Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone hosts a mini-AMA on Twitter
Stardew Valley creator Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone announced today that he is now self-publishing the game on Android devices, meaning that he's taken full publishing responsibility across all digital platforms.
After making the announcement, he invited followers to ask him questions «about anything,» promising that he would answer as best he could. And boy, did people take him up on the offer.
I'm now self-publishing Stardew Valley on Android. With this change, I'm now self publishing the game on all digital platforms. Also, feel free to ask me any questions (about anything ) and I will answer as best I canMarch 17, 2022
To Barone's credit, he's hung in for more than an hour now (he's still going as I write this), responding to pretty much every inquiry put his way. Most of them—but not all—relate to game development. A few examples:
The complexities of self-publishing:
«I haven't had enough experience with mobile yet as I just recently started publishing there. Consoles in general are a lot more complicated than PC. Steam is the easiest to work with. They just let you be free and if your game has issues, that's on you. I appreciate that.»
How he got started making Stardew Valley:
«I coded it from scratch using XNA (which provides some low level game functions like loading assets and drawing textures to the screen). I've never used any game making software but I'm not against it or anything.»
How much he loves chocolate (Barone's next game is «an adorable chocolate shop sim» called Haunted Chocolatier):
«I do enjoy chocolate, but also I just think chocolate and candy-making in a dark, snowy town sounded like a fun and cozy thing to do with a lot of room for imagination and magic.»
I've noticed that people have a wide
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