kazz_y_lazz
Greenhorn
The Stardew Valley Bachelors and Bachelorettes are 12 distinct characters with a lot of thought and attention put into each one; likes, dislikes, personalities, character interactions, clothing.. the list goes on.
I try to put myself in CA's shoes when wanting to leave his beloved players a hidden message. You don't want a hidden message to be in your face, but you still want to communicate something important, that you feel is part of a dialogue. As Stardew Valley players immerse themselves and fall in love with their own marriage candidates, we are left to wonder.. "Who has Eric Barone's heart?"
Looping back to our eligible bachelors and bachelorettes, one other detail that was designed by none other than CA are: Their names..
Alex, Elliot, Harvey, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Abigail, Emily, Haley, Leah, Maru, Penny
I love anagrams and after re-arranging the first letters of the beloved marriage candidates we can read:
PSS LEAH HAS ME
I really wondered if this was a stretch with PSS being a typo for PPS (Post Sub-Script). And it could be! And this could all be a HUGE stretch, so let's stretch even further.
There is a strong case to be made CA wrote himself into the game as a character, Sebastian. If we remove Sebastian from the list of marriage candidates (11 eligibility for Sebastian) we get an in game, hidden message from our game developer:
"PS LEAH HAS ME"
Yet people change! Passion fades, interests grow apart, and maybe that's where the "And actually the thing is the message is not even really relevant anymore. It was like originally revealing something that's like actually not even true anymore."
Maybe CA truly grew to love the personality he created in Leah and wanted to share this with his community– secretly of course. Yet, with time, and a real life partner to cherish, CA has grown apart from his in game love. Despite that loss, he will forever be reminded of the secret love note left to honor his first Stardew Valley Crush.
I try to put myself in CA's shoes when wanting to leave his beloved players a hidden message. You don't want a hidden message to be in your face, but you still want to communicate something important, that you feel is part of a dialogue. As Stardew Valley players immerse themselves and fall in love with their own marriage candidates, we are left to wonder.. "Who has Eric Barone's heart?"
Looping back to our eligible bachelors and bachelorettes, one other detail that was designed by none other than CA are: Their names..
Alex, Elliot, Harvey, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Abigail, Emily, Haley, Leah, Maru, Penny
I love anagrams and after re-arranging the first letters of the beloved marriage candidates we can read:
PSS LEAH HAS ME
I really wondered if this was a stretch with PSS being a typo for PPS (Post Sub-Script). And it could be! And this could all be a HUGE stretch, so let's stretch even further.
There is a strong case to be made CA wrote himself into the game as a character, Sebastian. If we remove Sebastian from the list of marriage candidates (11 eligibility for Sebastian) we get an in game, hidden message from our game developer:
"PS LEAH HAS ME"
Yet people change! Passion fades, interests grow apart, and maybe that's where the "And actually the thing is the message is not even really relevant anymore. It was like originally revealing something that's like actually not even true anymore."
Maybe CA truly grew to love the personality he created in Leah and wanted to share this with his community– secretly of course. Yet, with time, and a real life partner to cherish, CA has grown apart from his in game love. Despite that loss, he will forever be reminded of the secret love note left to honor his first Stardew Valley Crush.
