bay vs Patron
Funky Bay
Funky Bay is a tropical-themed farm simulation game that follows the life of an unnamed yet just your average office working guy when he decided to quit his job, rent a mobile home and head off to start a new life as a farmer on a beautiful island paradise. However, as you might expect, he has absolutely no clue how to get about setting up a farm... and this is exactly where you step in. Help him grow a huge range of crops, raise various farm animals, and turn all your raw produce into more valuable goods. Sell your products to the paddlers who visit your island or complete delivery orders to earn some extra cash. While you're at it, you can even explore the island to clear more land. Sometimes, you may even discover treasure chests filled with amazing goodies!Funky Bay isn't just "another farm game". So, if you're interested, be sure to drop by and set up a virtual farm there.
Patron
Patron is a medieval-themed city-builder that is quite similar to Banished. In this game, you play as a pioneer sent by your King to colonize a new region. With a group of peasants to help, it is up to you to build a town from the ground up and develop it into one of the most prosperous colonies of the empire!The game is all about optimizing production chains and subsequently, pursuing advancements. So, at the beginning, it’s important to produce enough raw materials so you can have enough materials to “fuel” your other production facilities in order to craft more profitable items. As your town expands, you’ll need to make sure your production scales up accordingly, be it by upgrading existing structures or building new ones. This is where the challenge really comes in.
Of course, besides upgrades and expansions, you’ll want to invest in research so you could unlock better and, hence, more productive buildings, as well as new production facilities which will then allow you to produce items that are usually more luxurious and lucrative to trade. From time to time, you will receive various edicts from the King or news of certain events. You’ll then be expected to choose between the two decisions provided.
All in all, Patron is definitely a much better version of Banished in every way, and this saying something since I’ve enjoyed playing Banished. This game’s a solid medieval city-builder with a nice level of difficulty which matches what a midcore gamer like me can handle. The game is definitely worth the cost!