Stardew Valley Expanded exceeded its creator’s wildest dreams
Stardew Valley Expanded exceeded its creator’s wildest dreams
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Stardew Valley Expanded exceeded its creator’s wildest dreams
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Oh okay, those mods I don't even get what they are and am much too old to figure out how. I was getting excited over nothing then. Obviously there'll never be an across the board expansion or add-ons for SV - or a sequel either, which is odd given how successful it's been. Haunted Chocolatier looks promising - but obviously isn't actually ever going to come out at this point.
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I'm not sure what you're saying here ... 1.6 is an upcoming full game update for Stardew that will add even more content, which he was simultaneously developing with Haunted Chocolatier. They are a very small independent operation, and game development takes more time the fewer employees you have. The fact that they have continued improving the game for 7 years adding free content at the original price point is actually quite remarkable.
The 1.6 update addresses the ability to create add-ons (mods) more easily, which will aid efforts in the modding community to create things like Expanded with less fussing about in third party programs and tools which currently allow them to work.
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Fr. The only other game that comes close is Terraria. Both have only improved as the years have gone by.
Wish SV was my cup of tea.
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He still working on SV ? I thought he said he stopped to work full time on HC. Guess I've been out of the SV loop for too long. I should get back to it sometime soon. I'm getting tired of the same shooter and adventure games all the time and I need to return to the cozy life of SV.
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Color me surprised you found yourself on the lemmyverse but don’t feel confident to install a mod. Not a dig! Just unexpected.
HC is coming out eventually though, not sure why it “obviously” isn’t?
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What makes you think Haunted Chocolatier will never come?
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Some people seem to think that 3 years (from when AAA companies normally drop their first teaser until release) is the full game development lifecycle duration, and anything past that must be abandoned.
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One of the guys who was working on it says they ended up with too many snags, so have cancelled it.
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You were not getting excited over nothing; if you can figure out how to download steam, how to purchase a game with it, and how to open and play it, installing a mod isn’t that much harder. Download some files, put them in the right folder, open the game.
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Also, to piggyback onto your comment. Stardew valley without mods is still a very enjoyable game. I had about 300 hours in the game before I installed my first mod. There's a lot of great quality of life ones, but out of the box it's still phenomenal.
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Well there's the problem. I tried downloading Steam, of course it didn't work because some extension or other had to first be installed on this computer. So I installed the extension, now it says it can't open. I did get it open once, but the game I downloaded never worked at all. Steam doesn't work on every computer, I guess.
But my main game system is the Switch (right now), I don't even use the computer. And it "steams" me because there are SOOO many great looking casual games on Steam I wish I could play!!!!
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I promise you it's dead simple to install if you wanna check it out. ModDrop is probably the easiest installation route, just follow the instructions in that link and you'll be set up!
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I truly wish I had access to Steam. I see all these wonderful casual puzzle games (my #1 love) and they never come out on Switch. But I don't have a good computer that is up to date and it cannot run Steam at all. My mouth waters when I see playthroughs of certain Steam games on Youtube.
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You can get a computer which can run Steam the low-spec library for less than $100 if you get a very common used office computer. I've seen as low as $50 for a functional machine only a few years old. Most likely it could run most puzzle games.
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Stardew Valley is on switch though? It's also on gog.com which is preferable anyway. No launcher required.
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Yep, it's on Switch, I originally bought a physical copy for PS4 back when it first came out, but then my PS4 gave out around the same time I was gifted with a Switch system. And then I found out all my PS4 games were pretty much also available on Switch. But what I really envy are people who can play Steam games, they are so much my type of casual games.
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Stardew Valley expanded?? What is that? Is it something that is available to us long-term SV users? I bought Stardew Valley when it first came out and people looked at me like I was crazy for buying such an obviously casual and pixelated game.
It's a mod, available on Nexus. Adds a ton of content, like practically doubles the length of the game
Good. I always thought the game lacked content and was a little on the short side.
If you're playing on pc, just look up the mod and try the additional mod "grandpas map" as well! After around 1,500h in SV it feels like a new game with those two mods installed. Cannot recommend it enough!
And if sdv expanded isn't enough there are two other big ones, ridgeside village and east scarp
Absolutely ridiculous numbers of npcs and story. Just watch out as not all farm layout mods will be compatible with everything.