JUST A VALLEY GIRL - Stardew Valley (Steam) - Livestream: Part 1
4When Grandpa Santa hands down the Octotiggy family farm to his beloved granddaughter, it's up to Orderly_Chaos to make sure that the land is kept clear of weeds, the parsnip crops continue to thrive, and the mines are cleared of sentient bouncing slimes. Wait... what?
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Stardew Valley is an indie farming simulation role-playing video game developed by ConcernedApe and published by Chucklefish Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on February 26, 2016.
Stardew Valley is a farming simulation game primarily inspired by the Harvest Moon series. At the start of the game, the player creates their character, with them becoming the recipient of a plot of land and a small house, which was once owned by their grandfather, in an area called Stardew Valley. The plot is initially overrun with boulders, trees, and weeds, but the player works to clear the fields and restart the farm, tending to crops and livestock as to generate revenue and which to further expand the farm's buildings and facilities.
The player may also interact with non-player characters (NPC) that inhabit the town, including engaging in relationships with these characters; this can culminate in marriage, which results in the NPC helping the player's character to tend the farm. The player can also engage in fishing, cooking, and crafting, and also explore procedurally-generated caves with materials and ores to mine or battle creatures within. The player can take on various quests to earn additional money, or work at completing specific collections of materials offered at the town's Community Center to gain additional rewards. All these activities must be metered against the character's current health and exhaustion level and the game's internal clock; if the character becomes too exhausted, they will be returned to their house restored with energy on the morning of the next day, but having forgone any opportunities to continue in activities from the previous day.
A four-player cooperative mode is planned to be released at a later date. In this mode, Barone anticipates that all players will share a common farm, enabling players to all do different tasks related to it, such as one player may be mining while others tend to the farm.
Stardew Valley was created entirely by American indie game designer Eric Barone, under the alias of ConcernedApe. In 2011, Barone had graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma with a computer science degree, but had not been able to get a job in the industry, instead working as an usher at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. Looking to improve his computer skills for better job prospects, he came to the idea of crafting a game which would also pull in his artistic side. Stardew Valley originally began as a modern fan-made alternative to the Harvest Moon series, as he felt that "the series had gotten progressively worse after Harvest Moon: Back to Nature". Unable to find a satisfactory replacement, Barone began to create a game similar to the series, stating that his intent was "to address the problems I had with Harvest Moon" and that "no title in the series ever brought it all together in a perfect way". Barone was also inspired by other games, including Animal Crossing, Rune Factory, Minecraft, and Terraria, adding features seen in those titles such as crafting, quests, and combat.
Stardew Valley received positive reviews from game critics and journalists. Jesse Singal writing for the Boston Globe wrote that the game was "utterly compelling, lovingly crafted", and provided the player with numerous varieties of activities to do without falling into a cycle of repetitive activities.
In its first two weeks of sales, Stardew Valley was one of the best-selling games on Steam, selling over 400,000 copies across Steam and GOG.com. Journalists found that the gaming community has shown support for Barone for the game; while there have been some players that have obtained the game illegally, these players have been impressed with the game and stated they plan to purchase the game, while other players have made offers to help pay for those that can't afford the game. Stardew Valley has also seen an active modding community, with players creating additional features and texture replacements for the game.
Wikipedia contributors. Stardew Valley. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. March 26, 2016, 23:32 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stardew_Valley&oldid=712100478.
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