Former Stardew Valley contributor is making a new life sim set in a city, and it's already packed with little features new to the genre

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While the list of games like Stardew Valley just keeps growing, the list of games made by Stardew's creator is still percolating. Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone's own next game Haunted Chocolatier is still deep in development, but it turns out that a former Stardew contributor is also working on a new life sim that may even arrive this year. The as-yet-untitled game definitely looks like a Stardew descendant, but this one's set in a city and has a lot of its own neat ideas on expanding the typical life sim script.

As spotted by RockPaperShotgun, freelance game developer Arthur Lee (who's credited as part of the Stardew Valley team during development of the 1.5 update) is working on an untitled new life sim and sharing weekly details about development on X. Though it remains untitled at the moment, he's expecting it to involve the name «Apollo City» after the game's main setting.

A throwback to Harvest Moon, the Animal Bell lets you gather your animals in once place. It's useful if you want to keep your animals and your feeding lots separate (or if you need to gather your livestock to groom/harvest them)! pic.twitter.com/0LUixWYkrmNovember 26, 2023

Though it's definitely set in a city, with a ramen shop and city blocks and so on, it's still very much a farm sim where you're tending your own rural-looking property adjacent to the downtown hustle. There also appears to be usable farm space in a downtown dirt lot and rooftop gardens above an apartment building. Don't worry about the urban planning of it all; just believe. 

From what Lee has shown off on social media, Apollo City appears to be hitting the farmlife sim highlights: crops, livestock, fishing, home customization, and lots of skills to level. It will also be