A player has built a farm in Stardew Valley for 3 in-game years. On YouTube, he shows an experiment about what happens to the farm when he ignores it for 1,000 years.
What kind of experiment is this? The YouTuber Swell played Stardew Valley until he reached Year 3. But he wondered what would happen to the game world if he ignored it for 1,000 years. To do this, he went to bed each time and let time pass.
To speed up the process, he additionally downloaded a mod and even reprogrammed it to increase the game’s speed by a factor of 80. Otherwise, it would have taken ages to reach Year 1,000.
With this, he is doing what many players would never do: ignore their farm. Other fans tend to invest several hundred hours into the farm, one of whom even got to show his farm to the game’s developer.
The project took a lot of time despite the mod and even led to multiple crashes of his laptop. But in the end, he could show what had already changed after one year and what the world of Stardew Valley looks like after 10, 100, and 1,000 years.
You can watch his video here:
Stardew Valley becomes a prehistoric forest after 1,000 years
What does the game world look like when you leave it? After one year, not much has changed. The creepiest part is probably that a mannequin dressed as a clown appears in front of the bed. Additionally, the player loses some affection towards the NPCs. The farm, slimes, and the animals still look perfectly fine.
After 10 years, it looks quite different:
- The YouTuber now wakes up in a clown costume and the mannequin is wearing his clothes
- There is a new piece of furniture in the house, which happens to be in the fish room
- All hearts and thus also the affection towards the NPCs have disappeared
- The farm is full of rocks, branches, meteorites, as well as mushroom trees and overgrown with weeds
- The animals were not fed but still produce resources
- The fences have decayed and the witch paid a visit to the slime barn, turning almost all slimes black
Only the greenhouse and the town look as he left them 10 years ago. However, this changes after 100 years, at least for the town: Suddenly, the entire ground is also covered with branches and stones.
The residents maintain their daily routine but make their way through the branches and stones as if they were just grass. The house now also looks much messier than after 10 years. Even the wallpaper and floors have been changed. The player also gives up reading all the letters, as his mailbox is now cluttered.
After 1,000 proud years, his wife has become a hoarder. She has decorated the house with random pieces of furniture. Leaving his house felt for the YouTuber as if he were stepping into prehistoric times, as the farm is full of mushroom trees and 100 meteorites.
Additionally, there are now 511 stone owls on his farm. They spawn with a 0.5% chance overnight.
What do others say about it? The funniest comment under the YouTuber’s video was written by Zephy3. He claims that the cursed mannequin is a better father than the player. After all, it has been taking care of the player’s children for 1,000 years.
Other users also find it amazing that the game is so well programmed that it can handle 1,000 years. No wonder that Stardew Valley is so popular. It is one of the few games that has reached the “God Tier” on Steam. We present 9 more games to you here: Here are 10 games that have reached “God Tier” in reviews on Steam
