Stardew Valley is an open-ended role play gaming combined with the farm simulation offered by Chucklefish Limited. It has more than a million downloads on the Play Store. Explore a vast island, grow varieties of crops, raise animals, interact with the NPCs, craft weapons and customize your farm as you like.
Story
Your grandfather is taking the last breaths of his life. He gives you a letter and tells you to open it when you lose interest in life. Twenty years later, you are working in a Joja company where you work and spend all day sitting in front of a computer. You completely lose interest in this life. Then you open the letter. You find out that your grandfather also went through this phase and then started living in Stardew Valley as a farmer. Now his farm is yours. You go to Stardew Valley to start your new peaceful life.
Gameplay
In this game, you will play as a farmer. You come to a village from the city and find out that the farm is in bad condition, there is overgrown grass & weeds everywhere. You have to cut the grass, remove stones and clear the field. You will till the field with hoe, sow seeds, grow crops, harvest the crops and sell them to earn money. You can also craft items like torch, fence, gravel path, campfire etc. Cook meals to restore your HP and energy. There are so many areas you can explore and find caves & treasures. When you work in the fields, fight with monsters, or do any work, your energy level will drop. Eat food or sleep to restore the energy. Sleeping also starts the next day. There is so much to do in the game.
Controls
It comes with 3 control schemes: Touch-screen, virtual buttons and external controller. In the touch-screen controls, tap on the screen to move to that position. And tap at the current position to use the tool. In the virtual button controls, there is a virtual analog on the left side of the screen and buttons on the right side. Use the virtual analog stick to move the character and the button to use the tool. There are also other control schemes with various combinations of touch-screen & virtual joystick controls.
Farm Types
When you start a new game, you can select a farm from the 6 available farms. Each farm has a unique landscape and characteristics. These 6 farms are: Standard Farm, Riverland Farm, Forest Farm, Hill-top Farm, Wilderness Farm & Four Corners Farm. Standard farm has more space around your farm than any other farm and is good to grow crops. In Riverland farm, there are many small islands and your farm is spread on these islands. It is good for fishing. Hill-top farm is situated on the rocky terrains and is good for mining but hard for farming. In the wilderness farm, you will face monsters at night but have fertile soil.
