A former Stardew Valley dev is working on their own life sim set in California
A former Stardew Valley developer is now working on their own life sim game, this time set in a bustling California city instead of Grandpa's farm.
As highlighted by myPotatoGames over on Twitter, the currently unnamed city life sim is being developed by Mr. Podunkian, who previously assisted with some of Stardew Valley's development alongside the game's original developer Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone - which is why the two games appear to have very similar feel to them.
According to Mr. Podunkian, they were hired by Barone to help with the farming sim's 1.4 and 1.6 updates - assisting with everything from bug fixing to developing new features like the tailoring system and fish tanks - giving Barone more time to work on their upcoming game Haunted Chocolatier - not to mention the other secret project they've also got in the works.
This indie developer worked for ConcernedApe on Stardew Valley and is now off to making his own game. A farming and life sim game that takes place in the California area. Villagers, Farming, Gathering and crafting and so much more! Show Mr. Podunkian your support as he makes this… pic.twitter.com/38pNv0eaN0July 29, 2023
Geez, I'm sorry you had to be fielding questions like this yourself. CA did indeed make SDV all by himself. I was hired by him to help with the game from the bug fixing 1.4 update to playing a bigger role the island update to taking on 1.6 with PathosChild so he could focus on HCJuly 30, 2023
Mr. Podunkian's game is still fairly early in development, hence why it doesn't quite have a name yet, but we can get a pretty big insight into the upcoming project via the developer's Twitter account. The game's world is so vibrant with buildings like coffee shops, salons, restaurants,
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