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New life sim Brewmaster is Stardew Valley for beer lovers
Brewmaster is a new life sim from Auroch Digital where you strive to be, well, the master of brews by learning the fine art of crafting your own beer, paying attention to the finest details, understanding the nuanced chemistry that shapes the flavor of your creation, and even choosing the design of your own labels. Brewmaster, or Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator, to use its full name, launches September 29 for PC and console and includes a story mode where you take your brewery from humble start-up to world-renowned purveyor of the finest beers.
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Nintendo gives us a nice long look at Stardew Valley meets Final Fantasy game Harvestella
Square Enix’s upcoming farming-sim X action game Harvestella was shown off in the latest Nintendo: Treehouse Live.
If you’re part of the venn diagram of fans that sits in between Stardew Valley and Final Fantasy, Harvestella will likely be for you. And thanks to Nintendo, we’ve been given a nice long look at the game. Unsurprisingly, the game starts with the player character experiencing a bout of amnesia, as any good game does, throwing you into a world where the seasons are dictated by four huge crystals, which sounds like the usual kind of Final Fantasy affair.
Except uh oh! The fifth season, Quietus, or the season of death, is starting to spread throughout the world, leaving crops withered and dead. As the Treehouse Live quite rapidly explains, another big crystal drops from the sky, which is accompanied by an armoured fellow that the cast aren’t quite sure what to do with.
Stardew Valley mod redesigns outdoor maps, adds new places to explore
Stardew Valley mod ‘Reimagined 3’ looks to completely overhaul the various outdoor maps of the farming life sim game, creating prettier, more interactive areas for players to explore. The appeal of Stardew is still going strong years after its release, with industrious modders working to add to the already great gameplay experience with a huge range of Stardew Valley mods.
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Ikonei Island is an adorable Zelda meets Stardew Valley farming sim
Initial impressions of Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure are certainly those of Zelda meets Stardew Valley, but the indie game looks to carve out its own niche in the relaxing island life game genre alongside the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons with dynamic combat systems, freeform island development, and a mysterious story at its centre. Waking up on the bizarre Ikonei Island, you’ll uncover its various mysteries and befriend the wildlife, harnessing their unique abilities to help you explore further.
Ikonei Island launched on Steam Early Access on August 18, and PCGamesN took a look at the game and its planned updates during our time at Gamescom. Perhaps most exciting for fans of the genre will be the planned multiplayer game mode – currently, the early access version of Ikonei Island only supports a single-player adventure, but up to four players will be able to work together on an island once multiplayer launches.
Like all the best farming games, Ikonei Island lets you build up your farm from scratch, earning a variety of tools and equipment to help increase your crop efficiency as you progress. As you harvest more resources, you’ll be able to build workshops, housing, decorations, and more to grow your simple base of operations into a thriving hamlet. In addition, you’ll be able to craft a range of weapons to tackle dangerous monsters out in the wild in Zelda-like combat sequences.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley blends Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing
With the success of games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, ‘life simulators’ are a dime a dozen these days, especially ones with farming elements. Few life games have the appeal of such well known and beloved characters as Disney Dreamlight Valley however, giving it a bit of an edge right from the get-go. It’s clear that this is geared towards children just as much as adults, so don’t expect the romancing shenanigans of Stardew, but Dreamlight Valley certainly has something for everyone.
There’s no beating around the bush when it comes to just how Disney Dreamlight Valley is – Merlin shows up right away and enlists your help as the magical saviour of the titular town, before introducing you to Scrooge McDuck, Goofy, and the big fella himself, Mickey Mouse. Four of the biggest Disney names are your fellow villagers from day one, and it’s these folks who set your first few tasks, whether it’s searching the meadow for basil and oregano so Goofy can teach you how to cook, or learning how to enter other worlds to save Merlin’s friends.
Stardew Valley creator teases boss fight, music for upcoming project Haunted Chocolatier
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Stardew Valley mod lets you make your villagers gender-neutral
A new Stardew Valley mod provides the option to change the sprite and portrait art in Eric Barone’s serene farming RPG, adding the ability to alter race, gender, and other aspects if you wish to create a more gender-neutral and diverse rural village.
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Stardew Valley mod turns mining into a proper money-making venture
A new Stardew Valley mod actually makes mining worth the time, even if you end up with what normally counts as trash or unwanted artifacts. The mod, which was downloaded over 3,000 times since it first debuted at the end of July, tweaks sell prices in the life game for pretty much everything you find down in the mines so they’re much more favorable to you. That includes minerals, but more importantly, it also covers Dwarf Scrolls, artifacts, and monster parts.
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