Stardew Valley Creator Gives Fans a Progress Report on 1.6 Update
Stardew Valley creator Erik ‘Concerned Ape’ Barone has taken to X/Twitter to give fans a progress report on the RPG's highly anticipated 1.6 update, and to shed light on his motivation for continuing to work on the popular 2016 farming sim over seven years after it came out.
“A ton of progress on 1.6 last month, it's (self-imposed) extreme crunch mode, nose to the grindstone (raw nose) mode,” said Barone in a recent post. “Here's one of the many additions in 1.6. Keeping mostly everything secret.”
An accompanying screenshot revealed that a new storage chest, which can hold almost twice the amount of materials/items as a regular chest, will be coming to the game as part of the 1.6 update. Sadly, the new post didn’t give any concrete info on when the new content will drop, but Barone’s wording indicates that he has entered the final stage of the update’s development.
A ton of progress on 1.6 last month, it's (self-imposed) extreme crunch mode, nose to the grindstone (raw nose) mode. Heres' one of the many additions in 1.6. Keeping mostly everything secret pic.twitter.com/cFT3Nks8z0
The brief post quickly garnered over 130,000 likes, and was met with an outpouring of support from the community, including one curious fan who asked Barone what made him want to keep working on Stardew Valley after so many years.
“Many things, including that so many people are still playing it, and many new people every day, I want it to be the best it can be, It will never be perfect but I feel an urge to keep improving it,” replied Barone. “Up to this point its been my life's work and I care a lot about it.”
The 1.6 update is set to bring a host of new features to Stardew Valley, including new festivals, items, stories, secrets, a new farm type,
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