So, I was playing some Stardew Valley, talking to everyone at the Saloon, and when I spoke to Emily, she made an off-hand comment that blew my mind. She said she'd work at the farm, but she didn't think Gus would like her getting another job. This got me thinking, what if you COULD hire the Townspeople to work on your farm? My primary thought there was having them water your crops for X amount of Gold per X amount of tiles watered. I personally hate having to water every morning while I work towards Quality and iridium Sprinklers. I make my farm large enough that it eats almost all of my energy just watering. To be able to hire someone to help me water my crops would be amazing. I'm still working on a cost that would be balanced enough, but this idea intrigues me.
There are a few mods that allow this to a small extent. In each of the mods you can set an amount you pay for the work, and who you want to do the work. It might not be exact, but it's pretty close. http://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/589/? http://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/581/?
These are definetly on the right track. Thank you for bringing these to my attention. Now I just need to see if there's one for watering crops.
The replanter mod does watering as well as seeds, so if you turn off the harvesting and only have watering on I think it would work
The watering (if I remember correctly) is free though, so if you're looking to pay for watered crops, you might be out of luck.
Eh. It would be nice, for the sake of not being cheaty, but I can work with it. If I really feel like it, I can probably edit something to make it cost money for them to water.