Source: iMore
I must admit this is my second time playing this game. Being a long-time Animal Crossing fan who s been playing the slow-paced life simulator since 2007, opening Stardew Valley and realizing that the day is measured in increments of 10 whole minutes at a time, I got very overwhelmed very quickly.
However, something (read: the pandemic) spurred me to pick this game up again on my Nintendo Switch once my other games began to grow stale. And I am super glad I did decide to give it another go. Once I started working on going slowly and focusing on one area of gameplay at a time, I began to relax and actually found it difficult to put this game down.
Image: Stardew Valley
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PC players have been farming
Stardew Valley‘s new Ginger Island since just before Christmas. But if you’ve been making tons of blueberry wine and marrying morose game developers on other platforms, good news: you’ll finally be able to get on the Ginger Island boat today.
Developer Eric Barone posted early Friday morning Australian time that
Added new Island Obelisk building.
New farm features
Added ostrich as a farm animal.
The immovable dressers found in Farmhands’ cabins have been removed.
Added home renovations, which let you further expand and adjust the farmhouse after it’s fully upgraded.
Beds are now normal furniture you can pick up, move around, and replace.
You can even have a house with no bed, but your spouse might have something to say about that.
Once unlocked, the greenhouse can now be moved at Robin’s shop.
The default shipping bin can now be moved or demolished at Robin’s shop.
Added Advanced Game Options, which can be used to customize a new game: