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Stardew Valley for Nintendo Switch |OT| Starving for a Harvest
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ScientificPizza
Banned
only seven hours of work left until until i can go home and start the *real* work 👨🏽*🌾
Eaten By A Grue
Member
Yes! It happens after a certain period of time. I have been only playing full screen mode though. I have to close the game and reopen it.
Edit: Should have read the other posts. Looks like the devs know about it and are fixing it. Awesome. It is really the only bummer about that game, but otherwise the game is awesome as I expected it to be.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Number 1 on the UK eShop!
I see all these posts about min maxing etc, I want this game to be relaxing and to play at my own pace, learn by doing etc. For example I just played my first 40 minutes doing nothing but spending my first five in game days cleaning up my property. Got "exhausted" and went to bed at 9am, rinse and repeat.
Is that an okay way to play, or should I read up on all these wikis and stuff?
Is that an okay way to play, or should I read up on all these wikis and stuff?
Eaten By A Grue
Member
I am playing the same way as you are playing.
I actually do not want to read any guides on the best ways to play this game. I feel like it will suck out the enjoyment of finding out myself.
Maintenance
Member
BarringGaffner
Member
best way to play! min maxing is sad
btw- if you're exhausted you can still run around and talk to people, explore. Only using tools makes you lose energy.
ThatRandomCliff
Member
I got the game, hopefully the multiplayer will be out before next summer.
Play however you like. For me it honestly helped my experience to look up some very basic tips, just minor stuff that would help me not screw up majorly the first few days. Just so I could get into it. After that I pretty much played blind, which was great.
But that's just me, others find joy in those early stumbles and then learning from that and I get why. However, for me it creates an anxiety and a feeling I can't really control of "I don't know what I'm doing, it feels like I'm doing this all wrong" which is not fun to walk around thinking the first hours of a game. Later I'd still stumble and fail, but since I at least knew the basics I'd never feel truly lost.
This is not me recommending you do what I did, just my experience.
The ones in the overworld eventually do, but in the mines you can just leave and come back.
RaptorGTA
Member
EvilChameleon
Member
Save times seem fine to me.
No, a harvest moon is the first full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Today is the harvest moon for the northern hemisphere. It's just funny because SDV is inspired by Harvest Moon and releases on the Switch the day of the 2017 real harvest moon.
Pretty cool when you think about it.
Fright Zone
Member
Amazing. But I always wonder, when people develop games solo like this, before they've had a hit, how do they support themselves? Work a part time job at the same time?
He worked at a movie theater selling tickets or something.
OuterLimits
Member
Debating whether to get this. How does it compare to Rune Factory 4 and Story of Seasons? Which reminds me I need to actually play more of the 3DS Story of Seasons game.
I'm okay with waiting 20 seconds to save (no ideal, but eh), but couldn't they at least provide a nice looking save screen? I mean, the screen just goes black for the entire time, kind of weird.
Other than that, the game plays great with a controller, better than I expected. I also like that you can control the cursor with the right analog stick, even though you don't really need it.
Never played Rune Factory 4 or SS, but Stardew Valley is definitely better than Rune Factory 3 and Rune Factory Frontier (and I really like both). Also better than the Harvest Moon games I have played. If you don't be carefull, your Switch is going to pretty much turn into a Stardew Valley machine.
Other than that, the game plays great with a controller, better than I expected. I also like that you can control the cursor with the right analog stick, even though you don't really need it.
Never played Rune Factory 4 or SS, but Stardew Valley is definitely better than Rune Factory 3 and Rune Factory Frontier (and I really like both). Also better than the Harvest Moon games I have played. If you don't be carefull, your Switch is going to pretty much turn into a Stardew Valley machine.
JosephManderley
Member
OK - I'm hooked. This could very easily become my most played game. Time just flies by when you are playing!
Tried fishing, but no idea what I was doing.
I love it so far.
Tried fishing, but no idea what I was doing.
I love it so far.
About on par, I'd say, based off the few hours I've played. The farming isn't as deep though as HM or RF4 (at least so far), and controls feel a bit clunkier (expected, since it's primarily a PC game), but I'm really enjoying the broader freedom this game is giving and I really do get the feeling I'm starting from scratch as a farmer here, which is nice.
If you enjoy HM or RF, this is a no-brainer.
Early on? Fishing. Once you get your fishing level up to 5 you can start hitting the darker water, where Silver/Gold-rarity fish hang out and sell for more. You can also get a perk at Lv 5 that increases fish sale price by 25%. If you're still in Spring and it's raining, catfish can be found in the river and sells for the most outside of some super-difficult ones you likely won't catch easily.
Later on? Farming
Much later on? Wine
BizzyBum
Member
Okay, thanks.
Any tips on conserving your energy? Probably the biggest gripe I have with the game so far. I wake up and work on my farm and by noon I'm already in the red. I know eating and drinking can increase it but anything else I can do to work longer?
Early on that'll be an issue. As you upgrade your tools it takes less time to do things, so less energy, and also levelling your skills will reduce the cost of actions (for the most part). There are also items you'll come across here and there that increase your stamina, but they are rare and there's only a set amount of them.
SolidChamp
Banned
Could you elaborate?
Imp the Dimp
Member
Can't press a button in the start screen. Can't even start a game. What's going in?
It's not touchscreen, if that's what you're doing.
MassiveNights
Banned
Bought it tonight, have been playing non-stop ever since.
It's a little bit more overwhelming that I imagined, there's a lot going on.
I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong but I have like a 12x12 vegetable patch right now, I'm watering that every day and going into town every now and then. I spent a whole day fishing. I built the scarecrow.
The rest of my time I've been just clearing out the trees and stones.
Does this seem right? Worried I am missing a whole bunch.
It's a little bit more overwhelming that I imagined, there's a lot going on.
I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong but I have like a 12x12 vegetable patch right now, I'm watering that every day and going into town every now and then. I spent a whole day fishing. I built the scarecrow.
The rest of my time I've been just clearing out the trees and stones.
Does this seem right? Worried I am missing a whole bunch.
Imp the Dimp
Member
No, none of the buttons work even after restarting.
No
If you don't make it home before 2AM the previous night, you won't get enough sleep and you start the day with low stamina (and I could be wrong but I think any time after midnight reduces it a little too).
Stamina is needed for most non-people-related actions, so if you want to do more then you need to replenish with food. You can mitigate this as you play, like I posted a few posts ago.
Rodolfo Brito
Member
The minigame is awfully unfair. It is the worst part of the game by far.
It's really easy once you've got the trick. I do Perfect catches everytime now.
It's actually one of the only times I had fun in a fishing minigame
Maintenance
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E_Darkness
Member
I already feeling the addiction and I'm only 14 days in.
the journal, press -
Huh, there's a bunch of stuff there for me to collect. Should help build up to getting a bigger backpack. Thanks.
I see.
Well I got the fishing pole and planted some turnips or whatever. Fucking crushing it.