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Cover art

For the game's "cover" art, would this logo from the game's wiki suffice? Or would the Steam banner image be better? And since I'm new to Wikipedia, I cannot upload images yet, so feel free to upload it yourself if you want. Sogivemeonegoodreason (talk) 03:09, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We normally try to go for a clean image of the game's logo, over promotional material (for digital only games). So in this case, the image from the Wiki is better.

EDIT: I've gone ahead and uploaded it myself. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 03:27, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay, makes sense! Thanks! Sogivemeonegoodreason (talk) 03:51, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Date format

For some reason, people keep changing the date format from its original MDY to DMY, and claiming it was there first (which is false, if you look at the edit history). Just putting this here because it's been changed by two separate users. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Dissident93: The initial date format was DMY. Not MDY. — Strongjam (talk) 21:32, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It says February 2016. Are you referring to the references, which automatically populate the access date as DMY? That doesn't count, it's the first use of MDY or DMY in the article prose that does, which was my edit. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 21:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those aren't automatically populated. Sandstein used DMY so I went with that. I don't really care what format we use, as long as we are consistent per MOS:DATEUNIFY. — Strongjam (talk) 21:39, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any use of DMY in the article itself, just the references (which again, clicking "insert current date" on the access date field automatically has it as 8 March 2016). I agree that articles should be consistent, but I think we should only go by first use in article prose, whatever format it is. Wikipedia itself needs more consistency, as they settle for DMY as the default date format, but use Sega Genesis (name used only in North America) as the name of that article. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 21:42, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, as the first author, I did intend to use the international DMY format, but then noticed I didn't actually write a date. Sandstein 23:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reddit posts as a reliable source

So, are posts by Barone from Reddit allowed? I ask because he says here that he will most likely port Stardew Valley to other systems in the future, such as OS X and Linux. I've seen AMA posts sourced on other articles, but was never sure if it was officially allowed or not. I personally don't see why not, since Twitter is sometimes. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 07:51, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:ABOUTSELF. Sandstein 09:29, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So I'm guessing that's a yes then? ~ Dissident93 (talk) 12:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there's no doubt that it is the dev, and he is a reliable source for claims about his own plans. But I'd avoid adding it unless a secondary sources pick it up, and even then I'm not sure. Seems a bit WP:CRYSTALBALL at the moment. — Strongjam (talk) 15:19, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's why I asked. I suppose it could be retroactively added once the ports are officially announced. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Linux/OSX Release date

In the infobox we have the tentative release date for the Linux & OSX releases as 2016, but in the article body it just says "very soon". Do we have a source for 2016 or should it just be TBD in the infobox? — Strongjam (talk) 14:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know there hasn't been any official statement regarding a release date. Just vague tweets from the dev that it is coming soon. CurlyWi (talk) 15:58, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

He said that the console versions will be released this winter, and that the OS X and Linux ports will be released before that, meaning they are still scheduled for 2016. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 06:33, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this is a settled matter. We have an official release date from Barone now. — Strongjam (talk) 16:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Metacritic link

The Metacritic link is wrong and should be http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/stardew-valley . I don't know how to fix it, though. :-( 199.246.169.52 (talk) 02:24, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Someone altered the link from Wikidata where the review score was stored. I've fixed it. --MASEM (t) 06:51, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Switch port: connectivity with other versions?

I seem to recall something about there being a multiplayer aspect to the game — particularly the PC version — and that they might've made the multiplayer multi-platform as well (id est: people on a PC can play with other people playing on a PS Vita or something).

Does anyone know yet if the Nintendo Switch version will be capable of that? Kizul Emeraldfire (talk) 01:15, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MonoGame

If someone wants to work the use of MonoGame into the article, here are couple sources^[1]^[2] to do that without doing any WP:OR. I'm not sure if it's important enough for the article to add it myself though, and we should make sure we separate it from the initial Windows development Barone did. The use of MonoGame was for porting to other platforms. — Strongjam (talk) 13:02, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Couture, Joel (January 10, 2018). "Amid a rising tide of games devs reflect on state of Switch market". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ Barone, Eric [@concernedape] (July 20, 2016). "It was done with Monogame, as a milestone in the progress toward releasing console versions|" (Tweet). Retrieved April 25, 2018 – via Twitter.

I think part of the issue was replacing that it was written in XNA with Mono. It was written in XNA. It was later (at least partially) rewritten or ported to Mono. That should be included in addition to, not as replacement for, the older prose. -- ferret (talk) 13:07, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And for the infobox, we usually go with the original engine as the rest of the information usually applies to original game only. So in this case, we still wouldn't add MonoGame to it if it only applies to ports. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 20:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla

Tesla should not count as a platform for the game for a few reasons, with the main one being that the OS the cars use being based on Linux, which is already represented here. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 09:35, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with this logic. The same argument would apply to listing Nintendo Switch as a platform, since it also is based on Linux. (I think both should be listed). Besides there are often game differences in the Tesla arcade version, for example in Beach Buggy Eriksamuelson (talk) 16:57, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The key reason is that Tesla is not first and foremost a gaming platform. It's a car that happens to have an OS that can, among other things, play games. --Masem (t) 03:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this argument works. Windows, IOS, Android, Linux, are all listed, but are also not "first and foremost a gaming platform." Eriksamuelson (talk) 16:59, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Couture, Joel (January 10, 2018). "Amid a rising tide of games devs reflect on state of Switch market". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[2] Barone, Eric [@concernedape] (July 20, 2016). "It was done with Monogame, as a milestone in the progress toward releasing console versions|" (Tweet). Retrieved April 25, 2018 – via Twitter.

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	:The key reason is that Tesla is not first and foremost a gaming platform. It's a car that happens to have an OS that can, among other things, play games. --[[User:Masem\|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem\|t]]) 03:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)		:The key reason is that Tesla is not first and foremost a gaming platform. It's a car that happens to have an OS that can, among other things, play games. --[[User:Masem\|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem\|t]]) 03:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

			I don't think this argument works. Windows, IOS, Android, Linux, are all listed, but are also not "first and foremost a gaming platform." [[User:Eriksamuelson\|Eriksamuelson]] ([[User talk:Eriksamuelson\|talk]]) 16:59, 16 February 2020 (UTC)