Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, well-known for extremely well-liked farming sim sport Stardew Valley, revealed that he would possibly finally make a sequel to the title. In an interview with TigerBelly, Barone talked about that, with all the content material that he has labored so as to add into Stardew Valley, including on to the unique sport seems like it might be lots simpler than making a contemporary sport from scratch.
“It’s all of the techniques — all the key techniques — are already all completed,” stated Barone. “That’s the stuff that’s not enjoyable to do. After I make an replace [for Stardew Valley now], it’s like, you already know, oh, throw on this, throw in that. Let’s add inexperienced rain — like, these random, whimsical concepts.”
“I’d finally make a Stardew Valley 2, to be trustworthy,” he continued.
It’s value noting that, whereas Barone can be at the moment engaged on one other sport – Haunted Chocolatier – he has maintained that he’ll proceed so as to add extra content material to Stardew Valley. In an interview from again in January, Barone even spoke about wanting so as to add issues to the sport even 50 years later.
“I do absorb a whole lot of what the followers are saying,” stated Barone in January. “I take note of what their ideas are, what their criticisms are. And the gamers are crucial to me. I imply, I’ll always remember that it’s due to the gamers that I’m on this place, that the sport was in a position to be well-liked, that my goals as a sport developer have come true.”
Barone additionally spoke about the concept that a sport might probably have “an excessive amount of content material”. He did say that, if he have been to ever begin feeling overwhelmed with all the issues he plans on including to Stardew Valley, he’ll in the end cease additional improvement. “One other factor is, I do need to make a couple of sport in my life. Together with the event time, I’ve been engaged on Stardew Valley for over 12 years now,” he stated.
Nonetheless, he nonetheless hasn’t proven any indicators of stopping work on Stardew Valley. He went so far as to even joke about releasing a contemporary replace for the sport when he’s 90 years previous. “I don’t need to definitively say that the ebook 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 already know, perhaps even 50 years from now, I’d add one thing.”
“I like creating issues. I don’t assume I’m ever going to retire. I believe it might be humorous to launch an replace after I’m, like, 90 years previous — if I reside that lengthy. Let’s hope.”
Stardew Valley was initially launched all the best way again in 2016. Because the title has crept as much as its tenth anniversary, it has in the end been launched on nearly each gaming platform on the market. As of January this 12 months, Barone had confirmed that greater than 41 million copies had been bought thus far.
In terms of his different title, Barone had talked about previously that he was “taking a break” from the event of Haunted Chocolatier. Nonetheless, he hasn’t revealed any extra particulars concerning the title since then except for saying that work on the sport would resume after a serious replace for Stardew Valley had been accomplished.
