Rice paddies and rice being submerged in water.

[Stibby]

I did a bit of searching the forums to see if anyone has brought this up yet, but I couldn't find anything.

I'm surprised rice crops are not able to be grown in water. With how in-depth most mechanics are in this game, it seems a bit of an odd choice to me. I know rice doesn't need to be underwater to grow, but since rice paddies exist and rice has been grown in water for almost all of human history, it feels strange to not implement it.

I'm not saying rice shouldn't be able to be grown on land either, I think it would be interested to see it be able to be planted in water and land. In water much like cattails or tule, and on land as it is implemented now. I'm not sure how the nutrition mechanics of farmland would work in a submerged tile, but I'm sure a solution could be found using the mechanics currently in the game.

I know this isn't an incredibly important addition, but with such a realistic game when it comes to mechanics, I feel like this was a missed opportunity.

Thank you for reading my ramblings.

-Stibby

[Deicide]

I really like this idea as its realistic and not burdensome to implement.

[Broccoli Clock]

I too like this suggestion, the only question would be whether it works like a generic crop; ie: you harvest it, it provides rice grain and rice seed(s), or does it operate like a cattail, so you keep the roots embedded and it regrows the top over time.

I have found rice, but only the grains.

[Irulana]

Rice is grown in water to avoid weeds, there are no weeds in VS and no half block water too. So we will need to have those 2 things before it make sense.