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Stardew Valley creator says he doesn't want to 'definitively close the book' on its development, even 12 years on

There was a brief moment back in 2021 when it seemed like Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone might final…

There was a brief moment back in 2021 when it seemed like Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone might finally be done with his mega-popular farm-life sim - until, that is, update 1.6 was suddenly announced and rapidly took on a life of its own. That's despite Barone having seemingly drawn a line under Stardew Valley's development a year earlier, when he confirmed he'd be focussing his attention on a new game - later revealed to be Haunted Chocolatier. Speaking to NPR, Barone revealed that even though he's now been working on Stardew Valley for more than 12 years, "I don't want to definitively say that the book is ever closed, because I think I will always have a desire to come back and maybe add a thing or two.

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