Official Merchandise* for Jorts and Jean! The cats of viral internet fame have come to Stardew Valley! They are giftable, friendable, have a plethora of things to say, cross-compatible with many other custom NPCs, and feature two events tied to the Reddit AITA post that started it all. If you follow JortsTheCat on Twitter, you'll also probably see some familiar lines too.  They will first start roaming after the Joja landslide is cleared but can be added to an in-progress game at any time.

UPDATE 1.1: Bugfixes + one new event + optional tweaks to two vanilla events!

UPDATE 1.2: Resort time! Jorts and Jean can now visit the Ginger Island resort if you have atravita's excellent Ginger Island Mainland Adjustments installed. It makes sure that the cats will visit the resort together (because Jorts should not be left on a scrungy island unattended) and gives them the option to explore the northern part of the island, with lots of new dialogue!  Also included: A new event with Vincent, and bugfixes/tweaks!  1.2.1 fixes a bug in the Linus event that freezes the event, despite the fact that it most certainly did *not* freeze during testing. Sigh.

UPDATE 1.3: Lots of new additions!  Jorts and Jean can now go to the movies, Ridgeside, and have three new events!  Plus a ton of additional compatibility with things like Mobile Phone and Wildflour's mods!  New special order with East Scarp!

UPDATE 1.4: More like 1.6, amirite?  Jorts and Jean are now fully working in 1.6 (or at least, they'd better be.)  This update will not work in 1.5. Please do not try. Planned additional content for Sunberry and Biscuit crossovers and a new event Soon (tm).

SCHEDULE

CROSS-COMPATIBILITY

Ridgeside Village: Includes special dialogue regarding Ridgeside festivals (which they will visit), some gift tastes, and their conversation topics.
Juna: Includes some of her conversation topics. If you have Juna installed, she will also react to theirs!
Lucikiel: Includes his conversation topics, and he will also react to Jorts and Jean.
Lavril: Includes her conversation topic, and she and Void will react to Jorts and Jean (if they are unlocked).
Leilani: Includes her conversation topic.
Toshinori: Includes a couple of his conversation topics.
Alecto: Includes conversation topic.
Always Raining in the Valley: Includes some of Sterling's conversation topics.
Jasper: Includes some of his conversation topics.
Mr. Ginger: Includes unique dialogue if Mr. Ginger is installed.  For full lore compatibility, Lemurkat recommends installing Jorts and Jean after Mr. Ginger's six heart event.
Juliet and Jessie: Includes Juliet's conversation topic.
Abigail and Juliet Prank the Jojamart: includes one of their conversation topics (the best one, of course)
Sam and Vincent's Cola Shop: Includes a unique Jorts animation and dialogue.
Host Trees: Includes gift tastes.
Qi's Pumpkin Spice: Includes the conversation topic.
Strange Machines: Includes gift tastes.
Hey Kitties: Includes gift tastes.
Joja Seeds: Includes gift tastes.
Marshmallows in Stardew: Includes gift tastes.
It Is Pizza Time: Adds gift tastes (remember, tomatoes are bad for cats!)
Atelier Wildflour Tea and Atelier Wildflour Candy: added gift tastes.
Solstice Winter Star (by the Jorts and Jean artist, Airyn!): dialogue changes for compatibility.
Townies Need Artisan Goods: Includes a couple of requests involving Jorts and Jean!
Nyapu's Portraits Inspired by Dong: This ADORABLE!! Harvest Moon-style portrait set now includes an ADORABLE!! Jorts and Jean.
Not You Again: Includes gift tastes and a couple of sly references :D
SVE: Is this compatible with SVE? Uhh, probably. Festival placements take into account SVE's unique maps, but it hasn't been fully tested with SVE and it's possible something goes sideways if something on the vanilla maps or events messes with them.  The union events include Clara/Martin if installed.  Glymr has thoughtfully done a compat patch for the mountain map to remove the plank.

FUTURE PLANS

• Additional events
• Additional cross-mod dialogue and gift tastes
• There will be at least one more update for Sunberry compat, because they can't not visit the cat cafe.
  

TRANSLATION REQUESTS

If you would like to translate Jorts and Jean into another language, please go right ahead!  I only ask that you link back to this original mod page ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10950) so that all the proper credits are included.  Also, KediDili gets dibs on the Turkish translation :3




REGARDING BUGS

If you find a bug, the best way to let me know is to ping me in Discord (tiakall#4802, I can be found in the Stardew Valley discord and some other SDV-related ones) since I often forget to check comments. Please note:

• If you are reporting an overlap in festival placement: I use Hime's Custom NPC Tiles as well as my own playthroughs to avoid overlaps. If an NPC you are using is not listed there, please encourage the mod creator to add them so we can all avoid future incompatibilities (or add them yourself if you're comfortable with festival coordinates!) I likely will not move any festival placements without this information. (Though should you be inclined, it is pretty easy to adjust them yourself.)
• If it's a compatibility issue with SVE: I'll take a look at it, but SVE compatibility is not my priority over adding new features.
  

ABOUT DONATION POINTS

I normally don't enable DP on my mods because I personally don't like monetizing my hobbies, but for this one DP is turned on because any DP earned will be donated to the United Farm Workers nonprofit.  They are a union-like organization fighting for rights for farm workers, who are often excluded from basic protections, such as being guaranteed overtime pay.  This is a cause Jorts and his human are passionate about and I think it's what he'd do. :)

CREDITS

• Airyn of Diverse Stardew Valley fame did the sprites and portraits for Jorts and Jean.  Look at them, they're so beautiful and so are his DSV portraits! (Please note that if you would like to do edits of Jorts and Jean's art, please contact Airyn directly for permission.)
• Arknir for coding the two very complex union events.  Hire this event wizard for all your event magic!
• Lemurkat's Mr. Ginger was definitely an inspiration for creating Jorts and Jean <3 She was also kind enough to share her mountain bridge patch from Ranch Expansion so Jean and Jorts didn't have pathing issues, and had an answer for many of my newbie questions.
• Lenne, Hime, and Arknir were all very willing to hold my hand and walk me through event making and NPC creation. Hime's NPC creation streams in the East Scarp server were especially helpful in getting me comfortable creating an NPC from scratch. Elizabeth and atravita were also a HUGE help in troubleshooting and debugging (the schedule debugger from Ginger Island Mainland Adjustments is SO NICE.)
• The Jorts and Jean Twitter for helping give voice to these two cats, as well as being pro-workers and awesome overall.
  





* "I LIKE JORTS" is in the code, so per their twitter this is official merchandise.
Also, I heartily apologize for contributing to the overpopulation of custom NPCs whose names begin with J.