Stardew Valley, Wylde Flowers, and the Future of ‘Wholesome’ Games
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- This video will be exploring the emergence of the "wholesome" video game first seen in games like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, now becoming a genre onto itself with the success of games like Stardew Valley. What is the draw of these sorts of games? Can this truly be considered a genre? What should be the platonic ideal that future wholesome games should strive for?
Spoiler Warning: the following video contains some light spoilers on elements of the game Wylde Flowers, so if you are interested in going into this game blind, consider playing it on PC, Switch, or Apple Arcade before diving in.
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Grayson, Nathan, "The Past, Present And Future Of Stardew Valley" Kotaku Austrailia, Pedestrain Group, March 23, 2016, www.kotaku.com.au/2016/03/the...
Marks, Tom, "The creators of Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon talk to us about farm games" PC Gamer, Future US Inc, Dec 1, 2016, • The creators of Starde...
Nicholas, Heidi. "The rise of wholesome games: A roundtable interview" TrueAchievements, TrueGaming Network Ltd, April 18, 2022, www.trueachievements.com/n490...
Taylor, Matthew, "The Rise of Wholesome Games" Wireframe Magazine, Raspberry Pi LTD, 2020, wireframe.raspberrypi.com/art...
Table of Contents
0:00 - What is a Wholesome Game?
4:46 - Intro to 'Wylde Flowers'
12:30 - A Magical Twist
17:15 - Artificial Wholesomeness
22:16 - Making the Real World More Wholesome 
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What is your favorite wholesome/cozy game? What kind of metrics do you use to define a game's 'Wholesomeness'. I'd love to gauge what ya'll think here cause this subject fascinates me.
As someone who, in the past few months, started to move away from immersing myself in feel-good video games like stardew valley, this video hit hard (in the good way). for multiple reasons, i started putting more energy into my real life connections. making new friends, and reconnecting with old ones. i came to pretty much the same realisation that you did in this video. so, thank you. because even though i am more sure of myself and the path ahead of me, it means so much to see someone else talk about it, as well. fantastic video as always, henrey!
My favorite 'wholesome' game conceptually is Pumpkin Days, unfortunately the project was abandoned.
The multiplayer and character customization helps me with self expression and dealing with being in a long distance relationship/friendships as we could play together.
So this realization has been sneaking up on me over the last few videos, but I'm pretty sure Henry is my favorite Doctor.
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So enjoyed your thinking in this video!
Great video as always, Henry! Love the camera angles
Thank you! I’m always looking to expand the visual repertoire in my videos. One of these days I’m going to accidentally make a feature length film
I’ll need to check this game out. I’m not particularly drawn to the graphics or character designs, but after this video I’ll definitely give it a try! Thanks!!
Great comfy video.
Nice video
My fav cozy game is stardew valley. Also nice goatee
Thanks. It was present in the last couple of videos, but I haven't seen anyone mentioning it until now lol
My favorite cozy game is Dinkum due to being able to run over kangaroos with motorcycles and saw lizards in half with my chainsaw which Franklyn crafted from ore I found in a dangerous Australian cave with glowing crocodiles I murdered and cooking their flesh in a barbecue I bought from a weirdo which moved into my crappy town I constructed from the purse of selling shells I found on the beach
I will definitely try to check it out Wylde Flowers! Love your vids Henry! Have a nice day! ( ᐛ )ᐟ ♥︎
I hope you enjoy the game, it's a pretty good time.
You can get it on Switch Steam, and Apple Arcade right now. If you go for the Apple Arcade one month free trial, it can give you a good way to see if it's something you would be interested in.
Looking good, Henry you old thrist trap.
Is it weird that I kinda want to see that bed listicle
Ok I was just gonna plug my Patreon as a joke, but then I actually wrote an 800 word listicle of the top 5 worst beds in video games that all supporters can read if you support me for $1+/month. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/top-5-worst-beds-75234434?Link&