SubscribeIPwnGames has an interview with Paul Farley, of TAG Games, who is currently working on Astro Ranch for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Astro Ranch is being dubbed as a game that’s a cross between Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, and will be coming out sometimes in 2009.
iPwnGames: How important will connectivity be in Astro Ranch?
Right now the connectivity aspect of the game is the biggest technical hurdle for us to overcome. Not only do we want players with iPhone’s to be able to connect to each other but for the connected features to be device agnostic meaning it won’t matter if you have an iPhone, N-Gage, DS or even mobile version of the game the same functionality will be available across them all.
Astro Ranch sounds like it could be a TON of fun. I was horribly addicted to Animal Crossing on the DS for about a year. :(