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"It Feels Crazy That It All Worked Out": Stardew Valley's Creator Reveals How He Nearly Lost the Game
It's hard to imagine the industry today without Stardew Valley — the cozy farming sim that dozens of imitators now measure themselves against. But this game could easily have never existed at all: its creator, Eric Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, once nearly lost the entire project over a single technical mishap. And it happened at the worst possible moment, too — roughly a year into development, with a mountain of work already behind him. -
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has publicly debunked the recent rumors swirling online about the upcoming 1.7 update, stating that there are no leaks and that any such claims are pure fiction. -
“Don’t listen to Google”: Stardew Valley player makes 136 bottles of useless rice juice thanks to AI
A funny but telling situation happened to a Stardew Valley player — they trusted a Google AI suggestion and ended up wasting a lot of resources. Instead of vinegar, which they were trying to produce, they got… 136 bottles of rice juice. -
“Everyone Wanted This” and “No One Expected That”: Stardew Valley 1.7 Adds Two New Marriage Candidates
Eric Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, celebrated the tenth anniversary of Stardew Valley not with cake, but with an envelope. To mark the milestone, he released a 30-minute retrospective video about the game’s development — and in the final minutes, after nearly twenty minutes of buildup, he opened a sealed envelope revealing the names of two new romance and marriage candidates coming in update 1.7: Sandy and Clint. -
Stardew Valley Fan Slept for 1,000 Years Waiting for Haunted Chocolatier (Still Didn’t Get It) — Woke Up to Giant Mushrooms and Angry Chickens
A Reddit user known as Holozard decided to pass the time waiting for Eric Barone’s next game in a rather extreme way — by sleeping for 1,000 in-game years in Stardew Valley. The farm was named Sleepwell Farm, and the character appropriately called Sleepy. From Spring of Year 1 to Spring of Year 1000, the farmer did absolutely nothing but sleep. -
As the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley approaches, its creator Eric Barone has opened up about his next project — Haunted Chocolatier, which remains shrouded in mystery. -
Baldur's Gate 3 won the “Labor of Love” category at the Steam Awards 2025, but even the game’s own community has questioned whether the choice was fair. A heated discussion unfolded
on the game’s subreddit, where many players argued that the award should have gone to No Man's Sky. -
Developer ConcernedApe has surprised fans by launching Stardew Valley: Switch 2 Edition—an enhanced version of the beloved farming simulator for Nintendo’s new console. The release dropped immediately following its announcement. -
The developer of the farm simulator with RPG elements Stardew Valley continues to develop the game. On social media, he told fans that he was preparing a big update. -
A Stardew Valley fan known as greenchakti shared that they stumbled upon a sealed copy of Stardew Valley: The Board Game at an ordinary thrift store — and bought it for only $12. Considering that the board game has long been sold out on the official website, the find is nothing short of incredible.
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