This document provides instructions for playing an online farming simulation game. It outlines the 10 phases of each turn: 1) Asking Permit, 2) Cutting, 3) Pruning, 4) Cleaning, 5) Planting Trees, 6) Planting Crops, 7) Irrigation, 8) Harvesting and Selling, 9) Upgrading Lifestyle, and 10) Regeneration. The player manages tasks like applying for logging permits, planting crops, installing irrigation, and upgrading their farm through the phases of each turn, with the goal of improving their yields and cash over multiple turns of the game.

1. Access to the game
After selecting
the scenario
you want to
play on the
Start Game
page, you will
see this page

2. Activate java plugin
If you see a
gray square
you have to
accept to run
the java
plugin.

3. Activate java plugin with Chrome
If you use
Chrome as your
browser, you
need to click
« execute » on
the bar

4. Activate java plugin with Firefox
If you use
FireFox, simply
click on the
gray square

5. An Hubnet window will open
Hubnet
window

6. Enter your User Name
CAUTION! Your User Name has to be the same as
the one you used to subscribe to this website

7. Then click Enter
If you have typed a
wrong user
name, you will be
disconnected of the
game.
Look for the hubnet
window and enter
your user name
again.
Watch out, the
hubnet window may
be hidden behind
your browser

8. Interface of the game
The interface of
the game will
appear.
You can now
start managing
your estate!

9. Cliking these
icons opens
Action
additional
buttons:
information
clicking these
buttons
performs the
indicated
action
This is your
Sliders: use to
coffee
select a number in
estate: you
given range
can click on
the different
elements to
select them
Here you will receive
additional information

10. Silver Oak tree:
exotic specie. Less
environmental
Jungle Wood tree: and economical
high value. Can be sold
environmental freely
value and
economic value. Farmer
Cannot be sold information:
without a permit cashbox and
life style
level
Farm
information:
shade, irriga
Your house: right tion, yields
now it is a simple and number
one. Later, it can of Jungle
become bigger if Wood allow
you invest in it. to cut
Stocks: what is in
Irrigation: has an impact
store in your estate.
on the coffee yield

11. Several phases per turn
The game will now proceed in turns.
Current Phase
Current Turn Each turn is divided in phases:
Next Phase • phase 1: asking permit
• phase 2: cutting
• phase 3: pruning
Go Next Phase button
• phase 4: cleaning
Actions for the current phase • phase 5: planting trees
• phase 6: planting crop
• phase 7: irrigation
• phase 8: harvesting and selling
• phase 9: upgrading lifestyle
• phase 10: regeneration

12. Moving from phase to phase
• You’ll move from phase
to phase by clicking on
the Go to Next Phase
button.
• When you are done
with the last
phase, you’ll move on
to the following turn.

13. Phase 1: Asking Permit
Forest Office: useful information for this phase
Each turn you are
allowed to cut one
Jungle Wood tree for
you own consumption.
During this phase you
can try to request
permits to fell more
Jungle Wood Trees and
sell them.
Check additional
information at the
Forest Office.

14. Apply for a Permit
You can apply
for a permit
to sell Mature
or Sapling
Jungle Wood
tree legally.
Modify the
slider
« Permit:
Number of
JW » to select
the number
of JW you
want to sell
legally

15. Apply for a Permit
Then click on
Number of Jungle Wood Selected the « Apply for
a permit »
button to try to
obtain a permit
for the number
of JW you have
selected.
Asking a
permit costs
money.

16. Apply for a Permit
A message
showing the result
of your demand
will appear on the
bottom. Two
possibilities: you
failed to obtain the
Cashbox updated
permit or you
succeeded.
Updated number of
Jungle Wood allowed to If you succeeded
cut the number of
Jungle Wood
Result message Cost for this demand allowed to cut will
increase according
to the number of
trees you have
asked

17. Direct sale
You can also try to
reach an
agreement with
the Timber
Merchant to sell
directly Mature
Jungle Wood trees
Modify the slider
« Direct sale:
Number of JW » to
select the number
of Mature Jungle
Wood tree you
want to sell
directly to the
Timber Merchant

18. Direct sale
Then click on
the « Discuss
with the TM! »
button to try to
Number of Jungle Wood Selected reach an
agreement with
the Timber
Merchant for
the number of
JW you have
selected

19. Direct sale
A message
showing the result
of your discussion
will appear on the
bottom. Two
possibilities: you
failed to reach an
agreement or you
succeeded.
Number of Jungle Wood
allowed to cut updated If you succeeded
the number of
Jungle Wood
Result message
allowed to cut will
increase according
to the number of
tree you have
asked

20. Phase 1: Asking Permit
When you
have finished
with this
phase click on
the « Go to
Next Phase »
button to go
to the Cutting
phase

21. Phase 2: Cutting
During this
phase you can
select the
trees you
Number of Jungle Wood allowed to cut want to cut
Check the
number of
Jungle Wood
tree you are
allowed to cut
for this turn

22. Phase 2: Cutting
Click on the
tree you
want to cut

23. Phase 2: Cutting
The tree
selected for
felling appears
in red. If you
change your
Tree selected mind, you can
deselect it by
clicking a
second time on
it.

24. Phase 2: Cutting
You can
select as
many mature
or sapling
trees as you
Shade
want by
Trees selected
clicking on
them.
Cutting a tree
decreases the
shade in your
estate.

25. Phase 2: Cutting
When you have
finished with this
phase click on the
« Go Next Phase
button ».
The trees selected will
be felled and the logs
added to your stocks.
Stocks The felled trees will
updated leave an empty slot in
your estate, that can
be later replanted
with a seedling.

26. Phase 3: Pruning
During this phase
The Coffee you can select the
Board office trees you want to
contains prune in order to
useful
information
manage your
for this phase
shade.
Pruning a tree
Empty Tree Slots Shade decreases the
updated shade in your
estate.
The shade
impacts on the
coffee and pepper
yield. Check the
Coffee Board to
have more
information.

27. Phase 3: Pruning
Click on the
trees you want
to prune. You
can select as
many mature or
sapling trees as
you want by
clicking on them.
The selected
trees will
become red.

28. Phase 3: Pruning
When you have
finished with
this phase click
on the « Go to
Next Phase
Shade
updated button ».
Selected Trees
The selected
trees will be
pruned and the
shade updated.

29. Phase 4: Cleaning
During this phase you
can select the seedlings
of Jungle Wood you
want to remove.
On the first turn you
don’t have any Jungle
Wood seedlings in your
estate.
New Jungle Wood
Trees pruned
seedlings will appear in
in the
previous
the empty tree
phase slots, during the last
phase of the turn.
Jungle Wood
seedling

30. Phase 4: Cleaning
When you have
finished with
this phase click
on the « Go to
Next Phase
button ».
The selected
Jungle Wood
seedlings will be
removed and
the slots will
become empty.

31. Phase 5: Planting Trees
During this phase
you can plant new
seedlings of Silver
Oak.
Seedling of Silver
Empty slots Oak tree are freely
available.
Click on any empty
slot to plant a
seedling of Silver
Oak. You can plant
as many Silver Oak
Seedlings as you
have empty slots.

32. Phase 5: Planting Trees
When you have
finished with this
phase click on
the « Go to Next
Phase button ».
Selected
empty slots
New seedlings of
Silver Oak will be
planted into the
selected emplty
slots.

33. Phase 6: Planting Crops
During this phase
you can plant
pepper vines on
Silver Oak Seedling any Sapling and
(planted in the
previous phase) Mature Tree.

34. Phase 6: Planting Crops
Click on the
trees where
you want to
plant pepper
vine on.
You can
select as
many mature
or sapling
trees you
want by
clicking on
them.

35. Market: Find
Phase 6: Planting Crops
out the price
of a pepper A pepper vine is
vine
not free. Check
the Market to
know the price.
Selected Cashbox
Tree If you don’t have
enough money to
add apepper
vine, the tree will
not be selected
Warning message and a warning
message will
appear.

36. Phase 6: Planting Crops
When you are
done with this
phase click on
the « Go to
Next Phase »
button.
A Pepper Vine
will be planted
on the selected
trees.

37. Phase 7: Irrigation.
Coffee Board: • During this phase
coffee yield you can install an
information irrigation system.
• Irrigation can
Cashbox improve the
Tree with a pepper vine
updated
planted during the coffee yield.
previous phase
• Check out the
Coffee Board to
learn more about
the impact of
irrigation.
• The irrigation
system has to be
installed each
turn.

38. Phase 7: Irrigation.
Market: Find
out the price
of the Click on the
irrigation tank to install
system the irrigation
system. It costs
money.
Cashbox
If you don’t
have enough
cash, the
irrigation
system will not
be installed and
Warning message a warning
message will
appear.

39. Phase 7: Irrigation.
When you are
done, click on the
« Go Next Phase
button ».
If the tank turns
blue, the irrigation
system has been
sucessfully
installed. Your
cashbox will be
updated.
Tank full
of water

40. Phase 8: Harvesting and selling.
Coffee Board:
pepper and You have nothing
coffee yield
information to do here. Your
fields have been
harvested. You can
check the yield of
your coffee and
Irrigation status Coffee yield pepper.
(true or false)
Check the Coffee
Pepper yield
Board to find out
more about
production and
yields.
Stocks updated

41. Phase 8: Harvesting and selling.
Market:
pepper and
When you are done
coffee prices click on the « Go to
Next Phase
Forest Office: button ». Your
logs prices stocks will be sold
and money added
to your cashbox.
Check the Market
and the Forest
Office to get the
selling price of the
different products

42. Phase 9: Upgrading lifestyle.
During this
phase you can
upgrade your
life style level.
Cashbox updated
The life style
level
represents
many
things, from
housing to
education and
Stocks updated health care.

43. Phase 9: Upgrading lifestyle.
House
Improvement: Click on the house
Find out more
about Life style.
you want to
acquire.
Cashbox You need to ensure
you have enough
cash to afford it.
Check the House
Improvement to
find out more on
Warning message lifestyle and
housing.

44. Phase 9: Upgrading lifestyle.
When you have
finished with this
phase click on the
« Go to Next
Phase button ».
Your cashbox will
be updated
according to the
house you have
selected.

45. Phase 10: Regeneration.
Forest Office: You have nothing to do
tree growth here.
Trees grow, their crowns
too, and some trees may
die.
Life Style Level updated
Dead trees
replaced by Jungle Cashbox updated A dead tree leaves an
Wood Seedlings empty slot.
All empty slots are
replaced by a Jungle Wood
Silver Oak Seedling has grown Seedling.
into a Silver Oak Sapling.
Check the Timber Office to
learn more about tree
Message indicating
growth.
the number of dead
trees.

46. Phase 10: Regeneration.
When you are
done, click on the
« Go to Next
Phase » button .
The turn ends. A
new turn will
start. Your stocks
and yields are
reset.

47. Phase 1: Asking Permit.
A new turn has
started.
You will have to follow
the same phases turn
per turn.
The game ends when
you click on another
page of the website or
after 10 turns
Stocks updated

48. You can see the results of the game on the Results
page. You can compare them to the average of the
others players.
Play again and try to improve your management over
the games!
Enjoy and give us feedback!!