Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who’s presently contemplating hiding away in a cabin to complete his lengthy awaited subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, says he may in the future get round to creating a sequel to the farming life sim that made him well-known.
Stardew Valley 2 may “finally” occur, Barone instructed comic Bobby Lee on a latest episode of the TigerBelly podcast (by way of GamesRadar).
The subject comes up at round 43 minutes into the episode, after Lee asks Barone why he retains including free updates to Stardew Valley moderately than making Stardew Valley 2.
“It is a lot simpler to simply add extra stuff to Stardew Valley than to make an entire new recreation from scratch,” Barone stated. “As a result of Stardew Valley, all of the methods, the foremost methods, are already all accomplished. That is the stuff that is not enjoyable to do. After I make an replace, it is like, throw on this, throw in that, let’s add inexperienced rain. These random concepts I’ve, whimsical concepts.
“As a result of I will play Stardew Valley myself, and after I’m enjoying, I am like, ‘Oh, would not it’s cool if there was this or that?’ After which I can simply do it, and that is a brand new replace. It is actually simply enjoyable and inventive and spontaneous to do it that means.”
Pressed to contemplate how a lot cash a Stardew Valley sequel may make, Barone stated that it may occur, however not as a result of he needs to get richer.
“I would finally make a Stardew Valley 2, to be trustworthy,” he stated, including after a follow-up query about why he does not cost for Stardew Valley updates, “I simply do not care about cash that a lot to be trustworthy.”
Responding to pleasant mock applause from the podcasters, Barone added, “Alright, I am not attempting to advantage sign. However I truthfully do not care about cash that a lot. It is by no means been the driving, motivating issue. What I care about is folks loving the sport.”
Barone does not strike me as the kind to have blown his Stardew Valley fortune on yachts, so it helps that affording requirements is unlikely to be a priority of his for the foreseeable future. However one more reason he hasn’t made a sequel, he says, is that he does not wish to “simply be the Stardew Valley man,” which is why he is engaged on Haunted Chocolatier.
At GDC earlier this 12 months, Barone instructed PC Gamer that he is now totally targeted on the candy-themed life sim.
“I believe sooner or later I’ll need to utterly minimize off every part else,” Barone stated. “Truthfully, I’ve considered, perhaps I ought to simply go right into a cabin within the woods and utterly get off the web, and simply say, ‘Okay guys, I will see you in two years. You will not hear from me in any respect and I’ll end this recreation.'”
