The developer makes doesn't attempt to hide that he started out making a clone of Harvest Moon to sharpen his programming skill and because he was frustrated he

The developer makes doesn't attempt to hide that he started out making a clone of Harvest Moon to sharpen his programming skill and because he was frustrated he couldn't play HM on his PC. It grew from there. As it happens, the developer of HM has great respect for the developer of SV: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-creators-of-stardew-valley-and-harvest-moon-talk-to-us-about-farm-games/ https://www.pcgamer.com/the-creators-of-stardew-valley-and-h...