Before the update I had my farm pretty decked out with Studio Ghibli mods (appearance mods). The scarecrows were changed to characters from the Studio Ghibli movies, I made Totoro plushies myself, and replaced art/pictures on the wall with artwork from the movies too  

(Oct 1st, 2020, 08:18 PM)WrestleRacer91 Wrote:

This game looks intriguing. Is it worth the pickup on the Switch?

• A new major festival.
  
• Two new mini festivals.
  
• New late-game content, which expands on each of the skill areas.
  
• New items and crafting recipes.
  
• Joja alternatives to some of the end-game quests.
  
• 100+ new lines of dialogue.
  
• Winter outfits for the villagers.
  
• New type of reward for completing billboard requests.
  
• Support for 8 player multiplayer on PC.
  
• Many small additions and adjustments.
  
• New farm type.
  
• New secrets and more.
  

• Desert Festival - a three-day event in spring which can be accessed after the bus is repaired.
  
• Two mini fishing festivals: Trout Derby and SquidFest.
  
• A new environmental “event” in summer.
  
• Festivals now have map and dialogue changes every second year (except the night market and desert festival).
  
  
• Added a “mastery” system, accessed via a new area, which grants powerful perks and items…
  
  
• Added a new farm type: Meadowlands Farm. It has a chewy blue grass that animals love. You also start with a coop and 2 chickens.
  
• Added four new crops (carrots, summer squash, broccoli, and powdermelon) which can’t be purchased at the store, and two new giant crops.
  
• Added four new home renovations: dining room, attic, expanded corner room, and cubby.
  
  
• You can now get multiple pets (after getting max hearts with your starter pet).
  
• Added two new cat and dog breeds.
  
• Added turtle pets.
  
• Pets that love you will sometimes give you gifts.
  
• You can now place hats on cats and dogs.
  
• Added an animals tab that shows all your pets & animal's.
  
• You can now build pet bowls in Robin’s shop, with three variants.
  
• The farmhouse and pet bowl can now be moved through Robin’s menu.
  
  
• Added a world map for Ginger Island, visible when visiting the island.
  
• Added a golden Joja parrot, which you can pay to find all remaining golden walnuts on Ginger Island.
  
• The world map now shows your actual position within the world in real-time (instead of showing you at a fixed point for each location). In multiplayer, you’ll see other players’ positions in real-time too.
  
  
• NPCs now have winter outfits.
  
• Added a prize machine in Lewis’ house. You can collect prize tickets as a reward for completing quests and special orders, and from repeated egg/ice festival wins.
  
• Added a new bobber machine in Willy’s shop, with 39 bobber styles to choose from. New styles unlock by catching new kinds of fish.
  
• A bookseller now comes to town twice a season.
  
• Added mystery boxes.
  
• Added a big tree, with a quest line which ultimately gives you some new neighbors.
  
  
• Over 400 new items added to the game.
  

• Added waterfalls.
  
• Added more holiday decorations in winter.
  
• Added more pathstones to various maps.
  
• Added jack-o-lanterns after the Stardew Valley Fair in fall.
  
• Jelly, pickles, wines, and juices are now colored based on the ingredient item.
  
• Some trees have a chance to lose their leaves in the fall.
  
• Graphical improvements to building interiors.
  
• Lighting changes:
  • It now gets dark an hour earlier in winter.
    
  • Night tiles (e.g. town lamps) now activate an hour earlier in all seasons.
    
  • Indoor daytime lighting now smoothly transitions to night lighting over the course of two hours.
    
  • Night lighting in non-farmhouse indoor locations is now slightly darker.
    
  • Farmhouse lighting on rainy days is now slightly moody, and lights stay on all day.
    
  • TVs and trees of the Winter Star now give off light at night.
    
  • Added light sources to window light glows so there are no more “dark but lit” windows.
    
  • Made some improvements to the intro bus drive cutscene.
    
  • At night, hats are now drawn at the night-time color in the game menu portraits.
    
  • Removed lighting quality option. It’s now permanently set to ultra quality.
    

• Performance improvements.
  
• NPCs now shove chests out of their way instead of destroying them.
  
• If Pam won’t be coming to the bus for any reason, she now leaves a sign informing you and you can drive yourself to the desert.
  
• You can now “strafe” while charging a watering can or hoe, allowing you to reposition your tool hit area without changing your facing direction.
  
• Checking a pet bowl will now show a text bubble with the pet’s name.
  
• Added a new post-fishing sparkling text to indicate when you’ve caught something for the first time.
  
• You can now sit in chairs during festivals.
  
• You can now move filled chests by hitting them twice with a heavy tool (previously only with bare hands). The chests will shift one space at a time.
  
• You can now place flooring underneath most buildings.
  
• Male farmers are no longer forced into wedding clothes on their wedding day, so you can choose your own outfit for the wedding.
  
• You can now change the flooring of the slime hutch.
  

• Gender-specific clothing variants can now be worn by any gender.
  
• You can now drink mayonnaise and jelly, and eat pickles.
  
• Added more descriptive titles to daily quests.
  

(Mar 8th, 2024, 01:32 AM)Moonface Wrote:

@queenzelda I'm curious, who did you two go with as your slave partner in the game to live on your farm with you?

(Mar 20th, 2024, 05:05 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

(Mar 8th, 2024, 01:32 AM)Moonface Wrote:

@queenzelda I'm curious, who did you two go with as your slave partner in the game to live on your farm with you?

Uh? I never really chose anyone as my partner in the game. A lot of the characters that are available to date I was just like whatever, and just stayed single. 🤷‍♀️

(Mar 8th, 2024, 01:32 AM)Moonface Wrote:

@ShiraNoMai @queenzelda I'm curious, who did you two go with as your slave partner in the game to live on your farm with you?

I know for my original playthrough of the game I made a point of getting with Leah because I just really liked her character compared to most of the others, at least when it came to picking someone to make a love interest.