In a January 24 interview with NPR’s All Things Considered, Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone mentioned his debut sport’s legacy 9 years on, together with his well-known propensity for interrupting growth on the upcoming Haunted Chocolatier to place out patches and new content material for his 2016 farming RPG.
“I do soak up quite a lot of what the followers are saying,” Barone informed All Things Considered. “I take note of what their ideas are, what their criticisms are. And the gamers are essential to me. I imply, I’ll always remember that it is due to the gamers that I’m on this place, that the sport was in a position to be widespread, that my goals as a sport developer have come true.”
Even although he admits the sentiment “may sound form of tacky,” Barone characterizes his continued work on Stardew Valley as his means of repaying Stardew’s followers, each for materially altering his life and for responding to his fictional world with a lot actual love.
“I believe a sport can have an excessive amount of content material,” Barone added. “And I finally need Stardew Valley to be the very best sport it may be. So if I really feel prefer it’s beginning to grow to be form of overwhelmed with content material to the purpose the place it is detrimental to the sport’s leisure issue, I’d cease at that time.
“Another factor is, I do wish to make multiple sport in my life. Including the event time, I’ve been engaged on Stardew Valley for over 12 years now.”
Even nonetheless, Barone admitted he may by no means totally be achieved with Stardew Valley. “I do not wish to definitively say that the e-book is ever closed, as a result of I believe I’ll at all times have a need to come back again and perhaps add a factor or two. You know, perhaps even 50 years from now, I’d add one thing.
“I like creating issues. I do not assume I’m ever going to retire. I believe it will be humorous to launch an replace when I’m, like, 90 years previous — if I stay that lengthy. Let’s hope.”
I actually would not thoughts telling my accomplice concerning the newest Stardew Valley replace whereas we’re each convalescing in an previous folks’s dwelling—hopefully by that time I’ll have lastly performed it for myself and may share within the pleasure. For extra on Eric Barone’s upcoming sport, Haunted Chocolatier, you may take a look at our information to every thing we all know concerning the supernatural confectionary RPG.
