I Was cooking this weekend when my eight-year-old son looked up from the couch, where he was listening to theStardew Valleygame soundtrack on Apple Music.
“Dad,” he announced, “I’m going to read you the name ofevery song (********” on this album. “
“Cool,” I said as I minced the garlic.
“Stardew Valley Overture,” he began. “Cloud Country. Grandpa’s Theme. Settling In. Spring (It’s a Big World Outside). Spring (The Valley Comes Alive). Spring (Wild Horseradish Jam). Ha ha!”
He liked the phrase “Wild Horseradish Jam” so much that he read it again before going on.
“Pelican Town …”
As a parent, I have acquired the finely honed ability to tune out my beloved offspring, and I put it to use now. This was a good decision, because theStardew Valleysoundtrack has a whopping different tracks. Minutes passed before he finally made it to track (******************************************************: “Load Game.”
He then lay still, listening to the “Dance of the Moonlight Jellies,” and I listened to it, too. The music inStardew Valleycan feel buoyant, melancholy, or numinous — sometimes all three at once. Underlying its many moods are feelings of stillness and calm; even “Mines (Danger!)” lacks the frenetic element found in so much video game music.
The “night market.” Stardew Valley features a day / night cycle that is linked to your character’s energy meter.
A recent update added multiplayer co-op capabilities.
A multiplayer farm in action. Look at all the pumpkins!
You can eventually acquire animals. My kids cannot get enough of this feature …
Like its music,Stardew Valleydoes not agitate or arouse, but neither is it boring , sappy, or simple. It is, nominally, a farming simulator, in which you inherit a patch of land from grandpa and head out to the country to clear trees and grow pole beans. But then you find the nearby town, and the mines, and the locals, and a strange tower, and a branch of the evil JoJoMart corporation, and you pick up a fishing pole and some geodes and a strange key … Indeed, the game turns out to be surprisingly complex, and my kids have become experts at using the(Stardew Valley Wiki) to figure out how the game works and what you can do within its world.
Because our kids get enough screen time during the week — the two oldest kids use Chromebooks constantly at school and for homework — we limit their time on the PlayStation 4 to weekends. Which has meant that every Saturday morning of 2019 in Casa Anderson has been permeated by the sounds of theStardew Valleysoundtrack as the kids build, explore, unlock, and interact within the game.
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