--- title: Programming Better Shops for my Farming Game | daily.dev description: A devlog update for 'Homegrown and Happy', an indie farming game in development for 3 years. The developer implements shop improvements including category tabs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/programming-better-shops-for-my-farming-game-7nfmvhqux twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Programming Better Shops for my Farming Game | daily.dev og:description: A devlog update for 'Homegrown and Happy', an indie farming game in development for 3 years. The developer implements shop improvements including category tabs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/programming-better-shops-for-my-farming-game-7nfmvhqux og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7nFMVHquX.png og:image:alt: Programming Better Shops for my Farming Game 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. # Programming Better Shops for my Farming Game **[ThinMatrix](https://daily.dev/sources/thinmatrix)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A devlog update for 'Homegrown and Happy', an indie farming game in development for 3 years. The developer implements shop improvements including category tabs with a toggle group system, a locked items mechanic that unlocks based on in-game earnings, UI polish with shadows and scroll bars, and a new secondhand shop where players can sell unwanted items for 50% of their original price. Code architecture highlights include a condition-based item eligibility system replacing manual item lists, and a custom UI engine with toggleable button classes and listener patterns. The developer also debugs a rendering issue in a previous game and experiments with building art styles. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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