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[beefy]

/// UPDATE ///

Hey guys and girls!
I bring you some fresh infos:

Building Placement Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3pS0yK3UEGA

New Portraits:

[Baneling]

Is...is that Matt Smith?

[Fikes]

The demo video looked really good, but the walk speed seems pretty slow. I remember in Harvest Moon I sprinted EVERYWHERE.

It would be nice to have a fast walk speed, sprint speed, and a "creep" speed for precision maneuvers.

[Girlinhat]

Games without stamina really need to give you a reason to walk.  I mean, who plays an RPG and walks through town on "walk"?  Everyone runs!  There's no reason to go slow!

[Bluerobin]

Welp, still want to play it, looking great. A question, though: is there going to be a build time/effort required for the buildings or is it just click and place like in the video? I feel like there should be some sort of construction involved. Although, I guess there's a time sink already in the collection of the resources to build the building.

And just so you have an actual response about video embedding, nope, no video embedding on these forums.

[Folly]

I love seeing new farm-sim games being made...but I'm not seeing any features that Harvest Moon doesn't already have. And Harvest Moon's graphics have come a long way since it looked like this.

I just can't see myself playing this unless they come up with some original gameplay elements.

[Tellemurius]

I love seeing new farm-sim games being made...but I'm not seeing any features that Harvest Moon doesn't already have. And Harvest Moon's graphics have come a long way since it looked like this.

I just can't see myself playing this unless they come up with some original gameplay elements.

other than the fact you can build anywhere and the allowance of same-sex marriage?

[MaximumZero]

Posting to watch. I love Harvest Moon.

[krisslanza]

Harvest Moon is the best thing. It's still annoys me they axed the Best Friend stuff in Harvest Moon Cute. (In the US release, of course)

[DeKaFu]

And Harvest Moon's graphics have come a long way since it looked like this.

Well...
Ever since the Harvest Moon series hit DS, all the portable games have had pretty much the same graphics (Harvest Moon DS, Island of Happiness, Sunshine Islands, Grand Bazaar, Tale of Two Towns). They've all had the same awful super deformed sprites based on 3D models which are animated very poorly. Compare Harvest Moon DS (2005) and Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns (2010) and they have completely identical ugly blobs as cows.

Of course, all the DS games so far have been pretty unpolished and prone to bugs. Sad after Tree of Tranquility (2007, Wii), which had excellent graphics and gameplay.

One reason I'm interested in this is because I've played loads of Harvest Moon games and with the exception of the Wii games, the latest games have really left the impression that they just don't care very much anymore. 

[jocan2003]

Great ive been garanteed an early build for promotion as soon he is feature complete . Better start learning french if you are interested in watching my futur videos. I might stray and make a double let's play one in french and one in english.

[Neyvn]

Great ive been garanteed an early build for promotion as soon he is feature complete . Better start learning french if you are interested in watching my futur videos. I might stray and make a double let's play one in french and one in english.

//throws a dufflebag over jocan's head before draggin him away. Returns moments later wearing a Jocan mask ala TF2 Spy style..// Ahem.... Gentlemen...

[beefy]

// UPDATE //

Heya! 

You can read a rather interesting interview with Eric Barone, the creator of the game on this website:
http://kristi78968.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/interview-with-eric-barone-creator-of-stardew-valley/

He gives answers to following questions:

Question 1: To make the readers more familar with yourself, who are you?
Question 2: What is Stardew Valley exactly?
Question 3: What program are you using to make the game?
Question 4: How much do you think the game will be once it’s released?
Question 5: Since the game is based off Harvest Moon, which was your favorite one?
Question 6: Will Stardew Valley be on any other platforms besides Steam? (Example: Desura)
Question 7: What made you actually want to make your own game?
Question 8: For the final question, if the game becomes a huge success, can we expect more games from you?

Also: don't forget to vote for the game on Steam's Greenlight!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93285018&searchtext=

[bQt31]

For the final question, if the game becomes a huge success, can we expect more games from you?
Yes! I like to think of Stardew Valley as a “first step”… I’ve learned a lot about making games in the process, and I would love to apply what I’ve learned to grander and more wonderful things!

[Silicoid]

I do hope this game gets released because it seems that there is a lack of farming games in general.
The only ones I recall that I like are: Sim Farm, Harvest moon and the Rune Factory series....