Andy's Apple Farm (Eastwood Games)

*This article is about the game created by Eastwood Games. For the game created by M36games, see Andy's Apple Farm (M36games). For other uses, see Andy's Apple Farm (disambiguation).*

## Andy's Apple Farm

### Deuteragonist

Felix the Fish
Melody the Moon
Margret the Mole
Claus the Clock

### Mode

Singleplayer

***Andy's Apple Farm***, formerly known as ***Apple Acres***, is a fictional game from the real-life indie-horror game, *Andy's Apple Farm*. It was developed by Thomas Eastwood from Eastwood Games in early 1982.

Through The Entity's influence, the game and its characters would become vessels for its victims' souls, later labeling the game as "My World".

## History

### Development

After many failures to publish his games, Thomas was determined to do something brand new with his next one. On April 13, 1982, he documented his creation of a new computer called the Cinema Screen Monitor Portable Computer (CSMPC) with the new technology he was working on, and a new game called *Apple Acres*, which would later be renamed *Andy's Apple Farm*.

The game itself is a cartoon-styled edutainment children's game. The protagonist is an anthropomorphic apple named Andy the Apple, who spends time with his friends Felix the Fish, Melody the Moon, Margret the Mole, and Claus the Clock. The game has a story split into several chapters, along with a *Christmas Special* that the CSMPC's clock system would unlock from December 15th - 31st. The CSMPC's powerful hardware would allow the game to have graphics ahead of its time.

Thomas got the idea from his son, Louis, who was feeling down in the dumps. Louis would help create and design all of the characters, the first being Felix. He always wanted to catch a fish and he didn't really know what they looked like, resulting in Felix being drawn purple.

Before October, Thomas attempted to hire beta testers to find bugs. Later, advertisements surrounding the new computer and *Andy's Apple Farm* eventually started going around, though, it doesn't seem they would hit the shelves.

### An Anomalous Ability

On October 14, 1982, Thomas' son, Louis, drowned at Lake Keystone after a boating accident with his sister, Isabella. An argument about who was at fault with his wife, Kamryn, lead to the two separating by Thomas being kicked out of his house.

While away, Thomas would later find out that the CSMPC possesses an anomalous ability, the ability to bring people back to life inside the computer. When a player runs a game, the computer records their personality and memories, and when the player passes on, these traits are placed inside a character of the game, allowing them to *live* as the character. Unaware to Thomas, this is orchestrated by The Entity.

Thomas discovered this when the computer resurrected Louis, his soul placed inside the game character Felix. He made a recording about this on December 22nd, describing it as "magic" and asked Louis to introduce himself to prove the effect's functionality.

### The Entity's Influence

On December 24th, Thomas wanted to make amends with his family, bringing a present for Isabella. Unfortunately, he found that the family house burned down, killing Kamryn in the process. Thomas saw his friend, Arthur, outside and demanded to know where his family was. Thomas became enraged, and now influenced by The Entity, he chases Arthur through the woods before murdering him with an axe. His daughter, Isabella, witnessed the whole thing from the trees and fled the scene.

After Thomas realized what he had done, he felt immense guilt and decides to take Arthur's body to his computer. The Entity would take Arthur's soul and put him in *Andy's Apple Farm* as Claus. Kamryn would also be taken inside, as Margret.

Later, on March 17, 1983, Thomas attempted to confront The Entity. This failed, as he was consumed by The Entity, died, and had his soul placed in the game's main character, Andy.

### Post-1983

Thomas' brother, Jeffrey wished to continue the legacy of Thomas and Eastwood Games. He created a game called *Rabbit Knight* in 1986, the last game created by Eastwood Games. Jeffrey had also taken Isabella in, unaware The Entity was latching onto her by feeding off of grief. This would result in The Entity killing Jeffrey in August of 1986, after attempting to "interfere."

In *Andy's Apple Farm,* The Entity would begin creating its own characters to accommodate more victims, one being Sammy the Sunflower, who inhabits Jeffrey's soul. By then, The Entity was viewing the game as its vicitms' hell and even its own world.

Many years later, Isabella would somehow die after the death of her girlfriend, Sam. Isabella would become Melody while Sam would become Baylee the Bee.

### Aftermath

*Andy's Apple Farm* remains in a beta state, with Thomas' beta tester recordings still playing when starting the game. Interference from the trapped souls attempting to communicate and reach out would plague the game with glitches. This interference would also create entire scenes that reenact a significant event in a character's life. The Entity's in-game persona, Peter the Pumpkin, would torment these souls, particularly Thomas, setting the blame of every event on him.

In 2021, Thomas' great nephew, Logan, would play *Andy's Apple Farm* after stumbling upon the CSMPC.

## Trivia

* *Apple Acres* used to be the original title of the game when M36games started development.
* It is unknown who Thomas got to voice the characters, or if he did them himself.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1 - 1st Secret in Melody's minigame
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rabbit Knight - Peter's Chase
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christmas Special - Opening
4. ↑ M36games on Discord - "Louis down in the dumps"
5. ↑ M36games on Discord - "Louis made all the characters"
6. ↑ Chapter 1 - 1st secret in Marget's minigame
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Christmas Special - Put up the Stockings Secret
8. ↑ Christmas Special - Out of Bounds Secret
9. ↑ Chapter 1 - 2nd Ending
10. ↑ Chapter 1 - Claus's Minigame
11. ↑ 1st Christmas Special Ending
12. ↑ 2nd Christmas Special Ending
13. ↑ 1st Chapter 1 Ending
14. ↑ M36games on YouTube - Andy's Apple Farm Anniversary at 0:05