[junimods]

Sorry everyone for the radio silence the last couple weeks, I've had some stuff going on in my personal life and have been unable to work on Cuter Foliage updates (or anything for that matter). I'm hoping to get back to it soon. Hope you're all having a nice weekend.

[junimods]

I've just updated Cuter dogs, cats, horses, and barn/coop animals with a couple new options! Enjoy! 💚

[junimods]

With the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley behind us, the 10th anniversary of my modding journey is approaching! I thought it would be fun to have a little retrospective of the mods I've made over the years and how far I've come since 2016.

When Stardew Valley came out, the most experience I'd had with anything similar to pixel art was making super simple cross stitch patterns. I had no idea what I was doing! But in October 2016, I released my first animal mod. Content Patcher didn't exist yet, so these were all .xnb replacers. I actually forgot my first barn animal mod had no cows! It had deer instead, because a friend of mine at the time loved deer. I also made my first set of buildings using the framework Seasonal Immersion, so they could change each season.

These mods were mostly something silly I made for friends and I to use; I didn't really imagine other people playing with them. Looking back, the art was pretty rough, haha. I could never have imagined I'd be making mods for 10 more years.

In 2017, I still didn't have a great grasp on pixel art, but I was branching out and trying different things. I reworked my animal sprites and made a whole new set of buildings (there were a lot less buildings then!), but I also made mods for town critters, kitchens, and my dirt recolor. Not long after these first released, Content Patcher came out! Now that configs were a thing, this is where I started my habit of being extra adding lots of options.

Starting in 2019, I took more time with my art/sprites. I made a new, third set of animals, this time finally making dog and cat replacements! I also focused a lot on buildings; I made several big updates to Seasonal Buildings and released my Town Buildings later on. I feel like this is when I really started cleaning up and improving my pixel art and developing my own style. This is also when it really hit me how many people actually use my mods. It's still crazy to think about.

2023 was the start of my Cuter mods series! They didn't release until 2024, but I had been working on them for over a year by that point. They coincidentally were nearing completion when the release date of 1.6 was announced, so I joined the mod author beta, made sure they'd work with the new skins feature, and dropped them all the day it released. The amount of people playing and modding Stardew Valley at that time was shocking! And I think I'll maybe never stop being surprised by the reception to my work.

Since then, I've released a few more 'Cuter' mods, with some more stuff in the works (that you can see in the last gif above!). Last year I took a bit of a break from drawing, but when the Stardew Valley Modfest was announced, I was inspired to create something I never had before:

Cuter Foliage. Had I ever drawn foliage before? No! Was I a bit out of my depth? Very possible. But I really wanted to do something new, and I'm proud of the work that's gone into it.

And if you've enjoyed my work over the last decade, I'd also really appreciate your support on this mod! The modfest entry period is over, but the winners won't be called until April 25th! Until then, every download and endorsement still counts, and yours would mean a lot to me.

But regardless of the mod contest, I want to say thank you all so, so much. Without all your support, kind words, and encouragements over the years, I wouldn't still be making mods for this game. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

And happy farming! 💚

[junimods]

Elle's Cuter Foliage + VPR

[junimods]

If you've enjoyed my Cuter Foliage mod, please consider going to the mod page and endorsing it (hitting the 'Endorse' button) if you haven't! Most people don't go back to endorse mods and it would help me out a lot! 💚

I'll be updating all of my cuter animal mods this week with some new options and minor fixes. I also think I might post some sort of retrospective on my 10 years of modding. 🤔

Hope you're having a great week!

[junimods]

Hey just saying but if you do go ahead and make those goat/sheep variants that you teased awhile ago, I may scream. No I will scream. Your animals are the best I've ever seen for Stardew!

I have added them to the mod on my end already!! Along with the rough collies, borzois, bobtail cats, and geese I showed, and I'll push the updates sometime this week! I'll also have a couple more things I never showed (like trikes for the lil dinosaurs, and some saddle pads and bridles for horses). Thank you btw! 💚

[junimods]

Elle's Cuter Foliage + VPR

[junimods]

Which of these map recolor mods do you most often use (in the current version of the game)?

strangelyliteral's Starblue Valley (unofficial update)

nuupon's Soft Slow Seasons

Kookiefroggie's Recolor

PinkStations Cotton Candy Recolor

collingbe's Blue Grass Recolor

ricehit's The Map is Recolored

Bitnaaa's Recolor Stardew Foliage

Aimon's Witchy Dirt and Grass Recolor

SalaamzZ's Kitsch Blue Grass Recolor

acerbicon's A Wittily Named Recolor

Yri's Retro Recolor

vamoosi's Rosier Colored Glasses

Voting ended onApr 7

Just trying to gauge which recolors my followers/people who use my mods still use! VPR and Earthy are excluded because I know those are still the most used and I'm already adding compat for them to my mods. Some of these don't have updates for 1.6 (and can't be unofficially updated due to permissions), but I included them anyway just to see. I hope I didn't leave any other big ones out!

[junimods]

Cuter Foliage now has a version to match VPR!

Elle's Cuter Foliage on Nexus

[junimods]

I'm gonna take a small break from my foliage mod, since I've spent all of my free time on it the last month and am feeling a tad burnt out. A bit sad it looks like it won't win the modfest, but I'm still proud of it and have really liked drawing the art for it!

I'm not taking a break from modding though! I'm working on finally adding some new options to my animal mods (that I showed in WIPs here ages ago) + some adoption price configs. Stay tuned 👀

I also finally updated my dirt & cliff recolor mod to fix some old bugs.

I've recently started considering creating a discord server, because I really enjoy hearing from you guys and seeing people's screenshots and stuff, but I also fear it would be a lot for me since I usually have a very low social battery 😭I dunno!

Hope you're all having a great weekend! 💚

[junimods]

Cuter Foliage now has a version to match VPR!

Elle's Cuter Foliage on Nexus

[junimods]

Hi! I'm making another poll since the most voted option in the last one was added over the weekend. This time I'm adding some more options for recolors, in case more people would be interested in those!

What would you like to see added to my Cuter Foliage mod next?

Ginger Island foliage

SVE foliage

Finishing fruit trees

Blue Grass Recolor version

Cotton Candy Recolor version

Yri Retro Recolor version

Another recolor (leave a reply)

Something else! (leave a reply)

Voting ended onApr 3

A version for VPR is already in the works! (I'll also be updating Cuter Grass with a VPR version soon.)

[junimods]

Hi everyone! It's been recommended to me a few times to make a collection on nexus, so I thought I'd try to gauge y'all's interest! I know a lot of SDV players use them, but I never have. Would it be worth the fuss to make a collection of some of my mods (either just the "cuter" mods series, or all of my most updated mods), or do people prefer whole, all-in-one type collections? I'd appreciate your thoughts, feel free to reply here or send me a message!

Unrelated, I'm also looking for more tips in general on promoting some of my mods, because I'm terrible at social media! 😔 But I'm going to try to get back into the swing of updating mods and making more content, as time allows.

[junimods]

Elle's Cuter Foliage

[junimods]

Cuter Foliage has been updated again with the winner of the last poll! There are now retextures for debris (rocks, logs, stumps, and branches) and the weeds on the farm! There are also a couple of options for artifact and seed dig spots.

Elle's Cuter Foliage on Nexus

Also, tomorrow is my birthday! 🥳

[junimods]

What would you like added to my Cuter Foliage mod next?

Growth stages of fruit trees (+ mango/banana trees)

Vibrant Pastoral Recolor version

Misc stuff like weeds, dig spots, flowers, etc

Ginger Island foliage

Something else (leave a reply!)

Voting ended onMar 26

Just checking in again now that everything from my last poll has been added! Modfest may be over soon, but I will keep updating this mod until I feel it's complete! I considered also retexturing some of the furniture items with plants, so that they don't look out of place outside, but that may be outside the scope of this mod (and way down the line in any case). But I'm not sure! Let me know what you think.

[junimods]

There is now a version of Cuter Foliage to match DaisyNiko's Earthy Recolour!

Elle's Cuter Foliage on Nexus

The Stardew Valley Modfest will be winding down this week, and I just wanted to say thank you all for your support. Not only for your kind words for this mod (which I made in the spur of the modfest and wasn't super confident in), but also for the last 10 years kind messages, comments, and even all the bug reports. I look forward to seeing how this game and community continues to grow in the future. 💚💛🧡🩵