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01 Oct 19:37 ConcernedApe on News - Thread - Direct

Just a heads up everyone, starting today I’ll begin self-publishing Stardew Valley on the Nintendo Switch. That means I will now have full responsibility for any and all matters concerning Stardew Valley on the Switch, so if you have any comments or inquiries about the Switch version please send them directly to me.

I thank Chucklefish for their help in making Stardew Valley a major success on the Switch, and I’m looking forward to continuing full support of Stardew Valley on the platform!

With today’s change, I’m now self-publishing Stardew Valley on all platforms except mobile, where Chucklefish continues to serve as publisher.

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14 Sep 18:37 ConcernedApe on News - Thread - Direct

Hi everyone,

This is Eric Barone (aka ConcernedApe), creator of Stardew Valley.

I am aware of the news and social media reports that Chucklefish allegedly engaged in unfair and potentially abusive labor practices during development of their game, Starbound. I feel the need to address this situation because the connection between Chucklefish and Stardew Valley, as well as the degree to which Chucklefish was involved in the creation of the game, has been a source of confusion for many people . So I’d like to clarify a couple of things.

Throughout the 4.5 years of development, I was the only person to work on Stardew Valley. Neither Chucklefish nor any contributors working with Chucklefish were involved in creating the game, in any capacity.

For the multiplayer update, which came out on PC 2.5 years after the game first launched, a Chucklefish employee did create the multiplayer net-code, but that was the only case where Chuckl...

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01 Oct

@questtoelysium Yes, it does mean that the power & responsibility for a physical release on Switch now falls into my hands. No promises yet, but I will do my best!

@kody_nava A publisher is typically an entity that handles the distribution of an artist's work. Self-publishing means the artist is doing that on their own. In music, for example, you might say an artist is "self-publishing" when they release an album without being on a record label

@April_3706 I've always worked for myself and have had complete creative control & independence in making Stardew Valley. Changing to self-publishing just extends that independence to the business side of things as well.

@FlashShifter Thanks! And no, this will have no effect on the ports, as the ports have always been done by a 3rd party company, Sickhead Games, since before I started self-publishing. I am still working with them currently

@April_3706 It just means that I have full responsibility for the game on Switch... before today, Chucklefish handled the business/marketing side of putting my game onto the Switch, now I will handle that in addition to being the developer of the game. otherwise everything is the same

Just a heads up everyone, starting today I am self-publishing Stardew Valley on the Switch. With this change I'm now self-publishing on all platforms except mobile.

Self-publishing on Switch

28 Sep

Hotfix patch for PS4 went out early this morning that should fix the crashes some people were experiencing in certain co-op situations, as well as the localized crafting recipe names bug

24 Sep

I am doing everything within my power to work with the porting company to figure out what's going on with the XBOX update, to resolve the issue and get it out as soon as possible. I apologize to the XBOX players for this delay and thank you very much for your patience.

Hi everyone... good news and bad, the PS4 MP update is going live as we speak, it should be available in a half hour. XBOX, however, has failed cert again. Normally I'd wait to release simultaneously, but considering the circumstances I've decided to launch on PS4 immediately

14 Sep

I've seen a lot of confusion out there about the connection between Chucklefish and Stardew Valley, and in light of recent reports I wanted to clarify some things... you can read my short statement here:

Stardew Valley - Clarification on the relationship between Chucklefish and Stardew Valley

Clarification on the relationship between Chucklefish and Stardew Valley

11 Sep

@liz_juliet Hi, if you could send me a DM or an email to [email protected], i'll see if I can help you with the problem.

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10 Sep

Stardew Valley is getting me through my cancer treatment

09 Sep

@Bakhtosh Thank you & thanks so much for playing!

@BandoGuy4 I'm pretty sure that one is fixed, yeah. There are a huge number of bug fixes in 1.4

05 Sep

@AkiyamaBS whoops, my bad!

@Im_MimMim_ Yes, this will come to consoles. Xbox and Ps4 still need the 1.3 update, which will hopefully be out very soon. I will also do everything I can to make this 1.4 update come to console much, much quicker than the 1.3 update did, and also come to all consoles simultaneously

Another sneak peek into the upcoming 1.4 update... introducing fish ponds, a new farm building that allows you to raise fish and collects eggs (roe) and other products.

@AkiyamaBS I know what you're referring to, but you have it wrong... I solo-developed Stardew Valley, and I am self publishing on most platforms now, too.