For switching days, you would actually need "requires_not_status=tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,saturday,sunday". A much easier way would be to flip to logic and use "requires_status=monday".

I did some testing and was surprised to see using "requires_status" didn't work. Turns out, for whatever reason, the key you want is called "visible_requires_status" instead. "visible_requires_status=06:00" will do what you want. If there's truly no reason for this naming difference, I'll extend the engine to support both.

Yes, you would have to create each tree spot tho one by one, in the enemy attributes there is a %chance for enemy to appear. The thing is they will reppear after reloading the map, but you can make a cople of status triggers for that, like "cut" and "uncut".

In engine/misc.txt, you can set "save_onload=false" to disable saving when changing maps. You can then use "save_onexit=false" to disable auto-saving when the player exits the game. You may also want to set "save_oncutscene=false" if you plan on using cutscenes.

To then save the game manually, you can use "save_game=true" in an event.

I'm unable to reproduce that issue. For me, the event correctly triggers only when "new_day" is set. Perhaps you have another event that's setting the new_day status?

No, the parallax layers can't currently be changed via an event.

Very cool project. How can you launch it? Is there a way to test it?

To remove a tile, simply use a mapmod with a tile ID of 0. For example, if you wanted to remove the collision tile at position (33,19), you would use "mapmod=collision,33,19,0".

A static event will continually try to activate without player interaction until a scenario causes it to stop. Setting repeat=false will result in the event activating once and will not be able to reactivate. If you set repeat=true, you can stop/start the event by setting and unsetting status.

However, if the event you described continually activated, all it would do is apply the mapmod over and over. It would not at any point clear the tiles. You would still need a separate event.

You can add "show_on_minimap=false" to Event and NPC objects on the map to hide them.

In menus/minimap.txt, you can define the following:

color_enemy=0,0,0,0
color_ally=0,0,0,0
color_npc=0,0,0,0
color_teleport=0,0,0,0

The the alpha value (the last one in each entry) being set to zero will skip drawing of those elements on the minimap. You can also set color & alpha for:

color_wall
color_obst
color_hero

Hey, it's a neat project! You've done a lot of work and the map looks very nice!

I hate to be the Bad Guy, but before you get much further, I want to point out a few issues with copright:

The sprites you are using from the StardewValleyExpanded mod are not completely original---the cliffs and trees for instance are direct edits of the sprites from the original game. Therefore you probably cannot use them in this way, and you definitely can't license them as CC-BY-SA-NC. I wasn't able to find an official license or terms of use for the original game, but I'm pretty sure the art is not licensed under CC-BY-SA or similar. I understand that ConcernedApe is cool with mods for Stardew Valley distributing the art (or modifications thereof), but I doubt that they are also okay with completely separate games that re-create their game but use their art. I know the authors of the StardewValleyExpanded mod say their repository is MIT-licensed, and that might apply to the code or original artwork they have done, but they don't own the copyright to the artwork from the original game, so they can't release it under such a permissive license. I may be wrong about the license for the original game art from ConcernedApe---if so, correct me---but I doubt it.

I also question a bit whether re-creating the map tile-for-tile is permissible. Arguably the map from the game is subject to copyright, so by copying it, you are violating the author's copyright. Re-creating the general layout of the town is probably fine, but creating a (near-)exact replica tile-by-tile is probably not.  Likewise if you make a few tiny changes so that it's slightly different, but otherwise make it nearly identical, you're still creating a derivative of the original. Finally (because it's a common misconception), just because you place the tiles/pixels yourself, does NOT mean you are creating an original (non-derivative) work. For example, if I opened up a sprite of Mario from Super Mario Bros, then opened GIMP in another window and re-created it, pixel-for-pixel... I've still *copied* Mario, and I've clearly created a derivative work, in violation of Nintendo's copyright. 

If you are just using the Stardew Valley sprites for your internal prototyping, that's fine. But since you are distributing them online with your FLARE mod, it's probably time to start looking for art that you have a license to use.

Again, I say all this not to rain on your parade, but to help you make your project successful and legal :)

This is why I_think making a pure clone is a bit sad and opens to many potential issues including the project being shutdown.

So many open source project aspire to be only clones of popular games. I think we should aim at creating our own universe, Open Valley is a very cool idea and to be honest even partially inspired me for my own game but I always try to make everything original.

Not only changing the names and stuff but also the maps, the locations, the tileset, the story even exploring a different gameplay.

If you need inspiration you could do research and documentation about farming and try to come up with a unique place.

You can even take a map from OpenGameArt and modify it to make it fit your theme and put your own location.

If you would like I_can create you an overworld map quickly to give you inspiration with unique location (and you are free to adapt them).

I'm not here to judge what's a worthy project---people love that mod that is remaking Morrowind in the Skyrim engine. Work on whatever excites you! I just want everyone to be aware of the legal/licensing issues, especially since we're on a FOSS forum :) 

And let me know if you need any art! ;-) 

Very nice to see! I like the new beginning :) 

It looks like in some of your art (mostly screenshot_2021-03-15_13-52-03.png), you may have scaled some of the tiles by a non-integer multiple, in a program like PhotoShop or GIMP, which is performing interpolations/anti-aliasing and is making the pixel art blurry. Try zooming in on the bricks in your image and compare to the image you started with, and you'll see what I mean---your bricks are blurry. 

The best solution is to use a program that is designed for pixel art, like PyxelEdit or Aseprite, but if you want to use GIMP/PS/etc., you should avoid scaling/rotating pixel art and/or disable anti-aliasing/interpolation.

Can't wait to see more!

Hi, I'm glad it did not demotivated you to continue working on it. I_think its better to deal with those stuff early in the project because its easier to change compared to having to redo everything 2 years later.

Do you have a new demo which can be tried?

neat, I really cannot wait to give it a try :)

Hi,

I_admire your motivation and its cool you started again with new tiles however I'm afraid you are still too close to the original game. As other stated you can't just reproduce almost tile by tile the layout of a map. If I_look at your picture to me, with the exception of using a new tile look almost everything looks likes Stardew valley down to the position of the ponds, the cliff on the left. This is blatant copying, with almost no originality and would be asking for potential troubles.

Look at SuperTuxKart.net, this is a game inspired by Mario kart and yes it has the evil castle inside a volcano and a rainbow road like track in space. However everything is original from the characters, to the story to the world and all maps are unique and there are no reproduction from the original inspiration.

All the layout, the universe, the racing tracks, the textures, the characters, etc everything is made from scratch. (disclaimer I'm the lead artist of the game) and most of my inspiration came from my own ideas and concepts. For a long time I did not even played Mario kart.

I do not want my critic to be destructive, so I_will try to come with something to help you go in the right direction.

I would recommend you to not just copy pixel by pixel the game but really go into an original direction. Initially I would not make it bigger than the farm map and maybe a bit of the village to test the interactions between NPC and the player.

If I_was you, I would start by having the basic mechanics of the game working, (being able to pick items, sell them) and a bit of farming (like the ability to grow one type of food). Since you seem to not be confortable with coding I would limit to the bare minimum, ignoring everything that can make this complicated (seasons, etc). Just go with a small plot of land that you can grow salad on it and after waiting 3 days in game you will get a salad that you can sell to the local store.

Starting by making a giant map while might be initially more fun might create more troubles in the future since you might need to redo everything if your core mechanic is not working (example you set the visuals for the crops, you might need to redo them to add the gameplay tiles and interaction wich means redoing potentially hours of work). If you have this base mechanic working you can then make the map progressively bigger and add more things. If you look at the developement of stardew valley it started as a very basic farming game with one very small playable region. This is what you should target.

Your first set of map should contain everything that the bigger game will have but on a very small scale. So. I will explain every section and why I want them.

For the first map / section:

A homestead / player house where you can store things in your chest / fridge / etc. This will be usefull to test the player's house gameplay. Can also be used to test a sleeping mechanic.

A_small crop where you can grow one or two types of food.  This will be usefull to test the farming / harvest gameplay.

A body of water (can be pond, river, whatever) to test potential interaction with water (I assume you want to have fishing). But you could go in an original direction Eg: having the ability to swim.

For the second map / section:

A store where you can sell the food and buy more seed. This is obviously to test selling / buying and the economy of the game.

Another NPC (the mayor of the Town?) where you can ask questions. This can be used to test NPC interactions etc.

You could argue that we could have down all of this in the same map since its so small. You would be right however since your game will probably contain multiple section I would suggest to start with two section so you can test how the transition between sections works.

In my next post I will explain how I would design the map of the farm to take into account all the point mentioned above.

(sorry to be so blunt, I really like your project and it would sadden me if you it would be shutdown because of copyright).

So, how to create an original map for the player's farm?

Let's look at our requirement and what it should have as stated in the previous post:

A farm / player home

A crop

A_body of water

A road / path to go to the next section which will contain the city / store to sell your items.

Now, I do not know a lot about farms and farming so my first step is to get documentation and inspiration from real life examples, games, movies, anything I can find to help me. I_will purpusfully ignore Stardew valley own map to not get distracted or too close to the original. This will help me to come up with something 100% original.

By a simple search on Duckduckgo about farm layout I start to have tons of examples

This will help me to make some decision. (It's funny how the game stardew valley is so popular that a simple search Farm layout will show results from the game, but we will ignore them).

Now on all the images I_found, the one that inspired me the most is this one

Not sure why but it contains a lot of description it has a body of water and I kind of like it. But I will not do copy of it, just take it as inspiration.

In the next post I will show my layout and the reasoning behind it.

Since the game is isometric it is also required to put the entrance on the front and not on the side or the back of the house. So we have a road, a connection to the city / village and the house of the player. Let's add a body of water, a crop and some decoration.

And we have our map. In red is the boundary, we have everything we need and some space left if we need to add more experiments (like for instance beehouses, or a barn with chickens. As you can see I_used inkscape and the most basic style possible. Because I did not want to start with laying down tiles since it is time consuming and if you need adjustement you are often forced to start all over again.

Now we can start to do it in the editor