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Giveaway ended!

The three lucky ones are:

snoodwattle@retrolemmy.com

tikcreyiz@lemmy.ml

newcool1230@lemmy.ml

The keys will be sent to the winners via private message on lemmy.

Congrats!

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UPDATE: Since SV is on sale right now and the post got more attention than I thought it would get (the one 2 years ago got 50 total upvotes lol), I decided to up the count of SV to give away to 3 πŸ™‚

I also decided to give one out of the three copies to a comment I personally pick.

So to recap:

  • 1 SV Steam key each will be sent to the first and second randomly picked winner

  • 1 SV Steam key will be given to the poster of a comment I personally pick

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Hello Friends,

every year I give away a key for Stardew Valley. This is the 6th time I'm doing this. Why? Because it's an awesome game! Two years ago i did the giveaway on the Stardew Valley community here on lemmy.

To enter, just drop a top-level comment (not a comment on someone else's comment) under this post with a reason why you didn't play Stardew Valley yet. It can be a made up reason.

Your lemmy account must be older than 3 days to qualify.

From all comments that qualify, ~~one~~ two will be chosen randomly and one will be picked by me on Tuesday the 8th of July at 20:00 (8pm) CET.

Good luck πŸ‘

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 39 points 1 year ago

Not participating, since I already own the game on steam. Just wanted to tell you that it's very nice of you. Have a wonderful day !

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

"Hey anyone wanna try this extra crack that I have?"

[–] Cabslock@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I didn't play Stardew valley because I'm scared I'll get addicted and it will consume all my time, and eventually me as a whole.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In that case, don't look up Dwarf Fortress. I've also heard good things about Factorio, but I haven't tried it yet.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Rimworld. Tried it once while working at a mind numbingly boring internship after a month of putting it off.

I have 6k hours now.

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[–] Cabslock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Stop it guys!!! I just kicked the habit from some games, wasn't looking to replace them... Aaaaaah!

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago

Give it to this guy.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Do not try Oxygen Not Included. :)

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't gotten a chance yet, as rustc is using 100% CPU & RAM.

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And C++ compile times made me learn C. You must be jealous that my memory errors & race conditions compile faster than yours.

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bold of you to assume my code compiles at all

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't pick me. This is just inspiration to do like my.... 5th-ish playthrough. Fantastic game and a real treat for any new farmers!

But, the real question is.... when ya gonna haunt them chocolates ape?!?!

[–] misterwu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great question. I like to think the more time he spends on making the game, the better it will be once its released

[–] hamsesh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I dunno why I haven’t played it yet! I keep meaning to but never found an excuse to get it. Thanks for doing this giveaway ❀️

[–] tikcreyiz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I really want to play it but steam sells the games in my country in USD, not my countrys currency and this makes it expensive and painful to buy. Not only stardew valley, almost any games

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Vouching for this person

[–] misterwu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations! Your comment was one of the lucky ones!

[–] tikcreyiz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! This means a lot.

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My SO didn't play games until his late 30s because be started working as a teen. I introduced him to BOTW and then Minecraft and Portal. Do you think SV would be a good next game?

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

SV is great, My time on Portia/Sandrock games also, but do not forget about Terraria :)

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[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago

It's been on my list, and I like cozy games… I just never got around to it. And I'm cheap, so unless I noticed it on super sale, I'd put it off until laterℒ️

I didn't play Stardew Valley because YOU made me sign a blood oath that I wouldn't.

I didn't play Stardew valley because she star on my valley til I dew

[–] Luma@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

I am currently addicted to stardew, I am playing with my friend. She doesn't own the game but thanks to steam family share, she can play with me through someone elses copy.

She does want her own copy and I am commenting for her because she doesn't use Lemmy.

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bought it on Android with rewards funds to share it with wife, so she would stop using the goddamn Duolingo and the stupid game it pushes as an advert. But hey, wouldn't mind trying it on PC in multiplayer with her I guess

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve never played it because it just seems like Harvest Moon, which I played as a kid. Sure, maybe it’s refined the concept, but I already married my harvest boo when I was 12 years old. How could I dare to be unfaithful to her?

[–] JRush@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Why haven't I played Stardew Valley yet? Fear.

[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I guess the pandemic wasn't long enough to get all the way through my backlog. I've been slowly making my way through even now. I've been told it's a travesty that I haven't played yet.

[–] a_person@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Currently addicted to factorio, gotta try stardew

[–] Spood_Beest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really have a reason that I haven't, but I keep thinking about it more and more. Especially after seeing Bobby Lee interview the creator. That was pretty cool

[–] newcool1230@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for doing this! If I receive this, I will play it all summer long. This is one of the games I really wanted to play.

[–] misterwu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations! Your comment was one of the lucky ones!

[–] newcool1230@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH <3

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have it but I would love a key for my fiancΓ©e to play with me, we can finally be warring couples with Abigail and Sebastian

[–] Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Give it to this guy. It's a great reason.

...

But if you don't, I wouldn't mind giving it a try for a few (read: 200) hours πŸ˜›

[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Heard great things, never played it before, And sounds relaxing as all heck.

[–] c24w@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm afraid of commitment.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not sure why I haven't played it, does anyone know if it has co-op across platforms? Like if I install it on a linux distro will I be able to join a spouse who is playing on her Xbox or Windows?

My spouse says I never played because the aliens invaded and subsequently abducted me.

[–] YouShouldSeeMyAlt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is cross-platform play between PC (including Linux and Mac) and mobile devices (iOS and Android).Β For other platforms like Nintendo Switch and Xbox, crossplay is not available, meaning you can only play with others on the same console

You should be able to play co-op across PCs regardless of OS but console versions are not cross compatible.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for this info, I installed Medieval Dynasty the other day trying to play co-op with her. Unfortunately couldn't join, I assume because I didn't have a legitimate version. Hers was paid for but I had just torrented mine in attempt to play locally. Was hoping I didn't have to pay for a game twice to play together .

[–] Saurok@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I've played it on Linux Mint while some friends were on Windows, didn't have any issues :)

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last game I bought was 5 bucks, and I'm still skeptical whenever it was a good investment cuz money is hard It was Oneshot, and I loved it

Not sure if I'd even like Stardew Valley

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are mods that can make the experience way better. For me the "save anytime" is one of the most important game play improvement.

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm yet to get the game tbh Might actually get it once I get bored of VotV again

[–] Uliaoth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Believe or not, I don't own SV on Steam πŸ˜…

[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, why not? It's 2D minecraft AFAIK. Also, the title text recommends it.

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