Picture: ConcernedApeStardew Valley celebrates its tenth anniversary later this month. Sure, actually. On twenty sixth February 2026, ConcernedApe’s monumental farming sim will flip a decade outdated. It got here to Change in 2017 and, within the time because it’s launch, has bought hundreds of thousands of copies and has constantly obtained numerous large free updates, with the following one — replace 1.7 — on the horizons.
And, chatting with IGN forward of the sport’s large birthday, Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone gave us a bit of tease of what to anticipate from the upcoming replace, they usually’re associated to kids and marriage.
Barone admitted he is “making an attempt to not reveal an excessive amount of as a result of I like for it to be a shock”, however allowed himself to slide in a number of little particulars into the chat: “Nicely, there’s a in style fan request, which has to do with the youngsters, making an attempt to make the youngsters a bit of extra fascinating.”
Proper now, kids do not actually have a operate within the sport — they’re key to getting the Full Home achievement, and also you get some further dialogue along with your partner, however that is about it. Maybe we’ll be capable to discuss to them extra or possibly they can assist on the farm once they’re sufficiently old. Who is aware of!
However long-time followers may even be excited to know that Barone goes to be “including two extra marriage candidates, however I will reveal who it’s on the anniversary day.” There are at present 12 marriage candidates in-game, so this may convey up the checklist of eligible bachelors to 14. And naturally, there are not any gender restrictions right here, both.
Shane and Emily have been solely added as marriage candidates in 1.1, manner earlier than the Change launch. — Photographs: ConcernedApe
In fact, these aren’t the one two issues coming with replace 1.7, which Barone additionally teases: “…there’s lots of different issues within the replace as properly that nobody’s actually requested for, however I feel folks will admire it.”
Appears like we’ll discover out a bit of bit extra — not less than on the wedding candidates — on twenty sixth February, then! Maybe we’ll get an replace on the Change 2 Version patch and European launch, too.
Be sure to give the complete interview a learn for some beautiful little tidbits about Barone’s time growing the sport, together with how he comes up with concepts, his love of David Lynch, and the actual fact there’s nonetheless a secret nobody has found in-game.
Barone additionally mentions his subsequent sport, Haunted Chocolatier, which final week he needed to calm fears about ‘abandoning” because of the lengthy growth time.
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[source ign.com]
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Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and whereas RPGs are her past love, Nintendo is a detailed second. She enjoys nothing greater than overthinking battle methods, characters, and tales. She additionally needs she was a Sega air pirate.
