The BEST Cozy Game - Stardew Valley

[@grantblake9777]

You did a good job of capturing it in my eyes. It's sad how many people I tell that my favorite game is stardew valley and they've never heard of it before. I especially liked the discussion on the music. Two additional aspects: I have two friends that live in a different state, so this game is how I connect with them, playing SV and talking on discord. And we've started exploring mods in the last year. Tons of additional content and QoL improvements that keep the game fresh even after 1300 hours in. Queen of Sauce. Our first farm together I joined late and I had received all the recipes except for fruit salad for a really long time... Like at least a year (in game).

[@ScouterVee]

Grant-san Thanks for the comment. I feel the same way. Like concernedape I played Harvestmoon on the Snes back in the day and NEVER found a game like it until Stardew valley. I hope he adds Multiplayer to Haunted chocolatier... See you around pelican town ^_^)b

[@jenthompson8372]

What makes this my favourite game and keeps me coming back is that no two saves are the same. You never know how your gameplay is going to go when you start a new farm, it’s so refreshing and exciting :)

[@ScouterVee]

I am so bad at reloading old saves >< I keep starting over... send help!

[@ikeilen6049]

everything just feels cute and cozy and relaxing and stressful all at the same time whenever you're thinking about whether you should have two tubs of flowers or maybe just one and maybe in a different corner and at the same time thinking whether to farm your fairy rose honey in ginger island first or maybe go to skull caverns for a best luck iridium iron gold farming first instead.... whew... constantly a lot on your mind and yet, it always lights up your brain cells with innate joy and comfort ❤❤❤

[@ScouterVee]

Are you hyped for Haunted Chocolatier?

[@yeaeayaye]

Found out from reddit (but i’m sure you have heard that already) and i love these videos! keep it up because it’s impossible for this to not get picked up by the algorithm ps: love your soothing voice :)

[@ScouterVee]

Thank you!

[@olioil8509]

this is a well made video!! congrats on 200 subscribers!!! :DD

[@ScouterVee]

Thank you olioil san ^_^)b More to come if you want to stick around.

[@eeriecalifornia6774]

Here from Reddit 😊 Best of luck growing your channel!

[@ScouterVee]

Thank you so much! I'll do my best!

[@Nina-xx6zh]

Congratulations on getting 200 subscribers! And that's the Queen of Sauce

[@ScouterVee]

Heya Nina, hope you're doing well! You win!

[@CookieSuus]

Congrats on yet another wonderful video! 😊 And the character on TV is the Queen of Sauce 👑

[@ScouterVee]

Thank you! I put a lot of work into this one... Hopefully it gets some exposure!

[@Shizuri37]

This probably doesn't belong here on youtube but I saw your reddit post and I don't have an account on there. Congratulations to you two on the little girl :) . Wish you three all the best! Watched some of your Videos and I really like your stlye. Left a sub and I'm looking forward to future content :) .

[@ScouterVee]

Thank you so much! Her name is Rin, I'll tell her Shizuri san said hello

[@terramori]

Congrats on 200!!!! I was very hesitant to get into Stardew because it would be a janky rip-off of Harvest Moon and I've had some issues with others in the past... I've known about the game since its release and did not start playing until last year after KZbin kept shoving its content down my throat. And I have to agree with you, its been a LOONNGGGG time since we had a decent Harvest Moon game, and the last decent one was HM Cute... which is a basically a reskinned HM DS... which is a better version of A Wonderful Life... TT__TT ConcernedApe did create a masterpiece and I feel terrible for not giving his game a shot earlier.

[@ScouterVee]

Heya Terramori san Im mostly excited for Haunted choco! Hopefully we get some new info soon!

[@sonofwotan]

Same here, man. Tried some of these other games advertised as “cozy” or “farm sims” and everything else just pales in comparison to Stardew Valley. Ultimately, I decided I’m not a fan of the genre-just that one game. Incidentally, from a game design perspective I think I know why SDV is more interesting and addictive than other similar games. The day night cycle and the passing of the seasons creates a tight gameplay loop in which you set goals and try to do things by a certain time, the skill tree provides the opportunity for character progression, and the mines have progression, challenge and reward baked in. It’s game theory 101, but it’s surprising how many games in the genre miss some of these elements and end up falling flat.

[@ScouterVee]

Same here! I got into SDV from the Harvest Moon just like Eric did and I only can get, "hooked" on those two games. There are some new games coming out I think you'll like though. I made a video about them if you want to follow the updates ;)

[@sonofwotan]

@@ScouterVee Thinking of it a little more, it’s an interesting question, though, for you or whoever else might be reading this: have there been any games that made you want to check out a genre, but then you realized out you didn’t care for the genre, only that game? Aside from SDV, for me AC Odyssey (loved it, although everyone said the older ones were better, didn’t care for them or for any of the AC’s that followed), Cyberpunk 2077 (made me interested in researching the genre, but aside from a couple of the movies, didn’t care for any of it. Even the original books that spawned the genre I found either poorly written, dull, dark, negative, and cynical to point of being toxic), and Moonlighter (really fun roguelike that made me check out others, but they all lacked the secondary “shop” gameplay loop that kept Moonlighter interesting for me) are good examples.

[@MazerTime]

Good video, and good plug- gonna go check how you survive on trash.

[@ScouterVee]

Thanks Mazer-san Honestly my editing was not as good so don’t judge too hard >

[@MazerTime]

@@ScouterVee the editing was ok, but the trash dancing section was fenomenal!

[@cooperchapman2907]

QUEEN OF SAUCE

[@ScouterVee]

Chapman-san~ Thanks for watching until the end!

[@chrisrussell8245]

It's so sweet and innocent. ❤

[@The_Untitled_Knight]

Why this game is indisputably the best game go be created.-it’s fun :)

[@ScouterVee]

It's up there for sure! What game are you playing now?

[@The_Untitled_Knight]

@@ScouterVeeyeah it is up there currently in playing stardew valley but my favorite all time is prob terraria

[@amandaham7571]

Sunhaven is even better tbh

[@ScouterVee]

I just checked it out, it looks fun. What's your favorite game in the genre though?

[@amandaham7571]

@@ScouterVee probably rune factory games. I don't think rune factory 5 was that good though. Wbu?

[@ScouterVee]

@@amandaham7571 Nothing much to play right now so I am just making content for fun. I never got into the Rune Factory Games, but I might buy Sunhaven so thanks for letting me know about it!

[@amandaham7571]

No problem. I'm sure you'll like sunhaven it's unique

[@user-ll1tl8ly1n]

terraria solos

[@DCatGameDeveloper]

SD felt boring once I got addicted on Rune Factory 4 Special, best games in this genre, 4 alone has more unique and daily dialogues than every HM game together.

[@ScouterVee]

I tried to get into RF before SD came out and I did not like the gameplay... I wonder how the series is now. I'll look into it (^_^)b What are you playing now?

[@DCatGameDeveloper]

@@ScouterVee RF didn't hook until 20h of playtime for me, once I understood how the farm health works, sharance maze, marriage and relationship with NPCs the game turned out to be the perfect anti-stress spot to spend time, RF5 isn't that good tho. I'm not playing so much because I'm using my free time to develop my own little game, it's a mix of Harvest Moon and Earthbound, there's videos on my channel if you're interested to see how it looks.

[@ScouterVee]

@@DCatGameDeveloper Hm and Earthbound? That sounds amazing. I just checked it out! It's looking amazing so far... keep working on it and keep me updated. I want to play it!