Summary
Satirical gaming website Hard Drive posted an article this week about a “new hardcore mode” inStardew Valleythat wipes your save file when you open the game’s wiki, so, of course, fans turned it into a real thing.
You can read the storyhere.
As reported byGamesRadar, a software engineer called Sylvie Nightshade has designed a mod which “will erase your save file if you even dare look at the wiki in a browser tab”. It does so “by scanning the title of every window open on your computer and erasing everything if any windows contains ‘Stardew Valley Wiki’ in its title”.
So,if you look up a guide, you’ll lose all of your progress. The mod doesn’t however include “seven new unique scenes involving Mayor Lewis' shorts”. Maybe in a future update, eh?
The Mod Even Closes The Stardew Valley Wiki Afterwards
You don’t just lose all of your hard work if you open the wiki to find answers, but the wiki itself will close to rub salt in the wound. So on top of being punished for turning to the internetto get answers, you’ll be denied access anyway.
Nightshade even claims to have taught themselves SMAPI (the Stardew Valley modding API) in two hours to put this mod together.
The mod is completely free and can be downloaded via GitHub, linked in the tweet embedded above, and Nightshade stresses that it isn’t malicious, a concern some raised over it scanning your browser outside of the game. “If the term ‘win32 api’ is meaningless to you I don’t want to hear your opinions on what is malware behaviour and what isn’t.”
Stardew Valley
WHERE TO PLAY
Restore your grandfather’s farm to its former glory in Stardew Valley, a charming indie simulation role-playing game developed by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone. Along the way you’ll meet new friends, romance villagers, and explore deep caves for the materials you’ll need to craft, build, and grow.
