I played the first one for awhile on iOS. Got hooked till I hit endgame and ran out of things to do. 2 looks like there is more stuff to do, might check it out.

I was going to skip this based on graphics but the review sounds interesting… might check out some playthroughs online or just ask my friend to stream it.

nevermind there is a demo, oops

Left a save of the game totally unprogressed for awhile now because I randomly decided to use that save as a testing guinea pig for a mod I’m making, and right now I’m testing a particular event. I should probably just progress and use a different save I am not actually trying to play as the testing guinea pig.

If you check the wiki or just trust the random stranger on the internet you’ll find it is indeed a storyline in game!

Alex’s page, forget where it is tbh

George’s page, check Quotes

I think https://tvtropes.org/ will also back me up on this.

The way I’d think of this is “it wasn’t made for you, simply made available to you in case you like it,” and that’s a perfectly valid way to approach making stuff. If there’s a giant overseas audience, why not make them happy and profit at the same time, but if there is not because they hate it, well different audiences like different things and it is no big failure of yours to have an audience you weren’t catering to dislike your work.

Not everyone has to be a master architect/artist, just to enjoy the game :)

Good content, just wish it wasn’t a video and was an article instead. Bless YouTube transcripts for getting me one step closer to that.

I am in the other camp, I like the immersion.

I also have a tendency to not bother with VA, though, and to just click through the second I finish reading the dialogue, except for lines in particularly dramatic parts of the story. Sometimes not even then. Just figure I’d offer a counter opinion especially since this thread is probably going to be full of people who always choose voice acting when it is an option, given the thread is all about it. I am glad so many people derive joy from it, just because it is Not For Me doesn’t mean I think it’s Bad And Worthless :)

Not sure if more !jrpg@lemmy.zip or !crpg@lemmy.world, otherwise I’d ask you to crosspost there

Is Mary from a mod or newly added?

This is why I’m so glad that reaching Perfection doesn’t require you to be married. Ace but not aro myself, just happy to see aro people not excluded.

Steam link, pleased to say demo works for Windows, Steam Deck (which means Linux), and Mac. Pretty sure this is Fishing Paradiso

I posted this yesterday and then deleted it because I saw it was already posted lol. I’m guessing the first post was actually earlier in development so now you are reposting for a reason. I didn’t realize that when I went to delete what I thought was an accidental duplicate post.

Nah, I’m pretty sure some people romance him as a man to see a dude come out of the closet and his grandpa change his mind on homophobia.

I like automation games. I’m also a sucker for cute colorful graphics, and the graphics here are super cute. I’m usually not into games that advertise themselves as “no limits, no pressure,” usually a bit too casual for me, but this seems like something I’ll enjoy.

embrace !crpg@lemmy.world, !visualnovels@ani.social, and !otomegames@ani.social, except you mash past all the voice acting because you can read faster than the lines are acted out

Went hunting to see if one existed already. Yes, but then I found yours which I am linking for anyone who sees this thread in the future!

Judging by the comments on the post I made I think c/StardewValley swings towards people who like women.

Spouses do end up doing chores sometimes, but if I recall correctly (maybe this was updated away) sometimes they end up “watering the crops” when you have sprinklers do it all or something like that… it is unintentional but usually by the time the farmer is ready to propose marriage they are also far enough in the game the chores they do around the farm will not always be helpful.

I’m still working my way through experiencing all the romances I’d like to. But for some reason I often marry Haley. I am not romantically interested in women. ??? I know I’ll pursue them in games anyways to see the story bits, to learn more about them, but I have already seen the story and learned more so not sure why I do this. Pretty sure it is not a case of secret closet for various reasons that are probably off-topic to Stardew Valley.