Weekly Post #125

I purchased Stardew Valley again—this time on iOS after previously playing it on Android.

It truly is one of the best mobile games ever made. There are no microtransactions and no ads. You pay once and get hundreds of hours of entertainment.

The gameplay is simple but endlessly engaging: farming, fishing, mining, and battling skeletons, bats, and other creatures in the mines.

One issue I overlooked is that the controls and menu interface don’t translate perfectly to the iPhone. The health bar is partially obscured by the screen layout, which can make it harder to monitor during gameplay. Similarly, when trying to navigate to the very bottom of the screen becomes a bit of a challenge with Apple’s home bar coming in the way.