System, method and graphical user interface for controlling a game

A method of facilitating user interaction with a farming game on a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being generated and rendered on a display of an electronic device by execution of a software product on a computing hardware of the electronic device, the method comprising:

• rendering one or more graphical objects representing regions for growing crops within a first area of the graphical user interface;
• detect a selection of at least one of the regions for growing crops in the first area of the graphical user interface, the selection being generated by a user interaction with the at least one selected region on the graphical user interface;
• render a menu in a second area of the graphical user interface, the menu presenting different user selectable options in the second area, the different user selectable options corresponding to at least one crop growing or crop harvesting function to be applied to the selected region depending on a growing state of the selected region, wherein rendering the menu comprises:
• determining the growing state of the selected region;
• identifying a set of crop growing tools or crop harvesting tools corresponding to the determined growing state of the selected region;
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• presenting the identified set of crop growing tools or crop harvesting tools in the menu rendered in the second area of the graphical user interface;
• detect a selection of a crop growing tool or a crop harvesting tool from the set of crop growing tools and crop harvesting tools in the menu;
• render an object including an image of the selected crop growing tool or the selected crop harvesting tool in the first area of the graphical user interface;
• detecting a user action comprising a selection of the rendered object followed by a swiping action across one or more portions of the selected region, wherein the rendered object moves with the swiping action;
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• when the rendered object is the selected crop growing tool apply a crop growing function to the selected region of the graphical user interface comprising updating the one or more portions of the selected region of the graphical user interface to include images of one or more crops with the applied crop growing function as the swiping motion is detected across the one or more portions of the selected region;
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• when the rendered object is the selected crop harvesting tool, apply a crop harvesting function to the one or more portions of the selected region comprising updating the one or more portions of the selected region of the graphical user interface to remove one or more images of crops in the one or more portions of the selected region as the swiping motion is detected across the one or more portions of the selected region;
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• when it is detected that the swiping motion is stopped, cause the image of the rendered object to be removed from the graphical user interface and render an updated version of the selected region on the graphical user interface that illustrates the crop growing function or the crop harvesting function applied to the one or more portions of the selected region.