A Stardew Valley fan has recreated the whole Pelican City utilizing LEGO in a 75,000 piece construct that even introduced out developer ConcernedApe.
The construct premiered at BrickCon 2024 and consists of each iconic constructing such because the Wizard’s Tower, Group Heart, JojaMart, and, after all, the participant’s farm. An unlimited model of the Stardew Valley title display screen was constructed from LEGO and positioned behind the mannequin too.
Creator Steve Jensen advised PC Gamer the construct took round two years to finish, and his favourite parts embrace the Hat Store, “as a result of I used to be in a position to make [it] virtually completely hole, so you’ll be able to look by means of the cracks and damaged elements and see by means of to extra such openings on the opposite facet, simply as a rundown, deserted construction can be,” Jensen mentioned.
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“One other fave is the Wizard’s Tower. I used to be in a position to get the form I needed, together with a peaked door, and vines rising up the perimeters, the cone-shaped roof in blue, every thing.”
The trouble actually impressed the LEGO group because the Stardew Valley construct earned the Individuals’s Alternative award at BrickCon, and it even attracted the sport’s creator. Eric Barone, the one man developer behind ConcernedApe, turned as much as admire the recreation of his personal work, one thing Jensen mentioned was “even greater information than an award.”
Stardew Valley is a beloved farming simulator blended with role-playing sport parts that was dubbed a masterpiece in IGN’s up to date 10/10 evaluation for 2024. “Greater than only a cozy farming sim, eight years of updates have grown Stardew Valley into a contemporary traditional with an limitless checklist of attractive actions to finish and a deeply satisfying time administration problem to tackle,” we mentioned.
These updates have slowed down progress on ConcernedApe’s subsequent sport Haunted Chocolatier although, as Barone mentioned in August he hasn’t labored on it “in a very long time” because of the grandiose model 1.6 replace.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.