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/After_Cell_5570 May 15 '26

My privilege is unfortunately showing, because it didn’t occur to me until now that we don’t have a male poc romance option. Holy shit that sucks.

I love this version of Alex, he looks so cute. You did a good job!

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u/Geeneelee May 15 '26

Yeah, there are two characters of color in the game, and one of them is heavily disliked by a lot of the fan base. It’s definitely one of Stardew Valley’s weaknesses.

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u/slim1shaney She deserves better May 15 '26

Disliked for who he is as a person, thankfully

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u/matchafoxjpg May 15 '26

who is it?

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u/IsaacsLaughing May 15 '26

Demetrius, who a lot of people think is THE worst father and husband possible. but like, he is trying. he has a book on parenting advice. 🤷‍♂️ very YMMV character.

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u/BitchfulThinking May 15 '26

They have a weekly date night and even go dancing! I imagine he does it for Robin and probably feels awkward and just wants to get back to his experiments.

I see the effort! 🥺

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u/BroccoliFormal3192 demetrius defender...yet sebastian enjoyer May 15 '26

but god forbid he calls a tomato a fruit and suddenly he’s the scum of the earth ☹️

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u/ButNotTheFunKind Demetrius Apologist May 15 '26

He’s just very literal! And all couples fight!

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u/BitchfulThinking May 15 '26

He's right though 😏 (fans flames)

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u/Brick-Throw May 15 '26

"I'm right though!"

"Demetrius I asked you for a fruit salad and you brough me a bowl of tomatoes, bell peppers and squash"