This is a farming simulation management game developed entirely by one person and ultimately took five years.
Its inspiration comes from the early Harvest Story, as well as a series of similar games such as Minecraft and Animal Crossing.
Stardew Valley cannot be said to be the master of these games, but it does present the characteristics of these inspired games very well. It is a very rare top independent game.
And the person who made this game
The work of just one person had already created a horror work with sales of 20 million before Bamboo Traveling Star Time Travel.
You must know that Stardew Valley was released in 2016. At that time, top masterpieces were everywhere, and there were so many sandbox games. Many people were dazzled by these top-notch cool games.
But Stardew Valley still relies on its very unique temperament to attract every player who plays this game, and becomes obsessed with Stardew Valley.
However, it sounds a bit staggering that it took one person five years to develop such a game.
But in fact, this person himself is not very efficient in developing games. Five years is very short of being in a state of efficient development.
At a certain period of time, he even needed the help of his wife to maintain his life. However, this was not because the game developer was deliberately fishing for money, but more because he was developing alone, and the development process was
There was almost no reference from anyone, and he had no idea whether the direction he was taking was popular or correct. It was all a mystery.
Under such circumstances, it will also cast a shadow in his heart, and he will begin to doubt whether the game he developed is good enough.
But Zhu Youxing doesn’t have to think about it that much.
First of all, he is now a top game developer, and he is very skilled in the use of various creative ideas and various gameplay methods.
Even if he is allowed to return to his original world, he will definitely become a top game developer. After all, it is the experience gained from many top games in ten years.
Next, Zhu Youxing is also a very efficient person. In the process of developing games, at least he will not be too fussy. In addition, he has a very mature development path and knows how to make it. This can actually save a lot of time.
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I roughly estimated that under ideal conditions, I should be able to complete the initial development of Stardew Valley in one to two months, which means adding mainstream gameplay content, such as farming, decoration, and mining.
, as well as social activities and other functions.
These are enough, and then he will gradually add more functions in the future, making this game more and more full.
"Zhuyou, do you just want to set an example for those three girls because of their troubles?"
When Aya Tsukino heard about the game development plan conceived by Takeyusei, she felt it was a little outrageous.
This time he wanted to develop the game by himself, and almost did not rely on the help of a second person to develop the game. This should actually be considered a very inefficient behavior for the current Zhuyouxing.
Zhu Youxing originally had no reason to do such a thing, but now he suddenly wanted to do it. It seemed that the only reason was to set an example for the three girls.
"That's true, but not entirely. It was the situation you told me about these three girls that reminded me of the current industry situation. In fact, I still want to make more game developers realize that games should not just be
It’s just a big production.”
Zhu Youxing doesn’t hope that the game industry will really be unable to move forward without him. He also hopes that people in this world can continue to release their creativity and create excellent games.
So far, his original intention has not changed, which is to play excellent games created by people who play this world. It is still a bit boring to just copy the games from his previous life.
Now that we have a direction, we can get started now without further ado.
This time he didn't plan to use his reputation, and he didn't even plan to launch the game on his home console and handheld platform from the beginning.
His target is the PC platform.
It just so happens that I have been trying to train PC users to get used to using my own Battle.net game platform. This platform is similar to Steam in the previous life, and now it is also a platform with hundreds of games.
It's just that apart from the first-party games like StarCraft and Doom, there is nothing else to play.
Nowadays, many netizens jokingly call this the game launcher, which is specially used to play games such as Doom and StarCraft.
It’s not that the game developers in this world are unsatisfactory and have not gained favor and attention on this game platform. It’s just that most players are still concentrated on home consoles and handheld platforms, and games on the PC platform still seem a bit weak.
But the PC is a great soil for independent games. If this soil can be allowed to bloom with its due charm, then the mission of Stardew Valley will be truly accomplished.
Takeyusei immediately put down the controller and returned to his bedroom. He couldn't wait to start a new round of game development, leaving Aya Tsukino there alone and messy.
Back in the bedroom, Zhu Youxing turned on his desktop computer, and then tried to log in to a user account that he had not logged in for many years.
Nintendo is the ruler of the world.
This meme is completely incomprehensible to people in this world. It is a romance that only belongs to Bamboo Youxing.
Since he used this account to guide Kazuo Murakami, the current leader in game reviews, he has not used this account again.
Because he felt that the more he used it, the easier it would be to cheat, and since Murakami Kazuo has become a leader in the field of game reviews, he no longer needs to use this account for anything.
However, after many years, he thought of this account again.
Seeing this familiar account name, Zhu Youxing once again felt a sense of intimacy.
Just use this username to create a new platform.
However, this alone is definitely not enough.
What is his purpose? The purpose is to allow independent games to have their own market, but at the same time, he also wants to encourage the three girls and let them understand that video games do not require big production all the time.
Independent games are also very good. If they want to enter this industry, independent games are actually a more suitable channel.
Then the process of development must be well demonstrated to these three girls. As for the method of display, Zhu Youxing has already thought of it, which is to present it in the form of a documentary.