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Yep, this tracks. My wife and I have been playing co-op Stardew Valley lately, and while it's a "farming sim", most of the ugly parts of farming are convenient
by NateEag 4y ago
Yep, this tracks.
My wife and I have been playing co-op Stardew Valley lately, and while it's a "farming sim", most of the ugly parts of farming are conveniently left out:
* cleaning up animal poop
* spreading animal poop on fields
* slaughtering animals / pest control
* working with deadly tools like power take-offs
* competing with giant factory farms [though we just finished the first in-game year, so maybe Joja Corp will start having that effect in future years]
Almost the essence of game design is "oversimplifying life in a way that makes it fun while leaving the player with meaningful connections to their reality".
- Otternonsenz 4y agoI can tell you from the farm my wife and I operate (currently in our 7th in game year), you will eventually become the giant factory farm to get to the end game. But that’s why I love Stardew Valley in a different way than my wife. It hits the comfy aspect for her, a light dating sim, plus the combat is light enough that she’s gotten good at it there than she does in other games. For me, I get to optimize farm layout and selling strategies (like me realizing after all this time in-game that Slime Eggs are a high dollar item and totally should have gotten a slime hutch much sooner)