Because the sport’s launch in 2016, the gadgets you promote in Stardew Valley have all the time simply…been despatched right into a void. Positive, Lewis technically picks them up each evening, however you by no means really see him accumulating or utilizing the gadgets you harvest, prepare dinner, and collect, to allow them to really feel a bit pointless at instances. Over the previous six months, nevertheless, a modder has been working to vary that with an formidable new mission.
On Saturday, Nexus Mods person bubuge12 uploaded a mod titled Farmers Retailer, which lets gamers handle their very own grocery store. Per the sport’s description, it consists of “an Overcooked-style kitchen” alongside inventory administration, worker hiring, promoting, and compatibility with a number of of Stardew’s hottest mods, with multiplayer help at present on its approach. Better of all, although, the Valley’s villagers really come to your retailer to purchase your gadgets!
That’s rather a lot to place collectively in simply six months! And, in accordance with feedback on Nexus Mods, all of it works fairly effectively.
There are, sadly, just a few caveats right here. The mod is simply partially accessible in English, as textual content in property is proscribed to Chinese language. However there’s already a Russian fan translation accessible, and commenters on bubuge12’s Reddit put up are virtually clawing on the modder’s door and begging them to localize it in English (or providing to do it themselves).
Another factor: a number of the mod’s dialogue was generated by AI. It not less than looks as if there aren’t any new storylines or characters—simply taste textual content for issues like villagers’ reactions. And bubuge12 did state that “solely about 20% of the textual content is AI-generated” and that they’re planning to switch it with their very own work sooner or later.
I used to be initially tremendous jazzed about this mod, however it’s arduous for me to be ok with taking part in something with AI-generated textual content, so I’m holding off for now. Within the meantime, not less than I’ve the eerily comparable administration sim Chef RPG to tide me over.
