Really, this isn't going to be a nightly post... (Stardew Village update)

[thistlechaser]

Putting it behind a cut for folks who don't care about games. :)



I'm torn between hugging and hating teaandfailure for getting me this game. :) As soon as I get home from work, I sit down and start playing. Eventually I get hungry enough that I notice it's after dinnertime, so I eat and catch up on other stuff, then play until it's bedtime. There's so much to do in it! I'm even utterly and completely ignoring my MMO and idling nonstop in that game while I play this one. (And yet again I wish I had three monitors instead of two, since with a game on each monitor, I can't watch any TV/shows/videos.)

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to have to set a timer or something so I don't lose track of time and miss it.

Anyway! kelen mentioned there's a fishing mod, and that changed the game for me. I love fishing in Animal Crossing-type games, but the fishing system in this one just didn't work for me. The mod made it like most other farming games, where you just click once to cast and click once when a fish hooks. Literally game-changing, because once I could fish, money stopped being an issue -- today I got both the second and final backpack upgrades, plus made a bunch of machines, ordered my silo, and a bunch of other stuff.

Fishing gives you so many random materials, too! It's amazing!

My pet dog finally arrived (yay!). I missed the spring flower dance thingie (boo) because, like RL, I'm endlessly lost. But it turns out moot that I missed it, because no one likes me and no one would have asked me to dance (how depressing is that!). So after the dance, I set about making people like me, and I got Sebastian and someone else (Penny?) to the first heart level.

I met the hat mouse!


I seriously considered buying the hat, but it seems to have no use, so I decided to wait. (Plus Haken only likes hats with antlers on them, thank you very much.)

Speaking of IC Haken, he got what would have been an ICly confusing and angering letter:


Ha!

Emo Sabastian is emo.


I wish we could marry Shane instead. He's so adorably grumpy!

AND AND AND! teaandfailure! I got the option to make a beehive! I didn't have time to look at it tonight, but tomorrow! Also, we had wondered how to walk around with no tools in your hand? Just click an empty box in your inventory.

I upgraded my axe, so I can now rid myself of trees. Slowly, so slowly. Money is no longer the restricting issue, 'energy' is.

It's now summer in game, which at first I didn't like (bright green faded to duller yellow-green), but the butterflies and fireflies make up for it. I planted a mess of blueberry bushes ... where "a mess" = 14. :P Will get more once I catch more fish. I made a recycling machine so I can make use of the fishing junk. Can't wait to try that out.

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[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA SEBASTIAN YOU ARE SO EMO I LOVE YOU.
I walked in on him having band practice with Sam. Apparently he plays the SYNTHESIZER. IT IS LIKE TRYING TO ROMANCE THE EIGHTIES.

I may eventually have to get the fishing m oh dee too, that shit is HARD. However, I am told it gets easier with better fishing rods, so I am waiting and giving that a try first. I get most of my dollars from foraging. I LOVE FORAGING and this has made the Fabio looking cabin hippie really like me also.

Also for some reason Sebastian's sister is kind of into me, but her father made it clear in no uncertain terms that if I lured his baby girl away from her bright future as a doctor by romancing her while being a dirty simple farmer he would electrocute me with jumper cables and hide the body in the mine.

I TOTALLY BOUGHT THE HAT FROM THE HATMAUS because I wear those hats all the time.

I am still waiting for someone to be like HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAKEN, I GOT YOU KILLING THE LIVING.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAKEN, I GOT YOU KILLING THE LIVING. I KNOW YOU LIKE KILLING THE LIVING.

I can't wait!

Makes sense that fishing is easier with a better rod, and I don't blame you one bit for not using the maybe-banned-word! I almost, almost wish I didn't have it either, because there's no standalone fishing maybe-banned-word, it comes with a hell of a lot of ALL TOO TEMPTING maybe-banned-words. You can stop time, run a whole lot faster, set it to have endless energy, teleport around the map (INCLUDING PLACES YOU'VE NEVER BEEN YET SO SO SO TEMPTING!), endless money/materials, all that -- basically if there's any challenge in something, any time delay at all, you can remove it. But it would ruin the game in the long run, so I'm resisting.

I LOVE FORAGING TOO! It's so satisfying just picking up stuff from the ground and having it be worth money!

The one small element of the game is how "evil" that big company (Kojo?) is. SORRY, TUMBLR KIDS, BUT LIFE IS NOT THAT BLACK AND WHITE. THERE ARE GOOD SIDES TO A WALMART-LIKE COMPANY TOO.

While a dog is IC for Haken, I kind of miss having a cat. The dog is kind of fun though, she runs around barking at stuff (and always has a <3 for me). I want to see about finding a skin for her though so she looks less bad.

Also for some reason Sebastian's sister is kind of into me, but her father made it clear in no uncertain terms that if I lured his baby girl away from her bright future as a doctor by romancing her while being a dirty simple farmer he would electrocute me with jumper cables and hide the body in the mine.

HAHAHAA

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

ALSO YAY BEES I AM SO EXCITED FOR A SCREENSHOT OF HAKEN WITH BEES. I remember that was how he was finally convinced that maybe some of the living should stick around, because dead bees did not make honey and were therefore not as useful as alive bees. BABY STEPS.

The little gumdrop forest spirits gave me a beehive, which I have placed up by my cat's bowl. I hope that this does not present problems but it is too late now.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's so weird, but sometimes I feel in a way Haken is like a real child -- we both have such vivid memories of him. Sometimes I think of him still living in that Northrend village with the turtle rocks and the Tuskar(sp?) who don't put up with his shit and are perfectly willing to make him go sit in timeout outside the village, and Haken has to listen because they have to be good guests if they want to keep living there.

... Man. I went to your LJ to check your last post about this game, AND YOUR LJ IS BLOCKED BY MY COMPANY NETWORK FOR HOSTING "viruses or other malicious software". Maybe it's the game name and not that other word that's triggering this... BUT WHY? Hm, yet I can get to non-LJ pages about the game. WACKY.

The gumdrop forest spirits haven't given me anything yet, other than when I complete one of their collection tasks. YET ANOTHER THING I HAVE TO DO MORE OF! So much to do! :D

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

THIS GAME! You both are way ahead of me, I'm only in the 24th day of my first Spring or whatever, total newbie. But soon I will have CHICKENS!!!!!!!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Take your time and enjoy it! DON'T GET BURNT OUT LIKE ME! Burnt out in record time, like five days? Okay, FIVE DAYS OF BASICALLY NONSTOP PLAYING, BUT STILL!

One day we'll get multiplayer mode (it's being worked on right now), I'll happily bring you a chicken then! :P

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Multiplayer mode, huh? Wonder how that will work. Just be able to send things from your town to the next or will there be some kind of co-op play...

Okay, I will take my time! But it is so addictive! And I want to get down deep in the mine! I got to level 24!!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how it will work, only that Concerned Ape said he's bringing in help to code it (he likes to do 100% of stuff in the game himself, but he's not interested in multiplayer mode, so he's bringing in help so he can concentrate on the stuff he does enjoy making).

I loooooved doing the mine too! Pay attention to the elevator in it -- each time you reach a 5 level (5, 10, 15, 20...) you can automatically start on that level. Took me too long to realize that. :P

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL I just hate those damn flies~!!!! And what is up with the green mist? Wait, don't tell me! I'm sure it will be revealed eventually...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Aren't the flies the worst? You could try carrying two weapons with you. Your normal sword/dagger and when you find one, a big club/hammer. Slower heavy hitting weapons (club/hammer) are okay with things that fly at you slowly.

Good luck!