Shoutout to the person who told me to stop minmaxing my farm layout

I used to obsess over Stardew Valley farm efficiency. I had spreadsheets for crop profit per day and I'd restart my save if I placed a building wrong. Then a comment on the subreddit said something like 'you're playing a game about escaping the city and you're treating it like a second job.' That really hit me. I tried just planting whatever looked nice and not caring about the bottom line. Now I leave random trees standing and I built a little picnic area that does nothing productive. It actually made the game way more relaxing. Has anyone else had that moment where they realized they were overthinking a cozy game?

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riley432d ago

Wait, you actually had spreadsheets for crop profit per day? lmao. I respect the dedication but yeah that's a bit much. I had a similar wakeup call when I realized I was stressing about finishing the Community Center in year one like it was a race. Now I just plant whatever seeds I find in the traveling cart and call it a day.

ericj451d ago

Ha, I read somewhere that the creator of Stardew actually designed it so you can't really mess up permanently. Once I heard that it clicked for me too. Now I just pick whatever crop looks prettiest that season.