Thank you, friends! <3 I'll go ahead and admit that I was wrong to avoid parallax mapping. The other way saves more work in the long run, but it doesn't look as good and can be a pain in the butt to set up the tiles.
when is this going to be done
At this rate, not very soon.
But we've been making plans to cut out some of the extra fluff and place more emphasis on other aspects of the game. We're still not sure exactly how "Harvest Moon-y" we want the game to be. Right now, it's a tossup between making something more Dragon Age style, or more Rune Factory style. I figured a mix between would be cool, to place more emphasis on the actual game and less on "I planted crops and found love. Now what?"