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[variablenonsense]

You know, I find it really hard to play without feeling that I'm doing something wrong. That I'm spending too much time slowly doing something when I could be doing something much faster.
It's actually kind of ruining the game for me. Even though the game hasn't said so, it feels like I have to juggle all the 'professions' (farming, mining, fishing, etc.) or suffer in the long run. And doing that just isn't fun.

Am I wrong here? I heard something about a possible time limit, and the way you get occasional cutscenes hinting at an overarching story also makes me antsy.

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From what I understand, you get some kind of 'score' or something after two years, but it doesn't really affect anything. You can continue to play, do events, unlock villager scenes, and so forth, as well as continue to build the community center / buy the upgrades from Joja. So nothing to stress over. Play at your own pace.

Also, I redact my statement about clay. Apparently I just misplaced a big pile of it into the wrong chest. Whoops.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You know, I find it really hard to play without feeling that I'm doing something wrong. That I'm spending too much time slowly doing something when I could be doing something much faster.
It's actually kind of ruining the game for me. Even though the game hasn't said so, it feels like I have to juggle all the 'professions' (farming, mining, fishing, etc.) or suffer in the long run. And doing that just isn't fun.

Am I wrong here? I heard something about a possible time limit, and the way you get occasional cutscenes hinting at an overarching story also makes me antsy.

Every game that you play has a time limit. Same with the choice to play a game at all, instead of reading a book or catching a fish or making love. The time limit becomes ever more obvious as we all inch closer to the cold spectre of death.

I guess just play the game once focusing on farming, try again to push the cave, try another that's a hand-to-mouth everyman with no need to max out anything. When presented with the opportunity to try out several lives, it makes sense to try them.

[Trevasaurus]

I know what you mean. Im so used to playing rts or arpgs that revolve around min/maxing that its hard to switch off that part of my brain but I am loving the slow pace of building my own farm. Ive been purposefully avoiding reading anything about the game and I am really enjoying the discovery process as I slowly unlock different parts of the farm or the explore new parts of the town. I recommend trying to turn off the parts of your brain that want to play this game the "right" way and just enjoy the journey. So far it has been a very pleasant experience.

[Ibid Straydrink]

You know, I find it really hard to play without feeling that I'm doing something wrong. That I'm spending too much time slowly doing something when I could be doing something much faster.
It's actually kind of ruining the game for me. Even though the game hasn't said so, it feels like I have to juggle all the 'professions' (farming, mining, fishing, etc.) or suffer in the long run. And doing that just isn't fun.

Am I wrong here? I heard something about a possible time limit, and the way you get occasional cutscenes hinting at an overarching story also makes me antsy.

Generally speaking, if you want to completely "restore" the entire the town, taking up all of the professions is the most direct means of doing so. However, if you were to focus, for instance, solely on farming and make enough wealth doing so, you could get around most obstacles by simply buying the basic ingredients, resources, etc. necessary to progress.

Even certain exceptionally rare or style-exclusive items can be purchased from the gypsy at times, when she appears west of Marnie's house.

And yeah, the game goes on indefinitely, so there's no real rush. Play however you most enjoy, and ignore the elements that don't appeal to you. Designing and upgraded your farm alone is a pretty fun, full-bodied experience.

[debvon]

spoiler question about the scoring thing

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I felt like I had a pretty good two years, I finished almost all of the community center tasks except for the ridiculous fishing one. I had all of the animals, planted almost all of the different crop types (barring the desert crops), made too much gold to spend. But grandpa said I only earned 4/13 great honors.

What exactly determines that rating? Do you need to befriend a bunch of people, restore the entire community center, plant every single thing, raise every animal, "win" every holiday event?

[Cruxador]

As far as I know we don't know much about great honors other than that restoring the community center is one and getting married is another.

[Gabeux]

I'm like ~30 days away from discovering that..got all the skill maxed and still no rabbit foot to finish the community center, and I'm going to the gypsy store every single time.
After I did much gifting I started getting bored, so now I'll just see if I can get enough iridium, let the kids grow, but otherwise I'll just kill things until the time runs up. I don't feel like bringing everyone in town to 10 hearts or other goals like that, I've achieved all my personal goals except for the iridium tools which seem pretty 'hard' (cave generator hates me) to obtain.
Every other achievement I'm happy to obtain after the limit, but I'm curious to see the 'ending' first. 

E: Oh god, I got a Rabbits Foot! Finally, damn.

[Ibid Straydrink]

FYI, folks, a great recipe for when you get your first kegs set up, is Crystal Fruit Wine- something like 650g a pop, and it's a fairly common winter forageable.

[variablenonsense]

So, I can't decide if I'm good at fishing, awful at slingshot, or if the two fair booths just have that different of a payout.

I got ... 14 tokens for playing the slingshot game.

I get 200-250~ per round of fishing. 

[Ibid Straydrink]

So, I can't decide if I'm good at fishing, awful at slingshot, or if the two fair booths just have that different of a payout.

I got ... 14 tokens for playing the slingshot game.

I get 200-250~ per round of fishing. 

I'd say you're a decent slinger. Never earned a single token. My brain, just doesn't cooperate with that mechanic.

[ThtblovesDF]

-end-game-fatigue-

Yeah I'm worryed about rushing through the game to fast as well, I really should supress my factorio/hardcore instincts for this one.

Since ya'll posting, my farm start of spring year 2:

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[Ibid Straydrink]

So, has anyone else experimented with placing different items outside the farm? Tree taps and crab pots stick around for certain, but I'm wondering if décor works the same, and even lasts through the seasons- if so, Stardew has the same neat feature of Animal Crossing, in that you can effectively customize the entire town- place paths and fences, set a chair or two down by the pier...

[ThtblovesDF]

You can slap honey/bee hives - which are stupid cost-effective anwhere.

The game checks if a npc walks along the path and if he/she does, destroys the object, otherwise it can stay there forever. You can add furnances near the blacksmith, bees on the way to the shop, chests around the map, a junk-recycler next to your fishing spot

[Gabeux]

-end-game-fatigue-

Yeah I'm worryed about rushing through the game to fast as well, I really should supress my factorio/hardcore instincts for this one.

Since ya'll posting, my farm start of spring year 2:

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Hahaha, once you play Factorio that's it my friend. You're done.
I managed to supress it all the way to the first winter..then I did a bit of Factorio-like thinking and on Spring I was already getting good money even without focusing on high-profit crops.
But playing the game completely blind was a great experience. I have a bit of criticism for the end-game and certain details, but it's all good.

And my design is a bit similar to yours, I think. But I have a hard time doing things in an organic way, so things always end up in a lazy-functional way.
I used the planner tool to help me, though (and there's already an updated version of the planner).
I did it like this only because I already had the barn/coop/stable built, and I really didn't want to demolish them just to do a layout from scratch. 
And it seems like tomorrow we may be getting a zoom feature, so screenshots will look even better.

Here's my take on the end-game (there's no actual spoilers, but I myself just like to read opinions, during blind playthroughs, after I already played through something):

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Even though I feel early and mid game is fun and great, the end-game lacks a bit on the automation area. I was really hoping befriending people would give me benefits like "buying seeds remotely" or unlocking farmhands, but nope.

And I find it a bit sad how everyone always repeats the same lines, even during second year events. If the game's supposed to last a couple of years, why not make both years a bit more unique? There's a few major events that nobody comments after it happens, which makes things feel really disconnected. Meanwhile, there are some minor reactions, like if you sell stuff directly to Pierre, sometimes people will comment "Was it you who sold that Salmon to Pierre? I bought it. Excellent quality, keep it up!" - I was kinda expecting major events to be more connected to the in-game 'daily' experience like this, and cutscenes to have better ways to trigger them and better reactions after they ended. It's even worse with the spouse.
In this regard, it doesn't feel much of an improvement over older HM games.

In conclusion, IMO if SV was a cake, it would be a delicious cake, but it's missing a few frosting here and there, and I'm hoping the ending will provide the cherry on top so I can forget about the silly frosting.
There's a great chance the dev will expand on the game, though - he says it daily on his twitter - and for a 15$ game made by a single guy, I'm more than happy with it. I already bought two copies, I'll also buy the soundtrack tomorrow and keep following his projects. 

[Neyvn]

FUCK WALLEYES!!!
Seriously, I couldn't have been in any better condition for them to be caught, BUT NOOOOOOoooOOOOOO!!!
Year 2, Come be nicer to me...