--- title: I Automated Farming Using Python | daily.dev description: A YouTuber plays 'The Farmer Was Replaced', a game where you write Python scripts to automate farm work. He starts with a simple while-true harvest loop, then... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-automated-farming-using-python-qtpzpyws6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Automated Farming Using Python | daily.dev og:description: A YouTuber plays 'The Farmer Was Replaced', a game where you write Python scripts to automate farm work. He starts with a simple while-true harvest loop, then... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-automated-farming-using-python-qtpzpyws6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qtPzpyws6.png og:image:alt: I Automated Farming Using Python og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Automated Farming Using Python **[Indently](https://daily.dev/sources/indently)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A YouTuber plays 'The Farmer Was Replaced', a game where you write Python scripts to automate farm work. He starts with a simple while-true harvest loop, then unlocks upgrades like speed, hats, planting, and expanding the farm grid to 3x3. He hits a problem where the drone harvests faster than crops grow and fixes it with an if-can-harvest check, then struggles with nested while loops and move commands to cover multiple tiles, landing on an if/else workaround. He calls it a possibly steep learning curve for non-programmers but says it's fun and may make follow-up videos. He also discloses that the game copy was sent to him for free, which legally makes this a paid promotion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is The Farmer Was Replaced and how does the Python scripting work in it? The Farmer Was Replaced is a game where you write Python code to automate a farming drone. You start with no unlocked functions and must manually harvest to earn materials, then spend them in a tech tree to unlock things like the while loop, if statements, print, move commands, and planting. Early automation covers basic harvesting, then expands to handling crop growth timing and multi-tile movement. _Developers curious about learning Python through games can find hands-on project writeups like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Creating a Monster Collector Game with Farming Elements](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-monster-collector-game-with-farming-elements-r0xta1b21) · 80 LEVEL · 78 upvotes · 0 comments - [An Interactive Tomato Farm Overseen By AI](https://daily.dev/posts/an-interactive-tomato-farm-overseen-by-ai-xlkm7gmqv) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-automated-farming-using-python-qtpzpyws6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Automated Farming Using Python","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-automated-farming-using-python-qtpzpyws6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-automated-farming-using-python-qtpzpyws6"},"datePublished":"2026-11-07T22:11:02.535Z","dateModified":"2026-11-07T22:11:23.987Z","description":"A YouTuber plays 'The Farmer Was Replaced', a game where you write Python scripts to automate farm work. 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