“Ever discover that swinging the sword downward put you at a giant drawback?” Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone requested earlier this week on Twitter. “It is at all times bugged me, however I had tuned it that approach in order that the realm of impact would match the visible. For 1.6, I made a decision that recreation really feel is far more essential than exact visible accuracy.”
I’ll admit that melee fight will not be the very first thing that leaps to thoughts after I take into consideration Stardew Valley. It is all about festivals and farmer’s markets and bringing within the crops and discovering a life mate and hats and cats and hats on cats—however fight?
Nicely, sure, that is all a part of the farm life too. And that is not fully inaccurate: Farmers usually pack warmth in a single type or one other, though explosive ammo and bombs are a rarity, a minimum of round my neighborhood.
After all, this specific patch is strictly about melee fight, not taking pictures issues or blowing them up.
Prolong the realm of impact of downward going through melee assaults.
Barone confirmed in response to an inquiry that the repair is for “each weapon, together with golf equipment and daggers,” however will not have an effect on issues like picks or axes, that are extra general-purpose instruments: Helpful for clobbering in a pinch, however probably not constructed for that type of factor.
Barone additionally mentioned that the change emerged a minimum of partially from his work on Haunted Chocolatier, the Stardew Valley follow-up he’s 100% for certain going to begin specializing in as soon as Stardew’s 1.6 replace is out.
“For HC I had this in thoughts from the start and drew the participant animations in a approach that ought to match with the hit containers higher,” he tweeted. “And I am being far more deliberate about ensuring every path you face is equally viable. However yeah I feel it did trigger me to rethink Stardew’s.”
The Stardew Valley 1.6 replace is about to roll out on March 19. The complete patch notes might be revealed when it goes dwell, however within the leadup Barone has been amusing himself by tweeting out particular person patch notes at a fee of 1 per day. You may maintain observe of all of the adjustments in our not-at-all-hyperbolic rundown of every thing Barone’s revealed to date.