Stardew Valley developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has emerged from a month of silence to say that he has made “a ton of progress” on the upcoming 1.6 replace for the beloved indie farm and life sim.
“It is (self-imposed) excessive crunch mode, nostril to the grindstone,” mentioned Barone in a post to Twitter/X.
Barone additionally dropped a uncommon teaser for the replace’s “many additions”, considered one of few we’re more likely to get. Barone has prior to now expressed a choice for maintaining the content material of updates to Stardew Valley secret, one thing he reiterated in his submit: “Retaining largely every little thing secret.”
The teaser? A screenshot together with a brand new “Large Chest” that is just about precisely what you assume it’s. “It could possibly retailer nearly twice as a lot as a daily chest,” says the outline within the screenshot. Which is sensible to me, since greater chests is without doubt one of the mods that mainly everybody installs. They will work along with your craft benches, too, so you will not solely have fewer chests round them however a bigger reserve of fabric to attract from in that area.
The large chest will be a part of issues we already knew are coming within the larger-than-expected replace 1.6: Iridium Scythe, hats on canine, festivals, and extra dialogue.
A ton of progress on 1.6 final month, it is (self-imposed) excessive crunch mode, nostril to the grindstone (uncooked nostril) mode. Heres’ one of many many additions in 1.6. Retaining largely every little thing secret pic.twitter.com/cFT3Nks8z0December 1, 2023
The scale and scope of replace 1.6 for Stardew is one thing no person actually anticipated, on condition that Stardew Valley was imagined to be completed even earlier than the large 1.5 replace added a complete new island and endgame to the already beloved indie. But Barone retains engaged on it, one thing he spoke to in a reply to a query.
“So many individuals are nonetheless enjoying it,” he said. “and lots of new poeple [sic] on daily basis, I need it to be the most effective it may be, It should by no means be good however I really feel an urge to maintain enhancing it. Up so far its been my life’s work and I care quite a bit about it.”
Stardew Valley’s 1.6 replace has no agency launch date. As with many issues created with out the stress of pleasing buyers and shareholders, it will most likely be launched when it is accomplished. Stunning, I do know.
