Gamlet Trivia #28 — 2026-07-30
The answer was Stardew Valley — Its creator taught himself pixel art by redrawing the game's sprites from scratch at least three times..
That day's clues
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- A 2016 Windows indie that has since sprouted on every console and phone, PlayStation Vita included.
- A farm-life simulation with dungeon-crawling on the side: plant parsnips, befriend the town, marry your favourite, and mine to the bottom floor.
- Made entirely — code, art, music — by one person, Eric Barone, alias ConcernedApe, over four and a half years.
- Built as a homage to Harvest Moon, it ended up the genre's new north star; its creator still personally answers bug reports.
- Anagram of its first word: DRAW SET