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๐Ÿ† Episode 11 ยท Capstone ยท Play & Share

Bring It to Life
Episode 11: Play & Share

Your world is built. Now you get to run around it, save it, name it and send it to someone. This is the bit that turns a map into something you are proud of.

๐Ÿ‘ถ Ages 10+ โฑ๏ธ ~40 Minutes ๐ŸŒฑ Stardew Valley โœ“ Free workshop
๐ŸŽฎ Play mode ๐Ÿงฑ Collision ๐Ÿ’พ Save a world ๐Ÿ”— Share a link ๐Ÿ“„ World page ๐Ÿ† Farm Architect
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Ember says: this episode is the reward. Everything you built, you now play, keep and share. And it is all in the browser, so it works on any computer.
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Play Your World
Run around the map you built
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Goal for this step

Open play mode and walk your world with collision.

  • 1Open the Stardew Mod Studio and go to the Map editor tab.
  • 2Click โ›ถ Play full screen.
  • 3Walk with the arrow keys (or WASD), or the on-screen pad on a tablet.
  • 4You cannot walk through walls or water. That is the whole point of the rules you set.
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Fill in the Blanks
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In play mode you can around your world. A tile you cannot cross is .
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Knowledge Check
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What decides whether the character can walk on a tile?
AThe colour of the tile
BThe tile's rules, such as Passable
CHow fast you press the keys
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Collision Comes From Rules
Open a path the rules had blocked
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Goal for this step

Use the rules panel to fix a blocked path.

  • 1In play mode, find a tile you want to cross but cannot.
  • 2Close play, select that tile in the palette, and look at the Rules panel.
  • 3Set Passable to T (true) and paint the tile again.
  • 4Play again. The path is open. That is how the real game feels tiles too.
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Fill in the Blanks
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To let the player walk on a tile, set its rule to T. Rules live on the tile, not just one copy.
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Knowledge Check
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You keep getting stuck on a tile. Best fix?
ARepaint it a brighter colour
BSet that tile's Passable rule to T
CMove the whole map
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Save and Name Your World
Keep it in the gallery
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Goal for this step

Save your world with a name so you can come back to it.

  • 1In the Studio, find the My worlds card.
  • 2Type a name, like Sunny Farm, and click Save.
  • 3Your world appears in the gallery as a little picture. You can Load or delete it any time.
  • 4Saved worlds stay on your device, so they are yours and no account is needed.
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Fill in the Blanks
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Give your world a name and click to keep it. Saved worlds show as little pictures in the .
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Knowledge Check
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Where are your saved worlds kept?
AOn your own device, in the browser
BOn a website account you must sign in to
CNowhere, they vanish
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Share a Link
Send your world to someone
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Goal for this step

Copy a share link and open a shared world.

  • 1Click ๐Ÿ”— Share next to your world (or the Share button at the top of My worlds).
  • 2A link is copied. It carries your whole map inside it.
  • 3Paste it into a chat or email. Anyone who opens it sees your world in the Studio.
  • 4Ask a grown-up before you share a link online.
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Fill in the Blanks
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The Share button copies a that carries your world inside it.
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Knowledge Check
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You want to share your world online. What should you do first?
APost it straight away
BAsk a grown-up first
CDelete the map first
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Download a World Page
A picture of your world you can keep
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Goal for this step

Make a standalone page that shows your world.

  • 1Click โฌ‡ World page (.html) in the My worlds card.
  • 2You get a single file that opens in any browser and shows your world.
  • 3It needs no internet and no game, so it is a keepsake you can send or print.
  • 4This is evidence of your work, ready to show a teacher or family.
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Fill in the Blanks
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The world page is a single file that shows your world in any browser, with no game needed.
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Knowledge Check
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Why is a world page useful?
AIt loads your world into Stardew for you
BIt is a keepsake and evidence of your work you can open anywhere
CIt makes the map bigger
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Your World, Playable and Shareable
Claim the Farm Architect badge
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Goal for this step

Look back at what you can do, and finish the series.

  • 1You can now plan a map, edit it in Tiled, set tile rules, add warps, build a new area, package a mod, debug the log, play your world and share it.
  • 2Finish all the episodes to earn the Farm Architect badge on your progress page.
  • 3Take your world further: add an interior, reskin a season, or start a second area.
  • 4Share safely, credit any tilesets you used, and keep building.
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Fill in the Blanks
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Finish every episode to earn the badge.
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Knowledge Check
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What is the best next step after finishing the series?
AStop modding forever
BKeep building: add an interior, a new area or a new season
CDelete your world
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Farm Architect!
You built a custom world, played it, saved it and shared it. That is a real modder's finish line. Take the badge, keep your world page, and dream up the next one.
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From Idea to Shared World
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Drag the journey into the right order, from a blank map to a world someone else can open.
Save and name your world in the gallery
Paint the map with layers and tile rules
Share a link or a world page
Play it and fix any blocked paths
Package it as a mod for the game