Eric Barone doesn't wish to 'reveal a lot but,' however Stardew Valley's 1.7 replace is beginning to sound like one other huge one
It appears like Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone could also be getting as much as his previous shenanigans once more, and by ‘previous shenanigans’ I imply turning a small, only one other thing replace into a giant, beefy add-on. Barone mentioned shortly after confirming the Stardew Valley 1.7 replace is on the way in which that “it’s arduous to only cease enhancing it when there are nonetheless issues that may be improved,” however in a more moderen submit he fairly strongly implied that there is much more within the pipe than simply enhancements.
“There shall be some extra character/social stuff, it is also conventional so as to add a brand new farm kind,” Barone wrote in response to a consumer who requested for a touch concerning the replace. “Tons extra however I do not wish to reveal a lot but.”
Retaining his playing cards near the vest is Barone’s means: We did not get the total skinny on the 1.6 replace till it went stay in March 2024, though Barone did have enjoyable winding everybody up with “one patch be aware per day” teases. You will get away with that form of factor once you’ve made what’s mainly the preferred indie videogame within the historical past of humanity.
The irony right here is that Barone mentioned just some months in the past that he does not need “an excessive amount of hype” for Stardew Valley 1.7, which is a bit like telling the whole world to protect the Historical past Eraser Button: The submit confirming the existence of the replace has drawn greater than 164,000 likes on X because it went up on the finish of August, in spite of everything.
After all, avid gamers looking forward to Barone’s subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, could also be rather less than hype about the entire thing. After mashing the brakes on that one so he might deal with the Stardew 1.6 replace, Barone dedicated to ending Haunted Chocolatier earlier than doing any extra work on Stardew. 4 months later, that’d softened to a compromise place: Sure, the brand new Stardew replace will in all probability decelerate work on Chocolatier, “however not as a lot as you would possibly suppose” as a result of Barone is attempting to be much less straight hands-on with it. Will that work out? We’ll see how issues are getting into December 2026.