It’ll be “simpler to mod” after 1.6

It’s exhausting to imagine that Stardew Valley got here out in early 2016: however regardless of what number of occasions I am going by the method of recalling when it truly got here out, I’m nonetheless shocked by it. It looks like such a giant a part of the general gaming panorama and the profitable indie narrative; and I nonetheless play it yearly with a reasonably sizable group of individuals. And it’s nonetheless going, too! Stardew boss Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone tweeted out an replace on Stardew Valley model 1.6, and it’s nonetheless going forward as deliberate (albeit with their subsequent challenge on pause for a bit).

Right here’s the complete replace from ConcernedApe themselves (as a reminder, Haunted Chocolatier is the following recreation from ConcernedApe, and has been teased periodically since late 2021):

“There may be going to be a Stardew 1.6 replace. It’s largely adjustments for modders (which is able to make it simpler & extra highly effective to mod). However there may be additionally new recreation content material, albeit a lot lower than 1.5. I’m taking a break from Haunted Chocolatier to work on this in the meanwhile. Then again to HC.”

Responding to a fan, we acquired another tidbit about what 1.6 will entail:

“…The brand new replace could have some extra dialogues. [W]orking on it as we converse!”

Additionally they doled out a bit extra data on Haunted Chocolatier:

“The city is on the water and there are docks.”

It actually showcases simply how huge the fanbase is for ConcernedApe when that straightforward assertion causes a speculative feeding frenzy. I imply, even when it simply has a small quantity of gameplay content material, I’ll be totally replaying it!

My guess is that ConcernedApe won’t ever really shake the siren’s music of Stardew: and can do small updates right here and there indefinitely. If that finally ends up being the case, you like to see it.