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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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[–] Spood_Beest@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours 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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

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

[–] Luma@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours 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.

[–] a_person@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Currently addicted to factorio, gotta try stardew

[–] silberwoelfin@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I have played Stardew Valley before, but not on Steam. I got it on Nintendo Switch and liked it, but now I have a Steam Deck that I like even more. Haven't picked up SV yet because I don't like buying things twice...

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

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

[–] RIDDL3R@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I never played it because I was in a bad place in life when it released.

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

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 34 points 2 days 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 !

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

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

[–] urandom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I’ve never played it. I guess it got popular before ingot back into gaming, and i had some backlog from humble bundle games when they concentrated on Linux games

[–] tikcreyiz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 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 day ago

Vouching for this person

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

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[–] Cabslock@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days 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 2 days 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.

[–] Cabslock@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] Cabslock@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I also tried Minecraft once.... Never stopped...

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

Give it to this guy.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Do not try Oxygen Not Included. :)

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days 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 day ago

Bold of you to assume my code compiles at all

I have played Stardew Valley before but it was a pirated copy. I have it wish listed on steam but I only purchased two games on steam and I find the payment process to be a bit tedious. I may look into buying it someday but if I win this giveaway, then I don’t have to buy it. πŸ™‚

[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I wasn't able to play it because my PC wasn't powerful enough, but now I finally upgraded to something from this decade so now I'm good.

[–] RonnieB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I've always wanted to try it but wasn't sure if I'd be into that style of game.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days 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?

[–] misterwu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If he enjoyed BOTW and Minecraft I think he would enjoy SV too :)

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[–] hamsesh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days 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 ❀️

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days 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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

believe it or not i never played it before

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

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

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Cool I’ve never played it.

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

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

This is a top tier comment, don't believe upvotes. Glad You found a game You like so much to make giveaways blobfox, blobfox3c

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days 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

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

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

I don't know it just doesn't look like my thing. If I win I'll probably do a giveaway

[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days 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.

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