Stardew Valley News

After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game: 'I'm committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier'

Eric Barone has a problem: He wants to make his new game, Haunted Chocolatier, but he also has a deep love for his indie mega-hit Stardew Valley—and, more to the point, a seeming inability to stop working on it. It's a tough spot alright, one he's talked about before, but speaking to PC Gamer's Wes Fenlon at GDC recently, Barone said he's got a plan, or at least an idea: Run away into the forest and stay there until it's done...
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"I thought the project might fall apart": The Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod Swen Vincke likes "almost got scrapped" just one month into development

While Baldur's Village - the Stardew Valley mod with a town full of Baldur's Gate 3 characters - recently survived an accidentally served DMCA takedown from Wizards of the Coast, it might never have gotten that far if things had played out a little differently.

Cozy farm sim games have a problem: We still don't have a good name for them. Sometimes I call them farm sims, but the ones that don't actually have farms are life sims—not to be confused with Sims-like life sims—sometimes I mash them up into farmlife sims, and sometimes they're just games like Stardew Valley when I give up entirely...
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Now the BG3 Stardew Valley mod is safe, its creators reveal what's coming next

It's been a turbulent few days for fans of both Baldur's Gate 3 and Stardew Valley. First, the highly anticipated 'Baldur's Village' mod, which brings the cast of BG3 to Pelican Town, was released to widespread acclaim. Then, Dungeons and Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast decided to issue a takedown notice on the project, leaving it in limbo. Everything has worked out since then, thankfully, with WotC saying the DMCA was a mistake and apologizing for the issue altogether. Now, the modding team behind Baldur's Village has outlined what's next for the mod, with multiple updates planned.

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"This is a gift, you know" Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew Valley modders give an update on the future of Baldur's Village, now the Wizards of the Coast DMCA situation is behind them

Baldur's Village - the Stardew Valley mod with a town full of Baldur's Gate 3 characters - was hit by a DMCA takedown from BG IP owner Wizards of the Coast the other day. Thankfully, WotC quickly stated that the takedown had somehow been issued "mistakenly" and moved to sort things out so that the mod could go back up.