Sinmenon
Rancher
Hi, I'm working on a rather sizable mod and I would like some input. It started with one change here, another there, and I ended up starting this project: more fantasy beings at Stardew Valley. There is currently a download at Nexus with the initial version. The initial release has Abigail, Caroline, Emily, Haley, Leah, Pam and Penny. It also has the Community Bundle image for Emily, a previously unreleased in the individual mod; and all the bachelorettes have unique wedding dresses too.
Should I post/release it here too?
Fairy (fae) : free-spirited and lively, fairies are known for their mysterious ways and to be in touch with nature.
The two sisters came from the big city to get in touch with their origins, both with very different personalities.
Harpy : they might have a little of a bad reputation, but harpies can also be honorable guardians.
Spirits of the wind and the rainbows, they are said to have a fragrant aroma.
Spider-folk : also known as jorōgumo, the stories of them killing men are greatly exaggerated.
Abigail has a bad time with her fear of spiders, tho.
Alraune : they say that alraunes are born from the blood spilled at rose bushes, maybe that's why Leah is a vegetarian?
In any case, she is in tune with the trees and the forest around her.
Kelpie : water creatures that oftentimes attract folks to their demise under the guise of a stallion.
But, like horses, they can also be incredibly loyal. (upcoming update)
Now I'm having trouble deciding the next ones.
I have been toying with many ideas for the characters and one of the constant thing I have to deal with is that the NPC sprites have a certain width limitation, so I can’t make any promises about centaurs (otherwise I would certainly have one of the bachelors as one of them).
Bachelorettes:
- Emily: Fairy
- Haley: Fairy
- Abigail : Spider
- Penny : Harpy
- Leah : Alraune
- Maru : undecided
Bachelors:
- Alex : Minotaur
- Elliott : undecided
- Harvey : Raven Reaper (update 8/27/22)
- Sam : Elf or Werewolf?
- Sebastian : Kelpie (update 8/27/22)
- Shane : undecided
- Jas and Marnie: Sheep
- Sandy: Naga
- Willy : Kappa (update 2/14/23)
So far I would like to avoid having Elliott as a merperson, there are two other mods that already do it and it is a very common trope so I would like something different, although I don’t mind keeping it on the back of my mind.
Alex is also very often placed as an orc, but I have thought of him as a minotaur. It makes sense to me to have him to be strong and buff and playing lots of sports.
Another very common one is having Harvey as a satyr. I actually converted his version from the old Monster Valley mod with the updated sprites for the Content Patcher, so feel free to check it out! (and Abigal and Caroline as onryos too). But, overall, I don’t have thoughts for him either.
So far I’ve been thinking about Sebastian as a vampire, as it had been suggested before. Just considering how to make it visually distinct from the vanilla one besides a paler skin.
Today I was also thinking: what about Sam being a half-elf and then having Kent to be a full-elf? That would also have Vincent as a half-elf too. Unless Jodi is also something different so it could reflect on either of her sons. (
I also don’t have any definitive thoughts on Shane. Many people are chiming in for vampire Shane instead of Sebastian.
At one point I thought about a bee person for Maru, which makes me think of Bumblebee from Teen Titans (
In terms of the other villagers, for a while I was thinking about Marnie and Jas as minotaurs instead of Alex, but maybe sheep people would also be interesting?
And I thought of Sandy to be a naga, although I did convert her djinn version from Monster Valley.
I've also made Alternative Textures for Abigail and Penny's daughters for personal use, maybe I could also add this to the mix?
I'm somewhat a lurker in this forum and I don't know if I'm doing this right. Please let me know if there is something I should change here
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