This Terraria build is a perspective-shifting Stardew Valley tribute

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This Terraria build paying tribute to Stardew Valley is so clever that it’s still breaking my brain a little bit. While there’s a lot of parallels to be drawn between the soothing gathering, building, and organising of two of the best sandbox games on PC, there’s an obvious huge difference in their perspective. Yet exploring Lady Forestia’s latest Terraria creation, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you were instead looking at the top-down world of Stardew Valley.

Terraria fan and artist ‘Lady Forestia’ has previously created some clever, intricate builds that make Terraria look more like a 3D game than its actual 2D layout, but this new zone takes things to another level by perfectly capturing the perspective of Stardew. Using Terraria Echo coating to carefully hide blocks and ledges from view, this build lets the player actually walk around town in much the same top-down fashion as you’re used to playing Stardew Valley.

Those of you who’ve spent some time with Terraria since its Labor of Love update might know that there is actually an official Stardew nod in the game, with a couple of items included that let you glimpse a little taste of Stardew Valley in Terraria. However, this custom map takes things to the next level, with a full town that you can wander around with shops, houses, vegetable plantations, and more.

Despite having spent some time wandering around Lady Forestia’s previous creations and marvelling at the handiwork, it still throws me to walk around the paths of this Stardew Valley-inspired village and be able to go up and down vertical paths. It’s not completely flawless – you’ll occasionally have to do a little jiggling to get out of a stuck spot – but it’s remarkably robust for something that the