Former Stardew Valley developer's new life sim set in a city looks ambitious

Wolpertinger, 4 months ago

So I saw this headline elsewhere, and I have to ask - I thought ConcernedApe was the sole developer (not counting porting the game to consoles/mobile), and he’s working on Haunted Chocolatier and Stardew Valley…

What’s the situation with Stardew Valley’s development?

amio, 4 months ago

Paywall.

ambiance, 4 months ago

“A” former Stardew Valley developer

…bitch that dev team was one man, his name is Eric Barone

Truck_kun, 4 months ago

"In early 2019, ConcernedApe formed a small development team to continue updating the game. The 1.4 update of the game was developed by ConcernedApe, Arthur Lee (a.k.a. Mr. Podunkian), and Alex Erlandson (a.k.a. zillix). The 1.5 update of the game was developed by ConcernedApe and Arthur Lee. See Stardew Valley for more info about the game’s development. "

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/ConcernedApe

So he worked on 1.4 and 1.5 with ConcernedApe. Technically a former Stardew Valley developer, but title is just click bait to get attention. Up to 1.3 was a one man show, and by that point, who could blame ConcernedApe for hiring some help; the game was successful, and had the funds to do it, and help with his vision (possibly with things outside his expertise).

Kaldo, 4 months ago

Article does say "one time contributor" so yeah, just a click bait title.

Brkdncr, 4 months ago

Stardew Valley isn’t for me, but it’s for a lot of people and is such a good game. I’m excited to see what this new game is like.