Please see note and the end of this review explaining my continued absence since last week.

Thank you to all who posted in reply to my note. :)

The Joy of Farming:

In Brief:
The Joy of Farming is a 2D Farming time management simulation that was originally given away on December 23rd 2018 where it received a positive 89% from 18 votes with 3 comments which you can see HERE

You can see a video of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE; plus, you can see comments by the Big Fish community at the bottom of their game page HERE and via Amazon customer reviews HERE.

Introduction:
Help Joy turn a shabby homestead into the Farm of the Year by growing a variety of mouth-watering vegetables and turning them into the products her customers want. Equip your farm with ropes and ladders so your workers can fetch water and take their harvest to the storehouse in this unique Time Management game. As you catch your breath between stages, upgrade your farm and purchase the plans to build ever-more elaborate production facilities and experience The Joy of Farming!

Reference accessed HERE 3rd November 2021.

The Game:
The Joy of Farming is a rather typical casual time management game that comes with the same theme as many other similar casual games: developing and managing a farm. So it has from the start a rather important disadvantage: you can find other farm-themed time management casual games quite easily.

Anyway, despite the aforementioned issue, The Joy of Farming shouldn't be disregarded completely. It comes with a couple of cool, original features that deserve mentioning. For example, it looks visually original, as it uses a side-view perspective, which adds the challenge of equipping your farm with ropes and ladders so your workers can fetch water and take their harvest to the storehouse.

Anyway, the graphics aren't only quite unique, but also really appealing. They're cartoon-ish, with cute characters that smile all the time, and are more suitable for kids, but no one would expect otherwise from such a casual game.

As for the gameplay, thanks to the special side-view perspective, playing The Joy of Farming can get quite exciting and addictive. Unlike many other time management casual games that can easily get repetitive and boring, The Joy of Farming is a pleasant experience even when played for more than a couple of minutes.

To sum it all up, The Joy of Farming is a really interesting casual farm-themed game that comes with a special visual perspective and a really captivating gameplay.
Reference accessed HERE , originally posted by Margie Smeer, no original date of posting , but was apparently updated on the 31st Nov 21. Reposted by Whiterabbit-uk 3rd November 2021.

Conclusion:
Due to circumstances at this time, I've only had time (again) to briefly check out the game and basically agree with what I originally said three years ago with reference to this game compared to it's Isometric/3D version, Farm Frenzy. Of all time management games, the Farm Frenzy series (at least the first few) are the only TM games I enjoy playing for any extended periods. Gaming for me is mainly relaxation therapy and pain management therapy through distraction therapy, so having to complete levels within a limited time is really no fun for me. That said, The Joy of Farming was okay, though nowhere near as good as that other farming time management simulator Farm Frenzy (IMO). The only significant differences I could see between the two games was that Farm Frenzy had a much better graphic and was in a simulated 3D environment; whereas, The Joy of Farming was in a pure 2D environment with each layer of the game, i.e. the farmers fields, the shop etc were on what appeared to be a platform; in fact, when I first saw images of this game three years ago I thought it was going to be a platformer and not a time management game..

I've had virtually no sleep for the past week; grabbing the odd hour here and there because our dwarf rabbit took a turn for the worse. Our vet wanted to put him to sleep, but we had researched the issue and so long as he was fed hourly and we treated him with various medications, there was a chance that he could recover. We stuck to the hourly feeds until a few days ago and have now moved to two hourly and he seems to have turned a corner and has been steadily improving though he's not 100% yet. He comes to us regularly for his food which is a good sign as he was refusing food last week. We've also got him a new partner because we couldn't bear seeing him alone. Rabbits are social animals and it's cruel to keep them as a single pet; we lost his long time friend several weeks ago, and are at this time seeing if the new rabbit, that is a couple of years younger, will bond.

I will be moderating sporadically later today. I've been up all night taking the night shift with the rabbits, so that my partner could get a full nights sleep, so I'll probably sleep for several hours around the time this game goes live. Nessie the male rabbit has to be hand fed because he cannot chew solid food due to a benign tumour on his jaw, (that has displaced it slightly). . He's approaching 11 years old, so is probably coming to the twilight of his life, but we want him to have the best possible life he can. We don't keep the rabbits in cages, they have the garage and one smallish room (12' x 12'); plus he's allowed to wander around most of the house when the cat is out. Since his illness we have kept the door to our main family room open so he has more room to wander., thankfully all our floors are oak and marble with rugs, so it's easy to clean up the odd accident.

If I have time I'll post my usual section of the best game deals, in the mean time, check the game discussion forums for the latest.