The event didn't go well as I imagined, but my youngest niece asked me for a picture and this is what I want to remember. About the other pics, I got a little carried away during the days before and after the event. I had some ideas and I managed to got them all. I even found these "gridball" supporters returning from a match 🤪. And now I have Stardew Valley forever on my skin. That's it! Thanks for all supportive messages from the last post! You are the best community! Take care! Bye!

literally still shaking over this. thank you so much concernedape !!!! this means the absolute world to me :))

for context: me and my finacè plan on dancing to Dance Of the Moonlight jellies at our wedding!!!!!!

EDIT: Thank you all so much for the love on this post! I didn't expect it to go as popular as it did! and I just got a reply this morning! I am completed shocked and yet so grateful even for a response! He's a super sweet guy :)

Here is the original letter and his response!

In my first file I refused to look up the wiki or online for anything. I just wanted to figure things out myself to enjoy the game. So I thought the description meant just 8 tiles around the scarecrow itself. My farming looked like this for over 5 in game years 😭

Don't even look at the upgrades of my tools alright guys 😂

This ring absolutely fucks. I spent so long thinking it was just a gimmick for the slime hutch but no. Having trouble with combat in ANY OF THE MINES IN THE ENTIRE GAME? Just throw this thing on and it cuts the enemy pool in HALF WHILE STILL GIVING YOU ALL OF THE MONSTER DROPS. Coupled with the burglar ring and I'm SWIMMING in loot drops and combat xp. I cannot express how dumb I feel for not realizing how good this ring is but better late than never I guess. Goodbye lucky ring I hardly knew ya.

Hg is way too old to be giving mud cupcakes to people on christmas ngl 😭😭

I was going to farm but then I realized I dont even have a hoe 😭

This is not a good gift Robin tf wrong with you.

I'm moving across the country and my good friend/former roomate made this card for me 🥹 she also wrote "same stars, different farm" in it 😭

I know that tomato’s are fruits, but if your asking me what I would classify them as I would say vegetable, but scientifically I know they are a fruit… why am I being dragged into this? Also what are the consequences because I don’t like either of you guys more than the other…

Last photo is an example of what I mean hehe.

Also I tagged modded bc I’m using some aesthetic mods.

Mostly DaisyNiko’s earthy recolor, Simple foliage, X Xian’s leafy cottage, and I switch between DSV & Slightly Cuter characters for the villagers.

Pattern credit to Stitch by Fay, I love how they came out! So excited for the concert!

After I created Haley, I think creating her sister next is just the right thing to do lol. I learned so much creating this model and I'm very happy with the result. Also no Ai were used in creating this, only countless of tutorials and my sanity. Planning to do a bachelor or the farmer next since I want to try modeling male. Hope you like it!

I think he collects data and studies samples and he's using it to do crazy biochemical engineering stuff the way Maru is doing crazy Robotics stuff. He says a "scientist" because it's simpler than "research environmental engineer" or whatever his full title is.

He THINKS he's basically an ecologist. He just LIKES ecology. He's one of those guys who assumes that because he's an expert in maths and physics, that makes him an expert in everything else. This is also evidence that he is an engineer.

MY EVIDENCE:

- 🍅 THE TOMATO FRUIT DEBATE: DUDE, IF YOU WERE ANY KIND OF EXPERT IN PLANTS YOU'D KNOW FULL WELL BY NOW THAT "VEGETABLE" IS AN ARBITRARY CULINARY TERM AND MANY "FRUITS" ARE NOT ACTUALLY PLANT FRUITS.

-Demetrius, why are you doing this to your wife, you're an adult man, you should KNOW about peppers. And eggplants. And pumpkins. And cucumbers. And like, a bunch of nuts. If you'd studied this at college then you would have come to terms with it a long time ago.

- Stuff we see him doing: Putting bats/mushroom boxes in your farm cave, muttering to himself about nitrate levels and adjusting graphs, taking samples of soil and plant matter. Never says anything about his theories or his area of experience. Behaviour of an environmental engineer (or a lab tech) as well as an ecologist.

- "Why do humans enjoy spicy food? It's counter-intuitive from a biological perspective. Unless there's something I'm missing..." Dude if you'd really studied zoology you'd know animals are up to this kind of thing with weird chemicals all the time, humans sensation seeking with capsaicin is pretty intuitive.

- I can't find the quote but I'm PRETTY sure he says something like "How do plants know it's the correct time of year to flower?" when he should know it's daylight hours based on the length of the night.

- Muses about better dealing with his wife's mood pattern using a graph. Does not seem like someone who's dealt with something as sticky as wild animal behaviourism would say, but very engineer brained.

- Most of the time he says something scientific it's mathematical and/or related to soil analysis (nitrates, nematodes, seasonal pH).

- Did he invent the mushroom and bat boxes he installs in your caves? Like invented them like engineered them?

Disclaimer: I have reasonably warm feelings towards Demetrius and I'm aware that the reason he's like this is because ConcernedApe didn't know any of this stuff. I actually do genuinely think about this to enjoy the character more.

TL;DR: Demetrius is an environmental engineer who works closely with ecologists and he emails those guys his theories about melons and they're like, "That's not how it works. But whatever, man, you invented the Mushroom Box that generates Forever Mushrooms."

before my 2 week vacation (to my home country lol) I decided to buy a new game for my switch cause the only other game I have is Animal Crossing and... I love it but... gets a little boring playing for a long time lol.

I've played SV a few times previously but mainly modded, I don't think I've played vanilla Stardew ever before this trip, so I wasn't expecting too much to be into it (I'm a modded game snob) especially since I'd play with other people, not by myself and the idea of doing everything on my own was kinda intimidating

I started on the plane, making my farm and stuff and.... I couldn't put it down. I spent probably 4 and half hours of a 5 hour flight playing this game (with breaks to the washroom and to eat) and I spent the first 2 days in this warm, beautiful country, with amazing views and no cold weather, in my air conditioned room, with my mini projector I brought, JUST playing Stardew Valley. I think I went through 2 season in the first couple of days before I was taken outside by my mother to visit places.

I am now in a different small town and have inconvenienced many people by asking them to add a white sheet to my wall so I could continue my Stardew Valley adventures.

just wanted to show off/talk about my experience cause it's kind of crazy and I love it lol (and include my mosquito bitten legs unintentionally)

Hi! I’m working on Catdew Valley, a mod about the stray cats of the valley. It starts on a rainy night at the bus stop, and from there you’ll find cats hidden all over the map, each with its own story and its own way to earn its trust. With Robin’s help you build a shelter for them, and you can upgrade it as more cats move in.

There’s also a bigger main quest running underneath it all... but I’m not saying more yet 🐾

I’d love your opinion on a few things:

1. The shelter: an empty space you furnish yourself, a cozy pre-furnished one where each cat has its own corner, or a mix of the two?
2. Finding cats: what kind of discovery do you enjoy most? Following clues around town, events with villagers, rare finds while fishing or in the mines?
3. What would make you install it? Anything you’d love to do with your cats, like outfits, or cats that follow you around?

What’s in so far (v0.3, early alpha):

• An opening cutscene on a rainy night at the bus stop
• A letter from Robin, who can build the shelter for you, with three upgrade levels and seasonal looks
• Your first cat, hiding in the Backwoods: follow the meows to find her and feed her, and she’ll follow you home
• At the shelter you give her a name and slowly earn her trust by caring for her and petting her
• Cats shed whiskers, which you can trade with a mysterious cat lady for furniture and other items for the shelter

Right now I’m polishing the first cat’s story before adding the others and the main quest.

It’s still a work in progress, so no download yet. Thanks for reading!

Edit: thanks for all the feedback, I’m reading every comment!

Edit 2: since a few people asked: this started as a small personal project for me and my girlfriend, so we could have our own cats in the game, and it was never meant to be released. But it kept growing, and at some point I thought it could be worth developing further and sharing with everyone. The story, the cats, the art and all the mechanics are my own work, and I playtest everything myself. The code is AI-assisted, since I’m mainly a designer.

I started a new save really wanted to try that Meadowlands for the first time and the game gave me pepper and salt as my starting chickens lol, I know this might be silly but I thought I'd share it.

For context it was like fall year 1 and I had NO resources 💔💔 felt like the game hates me fr​

Hi guys, this is just a letter of appreciation for this wonderful game.

I've been a gamer for 20 years, I'm 26 now. I've always played on console and I've never played a 2D game. Graphics have always played an important role in my taste for games.

Last year I bought a Switch and bought a few games, I've heard about SV and bought it on sale. I started it, played for 20 mins and then closed it. "Man, do I have to read what people say EVERY TIME?", "Damn, it's a 2D game!". This is what I thought.

I recently finished Crimson Desert on my PS5 and wanted a cozy game to chill, and I've read a guy's comment talking about Stardew Valley. "Hey, I have that one!" Is what I thought.

So I charged my Switch and started a new game. And oh my god. It hit me. I'm at work right now and I can't wait to get back home and check my crops, go get some iron, fish, unlock new stuff. This is how I spent these last days.

This game has been a happy and cozy island in these hard times, and I'm completely in love with it.