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Baldur&apos;s Village will feature Stardew versions of some of BG3&apos;s companions in a new little town, complete with custom art and dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Off the jump, the pixel art portraits of Shadowheart and Astarion on display are real winners\u2060\u2014my Stardew-loving other half informs me that a lot of custom portrait work for the game doesn&apos;t quite capture the charm of Eric Barone&apos;s original NPCs, but she really loved these interpretations of BG3&apos;s companions. They&apos;re a bit more realistic than the base Stardew characters, but still really capture the spirit: you could almost mistake these guys for an official crossover.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1360px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:136.47%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"piRTSXrrmpayQGpfLMcjYK\" name=\"GMKzibWWAAMQxbC.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew, including Pixel art portraits\" 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id=\"nsEZKJ4rgB9mfEDAXXgU3L\" name=\"thereheis.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/a-group-of-modders-are-building-baldurs-village-in-stardew-valley-an-idyllic-little-town-where-you-can-date-astarion-and-maybe-hang-out-with-some-of-those-other-guys-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"928\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: ConcernedApe, Baldur&#8217;s Village Mod Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:986px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:138.74%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"aNobuTc5kGYEzuL3AApiQJ\" name=\"GMK1PoAWIAE5uvJ.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/a-group-of-modders-are-building-baldurs-village-in-stardew-valley-an-idyllic-little-town-where-you-can-date-astarion-and-maybe-hang-out-with-some-of-those-other-guys-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"1368\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: ConcernedApe, Baldur&#8217;s Village Mod Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1924px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:64.76%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"osS5MydTUFgLF7NEBqv2xJ\" name=\"GMKzibWW4AAmf0y.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/a-group-of-modders-are-building-baldurs-village-in-stardew-valley-an-idyllic-little-town-where-you-can-date-astarion-and-maybe-hang-out-with-some-of-those-other-guys-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1924\" height=\"1246\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: ConcernedApe, Baldur&#8217;s Village Mod Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1617px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:75.14%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"DuLcGiXtX9h8JVM9JPaQtK\" name=\"GMKzibWXgAAxgPt.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/a-group-of-modders-are-building-baldurs-village-in-stardew-valley-an-idyllic-little-town-where-you-can-date-astarion-and-maybe-hang-out-with-some-of-those-other-guys-4.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1617\" height=\"1215\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: ConcernedApe, Baldur&#8217;s Village Mod Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The other planned features of the full mod include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new, separate map for the titular Baldur&#8217;s Village.<\/li>\n<li>Four different building styles in the village.<\/li>\n<li>Astarion, Shadowheart, Gale, and Halsin NPCs with custom portraits for at least the first three.<\/li>\n<li>A full romance\/dating questline for Astarion, with the possibility open for something similar with the other NPCs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>XunHe1145 notes that Baldur&apos;s Village is being made by &#8220;a small team of amateurs,&#8221; so progress may be slow, but they would like to have an initial release of the mod up on the Nexus in time for Baldur&apos;s Gate 3&apos;s first anniversary on August 3.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XunHe1145\/status\/1784225524413276275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate post<\/a>, XunHe1145 said that the predominantly Chinese speaking team is looking for help translating their work into other languages, so if you&apos;re a multilingual PC gamer with a love of both Baldur&apos;s Gate and Stardew Valley, now&apos;s your time to shine, baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&apos;s been a surprisingly booming time for the eight year-old Stardew Valley: creator Eric Barone took a much-publicized break from his mysterious upcoming game, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/haunted-chocolatier-trailers-characters-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haunted Chocolatier<\/a>, to crank out a last hurrah hum dinger of a Stardew update in 1.6, which most notably adds new events and a new farm type.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&apos;t even the end of it, either: one follow-up hotfix <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-164-update-patch-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaporized two inappropriate names<\/a> from the name generator (we still want to know what they were, by the way), while another, thank god, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-166-update-patch-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fixed Mr. Racoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/a-group-of-modders-are-building-baldurs-village-in-stardew-valley-an-idyllic-little-town-where-you-can-date-astarion-and-maybe-hang-out-with-some-of-those-other-guys\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 fan artist with the handle XunHe1145 has revealed a planned Stardew Valley &#8211; Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 crossover mod to be made in collaboration with other artists. 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