Stardew Valley and Terraria are the only games I know of where their developers are keeping them alive.
He’s still going. This is the kind of person we need in every field.
Hilarious.
Didn’t this game’s creator say that a given update was the last content update quite a few times already?
Same as the Terraria devs, yeah.
Glad he’s found a passion project that makes him happy!Terraria is going to keep adding versions until they jump to 2.0
To be honest, compared to 1.0, is almost a different game
Not looking for a full changelog or anything but what would you say have been some of the most significant changes over the years?
I mean, the original release had Skeletron as the final boss, which is not even the last one before hardmode now.
So 7 or 8 bosses, wings, “classes” (specialized equipment) including summoner with wasn’t a thing at all, new weapon types like yoyos, expert mode, several biomes, many events and mini games, town building, NPCs, modding support…
Ahh ok I’ve played since most of those were added but not the mini games or towns. Might have to give it another play this winter
Fyi, the next “last” update is expected to drop mid to late January (though it’s been delayed multiple years at this point). If that’s something you’d want to wait for.
Hey, thanks for the heads up. I will definitely wait until then
I think he has also said that there are other people working on the game now and he is mostly focusing on his new game iirc. So it sounds like he has just passed the torch and we’re gonna get more Stardew content forever lol
I just read the announcement. He’s working solo on Haunted Chocolatier and says this about Stardew
with 1.7 I have been trying to take more of a “creative director” role in the team, so that (at least for now) I can focus the vast majority of my attention on Haunted Chocolatier.
and also
in order for me to maintain a full connection to the game, I need my hand to touch every piece of new content. And there are some aspects of content development which I insist on doing myself, like the music.
That was the last update where he was doing all the work, I think. Heavy lifting on newer updates is done by his employees now. His primary focus is Haunted Chocolatier, though he does approve everything that goes into Stardew Valley.
Is it a problem if he did?
Why kill a cash cow? Just keep updating and releasing for new platforms.
Goddammit Todd
If it was about money, these updates would be bundled into a DLC, or they would be focused on churning Haunted Chocolatier out.
ConcernedApe is just a swell guy who loves Stardew Valley
I suspect he just goes back to the star dew hole when he feels stuck on haunted chocolatier.
Stardew was a passion project and has made enough money at this point that he could just retire so I expect he would quit when he has had enough.
Yeah it’s definitely got to be his comfort programming.
FFS just make The haunted chocolatier a paid DLC for Stardew at this point
Someone just needs to clone him so he can actually finish the new game.
it’s not going to be nearly as good or as popular… so it’s kind of a lost cause compared to the way bigger impact these DLC updates have
idk i have been waiting for years :(
For fuck’s sake CA, please let me give you my money
Can’t you buy another copy as a gift on some stores (thinking steam here)?
I have two steam copies and a Playstation copy. I have given a lot already
You can always buy another copy from a different shop.
And buy the soundtrack!
Or make 2 accounts
I think I have it on every game system I have, unless they released an N64 version…
CA is such a great developer and I have no idea what I did to deserve him.
Now, now.
He belongs to us all.
The game that keeps on giving.
ooooh, that’s exiting! Maybe I should give it a go again. It’s been ages since I played last time
Before or after chocolate game?
I feel like Haunted Chocolatier will become our version of Half Life 3
Nah. I’m sure SD had a similar development time, we’re just aware of it at this point, so it feels “delayed”.
It’ll be done when it’s done. Declaring it a lost cause just because the solo Dev hasn’t whipped it up in a year or two is misguided, to say the least.
It’s because he’s going back to Stardew Valley again and again. I’m fully aware that a single person can’t press out a (good) game in a few months.
Is that the Stardew Valley’s dev new upcoming game?
EDIT: Yeah
After
