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HISTORICAL FACTS: Eric barone - The Untold Story

Stardew Valley doesn't have any microtransactions because Eric Barone values the player 'more than the money I could squeeze out of everyone'

I dare not imagine a world in which I have to pay actual money for Pierre's fruit and veg.

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Sit down, tune in, drop out: How 'cozy' video games have become the new anti-depressants

Watering virtual crops at 11pm, decorating a pixel house or chatting with an animated raccoon after an exhausting working day. What seems like a childish pastime has become the disconnection ritual for millions of adults.

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'I just need to disappear, go into a cabin': Eric Barone has found the answer to Haunted Chocolatier's development distractions

Barone has dedicated five days a week to Haunted Chocolatier.

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone would never use AI, instead wants to rely on human creativity—'I feel like that should take priority over a soulless machine'

Expressing yourself should always be at the centre of all things creative.

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No, Eric Barone is not adding infidelity to Stardew Valley, although he did briefly consider letting you ruin marriages, to Grandpa's deep disappointment

Some idle musing about the nature of morality in sandbox games has spiraled out of control.

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone walks back any potential infidelity in the farming sim, says "it was just some theoretical idea I've toyed with"

"I'm not going to actually do this"

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'Haunted Chocolatier' Growing Bigger Than 'Stardew Valley,' Says Creator Eric Barone

"Haunted Chocolatier' could surpass "Stardew Valley" in size, depth, and gameplay as Eric Barone reveals new details about the project.

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone says Link's Awakening is his favorite Zelda game because it has an "indie" feel: "It was creative and unique in a way that seems harder to find in modern triple-A games"

"The more I think about it, there are a lot of little things in Zelda that have influenced my game design"

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'There are no leaks', says Stardew Valley creator, taking a hammer to the rumour mill

Also, you don't have to worry about marriage candidates getting hitched.

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Stardew Valley's soundtrack is the game's unsung hero, and nails the surprisingly difficult task of making a cosy game's music memorable

Celebrating a decade of incredible, cosy music.

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Stardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming

A decade after launch, Stardew Valley is still the de facto starting point and fondest farm sim for so many cozy gamers.

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'Stardew Valley' 10th Anniversary: Patch 1.7 Adds Clint, Sandy as New Marriage Candidates

"Stardew Valley's" 10th anniversary update, Patch 1.7, adds fan-favorite marriage candidates Clint and Sandy, expanding romance options and storylines.

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New Stardew Valley marriage candidates are Clint and Sandy, ConcernedApe confirms in a dramatic reveal after egging the community on for weeks

The Stardew Valley dating scene is finally getting spiced up

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10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley

"I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.

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The New Financial Math: Why "Set and Forget" is a Legacy Strategy

For the global professional in 2026, the traditional rules of wealth have quietly expired. We have entered an era where "Net Worth" is increasingly decoupled from "Financial Security." While the media focuses on the staggering wealth of figures like Kevin Hart or the gaming mogul Eric Barone, the real economic…

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Expectations for Haunted Chocolatier are "a huge struggle" for Eric Barone because "there's going to be a lot of people playing this game who are expecting it to be a Stardew Valley 2"

"That's not going to feel good. I know that"

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone still feels "like an amateur" even with nearly 50 million copies sold, but he hopes that'll help Haunted Chocolatier keep its "indie soul"

"My mindset is that I never think of myself as a master of anything"

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'I'm a total amateur' says Stardew Valley creator and developer of one of the most iconic farming sims of the 21st century

"I still feel this way."

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'I'm not going to release anything I'm not happy with': Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier will be out when it's good and ready, 'even if that takes years and years'

I respect it.

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Good news, Stardew Valley enthusiasts: the 1.7 update will make children 'a little more interesting' and add two new marriage candidates

Kids are currently boring, apparently.

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Eric Barone says he'd 'love to' make Stardew Valley 2 someday: 'A whole new set of characters, a whole new world, maybe capture some of that original energy that I had back in 2012'

Maybe someday?

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'I shouldn’t have announced the game so early,' Eric Barone admits about Haunted Chocolatier, says he had his reasons for doing so but then doesn't tell us what they were: 'The only thing that really matters is that I keep making progress on the game'

Way to leave us hanging, Eric.

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Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe donates $125,000 to open-source C# framework his hit farming sim uses, with "an ongoing monthly commitment" to boot

Eric Barone is keeping dev tools open and easier to access

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Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as 'an ongoing monthly commitment' in what the team behind it calls an 'extraordinary show of support'

MonoGame has been used to make all sorts of notable games, including Celeste and Bastion.

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