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Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Let's Play Stardew Valley!

What is Stardew Valley?
Stardew Valley is a relatively new and highly-reviewed indie game available on Steam as well as PS4, Xbox One, and soon-to-be available on the Nintendo Switch. For now it's just a single player experience, but the developer is currently working on co-op multiplayer as well. Note that I just said developer. One of the coolest things about this game is that it was developed by just one man (Eric Barone aka ConcernedApe) over the course of four years, including all of the art and music!

Don't dodge the question, what is Stardew Valley?
Basically, it's a reimagining of Harvest Moon. As far as exactly what Harvest Moon was like, you got me, I've never played it. The graphics and sound are firmly SNES level, and I think they fit the game perfectly. ConcernedApe himself said "The gameplay in Harvest Moon was usually fun, but I felt like no title in the series ever brought it all together in a perfect way, my idea with Stardew Valley was to address the problems I had with Harvest Moon, as well as create more 'purpose' with tried-and-true gameplay elements such as crafting and quests."

More purpose? What else is there to do than farm vegetables?
The core gameplay is farming vegetables and livestock to make money while befriending all of the other inhabitants of the valley. The rest of it reads like a WoW expansion list of bullet points: Mining, fishing, cooking, simple combat, daily chores, collecting swag to decorate your body and house, minigames, quests. It might sound boring and grindy, but I have to admit that I have a ridiculous amount of time in this game and it never felt like a chore. The developer did a really solid job putting that next "accomplishment" just far enough out of reach to make you want to reach for it without getting burned out.

OK, hot shot, how are you going to handle LPing such a grindy game then, huh?
Well, I figure I'm going to give a decent taste of what I'm actually doing, then if I need to repetitively grind stuff out for a few in-game days with nothing to say I'll just do it in between videos or do some editing if I need to. This LP is specifically for this thread so just let me know how you guys prefer it once we get started.

Thread participation?
Yes please! There's only a few heavy decisions to make, but as the game goes on we do have a few choices that I'll address in the videos. We can also do some minor fun stuff like naming livestock and whatnot. As of now, the plan is to do something like one or two half-hour videos per week. That should give the thread plenty of time to keep up. I don't need to pre-record a game like this in chunks so I'm striving for maximum thread interaction wherever possible.

Spoilers?
There's not too much in the way of plot to spoil, but please err on the side of tagging things if they happen to be something we haven't gotten to yet, such as the villager cutscenes we get as we befriend them. I've played through the whole game so I won't be spoiled, but try to be considerate to the other posters.

Pursus fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Apr 11, 2017

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Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Stardew Valley #01 - Harvest Goon ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #02 - Community Center ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #03 - A Wizard, a Junimo, and a Stray ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #04 - Robin's Axe, a New Backpack, and the Egg Festival! ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #05 - The Mines ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #06 - A Furnace, a Silo, and The Flower Dance ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #07 - Geodes, Gunthers, and Summer! ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #08 - Tappers, Mushrooms, Picklers, and Coop Plans ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #09 - Luau, Chickens, and More Bundles ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #10 - Sprinkler, More Tools, and Building Relationships ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #11 - Moonlight Jellies and Fall Crops ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #12 - The Biggest Backpack, Linus' Basket, and the Mayor's Shorts ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #13 - The Big Coop, The Secret Woods, and Ducks ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #14 - A Barn, The Stardew Valley Fair, and a Witch ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #15 - Cows, A Bath House, and the Best Pole ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #16 - The Sweetest Taste, Spirit's Eve, Goats, and Winter ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #17 - Our Horse, Completed Rooms, and The Festival of Ice ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #18 - The Bottom, The First House Upgrade, and a Recycling Machine ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #19 - Seed Maker, Our Greenhouse, and Winter Seeds ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #20 - The Deluxe Barn, a Pig, Sheep, and The Feast of the Winter Star ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #21 - Second Spring, An Art Show, and Krobus ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #22 - Truffles, The Deluxe Coop, and a Million Cutscenes ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #23 - A Crystalarium, The Desert, and the Skull Key ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #24 - An Oil Maker, a Loom, and the Second Dance ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #25 - Sheds and Another Summer ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #26 - Final Cutscenes, The Skull Cavern, and Another House Upgrade ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #27 - Finishing the Community Center ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #28 - Junimo Huts and the Casino ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #29 - The Last House Upgrade, Missing Animals, and the Real Grange ::: Thread Position
Stardew Valley #30 - Finale ::: Thread Position

Polls:
What should we name the dog? ... Voting closed
Back Joja or rebuild the Community Center? ... Voting closed
What should we name our chickens? (multiple answers allowed) ... Voting closed
What should we name the ducks? ... Voting closed
What should we name our cows? (multiple answers allowed) ... Voting closed
What should we name our goats? ... Voting closed
What should we name our horse? ... Voting closed
What should we name our sheep? ... Voting closed
What should we name our rabbits? ... Voting closed
What should we name our pigs? (multiple answers allowed) ... Voting closed
Who should we romance?... Voting closed

Pursus fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Aug 23, 2017

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Blademaster_Aio posted:

I first reply?

I is first reply!!

...that aside, I am excited for this. Stardew Valley is very much talked about whenever someone mentions Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons. There are a bunch of LPs on it on Youtube, but having stuff on a forum like this makes discussion easier.

So I should ask, when you'll be asking for input (audience participation), will you post here, or will you ask in the video?

I was just figuring on asking in the video, but since there's not too many options coming up, I can just list them here:

*Name the dog/horse/misc livestock
*Who do we romance?
*Joja vs. Pierre's
*Maybe which order to get farm buildings?

The next one coming up soon is to name the dog, then it's the Joja/Pierre choice

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Alright, it looks like we're trending towards Pierre's. We still have a little while to see if the winds of opinion switch on that one.

I uploaded episode one last Tuesday, so I guess I'll do the next episode somewhere around next Tuesday. I'll do a strawpoll for the dog name in a day or two because I think there's a chance it might come up in the next few days (edit: in-game days), I figure one option per poster is about right so we have these options so far:

Balto
Scooby-Doo
Dozer
Tom Joad

Let's see how many more we get in the next few days and I'll strawpoll it up.

Pursus fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Apr 7, 2017

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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I'll be recording the next episode in a day or two, so it's time for our first poll:

What should we name the dog?

Options are:
-Arthur
-Balto
-Dozer
-Indiana
-Scooby-Doo
-Tom Joad

I'll check the results and the thread right before I record to give you guys maximum voting time.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 2 is ready to go:

Stardew Valley #02 - Community Center

The dog has not arrived yet so we have more time to vote on that, and I've posted another poll for the Joja vs. Community Center choice:

What should we name the dog?
Back Joja or rebuild the Community Center?

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 3 is done:

Stardew Valley #03 - A Wizard, a Junimo, and a Stray

Voting is closed on the dog, but we still have plenty of time to change our minds on Joja (you monster).

Back Joja or rebuild the Community Center?

JossiRossi posted:

Sustainable farming. Don't do mono crop planting, don't use fertilizer, rotate your crops around the farm. Make sure to choose crops that are best suited to the climate and require as little water. I know not all those are game mechanics but whatever, it'd be a dumb challenge that might be fun to see someone try :v:

Unfortunately, most of this stuff isn't in the game. We could do some of them like not using fertilizer, but it doesn't actually add any challenge. Everything would just take longer.


Also, let me know what you guys think about the frequency of the episodes. Right now I'm doing about one a week, but I can step it up a bit. Wargames said update whenever, but I want to give you guys some time to keep current and discuss stuff.

Pursus fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Apr 18, 2017

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 4 is done:

Stardew Valley #04 - Robin's Axe, a New Backpack, and the Egg Festival!

The Joja choice is still open, but it's looking like we're just going to be sticking with the Community Center at this point. I'll leave the poll up until the next video then we'll cut it off and make it official.

Back Joja or rebuild the Community Center?

I cut out a bit more grinding this episode, so I managed to cram 5 days into one video. Whenever we are doing nothing new I'll try to keep doing that or just skip the whole day.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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CptWedgie posted:

Naming animals would probably be easier if we knew what animals you can raise... which is why I'm assuming you'll be asking for names as you get them.

Yeah, I probably should have noted which animals we had access to, huh?

We get chickens, ducks, and rabbits in the coop. We get cows, goats, sheep, and pigs in the barn. The coop is going to be the first one we get and chickens are what we're going to load it with at the start. We'll have multiple chickens/cows and only 1-2 each of everything else because the other stuff is just for specialty goods and (I think) they aren't as profitable as the chickens/cows.

Keep throwing out ideas and I'll make big polls that can hang around for a couple of weeks. When the time comes, I'll take the top ones off the list as we get new animals. It's still a little while away because I need to get in the mines, then get a silo, then save up for the coop but that's the direction we're heading.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 5 is ready to go:

Stardew Valley #05 - The Mines

The voting is officially closed on the Joja & Community Center choice, and we are officially fully committed to the community center (which means more fishing for me). We are still looking for plenty of animal names. As I said, if we get a bunch of them I'll throw up some more polls but if we only get a few I'll just use all of them. We're still a while away on the romance because I need to get enough surplus crops to give a bunch of gifts to everyone so you can get to know them all.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Time for episode 6:

Stardew Valley #06 - A Furnace, a Silo, and The Flower Dance

I think I'd like to start uploading this more often so we can get more done, so I'll either do one video/post twice a week or just drop two videos once a week. We'll see how it goes. Still nothing to vote on at the moment, but we're still looking for more animal names.

Names we have so far:

Chickens:
Kentucky
Fried
Nugget

Cows:
Painted Horse
Dickie

Ducks:
Captain

Sheep, Pigs, Rabbits, Horse:
none

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Thanks for the names guys, I was starting to think this LP was already dying like my unwatered crops. I plan to do the next episode Wednesday-ish.

Animal names we have so far:

Chickens:
Kentucky
Fried
Nugget

Cows:
Painted Horse
Dickie
Splat

Ducks:
Captain
Hungry Sobbing

Sheep:
Cotton
Wool

Pigs:
Napoleon
Snowball

Rabbits:
Crunch

Horse:
Trombe
Vauxhall

EDIT: The chickens will be coming first, so the next poll will be for them if anyone's got more suggestions.

Blademaster_Aio posted:

By the way, how are the controls of this game? Is everything done by mouse or is there some other way to do stuff?

WASD to move, click to use tools, number keys or mouse wheel to switch tools. It's all rebindable so you can probably play it all with the keyboard if that's your jam. It can also be played with a gamepad which probably works fine because it's out on the consoles, too.

CptWedgie posted:

Anyway, I paused to look at the dance itself more closely, and I couldn't find Shane on the sidelines so I think he might be Emily's partner; it could be Sebastian, though- I don't think I could tell those two apart very well in those outfits. Shane's definitely in the dance, I can tell that much.

Yeah both of those guys are romanceable so it's probably one of them. Clint was just standing on the sidelines next to me like a chump.

Cloud Potato posted:

Oh no, cliffhanger! :ohdear: C'mon, Clint, would it have killed you to bring our watering can to the dance for us?

Yeah, Clint's was closed because of the dance, which I didn't know would happen. I also noticed in editing that (I think) I planted a few potatoes too late anyway. I honestly don't know if the crops will die or just get stunted. I hope I didn't kill too much cauliflower. Either way, I think we have enough dough to get started in summer, it would just be nicer to have more cash to plant a bunch of seasonal crops right at the beginning.

Pursus fucked around with this message at 22:26 on May 8, 2017

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Nov 27, 2007

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Blademaster_Aio posted:

Harsh. They rejected us :(

I also bought Stardew Valley.

By the way, is sword the only type of weapon you can use?

Also, is the Joja membership always available to you? Even if you're helping the community center would that PR Morris guy still sell it?

Nice!

No, you can get daggers and clubs and I forget what else, also a slingshot which is basically impossible to use.

Yeah, we can still get a Joja membership but then Joja will bulldoze the community center. After we complete the center, the Joja choice will go away.

I was planning to bang out an episode yesterday, but I got too busy. I'll record the next one either late tonight or early tomorrow. We still only have 3 chicken names so if anyone wants to get in on that go ahead and :justpost:.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 7 is a go:

Stardew Valley #07 - Geodes, Gunthers, and Summer!

Now we're up to 5 chicken names and I think the coop is going to be coming up soon, so it's pretty much the last chance to get a name on the pollo poll.

To start, the coop will hold 4 chickens so that's how many we'll have. Later on we can get some more if we upgrade the coop.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Blademaster_Aio posted:

I vote for Apple trees as the first trees we get. Apples and more apples. And apple pies.

Will we get to see everyone's events before voting for who to go for?

Shifting through garbage sounds really disgusting but even worse is how these people are throwing away food that can still be eaten. How wasteful.

I told Linus that he wasn't wrong though.

I can't get over how we can find a piece of bread in a garbage can, then treat it like it's normal bread. Video game logic? -.-

If I can save up enough money in the early summer we might be able to get an apple tree early enough for it to matter in the fall. Trees take a whole season to mature and only bear fruit in one season.

Yeah, I plan to start to get my gift machine started soon-ish; I'm trying to get a bit more stable profit, hopefully some more tool upgrades and the last backpack before I commit to the gifts because the hearts will decay if I stop talking to them regularly before they get maxxed out. I'll put up a poll for romance with all of the options after we see at least most of the cutscenes.

Yeah, imagine how bad that catfish smelled...

wargames posted:

I see you have a standard field size, now build one more down of that size and then mirror that to the left and fill it all up with corn. We will grow corn at a loss but make up for it with gubberment subsidies.
If only we had a piece of farm equipment that could refine it into high fructose corn syrup.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 8 is here:

Stardew Valley #08 - Tappers, Mushrooms, Picklers, and Coop Plans

We got quite a lot done in this one, and the coop is going to be coming in the next video. Last chance to get those chicken names in. As I said, we have 5 now so if we don't get too many more I'll just end up using all of them because we'll probably end up with like 8 chickens total. If we get more suggestions I'll pop up a poll to see which ones get used.

After that it's cows!

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Nov 27, 2007

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Blademaster_Aio posted:

How do you easily catch fish? How do you have your green bar hover? Do you have any tips for easy fishing? Is there a spot where only low level fish that are also easy to catch are found?

Can I raise my fishing level, even if I don't manage to catch the fish?

It's all one button to catch, hook, and reel so you might be able to rebind it to spacebar or something if you're having trouble using LMB. Hooking the fish is just in the timing, I usually listen for the noise as my indicator to click. The reeling is the pain. You can make the green bar hover better by using multiple short clicks instead of holding the button down. If you're trying to avoid bouncing off the bottom, you can click right before it hits the bottom to slow it down to minimize the bounce. And of course, better poles allow you to use bait and tackle. The bait just makes fish hit quicker, but there's a lot of good tackle that affects things like how quickly the fish escape. As far as easy fish, I think the shallower you cast the easier the fish so don't max out the cast meter in the beginning.

It does get much easier when you level it up a bit. You can catch trash in this game, but you don't have to reel it in. You just need to hook it so according to the wiki you can actually level it up a bit from hooking trash over and over (save your trash in a chest until you get a recycling machine). The ponds on the farm only have trash in them so that's where you want to go for that. Also, you get fishing skill from harvesting crab pots which does not involve the minigame (I'm going to put a few crab pots down next episode I think) but you have to get to fishing 3 in order to craft/buy them. So, without reeling anything in, just catch trash until level 3 and then crab pots from there until you level it up to where you find it easy enough get actual fish for your bundles. Definitely hit the wiki to find out where and when to catch the specific fish you need for the bundles otherwise you'll pull your hair out fishing in the right place but wrong season, etc.

The first time I fished was 26:30 in episode 1 and I think the last time I fished in the series was ~13 minutes in on episode 6 (I was either fishing level 3 or 4 there). So that'll give you an idea about how much easier a few levels in fishing makes things.

Also, if you completely want to avoid the whole process, check the travelling cart vendor in the woods south of your farm. Her stock is random every time and expensive, but you can get all the fish you need from her over time.

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Nov 27, 2007

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Captain Aardvark posted:

We need someone to fight for all that is right and proper and good and leather and full of money and belonging to that teenager who doesn't look like he can handle himself.

One of our chickens can do that, namely Sir Digby "Chicken" Caesar. Or just Digby Caesar if you don't want to be too posh.
We don't get too many characters, but Digby Caeser might fit.

Astrofig posted:

I'd like to suggest Eggsly and Cluckington as chicken names. Bacon as a pig name if we can even get pigs.

Also I kinda like Elliot. Will the game let you romance dudes as a dude? Probably not.

We can, and we can!

Pursus fucked around with this message at 10:53 on May 20, 2017

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Nov 27, 2007

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wargames posted:

What do you think think about having fields be 6 deep instead of 3 deep you can water from both sides and have less wasted walking spaces.

Missed this one. Six deep would work, but it's not like we need the space at this point. Also if I wanted to be super efficient I should be watering the 3x3 above and below me before I walk, but I just end up forgetting, especially when I'm talking and playing.



Anyway....


It's time for the pollo poll! What should we name our chickens? I checked off "allow multiple answers" so you can just check off all your favorites. We might end up using all of the names anyway but I guess the most popular ones can come first.

Pursus fucked around with this message at 19:28 on May 21, 2017

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Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 9 is clucking ready:

Stardew Valley #09 - Luau, Chickens, and More Bundles

This one ran a little long, I must have forgotten to start my timer for one of the sections, but hey, that's just more value! We've already got some cow names and that's going to be the next animal we get although I'll probably wait until fall for the barn cause I want to square away some other stuff and make sure we have lots of money for fall crops. So, if you've got cow suggestions, now's the time!

What should we name our chickens? is still open, but we'll probably end up using them all anyway at this point so it is what it is.

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Nov 27, 2007

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wargames posted:

I do love the volume of blueberries we will get because volume is the name of the game when you are abusing government subsidies. Does stardew have soybeans?

Wait until we mechanize. Unfortunately no soybeans.

Astrofig posted:

YAY CHIKKIES! :neckbeard:

So if you put hops in the pickling thing, does beer come out?

Not the pickler, but we'll definitely be getting there from here!

Blademaster_Aio posted:

What is the best way to grow quality crops? Is it random?

Also, what are the fences for?

Animals just let themselves out, and put themselves in, how super convenient.

It's random to an extent, but the higher your farming level the better the crops. The real answer is just to use fertilizer.

Fences are for blocking animals in, so if we wanted to keep one area just for animals full of grass we could do that and they wouldn't walk all over the farm. However, here on Awful Farm we're all about free range dairy products.

They only come out if the door is left open and they can come in even if it's closed. It's a handy way to make sure they are all in one place in the morning so we can gather eggs and milk and stuff easier.

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Nov 27, 2007

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Cloud Potato posted:

Thank you for making Nugget a reality. You make sure to treat her right, now!

And on the subject of fruit trees, I bought a few on my file and planted them and they steadfastly refused to grow. I'm worried about how clear, exactly, the surrounding tiles need to be. Like, if the tile next to it has a little 2-pixel tuft of something that reappears when you turn the soil over.

They take a whole season to grow, so you got to give them some time. Otherwise, you need to keep the 9 adjacent tiles clear ... no rocks, no grass, no crops, no paths, no other trees. Also, you can't overlap the clear spaces, so you have to put two spaces in between two fruit trees (unlike the maples and stuff). The leftover 2 pixel stuff won't hurt them, but you can hoe the land if you want to make sure.



Also, the game is on sale for 20% off on the Humble Store for the next few days (still activates and plays through Steam)

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 10 is in the bag:

Stardew Valley #10 - Sprinkler, More Tools, and Building Relationships

We finally start to give out some gifts and win over some of the townspeople. I'm going to do a poll with all of the romance options in a while once we've seen most of the cutscenes. We've already got some cow and duck names and they are coming up next but probably not in the next video. So, if you've got cow/duck name suggestions, let's hear them!

What should we name our chickens? is still open, but we'll probably end up using them all anyway at this point.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 11 has fallen:

Stardew Valley #11 - Moonlight Jellies and Fall Crops

I think it's about time we get some of the polls going for more animal names because we might get some more next video:

What should we name the ducks? There was only three duck suggestions so I added a few of the chicken names that came in late. We'll probably end up with two ducks, so I made it one vote only this time.

As of now, there's only three cow names: Painted Horse, Dickie, and Splat. Like chickens, we'll get a quite a few of them so I'll just use them all and probably make some up on my own unless I get some more suggestions.

We've still got time before we get there, but if you have any suggestions for pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, or our horse go ahead and throw them in the thread and I'll make sure to add them to those polls when the time comes.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 12 is showing promise:

Stardew Valley #12 - The Biggest Backpack, Linus' Basket, and the Mayor's Shorts

We get to see a few more cutscenes and finish a few more quests and bundles in this one. The farm's starting to generate some profits and it's only a matter of time before we're an unstoppable juggernaut of production!

The duck poll is still open, but unfortunately it got made before a few of the suggestions (sorry about that): What should we name the ducks? We can still use some cow names, and I think we'll get started on the barn for sure in the next video. We've still got time before we get there, but if you have any suggestions for pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, or our horse go ahead and suggest those, too.

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Nov 27, 2007

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Blademaster_Aio posted:

Why don't you just put up another poll?

Then you can just replace the duck names because we can rename our animals, right?

Also, instead of discreetly returning the Mayor's shorts, which were on the floor of someone's bedroom for an entire season (clean your rooms, people!), we're going to do something else? There were so many things wrong with this request to begin with, but the biggest one is how the mayor just dumped this job on the new guy. I mean, he couldn't ask Marnie to discreetly return them? It's not strange for a villager to visit the town mayor, especially if they're a livestock dealer.

The community centre and fish bundles are coming along. Looks great. And the forage bundles too.

I'm just gonna buy the fishies from the shady black market travelling sales cart.

Yeah, we can rename animals after the fact. I don't want to replace the poll though because then it'll lose the results and people who already voted might not realize that there's a new one and it gets all weird. Unfortunately, there's not too much thread participation in this game so I'm trying to be as proper as possible with what little we get.

Unless I missed any, the cow names we have so far are:
Dickie
Painted Horse
Splat
Milkshake
Your Mom
Hellcow
Bat-Cow


No spoilers for you on the mayor's shorts.

Astrofig posted:

Also does that old guy on the beach seriously just stand there while it's raining?
Yup, we'll learn all about him later on.

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Nov 27, 2007

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Braggart posted:

I'm enjoying this playthrough, and it's inspired me to try Stardew Valley for myself. It's exactly the kind of chilled out game I need. In an earlier episode you mentioned another chill game you like but I couldn't make out the name. What was it called?

And do you (or anyone here) know of other chilled out games for a stressed out person?

I named my dog Hellbeast. He's a good boy.

Thanks man, that really means a lot to me.

If I mentioned another chill game it was probably Astroneer. It's in early Alpha, but it's a really fun sandbox/exploration thing. It was the first series I did on my channel.

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Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 13 & 14 are quacking up:

Stardew Valley #13 - The Big Coop, The Secret Woods, and Ducks
Stardew Valley #14 - A Barn, The Stardew Valley Fair, and a Witch

Everything's really starting to come together now and we're starting to make some serious dough. We get to see a whole bunch of villager cutscenes, get our ducks in a row, and attend the fair! I decided to do two videos to try and pick up the pace a little bit, let me know if that's OK with you guys going forward and it's not too spammy to keep up with.

The duck poll is closed, but the cow poll is ready to go: What should we name our cows? This is another "allow multiple answers" one, so go ahead and vote for any you like. There's only 8 suggestions, so we'll end up using most of them at some point but the most popular ones will be named first and will also be kept if we sell off some cows later.

We've still got some time before we get there, but if you have any suggestions for pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, or our horse go ahead and suggest those, too. Pigs are pretty profitable, so we'll end up with a bunch of them but the rest are going to be like ducks where we only end up with 1-2 of each.


Blademaster_Aio posted:

By the way Pursus, when you pick a chicken at Marnie's shop, and she asks you to pick a coop for it, you can see if it's a white or brown chicken. If it isn't the type you want, you can just cancel out of the menu, and select again. I got one white chicken and one brown chicken.
Thanks for the tip, I ended up following your advice in this video.

Braggart posted:

I got super lucky in my game because the day the mines opened was rainy with maximum luck. I did 15 levels that day. Since then I've found a level 2 club and later a level 3 one. I was at mine level 50 by Egg Festival day. I imagine that would have been a lot harder with the default swords.
That's pretty quick! I've been neglecting the mine a bit because I'm trying to do everything at once so that I can complete the community center as early as possible. I've also been a little crippled for time since I've started befriending every villager simultaneously. Once you max someone out you don't have to keep giving them gifts so the first time through I was more focused and did a few people at a time and I had a lot more free time in each day. I'll probably do a lot of catching up in the winter when I don't have to worry too much about babysitting the crops.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 15 & 16 are getting cold:

Stardew Valley #15 - Cows, A Bath House, and the Best Pole
Stardew Valley #16 - The Sweetest Taste, Spirit's Eve, Goats, and Winter

No one complained about the double update last week so I'm running it back. We fill up our barn, finally upgrade that rubbish fishing pole and head into our first winter in Stardew Valley.

The cow poll is still open for the time being and I've got the polls up for the horse, goats, and sheep:
What should we name our cows?
What should we name our goats?
What should we name our horse?
What should we name our sheep?

Basically the only animals that don't have name polls yet are the pigs and rabbits, so go ahead and suggest those if you want to get them on the polls when they come out. I'll probably put those up next week so that the names are ready to go whenever I get there. It shouldn't take too long if I keep doing the double video updates.

Also, Stardew Valley is in the Steam Summer Sale until 7/5/17 for $8.99 if you want to play it for yourself.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Astrofig posted:

So what's the deal with the big spiky purple thing by the pond that you walked past a couple of times? Almost looks like it's covered in crystals.

Rabbit names: Peter, Beatrix, Velveteen, Rumple

That's a meteor. I can't mine it with my lowly soft steel pickaxe. I'll have to use a much harder and more durable gold pickaxe on it.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 17 & 18 are all mined out:

Stardew Valley #17 - Our Horse, Completed Rooms, and The Festival of Ice
Stardew Valley #18 - The Bottom, The First House Upgrade, and a Recycling Machine

We're really kicking rear end this winter and we get quite a bit done in these two episodes. I think our equipment will be in a really good place when spring hits.

The sheep poll is still open and I've got the final polls up for the rest of the animals:
What should we name our sheep?
What should we name our pigs?
What should we name our rabbits?

The pig one is "multiple answers" style because we might end up replacing most of our barn animals with pigs later on for maximum profit, so go ahead and vote for all the ones you like. I will keep the most popular names for the other kept animals if that ends up happening.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Lemniscate Blue posted:

Is it too late to suggest "Lenny" for a rabbit name?

I'm afraid so, bud. Cool name, though! Thematically similar to the dog.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 19 & 20 are getting ready to thaw:

Stardew Valley #19 - Seed Maker, Our Greenhouse, and Winter Seeds
Stardew Valley #20 - The Deluxe Barn, a Pig, Sheep, and The Feast of the Winter Star

The winter is finally drawing to a close and I think we've accomplished everything we needed to. We get a bunch more villager cutscenes and we attend the last holiday event.

The pig and rabbit polls are still open:
What should we name our pigs?
What should we name our rabbits?

The next decision we make is going to be the big "who do we romance" one. I'm not going to put up a poll until we see most of the cutscenes, but by all means go ahead and start discussing who you'd like to get with!

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 21 & 22 have sprung:

Stardew Valley #21 - Second Spring, An Art Show, and Krobus
Stardew Valley #22 - Truffles, The Deluxe Coop, and a Million Cutscenes

We are now celebrating one full year in Stardew Valley! We upgrade the coop again and see a ton of villager cutscenes. The pig poll is still open for now: What should we name our pigs? Same as last time, the next big decision is who to date, so I welcome any more input you guys have on that. We've seen all of the cutscenes for Leah and almost all of the Sebastian and Alex ones.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 23 & 24 are cutting a rug:

Stardew Valley #23 - A Crystalarium, The Desert, and the Skull Key
Stardew Valley #24 - An Oil Maker, a Loom, and the Second Dance

This set of videos got started a little later than I'd hoped, sorry about the delay. I'll try to get next week's started sooner. The pig poll is still open for now: What should we name our pigs? As I said in the video, we've seen quite a few of the cutscenes now so I plan to put up the romance poll next week when I post 25 & 26.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Cloud Potato posted:

Probably, but then you could argue that Emily, Alex, Sam and Sebastian act a lot like teenagers too.

While I'm posting, I've seen a few links for a vinyl soundtrack for this game, which I'm only bringing up because I really like the gatefold artwork, which features all 12 dateable characters.

Edit: Should credit the artist, Kari Fry.

Wow, that's really cool. Harvey's even got his coffee!

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 25 & 26 are ready for romance:

Stardew Valley #25 - Sheds and Another Summer
Stardew Valley #26 - Final Cutscenes, The Skull Cavern, and Another House Upgrade

It's finally here! The romance poll is live: Who should we romance? This is one answer only, but feel free to lobby for or against any of them in the thread. The options are as follows:

Abigail, the gamer girl who likes swords
Alex, the jock with the rock-hard abs
Elliot, the author with the marvelous hair
Emily, the magical hippie girl with the parrot
Haley, the barbie doll who likes photography
Harvey, the overworked doctor who loves airplanes
Leah, the ex-city-dwelling sculptor
Maru, the brainy nurse/inventor
Penny, the nurturing teacher with the drunk mother
Sam, the guitar playing skateboarder
Sebastian, the computer programming edgelord with a motorcycle
Shane, the recently less depressed blue chicken lover

I plan to leave the poll active for two weeks so everyone has a chance to get their votes in.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episodes 27 & 28 are bundled up:

Stardew Valley #27 - Finishing the Community Center
Stardew Valley #28 - Junimo Huts and the Casino

The romance poll is still live until next week so get your votes in as soon as you can: Who should we romance? As I mentioned in the video, we're going to go back to doing single videos at a time going forward because the bulk of the plot has happened by now so there's a lot of grinding to do in between each cut. There's still more to come, it's just a lot more spaced out.

Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 29 is all dried up:

Stardew Valley #29 - The Last House Upgrade, Missing Animals, and the Real Grange

The romance poll is over and it's time to sow our seeds. We also get the final house upgrade and deal with the driest fall in the history of the world. I need one more round of suggestions from you guys and that's what we should name our kids. I'm starting to wrap up the game now, I'm figuring a few more episodes and we'll have all of the plot stuff done.

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Pursus
Nov 27, 2007

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Episode 30 is finished:

Stardew Valley #30 - Finale

I was planning to do another video or so, but once I got into it I realized that we've finished pretty much the whole plot so it's time to say goodbye to Awful Farm and Stardew Valley. I thank you all for keeping up with this playthrough and making your suggestions. I really hope you've enjoyed it, let me know what you guys thought of it. I might do another LP on the forums if I can think of another game that I feel will work with the longer schedule. We'll see how it goes.

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