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[Tarazet]

Crop yields and profits: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/117gogtv_it_rEFr8URK8Pdu3Yo-L5ybYGYmjRIu7X2U/edit#gid=0

TLDR plant potatoes in your first year spring until the 24th, blueberries in the summer and pumpkins in the fall (or grapes to make wine). Get your adventuring on during the winter. Do something else in spring in year 2, maybe bees since they will yield honey all the way through until the start of winter.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Besides being good, how did this little game manage to sell close to 200k copies in its first week? Is it blowing up with streamers or something (don't really follow that scene)?

30k units a day for a retro indie title is nuts.

From what I've seen:

- There's a demand. There aren't many, if any, Harvest Moon type of games on consoles that aren't Nintendo. So the whole market of video gamers that doesn't own Nintendo games, or simply never played those, can easily get one for PC.

- It isn't demanding for the PC to play, making the above point even more accessible to many. Even people who are console gamers could theoretically play this on their PC.

- It can attract the Terraria crowd looking for something new, and Terraria was fairly popular.

- It's been getting great impressions and reviews (the few it has). Word of mouth has been amazing too.

- The game is getting a lot of positive coverage, quality aside, from people saying how nice it is to have this type of game of PC, the polish, the fact it was done by ONE guy entirely, the creator being really active and helpful to the community, and even news stories of pirates feeling guilty and buying the title.

- It's only $15 for a game you'd spend dozens of hours in.

It's the guy's labor of love, I'm really happy this little indie game was the indie game that could.

 

[Meneses]

There isn't I believe, I usually keep this open if I forget what I planted:

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Crops

Thanks, that's helpful!

Shame there isn't anything in-game.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Crop yields and profits: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/117gogtv_it_rEFr8URK8Pdu3Yo-L5ybYGYmjRIu7X2U/edit#gid=0

TLDR plant potatoes in your first year spring until the 24th, blueberries in the summer and pumpkins in the fall (or grapes to make wine). Get your adventuring on during the winter. Do something else in spring in year 2, maybe bees since they will yield honey all the way through until the start of winter.

Uhhh, this is what I hate.

Like, the optimal crop guide. Do this, this and this, for maximum profit.

Wish there was a way to make every crop viable.

 

[Tarazet]

Uhhh, this is what I hate.

Like, the optimal crop guide. Do this, this and this, for maximum profit.

Wish there was a way to make every crop viable.

There are things you can do with some crops and not others that make them more useful. Hops for example, I'm sure you can make beer.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Uhhh, this is what I hate.

Like, the optimal crop guide. Do this, this and this, for maximum profit.

Wish there was a way to make every crop viable.

Well nobody tells you that you have to follow this

These are specifically for instant selling.

Ultimate profit would be to dedicate half of your summer crops to Star Fruit, build the barrels, and keep making starfruit juice/wine throughout the rest of the year as it sells for a buttload.

But each starfruit seed costs 400. So it wouldn't be recommended until year two or three where most folks would have the gold to back up buying seeds like crazy.

 

[bomblord1]

Does the game support ultrawide?

 

[AndyMoogle]

Does the game support ultrawide?

Yes. There is a picture of it somewhere in this thread. Looks great.

 

[bomblord1]

Yes. There is a picture of it somewhere in this thread. Looks great.

Good to know once I get my new PC together I'll probably buy it. Considering waiting for the Steam spring sale though

 

[JohnCYQ]

Year 1, Winter 15, Monday.

Today is the birthday of:

Spoiler

Question for those who have a greenhouse:
Will fertilizers persist through the seasons, or do they get reset just like with the outside?

 

[Quonny]

Uhhh, this is what I hate.

Like, the optimal crop guide. Do this, this and this, for maximum profit.

Wish there was a way to make every crop viable.

I haven't followed any guide and I have more money than I know what to do with.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Year 1, Winter 15, Monday.

Today is the birthday of:


Question for those who have a greenhouse:
Will fertilizers persist through the seasons, or do they get reset just like with the outside?

how the hell do you have all of that in year 1.

 

[avelle]

Were the 8 surrounding tiles free all the time?

After a while I stopped checking. I thought that would slow down the maturity date, not kill it though. I've also positioned a scarecrow in the area just in case.

 

[SJRB]

At what level in the mine will I start seeing other ore than copper?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

At what level in the mine will I start seeing other ore than copper?

Every 40 levels up unti 80 you'll reach the next ore level.


The fourth ore level is apparently just a very very rare ore.

 

[HaRyu]

Question for those who have a greenhouse:
Will fertilizers persist through the seasons, or do they get reset just like with the outside?

I''m almost near the end of fall, I'll sacrifice a plot of land in the greenhouse and check to see if the fertilizer disappears.

 

[HaRyu]

At what level in the mine will I start seeing other ore than copper?

Every 40 levels up unti 80 you'll reach the next ore level.


The fourth ore level is apparently just a very very rare ore.

By the time you reach a certain mining skill level, you gain the ability to transmute ores to higher versions (copper -> iron -> gold)

Good look finding that iridium ore. You have a better chance of the merchant selling a bar of iridium than finding 5 pieces of iridium ore.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

yeah for the longest time I thought that iridium ore was the void essence drop I kept getting from monsters. Seeing how that can only be used for ONE particular creation, and its other use is to befriend the wizard, once I get him to 4 stars and do what I can do with him at that level, I'll sell the rest.

 

[SJRB]

Every 40 levels up unti 80 you'll reach the next ore level.


The fourth ore level is apparently just a very very rare ore.

40?! Good lord.


Also - my pet is purely cosmetic, isn't it? There isn't some hidden way to play fetch with my dog or something?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

40?! Good lord.

it's scary at first but if you go 5 levels a day it isn't so bad. Just make it a routine to water your crops, do the 2 gifts a week to whatever villager you're trying to get to like you, then 5-10 levels in the mine. Head back, leave the shit you've gathered, repeat the next day.

 

[tw1164]

I think my daughter may like this. Could a 9 yr old play this?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I think my daughter may like this. Could a 9 yr old play this?

How good is she at micromanaging? Because the game will require a lot of time management. Unlike say Minecraft where it's do whatever no rush, in here you have to manage time very well each day, and pick and choose what you want to focus on each day.

 

[JohnCYQ]

how the hell do you have all of that in year 1.

Wiki-whoring like a min-maxer would. That and Berries OP. Bought 100 Cranberry seeds on day 1 of Fall, that alone earned me around 150k~ for the season.

I''m almost near the end of fall, I'll sacrifice a plot of land in the greenhouse and check to see if the fertilizer disappears.

Based HaRyu, thanks.

I need to know to decide if its even worth using fertilizers since its already day 20 of winter.

 

[tw1164]

How good is she at micromanaging? Because the game will require a lot of time management. Unlike say Minecraft where it's do whatever no rush, in here you have to manage time very well each day, and pick and choose what you want to focus on each day.

hmm, she plays Sims 3 and Animal Crossing a lot, is it more complex than those?

 

[Arthea]

I can't believe I ignored TV for a year! Panda was totally right, amounts of ore depends on having a good fortune, I must have randomly picked bad days until now, whatta talent.
Also apparently TV gives recipes too! I wondered why I have so little.

 

[Ledsen]

This looks popular, is it way better than Harvest Moon or is it mostly the novelty of having it available on PC?

 

[Arthea]

This looks popular, is it way better than Harvest Moon or is it mostly the novelty of having it available on PC?

IMO is better, but it's not something that can be said with certainty, it's new, on PC, that adds to good impressions.
I still would prefer Rune Factory over it, that's for sure, especially on PC.

 

[PandaPedinte]

I can't believe I ignored TV for a year! Panda was totally right, amounts of ore depends on having a good fortune, I must have randomly picked bad days until now, whatta talent.
Also apparently TV gives recipes too! I wondered why I have so little.

I know

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

So I backed up my save and did a little experimenting. Apparently you can plant and grow fruit trees in winter but can't grow regular trees. I think this only works if you plant saplings and not seeds since pine cones and acorns are technically seeds.

Also, it never occurred to me that you can build multiple silos, which would have been useful before I went into winter judging from the huge amount of grass I had left over after being capped at 99 so it looks I'll have no choice but to eventually buy hay to feed my livestock.

 

[John Kowalski]

I think my daughter may like this. Could a 9 yr old play this?

There are some relatively adult themes here and there. She would probably like it but i think you have to be an adult to appreciate those more mature aspects of the story.

 

[AndyMoogle]

This looks popular, is it way better than Harvest Moon or is it mostly the novelty of having it available on PC?

It's definitely way better than almost all HM games. Think of it as the SNES version with much more stuff and secrets, plus parts of Animal Crossing (museum) and Rune Factory (combat). No tutorials lasting a whole season, none of the bland environments we've gotten in most of the 3D HM games. Basically back to the roots plus a lot of new great content. The fact that's it's only $15 and the developer will keep on working on fixes, tweaks and new content all for free and the addition of mods makes this the ultimate HM that I doubt Marvelous or Natsume will ever be able to beat.

 

[bomblord1]

It's definitely way better than almost all HM games. Think of it as the SNES version with much more stuff and secrets, plus parts of Animal Crossing (museum) and Rune Factory (combat). No tutorials lasting a whole season, none of the bland environments we've gotten in most of the 3D HM games. Basically back to the roots plus a lot of new great content. The fact that's it's only $15 and the developer will keep on working on fixes, tweaks and new content all for free and the addition of mods makes this the ultimate HM that I doubt Marvelous or Natsume will ever be able to beat.

But how does it compare to say 64 or Friends of Mineral Town?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

hmm, she plays Sims 3 and Animal Crossing a lot, is it more complex than those?

Sims 3 it can be automated but no, maybe she could play it if you give it a try together. Once she gets the hang of it it'd be great, but a lot of the game is 'make enough money' mentality to get some of the cool things. If she's not making enough money it's gonna take her forever to say be able to get chickens or cows and she might get frustrated depending on her personality and investment.

 

[Scrooged]

So I've never played this kind of game before. Here's how my first day went.

- Watched TV
- Went outside to check things out.
- Cleared out the area around my house.
- Oh shit, I'm getting exhausted.
- I can still use the hoe tho.
- Crap, now I'm too exhausted to plant any seeds.
- Slowly walk back inside to find some food to eat.
- All I got is wood and rocks
- It's only 2:30, too early to sleep. Don't want to waste the day. What do?
- Wander out to the bus stop.
- Wander into town
- Hey it's a clinic. They can help me right?
- They closed at 3:30.
- Wander into a store.
- Introduce myself to a woman there.
- Wander into some kind of church area.
- Pass out from exhaustion

TLDR: Showed up to town, got rocks and wood, went into a fugue state.

 

[Noaloha]

^
Sounds like a legit 1st day farming in the country for an up-to-now-9-5 office worker. You get the hang of the countryside rhythm after a week or two.

 

[masud]

I've put an ungodly amount of time into this game in the 3 days I've owned it. I'm halfway though fall and I'm at lvl 95 in the mine. I have a crap load of corn all on sprinklers (dat artisan pickled corn $) and I'm currently working on transitioning to animal farming so I can still make money in the winter. Haven't touched the social stuff yet... Does your spouse help out on the farm? If not I might just stay single.

 

[Noaloha]

Is it just me or have the 'tips' been removed from the ConcernedApe logo screen (blue text, lower left of the screen)?

Warms my heart the reception this game is getting. Must be wonderful to spend so long on a project and have it meet such a warm and hungry crowd. The game's exceptionally well made and the dev deserves every praise. They should prep their humility for the end of year awards too because this will definitely make a few GOTY lists.

 

[Ludovico]

Halfway through my first spring, and omg, there's just so much stuff to choose from.

Barely touched any of the social aspects, I'm pretty much just focusing on building up a decent farm space, finding and donating relics, and now that I've met the wizard I'm pretty excited about

Spoiler

filling out the community center collections (or at least the non-fishing ones...)

Haven't even got into wooing a partner, animal husbandry, fishing, or the mines.
With expanding crops, time and energy management is becoming too real.

 

[HaRyu]

So I've never played this kind of game before. Here's how my first day went.

TLDR: Showed up to town, got rocks and wood, went into a fugue state.

This game (and pretty much any Harvest Moon-type game) is all about managing your stamina. You CANNOT do everything you want to do.

I don't know how much of the land you cleared around your farm, but you only really need to clear the areas that you're going to actually need/use in the immediate future. Mainly because every season change, crap returns to the field, and your'e gonna have to clear it up again unless you had something built/grown there.

When Spring rolls back around after Winter, is the worst, that's when the nightmare begins all over again.

(still, if you have the time and energy, chop down trees and break rocks anyway, you never have enough wood and stone)

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So I've never played this kind of game before. Here's how my first day went.

- Watched TV
- Went outside to check things out.
- Cleared out the area around my house.
- Oh shit, I'm getting exhausted.
- I can still use the hoe tho.
- Crap, now I'm too exhausted to plant any seeds.
- Slowly walk back inside to find some food to eat.
- All I got is wood and rocks
- It's only 2:30, too early to sleep. Don't want to waste the day. What do?
- Wander out to the bus stop.
- Wander into town
- Hey it's a clinic. They can help me right?
- They closed at 3:30.
- Wander into a store.
- Introduce myself to a woman there.
- Wander into some kind of church area.
- Pass out from exhaustion

TLDR: Showed up to town, got rocks and wood, went into a fugue state.

fyi for the next time, though not sure if it;s open from the start, there's a jacuzzi/hot bath area in the north from your farm (go north, follow the path, exit on the right, then first north door you see once out there). This place is quickly recharges health and energy

 

[Corpekata]

The hot springs opens at the start of summer.

 

[Noaloha]

fyi for the next time, though not sure if it;s open from the start, there's a jacuzzi/hot bath area in the north from your farm (go north, follow the path, exit on the right, then first north door you see once out there). This place is quickly recharges health and energy

Definitely not open from the start and I'm still unsure what event unlocks it. I suspect it has to do with the odd "A train is passing through Stardew Valley" pop-up (early Summer for me), only because of the complementary environs to that area. I'm still very uncertain how that rock wall suddenly opened up.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

The hot springs opens at the start of summer.

ah.

well there it is.


Also what's up with that "a train is passing" message? Any point to it?

 

[masud]

There's a earthquake after the first spring that opens the path to the train station and hot springs. Anyone know the answer to my spouse question a couple posts up?

Edit: from what I've seen if you go to the tracks while the train is passing loot falls from the train that you can pick up.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I've put an ungodly amount of time into this game in the 3 days I've owned it. I'm halfway though fall and I'm at lvl 95 in the mine. I have a crap load of corn all on sprinklers (dat artisan pickled corn $) and I'm currently working on transitioning to animal farming so I can still make money in the winter. Haven't touched the social stuff yet... Does your spouse help out on the farm? If not I might just stay single.

spouse occasionally helps but not every day.

Like one day they'll cook you breakfast
another day they'll do chores around the farm

it's basically dependent on the day.

 

[PandaPedinte]

50k concurrent players. Nobody is going to stop that train xD

 

[Noaloha]

Oh it's related to earthquake shoehorn. Makes sense.

 

[Ladekabel]

The more I look at the store page, the more I'm getting tempted to buy it. But I'd rather play it on 3DS, Vita or mobile on the go/while watching TV/etc. Are there any plans or do I have to cave in?

 

[HaRyu]

Based HaRyu, thanks.

I need to know to decide if its even worth using fertilizers since its already day 20 of winter.

The day before the season ended, I tilled the soil, dropped in some Quality Fertilizer, then planted a crop (potato seed in this case). You need to plant SOMETHING because the greenhouse will automatically destroy/clear any plot of land that's been tilled, but has no crop on it.

Anyway, Day 1 of Winter, I don't see the fertilizer in the plot. So yeah, even in the greenhouse, fertilizers stop working during the season change.

In a related note, I've basically made my greenhouse a brewery. Its main crop is Hops, I've got 6 kegs running inside the building, will be adding more kegs soon.

I've also got 50 plots set aside for the biggest profit crop from each season (Cranberry, Blueberry, Strawberry). I'm not going strictly one crop because I like the variety.

There's several sprinklers in the greenhouse, so its pretty much self-automated.

 

[N° 2048]

ah.

well there it is.


Also what's up with that "a train is passing" message? Any point to it?

If you go fast enough I read the train drops some items.