Stardew Valley News

Stardew Valley mod adds farming bots

When my daughter began playing Stardew Valley, she hit upon a brilliant wheeze. I'd been guiding her through the game's early stages and demonstrating some of the farming mechanics, but what she was interested in was the town stuff and decorating her house. So: She would play on her own, then come to me with a list of things she wanted in the game, at which point I had to grind to get her enough money. Bit like real life really...
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Stardew Valley's creator is working on another new game besides Haunted Chocolatier

Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone, but apparently it's not the only game he's working on. Haunted Chocolatier is another solo effort from Barone, just like Stardew Valley, but it seems he's also working with a team on an unnamed second project.

Barone tells Game Informer that he's working on a collaborative project, allowing him to have "the best of both worlds", developing games both by himself and as part of a larger team. Haunted Chocolatier "is another completely solo game, kind of like Stardew Valley, where I'm doing literally everything. That one will probably come out first."

Sadly, Barone does not provide any details regarding what that mystery game will be, but he does note that he's "not trying to make the next big indie hit", even though he's had to keep in mind the pressure of following up something as big as Stardew Valley. "I was almost considering - it might be interesting to release the game under an alias. And people don't even know it's me, and then to see if it could actually just be successful on its own merits. But I feel like that's a bit disingenuous; I'm not going to do that."

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The best Stardew Valley mods

Looking for some Stardew Valley mods to try out? The ultra-successful farming and country life simulator still has a huge playerbase even though it came out a fair while back in 2016. A big part of this bustling community is centred around mods, forever finding new ways to customise the game, make quality of life changes, or add new and fun features to keep it going forever. Now that Stardew Valley also has improved mod support, it might do just that...
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Stardew Valley speedrunner starts by blowing up his farm and trashing his tools

The yearly charity speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick is in progress this week, allowing players from all sorts of games to show off their fast game strats. This year's Stardew Valley speedrun category was completing the town community center with glitches—and oh boy, the hacks sure did flow...
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This open-source Stardew Valley mod manager makes modding way easier

After being out for six years, Stardew Valley is already a haven for many outstanding mods, but it can be fiddly to keep them all organised - especially if you have many going at once. Stardrop is a new open-source Stardew Valley mod manager that aims to "simplify" the process - and it's out now.

While major content updates for ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley are getting few and far between, players can always turn to the many hundreds of mods available for the game to refresh the experience - like a better inventory management experience, a missing persons mystery, and even a version of ConcernedApe's next game Haunted Chocolatier.

Once you start having a few mods on the go with any game things can start getting a bit messy, so it's always recommended to use a mod manager to keep things organised wherever possible. Now there's an "open-source, cross-platform" manager for Stardew Valley mods too, called Stardrop - and better yet, it's now available to download from NexusMods.

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