Graphics improvements!

Better House, taller NPC’s:

The old farmhouse was not very appealing. I’m so much happier with this one. I’ll leave the upgraded houses as a surprise.

Character portraits (works in progress):

Clockwise from top left – Neutral Haley, Neutral Elliot, Angry Penny, Enraptured Sebastian

These character portraits are smaller than the previous ones… it was nice to be able to see more clothes, but these are a lot quicker to draw, freeing up more time for development in other areas of the game. Plus, I think you can see enough to get a feel for each character’s style.

I’ve made a bunch of progress on character customization, and I’d like to share some of the results with you! Above, you can see just a few of the many possible combinations for your character. After you’ve created your starting look, there’s nothing stopping you from getting a haircut or changing your outfit in the future. Below is the unfinished character customization screen. You won’t have access to all clothes when you first start your character, but over time you’ll be able to put together a pretty sharp wardrobe!

So I’ve finally gotten around to updating the main character. This time, it’s for good…

In addition to increasing the height of the character, I am setting up a system for hairstyle, clothing, hat, skin, eye, and accessory customization. And you’ll be able to choose your gender, of course!

Really looking forward to drawing a hundred shirts. ^^

*One possible combo of many

Peer across the cave floor from your very own desktop!

16:10 (widescreen)

16:9 (very widescreen)

Welcome to the new Stardew Valley website, everyone!

I’m happy to announce that Stardew Valley is being published by Chucklefish, the great team of people behind the upcoming game Starbound. They’ve also helped me out by sprucing up the site layout and providing access to a way better forum system. I apologize to everyone who had already been posting on the old forums… I know it’s a bit of a hassle to switch over, but I think it will be beneficial for everyone in the end. I’m going to miss the old site a little, too… but I won’t forget all of you who hung out in the forums with me and shared your great ideas and comments about Stardew. 🙂 I think this is the start of an exciting new period!

The old website will still be available for a while at http://stardewvalley.weebly.com, if you need to grab anything or just want to reminisce a little.

A couple of screenshots of some cooperative activities.

Fishing with buddies 🙂

Decorating with the Mrs

New Official Stardew Valley trailer!