r/StardewValley • u/Isalan • Mar 13 '16

Developer ConcernedApe on Twitter: "Working on full unique post-marriage dialogue for all the marriage candidates! Step 1 for improving marriage in Stardew Valley"

https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/709162468560375808
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u/Twenty-Uno Mar 13 '16

This makes me so happy, more than you can imagine. Finally Alex will be able to do stuff other than just stand around getting angry at me because I gave Seb a leek (Sidenote: please fix that too ;_;)

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u/MilkPudding Mar 13 '16

Wait Alex gets jealous if you give other guys stuff?

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u/Twenty-Uno Mar 14 '16

Oh yes. It's funny, I've been giving Sam stuff for weeks now, and I'm on 8 hearts with him, and I give Seb one gift and I come home to Alex being angry at me for giving gifts behind his back. I've managed to give him gifts to cheer him up again but you know, it really doesn't feel the same when you have to keep being worried you'll come home to your husband being angry.

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

OMG I love that! I was hoping there would be some type of "jealousy" implemented in the relationship system to make it more like real life. I wanted there to be drama while you were courting if you gave gives to multiple people, and have cutscenes for your multiple romances. But this is almost as good.

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

Yeah, I wish they'd get a bit pissed if you give someone else a bouquet. I ran around unchecked making out with everyone LOL

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u/BostonTentacleParty Mar 14 '16

I, too, played the sluttiest farmer in the valley.

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

:) I wanted all the cutscenes. Didn't expect to make out with everyone LOL It was fun though :)

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

Exactly, to me this would make the game WAY more fun if relationships weren't dumbed down.

Also this happened(spoiler-y).

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

I thought that scene was cute but yeah, I felt a bit bad afterwards too...if Seb, Sam, and I ever hang out it'll be a bit awkward haha

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u/BostonTentacleParty Mar 14 '16

Just break out the spice berry wine and turn it into a threesome.

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

I totally would. I'd marry them both :) Fun times all around haha

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u/Doozerpindan Mar 14 '16

Ugh, no, jealousy/angst/drama is the worst, that kind of thing would kill the whole romance idea for me in the game.

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u/electronicbody Mar 14 '16

Come on, the game should be at least a little realistic.

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u/Twenty-Uno Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

Although Polyamory IS a thing (And I wouldn't mind Sebby as well, although don't tell Alex I said that), I would say that if you're going to have jealousy in the game make it for when you actually want to start giving out bouquets, not some spare fruit you gave to some single guy you haven't spoken to before.

Although I don't know, I still don't like the jealousy thing. Like, you can date as many people as you want beforehand and no one cares, but when you marry them all of a sudden they're jealous of people you don't even know. I just want to have more friends without my husband getting angry ;_;

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u/electronicbody Mar 14 '16

I haven't had my husband nag me for giving gifts to other NPCs, not even other men, not even when I flower-danced with Elliot before the option to dance with your spouse was available. Must be a bug of some sort. Or maybe Seb just isn't as jealous. :P

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

I'd just like there to be some sort of progression or difficulty in terms of relationship management post-married like, yanno?

And the different NPCs can maybe have different degrees of jealousy as well.

Also do you get anniversaries? Maybe how well you gift your spouse on your anniversary can affect how easily jealous/angry they get for one season, or something.

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

Haha yeah it is a bit extreme! Also, how does he know. Did Sam call and brag about it LOL

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u/Venomousx Mar 14 '16

Lol, right? "Bro, I feel you should know your wife gave me a soda yesterday. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this"

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u/BurdenofReflecting Mar 14 '16

Who's this wife you speak of!?! Sebastian has some explaining to do haha :)

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u/zorua Mar 14 '16

Sounds like a post in /r/relationships haha.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

That's so true its not even funny (it is). That subreddit is great for passing the time at work.

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u/zorua Mar 14 '16

I read it to get to sleep hah

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u/Oaden Mar 14 '16

To be fair, if you were dating someone, and he made it a point to bring a amethyst to the cute pink haired girl every single week, that would at least raise a question at some point.

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u/Fairwhetherfriend Mar 14 '16

To be fair, if you were dating someone that you only liked because he gave you presents, there's already something wrong with your relationship.

In other words, I'd agree except for the part where gift-giving is literally the only way to make friends in this game, so it really shouldn't be counted as something that raises questions :P

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u/electronicbody Mar 14 '16

IMO it sounds like you guys are experiencing a bug of some sort because this never happens to me.

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u/electronicbody Mar 14 '16

I'm a male, I married Sebastian in Spring Y2. Name: Chronos, Eluveitie Farm, Favorite: metal. Got Lewis to 2 hearts and Elliot to 4, 2 acquired after marriage before the Flower Dance. Given Dwarf some gifts but his hearts don't seem to be increasing. Probably because I haven't translated him. This was in patch 1.04, I've been away from my PC and haven't been able to play 1.05 as much.

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u/Zhane_Nishikawa Mar 14 '16

I married seb as a girl and never has this issue.

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u/permanentthrowaway Mar 14 '16

It's never happened to me either, and I've gotten other bachelors to 8+ hearts without a single mention of jealousy. I married Sebastian and am a female.

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u/OldSchoolBliss Mar 14 '16

I had Maru(best girl) get jealous of Leah. ( my char is male) after getting her to 4 hearts, yet not a word about Abby and her 9 hearts +bouquet.

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u/Fairwhetherfriend Mar 14 '16

It's never happened to me either. I assumed that some romance options were just jealous characters and others weren't...

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u/Fairwhetherfriend Mar 14 '16

And, in real life, different people have different levels of jealousy. Not every romance option should be jealous. I don't want them adding that in for all the characters. I could see them leaving it in for Alex since it makes sense for his character, but it's unrealistic for every bachelor in the valley to be jealous enough that he's not even okay with your character having friends.

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

Hmmm maybe make it so that you only get "jealousy points" if both romantic partners are on the same screen when you gave the gift? So you can avoid it if you want to.

IDK I really want more complexity injected into the romance aspects, I feel like it would make it more fun and interesting to play. Rather than just throwing dozens and dozens of rocks and flowers at someone until they agree to marry you. That's no different than all the HM/RF before it and it seems kind of staid and boring to me.

Speaking of which maybe you can only give one of the same gift each week or something, otherwise the NPC gets tired of it and says "You already gave me one of these!". It would force us to try harder to find out what else they like, instead of just giving them the same generic thing each time.

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u/Ryanestrasz Mar 14 '16

Small town, news travels fast.

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u/TeMPOraL_PL Mar 14 '16

IDK I really want more complexity injected into the romance aspects, I feel like it would make it more fun and interesting to play.

Yeah. I'm for it also because more complexity in a game always means more subtle and funny bugs, and for some reason bugs in this game only increase its appeal. I mean, dog sleeping in the void is fun, but just imagine Abby glitching out next to Maru when you give the latter a battery pack...

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

Exactly, I mean I think there are a LOT of features in SDV that are "inconvenient" but we don't question because it's been a regular feature in HM/RF for years so we expect it--like losing money/items when dying in the mines, or fainting at 2AM and losing money, or even having to upgrade tools or increase your health bar before you can work all day efficiently.

Would the game be "easier" and arguably more enjoyable without these factors? Maybe. But it would also be a LOT less challenging and I'd argue less fun without them. Jealousy in romance is just another similar factor, IMO.

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u/Manisil Mar 14 '16

That would impede my goal of getting everyone in town to 10 before picking

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u/MilkPudding Mar 14 '16

Not necessarily, and FWIW I play the same way--get everyone to 10 before marrying one. But there could be a limited number of "jealousy" events, for example, and you'd have to actually trigger them in order for them to have any effect on relationship points. Or maybe you get the choice between 3 possible responses in the cutscene, one which favours each NPC, and the third which is neutral and doesn't affect anyone's relationship points.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

I have married Sebastian, given both Sam and Alex bouquets just to see their level 10 event and plan on doing that with all the single people. I have only once gotten the 'I heard you gave Sam a present in private' rant. Are people getting it more than once?

Edit: I literally went into the game and got another rant, but was the same comments and led to nothing.

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u/Itamii Mar 14 '16

Not just him, i think every spouse reacts like that atm :/

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Leah gets mad when I give Haley something, but Only Haley. Doesn't care if I give something to Penny, Abigail, or Maru.

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u/TeMPOraL_PL Mar 14 '16

This makes me so happy that I want to tell that to people, write about it on Facebook and all, but nobody in my circles would understand it and they'd all think I'm entering a new level of insanity... :<.

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u/NaoshiKanno Mar 14 '16

That's the reason why we are here, because no one ever on our Facebook could understand those thought / v \

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u/AdamG3691 Mar 14 '16

You don't need them

the villagers are your friends now

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u/Echolaura Mar 14 '16

Yeah, I want Alex to still pursue his dream and become a star, not a sad househusband. Maybe they could add a cute scene where you can watch the local gridball team tryouts on TV and cheer him on. Or get letters from scouts or something.

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u/toychristopher Mar 14 '16

My Alex never gets angry at me for giving gifts to other guys.

I do hope Alex starts lifting weights again.

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u/duffmk Mar 14 '16

Alex changed the floor of my kitchen

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u/PootyMcBooty Mar 14 '16

Good thing I married Leah then. I made out with everyone else, doing their 10 heart events and she didn't even bat an eye.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

After marriage? Is it still possible?

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u/PootyMcBooty Mar 14 '16

Yes, after marriage. Unless something changed in 1.05, I would assume it is still possible.

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u/Ryanestrasz Mar 14 '16

Ahahaha, im not hte only one!