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Alex, our favorite Softie-Gymbro, finds a million ways to talk about liquid?? And reminds you to drink water throughout every season. Sometimes farmers on the grind need someone looking out for them! Blink after hours of playing SDV. Remember how to be human hehe

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Alex, our favorite Softie-Gymbro, finds a million ways to talk about liquid?? And reminds you to drink water throughout every season. Sometimes farmers on the grind need someone looking out for them!

Lock in with Alex in the spring (he even gets a new water bottle!), start fresh in the summer (it's HIS month), ~ try your best together ~ in the fall, and well, he'll need you/farmer,/frand, to get through winter. Plot twist: he may need you more. 

~ Intentions ~
  • This mod is a love letter to all of us who sometimes/all the time need support to remember how to get through the day. Someone to sit with us to finally fold that pile of socks, finish a project, send that text, put food in the body. 
  • It is also to the caretakers who are great at checking on others, but also could use the check-ins, too :3
  • It is also also about Alex and mental health (?!?!) wowie, wow, wow
  • It is also also also an attempt at digital collective care and accessibility, especially for those struggling to connect/interact with others and/or who are not in close, trusted community...yet <3

Disclaimer: This mod is not intended to diagnose, treat, etc. any health concerns and does not replace the advice or support of trusted community, mental health professionals, and/or your own sense of knowing your body and what's best for you. 

Features:
  • At least 9 lines of dialogue per season
  • Alex asking for consent at the start of each season to be accountability buddies. 
  • Alex typically checking in on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and the end of the month 
  • Alex sharing his own lite* journey of struggling with mental health, very light-hearted, does not go too deep or detailed 
  • And of course, reminders to drink water - and it'll be fun, we promise :P Or at the very least, subliminally message hydration 

Content Warning: 
  • Some dialogue hints at instances of bullying (stated) and homophobic experience (never explicitly stated)
  • Hints of winter depressies 

Notes:
  • It's best to add this mod on Spring 1 for the full journey OR at the start of a new season. 
  • The Mon, Wed, Fri checkin sched is very loose for compatibility with other mods 
  • Currently only for Alex (single). Sorry to his spouses, he really is one of the best, thoughtful ones imo. Spouse Alex and other NPCs coming in the future!
  • Future versions will require having at least 2 hearts with Alex - it's best to have some rapport, ya know?
  • Also plan to add Q&A text for players to opt in/out, and a config menu to toggle the mod on or off. For now, just remove the mod from the Mod folder if you wanna put it on pause, then add back in when it feels best for you. (: 
  • I play with Diverse Stardew Valley (DSV) by Airyn and the DSV Team. Mod pics are Alex's Mexican variant!
  • The concept of accountability buddies used in this mod is akin to this summary, but it is also rooted in my own learnings about community accountability practices within a restorative and transformative justice framework. If this topic interests you, you may also like reading up on pod mapping. 

Shoutouts: folx who helped me along, even if it took all of 5 min, or longer for mod compatibility, in the modding Discord thread! Koda (Queerify Stardew, CFDE), Button, irocendar,  Festive MathPerson particularly, and probs other fellow lurkers in the #making-mods-general chat :3