A copy of Staxel, either on Steam or the Standalone version; The ability to forward a port on your router (this is preferred) If you're unable to forward ports, you may also use Hamachi. This is detailed towards the end of the Windows section. Starting the server with Steam.
About This GameStaxel is a creative farming and village life game with a cast of quirky characters. Build your farmhouse, help villagers, take to the wilds to fish or hunt for bugs, and grow a variety of crops in your backyard.
If you’re feeling social, you can even invite your friends over to share in the fun! Experience Village LifeIn Staxel, you’re tasked with restoring the farm to its former glory as the newest resident in a budding village. While they may have their quirks, the other residents will help you get settled in. Return the favour and help the village flourish!When you’re not hanging out with your newfound friends or working on your farm, you could be pursuing a new hobby, completing one of many collections, spending your hard-earned money on precious seeds, or lending a hand and making your mark on the town! Nurture Your FarmPut down your roots and settle into life as a newcomer to the village. Starting out with a run-down, old home and farmland reclaimed by the wilderness, it’s up to you to turn the place around.
Plant seeds, carefully tend to your crops, take care of your animals, and expand your farm. Don’t forget: take care of your farm, and your farm will take care of you! Share the Fun!Working a farm on the outskirts of an unfamiliar village can get lonely, so why not invite your friends to hang out? Staxel was designed with multiplayer in mind from day one, so team up and get your buddies working those fields! You can share a farm with your friends or become neighbours in Staxel’s vast world.
Customise Your WorldStaxel’s voxel-based sandbox world lets you alter your surroundings however you like, and with a rich selection of in-game materials and an intuitive approach to modding, you can truly create your own unique world within the game.Will you grow the village while keeping its rustic charm, or take it in an entirely new direction? Perhaps you’d rather leave the village and focus on your own projects?
It’s all up to you, and your creativity is exactly the tool for the job!
Posted: 7 AprilReviewNote that my hours played listed here are not what I actually played for two reasons: First was leaving the game running while searching the web for easier ways to do stuff. Second was that the game will leave a window open after you exit the game asking if you want to send logs to the developer. More than once I walked away after hitting 'Exit' and came back to find this still open much later, artificially inflating my playtime.The game is cute. The controls are good. The NPC characters have some interesting bits. Some of the quests are fun.However, I just cannot recommend Staxel.
I burned out on it relatively quickly because basically everything in the game is gated behind acquiring truly huge numbers of the currency you earn in game called 'petals'. If you want to earn them by farming, expect to spend half your day watering plants. Much of the stuff you need for buildings and houses to fulfill quests can only be purchased.
If you want to make actually attractive buildings, expect to spend tens of thousands of petals.You can, of course, just run the game in creative mode and build to your heart's content. For that, it's not a bad game as there are enough interesting blocks to make building fun.Since I'm complaining about the petals currency, I'll comment on some of the main ways to earn it:Farming: If you want to earn the tens of thousands of petals you need, expect to spend a ridiculous amount of time watering crops and refilling your watering can.
The sprinklers are so expensive they take around an entire season's worth of crops to break even.Ranching: You can only buy animals from the store, other than two cows you get for free early on. Animals are so stupidly expensive it wasn't even worth calculating how long it would take them to reach a break even point, especially with having to buy food as well.Cooking: Because there are multiple steps to each recipe, and because you have to manually place the materials on the table and wait while each step gets done, and there is no bulk crafting, the improved value of the output isn't worthwhile.
I set up some assembly lines where I could run back and forth clicking on stations to make them work, and I finally thought to myself, 'Why am I doing this? This isn't any fun.' Looting: Using your tools to steal furniture, boxes, and whatever else you can get your hands on does help. Found an old cabin in the woods? Tear it down for building materials and some stuff to sell. The fairy event was very profitable, mostly because I took the building apart and sold off everything I could, which felt downright scummy.Fishing: The minigame is decent, and I could enjoy it for periods of time.
But the amount of money I was earning from selling fish just wasn't worth the time spent.Addendum: Another frustration was that by the time I reached fall, sleeping in my bed often took a really long period of real time. The game saves continuously, so I don't know why the time the game needed to process 'sleep' was getting longer and longer.
I certainly hadn't built enough new stuff. Posted: 6 AprilInitially this game got my attention because of the graphics. The way the game looks and the characters are adorable. I decided to look at a play through someone on youtube did, and after seeing a few episodes I thought that I was not going to enjoy it that much.
I am usually someone who enjoys games with a bit of a 'threat', and this game is generally a very peaceful experience. In the end I decided to buy it and try it for myself. Within the first 10 minutes I was hooked. Like many other people said Staxel has serious Stardew Valley and Minecraft vibes. It is truly an enjoyable experience, and I am very happy that I decided to try this game for myself instead of not giving it a chance.