The Stardew Valley 1.6 replace is finished! Performed having new content material added to it, that’s. Creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone mentioned on Twitter at the moment that the long-awaited replace is now content-complete, and now he is centered on polish and bugs.
(Sorry concerning the fakeout. It was thrilling there for a second although, wasn’t it?)
“1.6 ended up being slightly bigger in scope than initially deliberate,” Barone tweeted. “I am finished including main new content material to it now, although, and it is in a bug-fixing and sprucing part till it is prepared for launch. Thx in your persistence. It will be enjoyable to see everybody play it!”
“Slightly bigger in scope” is certainly one approach to put it. After releasing the massive 1.5 replace for PC on the finish of 2020, Barone appeared to shift his focus to his subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier. However he mentioned in November 2022 {that a} 1.6 replace for Stardew Valley was on the best way, though he warned that it “will not be enormous,” with a spotlight totally on improved mod help.
The embiggening did not take lengthy: In September 2023 Barone teased new additions together with three in-game festivals, greater than 100 traces of latest dialogue, eight-player help, new objects and crafting recipes, winter outfits for the villagers, and extra. Then in October he unleashed the large one: Hats on cats (and canine).
“Eric Barone can’t be stopped,” weekend editor Jody Macgregor opined on the time, and it was arduous to argue in any other case.
Now that Barone has stopped himself (publicly, at the very least, though I will not be stunned if he drops a “only a couple extra issues” tweet in April), Stardew Valley gamers can lastly begin to look ahead to the discharge with an actual sense of hope. In a reply tweet, Barone mentioned the 1.6 replace will “absolutely” be out in 2024, and on condition that we’re nonetheless in January that ought to be a goal he can hit. He mentioned the PC model of the replace will “doubtless” be launched first, however added, “I actually actually do not need a huge delay between PC and console/cell. That was a nightmare up to now.”
