Recommended: "The Horse In Stardew Valley Deserves Better. Here’s What ConcernedApe Could Try"

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I both adore Stardew Valley but also find its horse incredibly underwhelming. It turns out that a recent conversation invigorated someone else in their long-held belief that the Stardew Valley horse could be so much cooler: Over on the Punished Backlog blog, Amanda Tien dives into the many ways in which mechanical and emotional depth could be added to our sadly underdeveloped pixel horse.

newsAlice RuppertFebruary 26, 2025stardew valley, amanda tien, the punished backlog, recommendationComment

My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics

My Time At Portia is not a game about horses. To be perfectly honest, it doesn’t have particularly beautiful or well-animated horses, they occasionally glitch around a little and there’s not even really all that much to do with them. Despite all this, Portia still manages to be among the better choices for “a good horse game”, simply because there are horses in it and it is very much a good game.

reviewAlice RuppertMarch 18, 2019my time at portia, pathea games, mtap, stardew valley, life sim, game with horses, portiaComment

#horsegame Prototype Update: Progress and Priorities

developmentAlice RuppertFebruary 23, 2019horsegame, horse game, stardew valley, stable management, gamedev, devblog, madewithunity, my estate, mein pferdehof, good horse games, new horse games, indiedev Comments

My Time At Portia leaves Steam Early Access

newsAlice RuppertJanuary 20, 2019my time at portia, mtap, farming games, crafting games, stardew valley, horse riding games Comments