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== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
− | ''{{w|Stardew Valley}}'' is an indie | + | ''{{w|Stardew Valley}}'' is an indie farming simulation role-playing video game published by Chucklefish Games. Just as in similar games like {{w|Farmville}} and {{w|Harvest Moon (series)|Harvest Moon}}, the player takes the role of a farmer who establishes his or her own farm and performs everyday tasks such as watering plants, growing food, and tending to animals. |
− | In this comic, Cueball begins his morning routine in a ''Stardew Valley'' session by waking up and watering some of his farm's plants. However, he then walks up to a sleeping cat, pauses for a moment, then pours water on it, startling it awake. He says "Dammit | + | In this comic, Cueball begins his morning routine in a ''Stardew Valley'' session by waking up and watering some of his farm's plants. However, he then walks up to a sleeping cat, pauses for a moment, then pours water on it, startling it awake. He says "Dammit!" to this, likely indicating this isn't the first time he's made this mistake. |
In the game, watering plants is an essential chore, which requires the player to "equip" a watering can. The player moves their character up to a plant and simply presses an action button (or key) to perform the watering action. The same action button is used to interact in different ways with other things, animals and people (e.g. to talk to them), so accidentally leaving the watering can equipped while trying to talk to someone can cause the player to "water" them instead. The comic illustrates how easy it is to do this in the game, as well as the comedic value of seeing this happen from the point of view of the player's character. | In the game, watering plants is an essential chore, which requires the player to "equip" a watering can. The player moves their character up to a plant and simply presses an action button (or key) to perform the watering action. The same action button is used to interact in different ways with other things, animals and people (e.g. to talk to them), so accidentally leaving the watering can equipped while trying to talk to someone can cause the player to "water" them instead. The comic illustrates how easy it is to do this in the game, as well as the comedic value of seeing this happen from the point of view of the player's character. | ||
The title text reinforces this humor by indicating that [[Randall]] has used the watering can, probably unintentionally, on nearly every person and object in the game. It's amusing to think that he may curse each time he realizes he's still holding the can when he tries to talk to someone. (His use of the word "Dammit" in this comic also calls to mind a brief discussion on the word in [[559: No Pun Intended]].) | The title text reinforces this humor by indicating that [[Randall]] has used the watering can, probably unintentionally, on nearly every person and object in the game. It's amusing to think that he may curse each time he realizes he's still holding the can when he tries to talk to someone. (His use of the word "Dammit" in this comic also calls to mind a brief discussion on the word in [[559: No Pun Intended]].) | ||
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''Stardew Valley'' was also mentioned only two weeks prior to this comic in [[1790: Sad]]; this comic explains why. | ''Stardew Valley'' was also mentioned only two weeks prior to this comic in [[1790: Sad]]; this comic explains why. | ||
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== Transcript == | == Transcript == | ||
− | :[Inside a slim frame at the top of the comic there is a caption:] | + | :[Inside a slim frame at the top of the comic there is a caption (a rather unusual style for xkcd captions):] |
:Stardew Valley morning routine | :Stardew Valley morning routine | ||
− | :[Below this frame there are two rows each consisting of three small panels taking up the same width as the caption panel above | + | :[Below this frame there are two rows each consisting of three small panels taking up the same width as the caption panel above. In most of the panels noises are shown inside either sound bubbles or speech bubbles, which is also a rather unusual style for xkcd, especially as this ends in the last panel when the sounds are intentionally, but only then. This is likely because these sounds, occur within the game, e.g. one's avatars will always start the day with a yawn noise, the watering can makes a swish sound, etc.] |
− | :[Cueball wakes | + | :[Cueball wakes up in a four poster bed, with round knobs at the top of each post. He sits up in bed with the pillow at his back up against the bedpost and holds a hand to his mouth, while the other hand is lying on the tight blanket covering his body. He clearly yawns as indicated with four small lines above his head above which floats a large sound bubble:] |
:Cueball: '''''Yawn''''' | :Cueball: '''''Yawn''''' | ||
:[Cueball walks to the right with a small watering can held in front of him.] | :[Cueball walks to the right with a small watering can held in front of him.] | ||
− | :[Cueball pours water from the can over the three small plants. A line goes from the water to another bubble:] | + | :[Cueball pours water from the can over the central of three small plants growing in the grass. A line goes from the water to another bubble:] |
:Water: ''Splish'' | :Water: ''Splish'' | ||
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:Cat: Z | :Cat: Z | ||
− | :[Cueball proceeds to pour water on the cat which immediately | + | :[Cueball proceeds to pour water on the cat which immediately gets up and lifts it front legs up away from Cueball as it tries to escape, with water cascading down on its back. Again there is a line from the water to a speech bubble at the top of the panel, but both the cats angry sound and Cueball's comment is in the more normal xkcd style without any bubbles around and just two lines to indicate who speaks, most likely to distinguish these as sounds never found within the game.] |
:Water: ''Splish'' | :Water: ''Splish'' | ||
:Cat: ''Mrowl!!'' | :Cat: ''Mrowl!!'' | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Video games]] | [[Category:Video games]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Animals]] |