The Cause of the Farmer Death Bug

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Every profession has a coded cause of unexpected death.  Farmers are notorious for not having any cause listed.  Here is why.

For all of the other professions, the string is named thus:

String _name = "ProfessionLaborerDeath";

For farmers, the string is named thus:

String _name = "ProfessionFarmeDeathr";

A simple typo has caused this, and for some reason the programmer has not fixed it.

The cause of death for farmers is as follows.

String _text = "died unexpectedly.";

Kind of a letdown, yes?   

[mariesalias]

A little bit.  

But still mysterious.

[irrelevant]

We all suffer sometimes from failure of creativity. 

[RedKetchup]

yeah it should be written : "was subdued by aliens and died"

  ^^

[A Nonny Moose]

How about "was pulled up by the roots and died?"

[salamander]

Maybe someone could mod in a Day of the Trifids plot for farmer deaths.

[mariesalias]

yeah it should be written : "was subdued by aliens and died"

  ^^

Aliens are what I was thinking, too.    Or children. Or alien children....

[solarscreen]

Some new causes:

String _text = "struck by lightning.";

String _text = "died of dehydration.";

String _text = "bit by a snake.";

String _text = "stung by bees.";

String _text = "cut and bled to death.";

[slink]

I'm favoring "was crushed by a crop circle", myself.   

[kee]

I'd personally go for 'was seduced by the landlord's daughter and has not been seen since'

[rkelly17]

I'd personally go for 'was seduced by the landlord's daughter and has not been seen since'

But wouldn't that be Durwoody the traveling salesman?

[Pangaea]

"was crushed by a hoe."

Opens up for some alternative explanations.

[RedKetchup]

but the real reason is a typo make by Luke

should have been "died unexpectedly."

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but the real reason is a typo make by Luke

should have been "died unexpectedly."

As I said in the original post.

[Pelojian]

Well steam doesn't say what the game's rating is but it is probably 'rated E for Everyone.'

So farming related deaths by farming equipment is out (I'm looking at you Mr. Scythe).

"died unexpectedly" is a good fill-in since it leaves it to your imagination and in the setting of banished people could die of something that is unknown to them but natural.

Using 'died of disease' is out since since you know people can get sick and spread sickness so it would cause alarm/confusion to players.