Post ArNcaHcKr7nyC7pAX2 by jhooper@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #ArNQZLs0MNQTe1wWjQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T12:40:08Z
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Stardew Valley but it's the South Bronx 1960s, you run a community garden Jojamart is Robert Moses with the Cross Bronx Expressway.The mines? Subway tunnels with a secret passage to North Brother Island.Build friendship with the local teens by helping them to find a productive use for their love of graffiti-- But, don't offend the sweet church ladies: you'll need *their* help as well to stop the expressway.Find artifacts of NYC history! Pirer is now Pedro at the bodega.#stardewvalley
(DIR) Post #ArNQkcKrTxFRteoQcK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T12:42:11Z
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The only thing I don't like about Stardew is the whole "gotta get away from the big city" vibe. There are small little communities that need your help with the community center IN the big city. Too many people just aren't plugged in.And the garden needs a lot of love and you *will* be exhausted.
(DIR) Post #ArNQyxKwCGXN5KgXey by lavaeolus@fedihum.org
2025-02-22T12:44:43Z
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@futurebird yes, yes, yes - would pre-order immediately 🤩🤩
(DIR) Post #ArNRDk6RgKoINvxPsm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T12:47:26Z
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And the whole thing where honey is one of the most lucrative crops makes way more sense for NYC community garden honey. That stuff makes BANK.
(DIR) Post #ArNRWFe790GlQVX06a by Zahlenzauberin@dresden.network
2025-02-22T12:50:43Z
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@futurebird I love Stardewvalley, but the "get away from the big city" vibe is a problem. Most of us can't get away and as someone who has grown up in rural Germany I can tell you, this isn't the paradise people paint it to be if you are not exactly like the rest of the people living there. Finding solidarity and your own kind of people is far easier in the city.
(DIR) Post #ArNRgazYdTIEWdUg1Q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T12:52:39Z
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@Zahlenzauberin A small town with the arts scene and diversity of Stardew Valley is VERY rare in the US as well. You will have more luck finding that "vibe" in the slightly run-down parts of a city.
(DIR) Post #ArNRpV75rRJGtrGUPA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T12:54:16Z
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@Zahlenzauberin Not that the game is exactly teaming with diversity IMO. But, even the little it has would blow most little US towns out of the water.
(DIR) Post #ArNS3HNbidx2MNYji4 by adriano@lile.cl
2025-02-22T12:56:39Z
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@futurebird @Zahlenzauberin yeah, in SV you help the town escape consumerism, but the townsfolk kinda want that. The reality is far bleaker in actual small towns. It would have been a much sadder game I guess.
(DIR) Post #ArNS6KGjQxkgBmnPjU by leguinian_utopia@union.place
2025-02-22T12:57:16Z
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It needs a whole diversity mod to make it better 😠Which, and the extended mod are the reasons I want the PC version
(DIR) Post #ArNSHMO9tQ75wtX0Gu by b_cavello@mastodon.publicinterest.town
2025-02-22T12:59:15Z
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@futurebird @DrFerrous Oh my gosh, this is awesome!!I love the city. I love urban life. City living can definitely be cozy. You don’t have to live in a log cabin!
(DIR) Post #ArNSNdc6lPPP6o38WO by leguinian_utopia@union.place
2025-02-22T13:00:26Z
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@futurebird I get it, I've always been a city guy, I would go crazy in a small town. 🫠Walkability and getting to know your community, two very alluring aspects of Stardew can also be an urban thing
(DIR) Post #ArNacTyXgCInC48GfI by grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange
2025-02-22T14:32:43Z
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@futurebird ok Cool but how do I get my harem
(DIR) Post #ArNcBosA4o5c5uYt5U by strongthany@infosec.exchange
2025-02-22T14:50:19Z
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@futurebird literally reading Power Broker right now. The audio book I have been using is split into thirds. The first third is basically "so here's who this guy is" and the second part has been "and here's why he's an awful person"
(DIR) Post #ArNcaHcKr7nyC7pAX2 by jhooper@techhub.social
2025-02-22T14:54:44Z
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@futurebird I like the city setting, but does it need to have farming/gardening? Why not something different. I think it might be neat to run a hot dog stand or an ice cream cart.
(DIR) Post #ArNd2teT2RaeGSSv9E by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-22T14:59:56Z
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@jhooper I mean I guess not, but there's a lot of gardening around here and community gardens in NYC have played an important role in many struggles for places to define themselves.
(DIR) Post #ArNdNi778D04Yrn0tc by jhooper@techhub.social
2025-02-22T15:03:40Z
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@futurebird I don't mean that I don't think there's gardens and such there, I'm just a little tired of farming games and thought that the city setting could lend itself to new ideas.
(DIR) Post #ArNkzZedjLcv0bTNGS by lePetomaneAncien@fosstodon.org
2025-02-22T16:28:54Z
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@futurebird Honey most definitely, especially because good management makes it a very renewable resource. But when a hive has lost its mojo, go for the wax. It's typically ~8x the value of an equivalent weight of honey.
(DIR) Post #ArNwBgEkBMYYOVKr9k by kattrali@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-02-22T18:34:22Z
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@futurebird my kingdom for stardew valley but with a reconciled town and country as the backdrop. Metropolis-level of intellectual life, rural varieties of useful physical work, and fantastic transit all around.
(DIR) Post #ArQc9pe6oTkHO6v9Ga by trochee@dair-community.social
2025-02-24T01:34:06Z
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@futurebird Playable New York Commune when?https://bookwyrm.social/user/trochee/comment/6295384#anchor-6295384