Thursday, December 29, 2016

Stardew Valley for Xbox One review: when a labor of love turns into a great game


I wasn't quite aware just how well I knew Harvest Moon until I played Stardew Valley. This is in no way a bad thing.
Excepting the visual design and the particulars of the dialogue, the pacing and mechanics of the game are almost exactly the same. This is because the developer is crazy about Harvest Moon and wanted to find a version he could play on his PC — but there wasn't one. So he made one. What began as a programming exercise in C++ became one of the most fun, involved and busy games I've ever played, not to mention the most loving recreation of one of my own personal favorite game series.

Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...


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