[Update: and just like that, as of November 26, the game has been Greenlit. That means it only took six days for it to get through the Greenlighting process. How often does that happen? Congrats to the developers! It probably had something to do with Totalbiscuit’s tweeting about it. Just maybe …]

SeedScape is a charming little simulator RPG of sorts that is clearly inspired by the likes of Harvest Moon, among others.

Featured above, you can view a video for the game’s current alpha build, and it’s already looking pretty fantastic. I didn’t think it was possible to take the cuteness from Harvest Moon and … make it even more damn cute.

Here are the game’s key features:

• Play as one of 3 races – Two nature sprite races, the Sprout and Mushroom, as well as the ability to play as a Human for a more traditional farming sim feel.
• Online cooperative play – Taming the land yourself is a lot of fun, but doing it with friends is even better! There are a bunch of items to allow you to create your own games to play, too.
• Never feel boxed in – The entire playable map is yours to construct your house, animal enclosures, and farmland. You’re not assigned to a tiny plot of dirt!
• Light combat similar to games like Rune Factory has you occasionally defending your farm from wither beasts.
• Catch bugs, go fishing, cut and plant trees, start a garden, raise livestock, collect and grow mushrooms, shake trees, and more; there’s always something to do!
• Place and push furniture around your house in any way you choose! Some furniture even perform special functions, such as refinery machines to take your farming to the next level.
• When you can’t play with friends, SeedConnect lets you convert your items into codes that you can give to friends (or strangers) for out of game item gifting!
• We’ve blended the best aspects of various console life and farm sims and are bringing them fluently to the PC, Mac, and Linux!

The story in SeedScape is that plant life is slowly decaying all over the land. Your goal, as a nature sprite, is to revive the land and help it flourish. You can also play as a boring old human, but then you’d be just playing Harvest Moon again—kidding, there’s a lot more to the game, and indie dev Dapper Swine is only adding more content.

SeedScape is up on Steam Greenlight, so if you’re considering to give them a vote, you can find that here. The full launch is planned for sometime in Q2 of next year.

[Full Disclosure: our attention was drawn to SeedScape by our pro-#GamerGate fans who pointed out that some individuals are trying to get the game shunned because the developers themselves are pro-#GamerGate.]