Stardew Valley enters the third dimension thanks to this in-development mod that even comes with VR functionality

I don't request to archer you that Stardew Valley is not a 3D game, and if I do, your knowing of dimensions is unsettling to me. However, wherever there's a will, there's a way, arsenic a modder has done the unthinkable by adding an other magnitude to the beloved farming sim, turning it into thing other entirely.

The mod, which is being made by kittycatcasey, is an unusual 1 to look astatine (ta, PC Gamer). This is intelligibly Stardew Valley! You tin locomotion astir your home, speech to your spouse, ticker the upwind report, harvest your crops, the fundamentals bash look to beryllium there. There's besides conscionable an unnerving prime to being capable to spot each of it successful a 3 dimensional space. It's similar the 1 Simpsons Treehouse of Horror occurrence wherever Homer turns 3D. Familiar, but not rather right.

Still, it's awesome successful that it genuinely does work! Sure, determination are definite bits of walls missing present and determination due to the fact that intelligibly nevertheless the mod is being built is taking the pre-existing assets and mapping them onto a 3D level arsenic opposed to making everything from scratch. But the important happening is that it works. And besides has VR functionality! Which extends to being capable to clasp idiosyncratic tools, truthful you tin plaything an axe astir to chop down immoderate trees, for example. Pretty nifty.

The mod itself is called The Third Dimension, and according to kittycatcasey, it's mostly conscionable a "decent impervious of concept." They explain, "Right present conscionable astir about everything too the terrain is billboarded sprites, but the program is to implicit clip springiness everything a unsocial 3D model," truthful it sounds similar that somewhat disconnected vibe won't beryllium arsenic contiguous fixed capable time. Oh, and large news: "No AI is progressive successful the making of this project." Hurray! Now we conscionable person to hold and spot whether this mod oregon Haunted Chocolatier comes first. My bets are connected the mod.