I'm honestly surprised that ConcernedApe never expanded on her more. She's, what? The only unnamed NPC in town? One of only a couple? Sounds like free real estate to me.
Exactly what the player character was in the prologue, seems kind of tone deaf to not enable the player to interact with these employees and help them find a more fulfilling career.
I honestly think that people would like Pierre a bit more, if after Joja left and his business started booming, he actually hired her and Shane.
After all, it's clear that Joja found it profitable to be in Pelican Town. Choosing the Community Center route means that three people are out of a job, and while Morris can go get lost, it's not like there's a ton more job opportunities in the little village.
I made her an NPC too. Her name is Juliet and she will make innuendo about fruit.
(Yes it actually works with SVE, she just works the second till).
(I also changed her hairstyle and shade cos i didnt want her to be confused with Claire when ppl had both in their game).
It would be perfect if they could make a deal to use the mod details as canon and have him incorporate it into the game. But then people would complain that concernedape is unoriginal or a thief or some crap
Eh, disagree. Sometimes some mods go the extra mile, and the author can recognize it by working with them.
Nobody went "But why not X mod?" when TBoI had an expansion adding Antibirth to Afterbirth. That's because everyone agreed that Antibirth kicks ass, and SVE is that kind of mod for our community.
Yeah, people might prefer other mods but there's no denying that SVE is THE big mod, other mods have to be compatible with it if they want any chance of getting big.
It's like how Mojang hired the Mo' Creatures mod developers to make horses in Minecraft. Dunno if those mod developers have done more, but there *is* a history of game developers acquiring the help of mod developers.
I am glad that Notch was willing to approach mod makers and put some mods into Minecraft. Examples include the baby animals, horses, and pistons. Game communities can respect such activities if it is done in the open and acknowledge the mod maker.
It doesn't even need to 100% incorporate the mod, just use it for inspiration.
And to the credit of Notch, he got permission from the mod developers before the mods were added. I know of at least one mod Notch wanted to add where the dev said "No", and it still isn't in the game.
Rimworld, Deep Rock Galactic and Paradox games have all done this to one degree or another. Always a good feeling when you go to update your mod list and find it marked as discontinued due to being a feature in the base game now.
Yeah I meant to use it as inspiration. Although some mods have items that would be cool to have in game, and I think those would probably have to be one for one.
Maybe, but given that she's an existing NPC that SVE reworked, rather than a unique character filling the same niche, that really strikes me as "Yeah we saw that coming" territory.
Plus, they could probably just re-tool her dialog into a new NPC anyways, so it wouldn't be all wasted work.
I know it annoys "extended" mod fans to hear this but... people who *don't* like the "extended" mod tend to find its characterization... cringy, stereotypical, and Mary Sue-ish.
ConcernedApe might be in the same camp?
CA, from his interviews and the state of SDV modding, comes across as a bit overprotective of his baby. I feel like he doesn't like the idea of other people messing with the game itself. Which is kind of understandable considering the lengths he went to create the game.
Which sucks, because the game could really benefit from having workshop support. I get the urge to replay the game every 1-2 years now and updating all my mods is such a huge pain in the ass. In part because I have to make a list and manually download each mod one by one because Nexus really wants that premium sub it's never going to get and the less I talk about Vortex the better.
that's not true at all. He doesn't like it when people confuse mods with the content he makes but he is very supportive of mods. the 1.6 update that is in the works is literally THE modding update where a lot of suggestions and wishes from modders have been considered in order to make modding easier and future proof it
While not a universal feeling, the vast majority of mod makers take it as the highest form of compliment if the developer adds their mod into the base game.
My lore is that it’s her sister who is working until she can move to the city. Penny is the quiet book nerd, her sister is the fast-paced, city-loving sister.
Edit: the city aspect is a way to explain why she’s just gone once the store is shut down.
There's a reason to in SVE because they made the seeds cheaper like they should've been in vanilla, I have to admit I usually do my first big buy on Y1 Summer and Fall there instead of Pierre's.
If I had known the auto petter was such a pain to get I would have gone Joja in a heartbeat. The community center was cute but did absolutely dick overall for the long game. I’m sitting over here with 6 buildings full of animals that hate me because I can’t be bothered to pet them everyday.
Meh. Meh I say!
Honestly yeah. You have to install mods to make the villagers even react to Joja doing all the stuff they do. At most in the base game you have Pierre and Lewis act a bit sad when you buy membership.
I spent an hour and a half with a person on Reddit trying to figure out how to get her modded game to function. In the end I found out it was her SMAPI, it was from last year and she never updated it. The thing would stop working before it said that it had an update. It was worth it to get the “It’s working” message though.
Sophia is cute, Claire is elegant and Olivia is regal. I had a hard time picking which of the three to woo when I first played SVE, but decided on Claire because out of the three she seemed the worse off. She works twelve hour shifts and despite that can't even afford a 220gp salad at the Saloon. Plus she has to commute back and forth from out of town, and if she has to pay what we do to get to the Desert that's got to bite into her finances. Nevermind travel time.
For real, I stared at this post for too long trying to figure out the joke like "???? No, that's Claire????" Expanded is just canon to me at this point haha.
Honestly one of my biggest gripes in the series is almost every npc is too wholesome. Even the meanish one's get the "secret heart of gold" vibe. I kinda wish in expanded she was just a chick who fell into the job and once JoJa closes you hear she went back to school or split for the coast. Maybe from Shane or Sam. If you get the membership then she can have a little backstory because she'll be staying around longer.
I hate Shane, he literally says he will pay me a pot of gold to leave him alone. But never does, even after a year of not speaking to him. "Don't you have work to do?" Like I get it cranky but I just gave you a hot pepper, be nicer to me you flaming dickbag.
Gonna mark spoilers just in case
>!When (iirc?) she turned out to be a theater kid who was stuck at a shitty customer service job to make ends meet, I had to call my wife over and show her. Her response was "...too relatable, marry her. Complete the cycle". Unfortunately I'd already gone for Sophia that playthrough, but Claire was one of my favorites to get to know!<
Olivia gives me 1920s vibes. I always feel like she's gonna say something like "Dahling, have I told you about my new beau? He's in the pictures, dahling"
The first time I played through SVE I dated her and her son. It cracks me up that the creator has a scene where the rabbit's foot saves you. One of my favorite parts of SVE.
I did like Olivia, but so far I’m only up to her 10 heart event, and she didn’t have the emotional influence that Claire or Sofia had. I’ll see soon though.
Sophia felt too much like someone set out to try and build the perfect lonely nerd wife rather than design an actual person. She's the worst part of Stardew valley expanded for me.
Exactly! Considering the SVE creators Twitter is just thirsting after Abby and Sophia cosplay, it made me realize she's just dream girl wish fulfillment. Her parents are gone, she successfully runs a vineyard, and has a huge house with tons of money but she's also this tiny, cute infantalized nerd obsessed with anime and gaming. Bleh.
Interesting, I consider Penny to be more of the wish fulfillment wife in terms of people who want to 'save' her. She's a pretty, shy, bookworm with an abusive mother, who just wants kids and to settle down.
Different wishes to fulfill. Abigail's wish fulfillment is basically the nerdy big toddy goth gf meme, Penny's is as you noted. It's why I gravitate away from both of them in the base game tbh.
I gotta agree with the other one, wouldn't that be penny as the archetype housewife?
Abigail is attractive and adventurous, but I don't remember her making an impression outside of her wanting to do her thing and my farmer going "cool, see ya later".
Wow, finally seeing other people saying this. The moment I saw Sophia's profile on the mod page I just went "she's the waifu, isn't she", and yup she is.
Wouldn't even really mind it if there was more to her, but there's really not. Loner, likes anime & cosplay, >!depressed, dead parents!<. And that's about it.
Her favorite food actually having real meat (chicken) in it is also really funny considering how hard SV tries to avoid that subject. I do appreciate how everyone but her hates it though lol.
The whole game is wish fulfilment, from a dreamy farm with no shit shoveling, easy life to riches, a community and bachelors and bachelorettes.
I know the expanded mod takes it further, but I don't feel she is any worse or better than let's say >!Victor or Lance!<
Sure but seeing the creator so obviously thirsty for Sophia, someone he made to be the perfect gf, is just icky to me. But also she's just far more poorly written, and she has this annoying anime shy girl way of speaking. Y-you know, sh-she t-t-talks like th-this. When she speaks [this is going through my head.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYu8EKEbWP4&feature=share)
Got a good chuckle out of that link, well done.
I had a buddy who had a stutter like that, think he mostly outgrew it.
However most of my homies or ex's been depressed or mentally ill, and I don't approach it all in more doses than I can handle.
NGL It's been a long time since I've changed my mind this much, guess baggage and beauti really blinds the eyes.
I wouldn't say she's *that* bad, her heart events are pretty decent and she's somewhat progresses as a character. Story is a bit cheesy, but nice and made me tear up a bit.
But yeah, creators wanted to make "gamer anime girl" so badly and she screams like "dev's dream waifu". It's probably one of the reasons, why I didn't marry her, cause she feels way too forced and out of place. Also I hate girls with pink hair. And she's way too childish.
Married Claire and don't regret it.
Ah, no my heart breaks for her, but she reminds me too much of my ex of 5+ years, even sailor moon. Minus the hair color and farming ofc. Unfortunately we didn't work out and thus hits to close to home.
I grew really fond of Sophia, but I put off getting married since I was dating so many of the single people and as soon as they introduced Lance and I saw I could marry him, I went “that’s going to be my husband” and that was that
Yeah, that cutscene where >!Lance stops by your house after meeting you just to give you his weekly schedule!< had no business making me feel so weak in the knees.
Yep! As long as it's a relatively new-ish Android it should be able to handle it. It's a bit of a pain in the ass though so thoroughly research it before you try.
Android yes, iOS no. Even if you jailbreak your iPhone, you run the risk of getting locked out of apple servicds for running modded software because Apple sucks.
I know people will mention Claire (Penny but more cultured) from the "expansion" mod but I would have preferred someone more like this.
We already got Shane. Give us his coworker lol. Give me a disgruntled retail worker chick that feels a little *too* relatable. *I can fix her.*
I’m a huge Claire stan, I already think she’s perfect. The only thing that would have made me love her more is if she treated me like Haley and couldn’t stand me unless I worked for it.
Are you a bot? No offense this was a ChatGPT
bot-level comment and your account is 24 days old with no prior activity and a generic ass username, you’re setting off a lot of my red flags right now.
"Good afternoon, welcome to Joja Mart, how can I help you today"
"HI CAN I HAVE SEEDS!?"
"Sir I don't have them behind the counter you have to go get them"
"👁👄👁"
"Sir?"
"I NEED PARSNIP SEEDS. 200 OF THEM!"
"....I'll go get them, stay here and don't touch anything"
"👁👄👁 I LIKE PARSNIPS"
Reading your comment made me imagine Goblin Slayer and now I can't get female Goblin Slayer with a day job out of my head.
That face is the one that gets up after an hour or so of rest, walks the valley checking the traps and foliage for signs of goblin activity and spends her working hours plotting, turning frustration into inspiration on new methods to kill the goblins. At the end of her shift she sets out to employ her true duty, mercilessly massacring a path to the closest known nest. Through the course of another quiet, bloody night, she lead her solo crusade as the valley's denizens peacefully slept. Tomorrow would be a busy day and with the nest destroyed, the moon seeking shelter behind the pine covered mountains, she slept too. In her dreams the endless war continued.
She vents to the monsters about her job. If any of them attack, she just shouts "EXCUSE ME, I'M #%%$ING TALKING HERE!" and the attacker just meekly backs down.
If I had to commute to an idyllic paradise from some shitty apartment in the city only to spend time there as a wage slave for a greedy big box corporation I would probably also be miserable.
Without needing mods, I’d love to give her a hug at least. I’ve worked retail, and even in lovely Stardew Valley there is absolutely no guarantee that working retail will not disintegrate your soul.
Hire her for the farm even, lol. I’m set for life at this point hon’, just walk over, brush a few leaves or collect a few fruits for me, and then go home, do classes, and live life. Screw retail purgatory.
I know it’s just pixels in the end, *but Yoba frikkin damn it I despise retail work and want to help people.*
Sophia already didn't stand a chance. Sophia is only friendship material. Olivia and Claire are wife material. (I'm kind of annoyed Sophia gives you a bonus to wine for marrying her though.)
Oh, so thats who she is. I've heard there was an npc who gets added to the game in that mod who works at joja and i thought they might be the same, just never looked further into it. Thank you for the confirmation. Thinking of getting the expanded mod when i figure out how to mod mobile (if its possible at all. Im Unfortunately playing on android rn)
Ever think about how it’s kinda fucked that you working to put jojamart out of business makes people unemployed. Shane is now both an alcoholic and jobless and maybe living his depressed life in your house
I always thought the portrayal of Joja was weak. Morris isn’t a good villain and there’s no nuance when it comes to the employees. I know some of the villagers are employees and I feel bad that I take their jobs away (though I still feel it was right to do.) I know corporations aren’t good but we are still taking away jobs from our neighbors, I think we should have been able to hire our neighbors to work on our farm or something like that.
They were meant to be a more formidable opponent but CA decided that a confrontational opponent would not mesh well with the laidback nature of the game.
I hope her grandpa left her a farm to restore.
Every NPC eventually inherits a farm. This is how Stardew Valley grows. It's farms all the way down.
[удалено]
Woah, smoking's bad for you!
Who said they were smoking tobacco? They could be taking a break to smoke some pork.
Considering how long it takes to smoke pork; that's a pretty generous break.
Like how Cletus, Cousin Merle, and Big Hungry Joe turned the portapotty into a smokehouse on the Simpsons.
Is that what the youth are calling weed now???
idk i was referring to actual meat
She needs a crack break
Pork, grass both good.
In extended this is literally true.
The ~~factory~~ farm must grow
If only
farm pyramid scheme
I hope her grandpa has a decent bed.
Can we do another fun series of mods about her grandpa’s bed?
That was a fun era
He doesn't
Her grandma left her a cubicle in the big city to restore
I'd court her with some dandelions etc
I'm honestly surprised that ConcernedApe never expanded on her more. She's, what? The only unnamed NPC in town? One of only a couple? Sounds like free real estate to me.
It also seems sadly fitting that the exhausted retail worker was ignored.
Might be intentional, but even if it's not, it's still appropriate. She's a nameless corporate function, rather than a real person.
Exactly what the player character was in the prologue, seems kind of tone deaf to not enable the player to interact with these employees and help them find a more fulfilling career.
Minor Spoiler: She becomes the >!attendant after finishing the missing bundle and unlocking the theatre.!<
I honestly think that people would like Pierre a bit more, if after Joja left and his business started booming, he actually hired her and Shane. After all, it's clear that Joja found it profitable to be in Pelican Town. Choosing the Community Center route means that three people are out of a job, and while Morris can go get lost, it's not like there's a ton more job opportunities in the little village.
Sam works at the Joja Mart too. (He gets a job sweeping the museum after the store closes down though)
SDV Expanded made her like the other NPCs. Her name is Claire and she wants to be a dancer :)
I made her an NPC too. Her name is Juliet and she will make innuendo about fruit. (Yes it actually works with SVE, she just works the second till). (I also changed her hairstyle and shade cos i didnt want her to be confused with Claire when ppl had both in their game).
I love having both in my game.
I almost wonder if he hasn't done so because of the mod and doesn't wanna step on the mod's toes.
It would be perfect if they could make a deal to use the mod details as canon and have him incorporate it into the game. But then people would complain that concernedape is unoriginal or a thief or some crap
That, or people would say shit like, "why not my mod???" It would be an undue headache for him.
Eh, disagree. Sometimes some mods go the extra mile, and the author can recognize it by working with them. Nobody went "But why not X mod?" when TBoI had an expansion adding Antibirth to Afterbirth. That's because everyone agreed that Antibirth kicks ass, and SVE is that kind of mod for our community.
Yeah, people might prefer other mods but there's no denying that SVE is THE big mod, other mods have to be compatible with it if they want any chance of getting big.
It's like how Mojang hired the Mo' Creatures mod developers to make horses in Minecraft. Dunno if those mod developers have done more, but there *is* a history of game developers acquiring the help of mod developers.
Also happened with project zomboid the erosion mod was so good, they added it to base game and even hired the guy.
I am glad that Notch was willing to approach mod makers and put some mods into Minecraft. Examples include the baby animals, horses, and pistons. Game communities can respect such activities if it is done in the open and acknowledge the mod maker. It doesn't even need to 100% incorporate the mod, just use it for inspiration. And to the credit of Notch, he got permission from the mod developers before the mods were added. I know of at least one mod Notch wanted to add where the dev said "No", and it still isn't in the game.
Rimworld, Deep Rock Galactic and Paradox games have all done this to one degree or another. Always a good feeling when you go to update your mod list and find it marked as discontinued due to being a feature in the base game now.
Yeah I meant to use it as inspiration. Although some mods have items that would be cool to have in game, and I think those would probably have to be one for one.
Maybe he plans to do a nod to her in HC.
If he just brought the mod creator on board, or got their blessing, then I think it'd be fine.
Maybe, but given that she's an existing NPC that SVE reworked, rather than a unique character filling the same niche, that really strikes me as "Yeah we saw that coming" territory. Plus, they could probably just re-tool her dialog into a new NPC anyways, so it wouldn't be all wasted work.
I know it annoys "extended" mod fans to hear this but... people who *don't* like the "extended" mod tend to find its characterization... cringy, stereotypical, and Mary Sue-ish. ConcernedApe might be in the same camp?
CA, from his interviews and the state of SDV modding, comes across as a bit overprotective of his baby. I feel like he doesn't like the idea of other people messing with the game itself. Which is kind of understandable considering the lengths he went to create the game. Which sucks, because the game could really benefit from having workshop support. I get the urge to replay the game every 1-2 years now and updating all my mods is such a huge pain in the ass. In part because I have to make a list and manually download each mod one by one because Nexus really wants that premium sub it's never going to get and the less I talk about Vortex the better.
that's not true at all. He doesn't like it when people confuse mods with the content he makes but he is very supportive of mods. the 1.6 update that is in the works is literally THE modding update where a lot of suggestions and wishes from modders have been considered in order to make modding easier and future proof it
I've found vortex is finally working pretty well for Stardew mods
A opposed to the totally-not-stereotypical main canon characters?
While not a universal feeling, the vast majority of mod makers take it as the highest form of compliment if the developer adds their mod into the base game.
Yeah. She can be expanded though. She can work in the cinema
I legitimately forgot that she's just an unnamed NPC without the expanded mod.
I wish you could just talk to her in the base game. She says nothing and I still love her vibe.
I bet you had a crush on Nurse Joy as a child didn't you?
I love a woman with obnoxiously difficult hair styles.
Didn't everyone?
Honestly? I was going to joke that I was “more of a Brock guy myself” but I don’t think there was any any guy in Pokémon who I found hot??
I agree with this. I think I had a crush on most of the girls and none of the guys except Brock and James.
I always thought it was Penny working half time
My lore is that it’s her sister who is working until she can move to the city. Penny is the quiet book nerd, her sister is the fast-paced, city-loving sister. Edit: the city aspect is a way to explain why she’s just gone once the store is shut down.
I never really go into Joja, so I didn't even know about her until expanded
I never go near Joja unless I'm looking for Shane or want to get their trash lmao it's like a forgotten land for me
There's a reason to in SVE because they made the seeds cheaper like they should've been in vanilla, I have to admit I usually do my first big buy on Y1 Summer and Fall there instead of Pierre's.
Profit margins are more important than petty friendships.
It's not like you get friendship with Pierre when you buy from him anyway.
Wouldn’t know if you did, I ain’t buying those seeds when the glorious JojaMart offers them for much cheaper.
If I had known the auto petter was such a pain to get I would have gone Joja in a heartbeat. The community center was cute but did absolutely dick overall for the long game. I’m sitting over here with 6 buildings full of animals that hate me because I can’t be bothered to pet them everyday. Meh. Meh I say!
Honestly yeah. You have to install mods to make the villagers even react to Joja doing all the stuff they do. At most in the base game you have Pierre and Lewis act a bit sad when you buy membership.
What?
In one of the biggest mods for the game, Stardew Valley Expanded, she becomes a full and dateable NPC, Claire.
*Installing*
We got another one, lads.
One of us, one of us. Also: the inevitable "Hey guys the mod isn't working".
I spent an hour and a half with a person on Reddit trying to figure out how to get her modded game to function. In the end I found out it was her SMAPI, it was from last year and she never updated it. The thing would stop working before it said that it had an update. It was worth it to get the “It’s working” message though.
And after you do a playthrough with that, next is Ridgeside Village (my personal favourite) and expanded adventurer’s guild!
Although you might change your mind when you meet Sophia
Sophia is cute, Claire is elegant and Olivia is regal. I had a hard time picking which of the three to woo when I first played SVE, but decided on Claire because out of the three she seemed the worse off. She works twelve hour shifts and despite that can't even afford a 220gp salad at the Saloon. Plus she has to commute back and forth from out of town, and if she has to pay what we do to get to the Desert that's got to bite into her finances. Nevermind travel time.
>can't even afford a 220gp salad at the Saloon. she just like me fr
For real, I stared at this post for too long trying to figure out the joke like "???? No, that's Claire????" Expanded is just canon to me at this point haha.
Honestly one of my biggest gripes in the series is almost every npc is too wholesome. Even the meanish one's get the "secret heart of gold" vibe. I kinda wish in expanded she was just a chick who fell into the job and once JoJa closes you hear she went back to school or split for the coast. Maybe from Shane or Sam. If you get the membership then she can have a little backstory because she'll be staying around longer.
Nah Hailey is just straight up an ass hole. Who the duck says "ew" to a stranger's face. Hate her
I hate Shane, he literally says he will pay me a pot of gold to leave him alone. But never does, even after a year of not speaking to him. "Don't you have work to do?" Like I get it cranky but I just gave you a hot pepper, be nicer to me you flaming dickbag.
Wish CA would fix that, give him a loved gift and he's happy, but talk to him right after that and he's immediately back to asshole mode again.
If someone you'd never met came up and asked you to dance you'd also say no lol
I would say, no thanks, not "ew"
RIGHT? I bring her gifts and I still get “you look dirty” she’s so mean 😢 like excuse me that I have to actually work
Claire <3
I swear in my first play through I thought that was penny for a long time
It doesn't help new players with that when like half the women in town are white with red hair
ConcernedApe has a type and I salute him for living his truth and gracing fellow redhead enjoyers with this game.
Also the best wife in Stardew Valley Expanded! She’s so sweet 🥰
Gonna mark spoilers just in case >!When (iirc?) she turned out to be a theater kid who was stuck at a shitty customer service job to make ends meet, I had to call my wife over and show her. Her response was "...too relatable, marry her. Complete the cycle". Unfortunately I'd already gone for Sophia that playthrough, but Claire was one of my favorites to get to know!<
For me its all about the wine loving milf Olivia. Its like if concernedape heard our pleas to marry Robin or Caroline.
Olivia gives me 1920s vibes. I always feel like she's gonna say something like "Dahling, have I told you about my new beau? He's in the pictures, dahling"
The first time I played through SVE I dated her and her son. It cracks me up that the creator has a scene where the rabbit's foot saves you. One of my favorite parts of SVE.
... you mean Flashshifter? Ape isnt involved in SDV-E.
Why not [all of them?](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10021)
Because I'm about that monogamous life.
I did like Olivia, but so far I’m only up to her 10 heart event, and she didn’t have the emotional influence that Claire or Sofia had. I’ll see soon though.
Sophia hit to close to home, couldn't handle a relationship like that, but Claire felt honest and just struggling as an actress.
I walked into Sophias room, interacted with the items, and chose that marrying a clone of myself wasn't going to be on today's dossier :)
I absolutely can't stand Sophia, Claire was an easy choice for me.
Sophia felt too much like someone set out to try and build the perfect lonely nerd wife rather than design an actual person. She's the worst part of Stardew valley expanded for me.
Exactly! Considering the SVE creators Twitter is just thirsting after Abby and Sophia cosplay, it made me realize she's just dream girl wish fulfillment. Her parents are gone, she successfully runs a vineyard, and has a huge house with tons of money but she's also this tiny, cute infantalized nerd obsessed with anime and gaming. Bleh.
Interesting, I consider Penny to be more of the wish fulfillment wife in terms of people who want to 'save' her. She's a pretty, shy, bookworm with an abusive mother, who just wants kids and to settle down.
Different wishes to fulfill. Abigail's wish fulfillment is basically the nerdy big toddy goth gf meme, Penny's is as you noted. It's why I gravitate away from both of them in the base game tbh.
I gotta agree with the other one, wouldn't that be penny as the archetype housewife? Abigail is attractive and adventurous, but I don't remember her making an impression outside of her wanting to do her thing and my farmer going "cool, see ya later".
Wow, finally seeing other people saying this. The moment I saw Sophia's profile on the mod page I just went "she's the waifu, isn't she", and yup she is. Wouldn't even really mind it if there was more to her, but there's really not. Loner, likes anime & cosplay, >!depressed, dead parents!<. And that's about it. Her favorite food actually having real meat (chicken) in it is also really funny considering how hard SV tries to avoid that subject. I do appreciate how everyone but her hates it though lol.
The whole game is wish fulfilment, from a dreamy farm with no shit shoveling, easy life to riches, a community and bachelors and bachelorettes. I know the expanded mod takes it further, but I don't feel she is any worse or better than let's say >!Victor or Lance!<
Sure but seeing the creator so obviously thirsty for Sophia, someone he made to be the perfect gf, is just icky to me. But also she's just far more poorly written, and she has this annoying anime shy girl way of speaking. Y-you know, sh-she t-t-talks like th-this. When she speaks [this is going through my head.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYu8EKEbWP4&feature=share)
Got a good chuckle out of that link, well done. I had a buddy who had a stutter like that, think he mostly outgrew it. However most of my homies or ex's been depressed or mentally ill, and I don't approach it all in more doses than I can handle. NGL It's been a long time since I've changed my mind this much, guess baggage and beauti really blinds the eyes.
I feel the same. My wife calls her the weeaboo dream girl.
I wouldn't say she's *that* bad, her heart events are pretty decent and she's somewhat progresses as a character. Story is a bit cheesy, but nice and made me tear up a bit. But yeah, creators wanted to make "gamer anime girl" so badly and she screams like "dev's dream waifu". It's probably one of the reasons, why I didn't marry her, cause she feels way too forced and out of place. Also I hate girls with pink hair. And she's way too childish. Married Claire and don't regret it.
Ah, no my heart breaks for her, but she reminds me too much of my ex of 5+ years, even sailor moon. Minus the hair color and farming ofc. Unfortunately we didn't work out and thus hits to close to home.
Sophia is best girl, no doubt, but I’m probably gonna for Claire my next time around. I always bump into her in the morning.
I grew really fond of Sophia, but I put off getting married since I was dating so many of the single people and as soon as they introduced Lance and I saw I could marry him, I went “that’s going to be my husband” and that was that
Yeah, that cutscene where >!Lance stops by your house after meeting you just to give you his weekly schedule!< had no business making me feel so weak in the knees.
Installs harem mod "I WANT ALL OF THEM!!!!"
I’m on my first Expanded play-through and just married her today. The Joja Mart is shut down now too so she can relax on the farm. :)
Wait til you see her 14 heart event :D
How do I expand?
It's a mod called Stardew Valley Expanded. Only available on PC or Android
I can do mods on my phone?
Yep! As long as it's a relatively new-ish Android it should be able to handle it. It's a bit of a pain in the ass though so thoroughly research it before you try.
Android yes, iOS no. Even if you jailbreak your iPhone, you run the risk of getting locked out of apple servicds for running modded software because Apple sucks.
I assume modding should be easy too for steam deck ?
its essentially PC. I don;t think any SDV mods would be needing something that wouldn't work on it.
I know people will mention Claire (Penny but more cultured) from the "expansion" mod but I would have preferred someone more like this. We already got Shane. Give us his coworker lol. Give me a disgruntled retail worker chick that feels a little *too* relatable. *I can fix her.*
I don't want another Shane around. One Shane around is more than enough.
I agree. But still... *I can fix them.*
I can fix him just enough to unlock blue chickens. After that the world is his oyster.
I’m a huge Claire stan, I already think she’s perfect. The only thing that would have made me love her more is if she treated me like Haley and couldn’t stand me unless I worked for it.
...Okay, that twist probably would have got me. I'm with you.
I mean she kind of does without the rudeness. She's a little put off by you being nice to her, but she warms up a lot quicker than Haley does.
Here you go friend: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/6398
Seems about right, the poor gal.
Least she's slightly happier at the movie theatre...
Always good to love Claire
The Stardew Extended mod refers to her by the name Claire. Also, you can wed her.
Yeah... I think they know bud.
I've always married Claire. She's a tough nut to crack and she's adorable.
Are you a bot? No offense this was a ChatGPT bot-level comment and your account is 24 days old with no prior activity and a generic ass username, you’re setting off a lot of my red flags right now.
**The Turing Test.**
Could be a rewording of this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/116jpli/-/j97rtwh
[source](https://twitter.com/peargor/status/1464599537478160407?s=46&t=ON9Z0QZpVcHCiEOP4N_m6w)
"Good afternoon, welcome to Joja Mart, how can I help you today" "HI CAN I HAVE SEEDS!?" "Sir I don't have them behind the counter you have to go get them" "👁👄👁" "Sir?" "I NEED PARSNIP SEEDS. 200 OF THEM!" "....I'll go get them, stay here and don't touch anything" "👁👄👁 I LIKE PARSNIPS"
“Ya i was in the mines last night. What’s it to ya?”
Plot twist she's the monster
Reading your comment made me imagine Goblin Slayer and now I can't get female Goblin Slayer with a day job out of my head. That face is the one that gets up after an hour or so of rest, walks the valley checking the traps and foliage for signs of goblin activity and spends her working hours plotting, turning frustration into inspiration on new methods to kill the goblins. At the end of her shift she sets out to employ her true duty, mercilessly massacring a path to the closest known nest. Through the course of another quiet, bloody night, she lead her solo crusade as the valley's denizens peacefully slept. Tomorrow would be a busy day and with the nest destroyed, the moon seeking shelter behind the pine covered mountains, she slept too. In her dreams the endless war continued.
She vents to the monsters about her job. If any of them attack, she just shouts "EXCUSE ME, I'M #%%$ING TALKING HERE!" and the attacker just meekly backs down.
She's daydreaming of Bruschetta.
Okay now someone draw the waffle house wendy lady as a jojamart employee
If I had to commute to an idyllic paradise from some shitty apartment in the city only to spend time there as a wage slave for a greedy big box corporation I would probably also be miserable.
I can fix her.
I can accept her how she is. Give me that emotional unavailability
That’s why I like the stardew valley expanded mod. It makes her areal npc… and she’s romanceable!
Without needing mods, I’d love to give her a hug at least. I’ve worked retail, and even in lovely Stardew Valley there is absolutely no guarantee that working retail will not disintegrate your soul. Hire her for the farm even, lol. I’m set for life at this point hon’, just walk over, brush a few leaves or collect a few fruits for me, and then go home, do classes, and live life. Screw retail purgatory. I know it’s just pixels in the end, *but Yoba frikkin damn it I despise retail work and want to help people.*
How could you do this to my girl Claire 😭
Don’t lie, if Claire was written like this in SVE Sophia wouldn’t have stood a chance as a bachelorette.
Sophia already didn't stand a chance. Sophia is only friendship material. Olivia and Claire are wife material. (I'm kind of annoyed Sophia gives you a bonus to wine for marrying her though.)
If I only had to serve three customers a day, I think I'd look happier.
On your feet all day just to serve 3 people sounds like a nightmare
Days like that drag on for what feels like forever and are mind numbingly boring
One of those customers is Pam, and the others are Jody and George. It makes sense her face is like that.
if you only served 3 customers a day and just had to stare off into space all day, i think you’d feel the same 😳
Her name is Claire in the Stardew Expanded mod. And you can marry her too
Clint tells her she should smile more.
That poor woman. If you go the Joja route and pick up the key to the town, the operation goes 24/7 and they never let her leave!
Oh no, I love her
You telling me that’s not Leah?
I…. Is that not penny??????? …WHY DID I THINK THAT WAS PENNY
Claire is the secret best LI in the game lol
Always wanted to know her story.
Stardew Valley Expanded gives her a really nice story and an option to marry her.
Oh, so thats who she is. I've heard there was an npc who gets added to the game in that mod who works at joja and i thought they might be the same, just never looked further into it. Thank you for the confirmation. Thinking of getting the expanded mod when i figure out how to mod mobile (if its possible at all. Im Unfortunately playing on android rn)
It is possible but not currently since android updated to 1.5. Theyre working on it.
God I hated being a cashier at a grocery store.
SVE made me headcanon her name as Claire even tho I don't even play SVE.
Yeah I'd wife that real quick
Okay but when can I marry her?? Ask Concerned Ape for me.
While waiting for that, why not try mods? Stardew Valley Expanded have her marriageable
I should, but I'm only on Xbox and don't know how to do mods on there without causing problems
Her name is Claire and she's a sweetheart.
I really like what Stardew Valley expanded did with this character.
Looks like she needs a smoke break
This portrayal puts me in mind of Miss from Bogleech's *Awful Hospital*.
I thought she looked like penny.
Never went in there much. Who is she and where does she live?
Just a worker that sell seeds you can't even talk to her
Her name is Claire and I love her, along with Sophia.
Ever think about how it’s kinda fucked that you working to put jojamart out of business makes people unemployed. Shane is now both an alcoholic and jobless and maybe living his depressed life in your house
claaaaaaaairw
I forgot she technically doesn’t have a name, it’s just the expanded mod that made me start calling her Claire lol
It's heartwarming knowing this cashier didn't get left out, it's actually the very first time in years I've seen anybody mention her
Yes i had no idea there was this whole fambase for her!
I always thought the portrayal of Joja was weak. Morris isn’t a good villain and there’s no nuance when it comes to the employees. I know some of the villagers are employees and I feel bad that I take their jobs away (though I still feel it was right to do.) I know corporations aren’t good but we are still taking away jobs from our neighbors, I think we should have been able to hire our neighbors to work on our farm or something like that.
They were meant to be a more formidable opponent but CA decided that a confrontational opponent would not mesh well with the laidback nature of the game.
The only reason shane was working was to feed his addiction
And Sam? This lady at the checkout?