My friend insisted I minmax Stardew Valley profits for year 1

She laid out a whole routine with fishing rods and blueberry math that sucked all the fun out of the game for me. I stopped playing for six months after that. Anyone else prefer just wandering around picking up random shells?

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nora1106d ago

Oh man, I had a friend try to do the same thing to me with the "perfect" crop layout and all that. It just turned the game into a spreadsheet and I hated it. I got so burned out I didn't want to play anything for a while. Now I just wake up, pet my dog, and spend the whole day foraging in the forest or fishing at the ocean. The whole point is supposed to be relaxing, not stressing about how many blueberries I'm gonna turn into wine. Sometimes I go to bed at 2pm in game just because I don't feel like doing anything else. Your friend means well but that minmax stuff kills the cozy vibe completely.

faith_king6d agoOG Member

Yeah but come on, you're kind of missing the point of what a spreadsheet actually does for you. I started doing the minmax thing and honestly it's way more fun than just wandering around aimlessly. There's this whole puzzle aspect to figuring out the most efficient way to make money and it's super satisfying when you get it right. Like sure, going to bed at 2pm sounds cozy but you're not exactly making progress on anything. The game gives you goals for a reason - restoring the community center, building stuff on your farm, getting those achievements. If you treat it like a sandbox with no direction you're basically just playing an interactive screensaver. I get that the friend was pushy about it but optimizing your time doesn't ruin the vibe, it just adds a different kind of fun.