We sat down with Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone for a lengthy interview not about the game's beginnings, but about its journey over the last 10 years, and its future.
I’ve bought this game 3 times and I’ll buy it again for another platform if I get one.
After years of playing and hundreds of hours across various farms, I’m finally going for perfection! I was trying to hit it by Grandpa’s Evaluation at the start of year 3 but I don’t think that’s gonna happen haha.
However, that takes away my time constraint, and as much as I love planning crunching and grinding in SDV it’s nice to kick back and go at a relaxed pace.
I’ve been gaming my whole life, without a doubt, I’ve put the most hours into this game.
I truly love it and buy a copy for every platform that I have.
If he does haunted chocolatier, I will day 1 buy it just to support him.
If he does a stardew 2, i think a new cas of characters would be cool because we already know the current cast. Maybe they could make an appearance or one or two of them could be in this town.
Haunted Chocolatier is coming. Might be a little while but I’m sure it’ll be worth the wait.
With HC on the way and with SDV continuing to get updates, I doubt we’ll see a SDV2. Would make more sense just to keep adding content. Eric has said he still has lots of ideas for the game and plans to add more updates in the future.
Also, if you’re playing on desktop, look into Stardew Valley Expanded. Tons of new stuff: content, characters, maps, you name it!
I figured that the new update would come out for the 10th anniversary, but from the interview it sounds like it won’t. Eagerly awaiting it to start a new playthrough.
I am mixed between “Wow! Ten years already” and “Only ten years old, it feels like it has been out for ever”. I am always amazed that it is still receiving updates. ConcernedApe is always developer I look up to and admire. He didn’t let the fame and success affect him and still just casually keeps developing games.
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He mentioned 1.7 would have two new marriage candidates. I wonder who? Most likely one female and one male for balance.
Krobus and dwarf please
Good news! You can already marry Krobus!
I’ve bought this game 3 times and I’ll buy it again for another platform if I get one.
After years of playing and hundreds of hours across various farms, I’m finally going for perfection! I was trying to hit it by Grandpa’s Evaluation at the start of year 3 but I don’t think that’s gonna happen haha.
However, that takes away my time constraint, and as much as I love planning crunching and grinding in SDV it’s nice to kick back and go at a relaxed pace.
I’ve been gaming my whole life, without a doubt, I’ve put the most hours into this game.
I truly love it and buy a copy for every platform that I have.
If he does haunted chocolatier, I will day 1 buy it just to support him.
If he does a stardew 2, i think a new cas of characters would be cool because we already know the current cast. Maybe they could make an appearance or one or two of them could be in this town.
Now, I want to play this game again.
Haunted Chocolatier is coming. Might be a little while but I’m sure it’ll be worth the wait.
With HC on the way and with SDV continuing to get updates, I doubt we’ll see a SDV2. Would make more sense just to keep adding content. Eric has said he still has lots of ideas for the game and plans to add more updates in the future.
Also, if you’re playing on desktop, look into Stardew Valley Expanded. Tons of new stuff: content, characters, maps, you name it!
In the interview he said he can see himself doing stardew 2 at some point but he didn’t know if he wanted to do new characters or the same ones.
This.
Also new town mods are nice since you can basically have a fresh experience but still visit Stardew and all the residents.
I figured that the new update would come out for the 10th anniversary, but from the interview it sounds like it won’t. Eagerly awaiting it to start a new playthrough.
That was a nice interview. The game saved my sanity during the pandemic.
I am mixed between “Wow! Ten years already” and “Only ten years old, it feels like it has been out for ever”. I am always amazed that it is still receiving updates. ConcernedApe is always developer I look up to and admire. He didn’t let the fame and success affect him and still just casually keeps developing games.