Trivia / Harvester

• Acting for Two: Harvester has tons of instances of this, though its plot significance is often unclear, because in many cases, the look-alikes are characters found inside the Lodge.
  • The actress for Steve's Mom, Mary Allen, also portrays Mrs. Pottsdam and all the ladies at the Bake Sale.
  • Ben Morgan, Hank's actor, also plays the three identical-looking young boys in the Lodge's Temple of the Mystery of Motherly Love.
  • Roxanne Lovseth portrays both Edna Fitzpatrick and the mother inside the Temple of the Mystery of Motherly Love.
  • Doris McClellan, who plays Mrs. Phelps, also portrays the Lodge Librarian.
  • Graham Teschke, the actor for Colonel Buster Monroe, also plays The Grand Muckity Muck accompanying Vice Principal Herrill in the Inner Sanctum.
  • Karen Sexton, who plays Miss Whaley, also potrays the Brothel Madam inside the Temple of the Mystery of Lust.
  • Pieter Van Der Vliet plays both Deputy Loomis and the Beggar inside the Lodge's Temple of the Mystery of Charity.
  • Zeb Cash Lane plays both Pat O'Reilly and the Lodge chef.
  • Richard Raski portrays both Pete Swell and the Lodge Valet.
  • The actor for Clem Parsons also plays the cloakroom attendant who cleans Steve's clothes.
  • Charlie Latch plays both Range Ryder and the Curator of the Art Gallery inside the Lodge.
  • Ryan Wickerham provides the voice dub for both the Sergeant-at-Arms and Steve (though both were physically portrayed by different actors).
• Colbert Bump: Retsupurae gave it one when they riffed on it.
• Creator Cameo: Gilbert P. Austin, the writer and director of the game, plays Mr. Moynahan.
• Creator Killer: Harvester would ultimately be DigiFX Interactive's last game. The developer eventually went out of business in November 1997.
• Cross-Cast Role: Steve's baby sister is actually played by a boy. When told about it years later, the actor didn't really care and found it Actually Pretty Funny (though that conversation was scripted).
• Dummied Out: There are several unused dialogue options, many of which pertain to characters who can be killed after they are deemed unnecessary to the story, like Mr. Moynahan, Pat O'Reilly, and Jimmy James. Originally, other characters would have reacted to these deaths. Additionally, dialogue exists where Edna comments on the TV station burning down even though she is already dead by this point in the finished game. There is also a dialogue with Steve's mom at night even though in the actual game, you don't see her at night unless you break into the master bedroom, at which point she'll kill you.
• Fan Translation: In 2015, a Russian hacking group retranslated the game in their language. While the voiced lines were left intact, all the in-game text (whether it's character dialogue or present on background objects) was changed. This includes the rotating sign for Edna's Diner.
• Multi-Disc Work: The game comes on three CDs, with it giving a prompt to insert the next one at certain points. More specifically, the "Please Insert CD #2" screen shows up once Day 4 is over, while "Please Insert CD #3" shows up once the door to the Lodge truly opens.
• Orphaned Reference: Steve's mom's line about the Wasp Woman's paper wasp nests being a fire hazard is a hint towards an earlier solution to the puzzle where you have to steal the fireman's bolt of cloth, where Steve could burn her house down to lure them away from the fire station. As it stands, the Wasp Woman contributes nothing to the plot.
• Real-Life Relative: The actress who plays the woman in the Temple of Beauty inside the Lodge was actually the game creator's wife at the time. On top of that, their infant son played Steve's little sister.
• Saved from Development Hell: It was originally supposed to be released in 1994, but several delays caused the due date to be pushed to 1996.
• What Could Have Been: Has its own page.
• Word of God: According to the creators, Mr. Pottsdam puts Stephanie's tampons in the toilet as a sort of symbolic denial. He hates that Stephanie isn't his "little girl" anymore, and he rejects that symbol of her womanhood. That's never seen in the game, however.

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