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Tried Stardew (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by allo@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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I keep seeing how Stardew is great here so I tried it yesterday. First I read an interview with ConcernedApe and love how he's a solo dev, which is inspiring to me for my own solo project. So I really wanted to love stardew, become attached to it, and view ConcernedApe as a romodel.

Did not happen. Loved the music and gentle nice vibes of the intro, and the different starting choices were cool. First negative tho is something I remember from the article where he said he didn't really like majora's mask cuz the time aspect then laughed at the irony since he made Stardew. Well I agree. The time aspect doesn't make it more fun for me.

I love how different the people are instead of all slight variations of the same model.

thing 2 tho that basically prevents me from getting farther is the 'work'. Right now I'm loading back in to my Rimworld game. Comparatively, when I stepped out on to that Stardew field with no crops yet planted, my thought was, '"oh am i going to have to do all this myself?" Idk why I would want to spend my time and effort doing what someone in Rimworld does without needing micromanagement.

Tried to get farther this morning and could not.

So I guess it isn't for everyone, and for me, this is why. Definitely admire ConcernedApe tho and his success and community he creates as a solo dev.

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[+] allo@sh.itjust.works -12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

"Also, it’s a farming game. Did you not expect to farm?"

Correct. I had no expectations at all. I literally saw news repeatedly about "concerned ape" for months with trillions of comments of people loving stardew. I then read an article and viewed him as a solo dev who would be a good romodel on my personal journey. I then got the game to try it with no idea how it was structured. Were I to make a farming game I enjoy, all the repetitive minor stuff would be automated, as inspired by rimworld, and because it isn't, the sheer time lost is too much a barrier for me. By the way you say the last sentence, you are apparently a hostile person? So you believe there is no possibility of a farming game with the little tedious things taken care of? I can easily envision one.

[–] Krakaval@jlai.lu 9 points 2 weeks ago

For info when you progress in the game there is better automation, for instance with devices watering your field automatically everyday. But I agree there are still a lot of manual repetitive actions.

[–] ExplosiveLynx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's "role model", by the way.

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

oh ya lol haha

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

Game progression leads to lots of automation. But like I said, you can "beat" the game doing almost no farming at all if you'd like.