Suggestion: Alternate Farm Locations

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I've been playing the game on Switch and on GoGalaxy, I love it, and thought it was really cool to be able to start a beach farm.

But the longer I played, the more immersion breaking it was that my farm on the beach was actually in the middle between the forest and right next to the bus lane. I feel like it's a missed opportunity a bit, because there's a lot of wreckage on the western side of the beach and I feel a small path to a beach farm could open up there, and maybe a westward path could lead to the woods.

Similarly with the river farm it feels like it should be located somewhere where there can actually be river, like maybe east to the museum.

And it might be cool in the mountain farm were accessible by a cave tunnel in the mountains instead of the normal way.

Generally, I think it would be super cool if every farm were at different locations and the other farms could potentially be unlocked by the player at some point. Just think how great that would be for multiplayer and how much extra playtime people could get out of a single playthrough before they felt like they've done all there is to do :)

Upgrading the greenhouse could

Extra Suggestion: Upgradable bridges to replace the wooden plank bridges.

[Bobywan]

The stardew valley expanded mod offer new farm layouts. Also new farmable areas available in the east after year 1.
Look up for mods, there are so many, maybe you'll find everything you need.

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Originally posted by Bobywan:

The stardew valley expanded mod offer new farm layouts. Also new farmable areas available in the east after year 1.
Look up for mods, there are so many, maybe you'll find everything you need.

Yes but I'm talking about the existing farms layouts in the base game, I think it would be cool if they were actual locations on the map, not just variants of the same location.

Like, the beach farm is very immersion breaking when you take the south trail into the woods and have to wonder where all that water went.

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However if a mod already does what I'm suggesting, perhaps the dev could use the mod as a framework to patch content into the game?

[Redwood]

Can you really plant crops on the beach?

[Bobywan]

Originally posted by 💀:

However if a mod already does what I'm suggesting, perhaps the dev could use the mod as a framework to patch content into the game?

The dev worked alone on the game for many years, offering free updates. He is now working on another project and will probably not change this.
You must rely on mods I'm afraid.

Originally posted by Redwood:

Can you really plant crops on the beach?

On the beach farm you can. I have not tried the actual beach.
The trick is that you cant use sprinklers on the beach part of the beach farm, so crops may not be the best idea at first, or you will have to water manually a lot of your crops.
Later you can use deluxe retaining soil which stay watered.

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Ah, darn, oh well. It would have been really cool if the beach farm could have actually been located by the actual beach instead of in between the mountains and the forest where it makes no sense for a beach to be, even with mods I can't do that on Switch.

[I Kinda Fail]

It's an interesting idea to speculate about, but you'd have to balance it. The Standard farm is right between the mountains, forest and bus stop. Okay access to Mining, Foraging, and the town. Makes sense, since it's the most basic farm. Another problem would be, if we moved the farm, what would connect the mountain path, bus stop, etc? Maybe a small map with a fountain and some berry bushes/trees? Nothing fancy.

Forest farm has a lack of farming space, and extra forage. So being closer to Marnie, the forest, and Secret Woods would make sense. Maybe an entrance between the traveling cart and the giant cherry(?) tree?

Hilltop farm would make sense north of the Joja Mart. There's a river, there's a cliff, and a shortcut could be added to the mines once they're unlocked.

The Wilderness farm should have easy access to the mines and desert, so... maybe an entrance somewhere near the bus stop? Like a cave you go through, "behind" the mountain path? Maybe the tunnel road west of the bus stop could have a path?

Riverlands... maybe the same spot as Hilltop farm?

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Balance wise, a lot of it would be a trade off. The Beach farm would have easier access to the beach and south and eastern parts of Pelican Town, but would be a little further from the bus stop and the mines.

And a river farm would put you closer to Clint's, the Museum, and just a little south of Jojamart, but a little further from the mountains and forest.

A forest farm might be a little more out of the way but that would just mean it's easier to get wood, fish, and forage but takes a little longer to reach town or the mines, plus the Wizard Tower and Secret Woods wouldn't seem so far out. I think next to the Cherry Tree would be a good compromise area, make it feel like it's really in the woods.

A mountain farm with a cave tunnel to access it could have easier access to the Mine's and easier access to the Caves and Quarry once it's unlocked, and maybe have a minecart right on the farm once repaired.

As you suggest the Wilderness Farm would be perfect for having easy access to the desert and mountain path but be a little more out of the way of town like it's name implies.

And maybe the Crossroads farm could fit north of Jojamart with easier access to the community center, south east side of the mountain lake, and Jojamart and the layout could basically just be flipped horizontally.

The main thing to balance would be the process of acquiring the new farms and greenhouses during the game, like what extra bundles might be needed if you go the community center route, or how much it might cost if you go the Jojamart route.