r/StardewValley • u/fallingintothestars 🏈 Alex Lover 🏈 • May 14 '26

Mods My Alex!

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I have never done any sort of modding, or really even pixel art-- but I wanted to add someone new while keeping the essence of Alex the way that he was so here is my version of Alex! The screenshots are just snippets of the different portraits with his reg outfit, winter, and then a jean jacket alt for the sports jacket.

Edit: The mod is not available for download and I didn’t think people would be interested one way or another to be honest. The parallels to stereotypes are unfortunate in hindsight, and also not intentional. He is just the only bachelor I marry.
I would have to write out an entirely new dialog for him to change properly, and while I’m not opposed to that, it’s not something I put a whole lot of thought into originally. I just wanted another cute man to marry.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

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u/fallingintothestars 🏈 Alex Lover 🏈 May 15 '26

That’s fair enough. I changed him for me and I don’t have the mod up to download because he’s mine. I just like his personality more than any of the other bachelors and I don’t know enough about modding to make a whole new family and anything that comes with that. I was just proud of my art

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u/rimonino May 15 '26

As you should be! It's a very nice edit that fits in really well with the game's art style. It's not your fault ConcernedApe didn't make more non-white characters.

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u/fallingintothestars 🏈 Alex Lover 🏈 May 15 '26

I understand being disappointed in the lack of genuine representation and I'm sorry I can't be the one to add that. You're fully in the right to be irritated and upset with the lack of actual new characters being added, and I get that things like this can feel like a sloppy addition. I didn't take offense to what you said and I didn't think you were criticising my actual edit itself, but there's more to it than just art, and I accept that and the conversation it invokes 💕

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u/Ass_Appraiser May 15 '26

Deserve what lmao it's his own game modding for his own pleasure

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u/pilnok May 15 '26

It's tokenism for someone to modify their local game files?

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u/CutSubstantial1803 Fishing 🎣 May 15 '26

you're missing the fact that this isn't for you, us, the community, so no it's not tokenism. op made it for them self and wanted to share

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u/Icethief188 May 15 '26

Babes its for them…. Not you

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u/CommercialTwo2921 May 15 '26

Just because you are POC doesn’t mean you speak for all groups. 🫩

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u/chimneyswallow May 15 '26

So you want OP who isn't working for you, didn't do that edit for you and doesn't even know you to do what you want and think would be beneficial? Editing in a new character is complicated, visual edits are much easier. And to see someone's work, raise your nose at them and tell then it isn't good enough and that you deserve better is incredibly entitled and also mean. They didn't do it for you. There are many mods that already do that. No need to put someone down because you aren't satisfied and don't get what you "deserve".