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[MorleyDev]

Fish is meat. But there are some crazy vegetarians who seen to thinkbthink it's a plant or something 

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Well there's a particular sect of vegetarians that eat fish. It's not logic I ever understood. If you're not going to eat meat you might as well go the full distance. Fish are also often farmed in the aquaculture industry so they're still a "murder commodity" if you believe in that sort of nonsense.  But yeah, people who don't eat any animal products are vegans.

Now if you actually want to implement the meat industry into the game you'd have to introduce a new species of each domestic animal. I'm assuming that this (plus the child demographic focus) is what stopped games like Harvest Moon from implementing the industry.
You'd have to have a whole bunch of new sprites, possibly new mechanics like higher feeding rates, new buildings such as meat storage and onsite slaughter houses (again not exactly kid friendly) and finally you'd have to balance this new industry with the rest.

EDIT: Semi ninja'd

[TheBronzePickle]

Fish are stupid and not cute, so it's okay to eat them.

But, yeah. Having the ability to run a beef cattle farm would probably increase the chances of me buying this game. I grew up next to a beef farm, and it was fun taunting my future dinner. Slaughterhouses can be made reasonably kid-friendly if you leave out the blood and gore (a good cleaver or two would be more than obvious). I don't think you'd necessarily need new species, either, the same chickens you get eggs from are the ones that end up in the oven later.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

That's not quite true about egg laying chickens being used for poultry. On a commercial scale there's two major "species branches" that are separated for either egg or meat production. Poultry chickens are called Broilers and let me tell you they're about the most ugly things you can image. You can of course cook and eat an egg laying species of chicken but it's going to be much smaller and the meat will be less tender.

From a gameplay point it makes more sense to have two species of animals for either meat or animal product. It means you can specialise your farm around your preferred industry and prevents you from "double dipping" into two commodities at once.
Slaughterhouses and the like can be done is a tasteful matter but I can imagine mother's getting rather uppity about the Harvest Moon series suddenly letting you name, grow and slaughter animals. I don't see why it couldn't be in Stardew Valley since it's main audience will likely come from Steam which has a responsibly older average demographic. I guess it comes down to figuring out how much more work a meat industry would cost and if it fills a gap in gameplay mechanics.

[Neyvn]

You can always pretend your running one...

Raise Cattle/Chickens.
When they reach Adult hood. Sell them...
Boom, Instant cash. Animal gone. Destination Unknown...

[BigD145]

Fish is meat. But there are some crazy vegetarians who seen to thinkbthink it's a plant or something 

And vegetables are more often than not still alive when you eat them. For vegetarians more so as they eat things raw a lot.

[Shakerag]

Fish is meat. But there are some crazy vegetarians who seen to thinkbthink it's a plant or something 

And vegetables are more often than not still alive when you eat them. For vegetarians more so as they eat things raw a lot.

We do?  Shit.  I've been doing it all wrong. 

[beefy]

// UPDATE //

Hey guys!

Wanna watch some crops growing? I bet you do! Take a look:

[majikero]

Will it be like harvest moon where each season is a month?

[Sirus]

I'm wondering if there's any sort of "finale". I remember that HM: Wonderful Life was heavily story-driven (as in, you got married in a year. No ifs, ands, or buts) and that there was an actual end. Will Stardew Valley be like that, or more like the rest of the series where you had more freedom?

[beefy]

// UPDATE //

Hey guys!
This time two fantastic new videos have been released! 

Number One: New Interface & Crops
Number Two: Exploring the Caves

Remember to spread the word & give this the thumbs up on Steam's Greenlight!

[beefy]

// UPDATE //

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen!

A lot of new stuff has been updated since last time; game looks fabulous! :3
Let's start off by showing you new screenshots:

Fishing time:


Decoration time:


Then there's this new video:
Co-op Demo

Aaaaand last but not least the new and improved trailer:
Stardew Valley Trailer 2013

I hope you've enjoyed todays update and don't forget to vote for this game on Steam's Greenlight!
Stay tuned for more infos soon! 

[Djohaal]

Shut up and take all my money! Now!

[Neyvn]

Shut up and take all my money! Now!

THIS SO MUCH I WANT TO FARM DAMN YOU!!!

[Jifodus]

Oh wow, a Harvest Moon clone.

I've only played two of the games, but I love A Wonderful Life and the DS versions. Maybe now I can actually make the farm I've been wanting to in the games, and actually accomplish it. I've always found that the days are far too short to do everything I want to do.