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Sodbuster
I have a small quality-of-life suggestion for the in-game screenshot feature.
When using the screenshot option in the settings, we can take beautiful screenshots of the entire farm or even the whole town without the UI. I really love this feature, but after taking many screenshots over several in-game years, it can be difficult to remember when each screenshot was taken.
It would be wonderful if the screenshot could optionally include a small date stamp in a corner, for example:
Year 4 · Spring 18
Including the time would also be nice, but the in-game date alone would already be very helpful.
I think this would be especially useful for players who like to keep screenshots as a visual record of how their farm changes over the years. It would be like having a little photo album of your Stardew Valley life.
Ideally, there could be an option to turn the date stamp on or off:
・Off: a completely clean screenshot, as it is now
・On: a small, unobtrusive in-game date (and optionally time) in a corner
That way, players who want clean screenshots could still have them.
And this made me think of another idea: a dedicated photo mode!
It could be fun to take photos together with NPCs in different locations. For example, you could ask an NPC to pose with you and take a screenshot together — basically an in-game “we’re best friends now” photo.
Haley already has a camera, so I think it would fit the world really well!
It could also be expanded to include:
・Photos with NPCs in different locations
・Family photos with your spouse and children
・Photos with your pets
・Group photos with friends
・Different poses or expressions
・A way to keep these photos as an in-game photo album
I think it would be really cute to be able to look back through an album and see how your farm, family, pets, and friendships changed over the years.
Even just adding an optional Year / Season / Day stamp to the existing screenshot feature would make me very happy.
When using the screenshot option in the settings, we can take beautiful screenshots of the entire farm or even the whole town without the UI. I really love this feature, but after taking many screenshots over several in-game years, it can be difficult to remember when each screenshot was taken.
It would be wonderful if the screenshot could optionally include a small date stamp in a corner, for example:
Year 4 · Spring 18
Including the time would also be nice, but the in-game date alone would already be very helpful.
I think this would be especially useful for players who like to keep screenshots as a visual record of how their farm changes over the years. It would be like having a little photo album of your Stardew Valley life.
Ideally, there could be an option to turn the date stamp on or off:
・Off: a completely clean screenshot, as it is now
・On: a small, unobtrusive in-game date (and optionally time) in a corner
That way, players who want clean screenshots could still have them.
And this made me think of another idea: a dedicated photo mode!
It could be fun to take photos together with NPCs in different locations. For example, you could ask an NPC to pose with you and take a screenshot together — basically an in-game “we’re best friends now” photo.
Haley already has a camera, so I think it would fit the world really well!
It could also be expanded to include:
・Photos with NPCs in different locations
・Family photos with your spouse and children
・Photos with your pets
・Group photos with friends
・Different poses or expressions
・A way to keep these photos as an in-game photo album
I think it would be really cute to be able to look back through an album and see how your farm, family, pets, and friendships changed over the years.
Even just adding an optional Year / Season / Day stamp to the existing screenshot feature would make me very happy.
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