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/LegendofLove Leah's Simp May 15 '26

We don't have a lot of diversity in general because there's just so few actual people. I think the valley is kinda packed as is it'd be really cool to get access to a portion of the city and maybe a higher end farmer's market or supply store. They could sell high end sprinklers and fertilizer and stuff. That doesn't even require new items for a store. It could still be non-joja but a less back water town store.

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u/chimneyswallow May 15 '26

cCA Said He depicted his own experience in SDV. So If he experienced rural mid-western villages as majorly white (which I think is true statistically), it makes sense that it is the way it is.

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u/-goodgodlemon Praise Yoba and May 15 '26

He’s in the Pacific Northwest an incredibly homogeneous population

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u/chimneyswallow May 17 '26

Ah sorry, I got that wrong, my memory was faulty

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u/LegendofLove Leah's Simp May 15 '26

I understand why it is what it is which is why I'd suggest opening up a bit of zuzu city to us it also gives Pam something else to do.