ConcernedApe says he's in "extreme crunch mode" for Stardew Valley's 1.6 update, and shows off a new storage solution
Dec. 2, 2023Chest hoarders can finally relax
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Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone continues to teaseStardew Valley’snext major 1.6 update, this time revealing an expanded storage option for the pixel farmers, hoarders, and foragers still playing the smash hit indie.
Barone also reveals that the 1.6 update is making steady progress, though the creator is sadly in “extreme crunch mode” to get the update out the door. “A ton of progress on 1.6 last month,” he writes in a Twitter post, “it’s (self-imposed) extreme crunch mode, nose to the grindstone (raw nose) mode.” He then calls the Big Chest one of the “many additions in 1.6,” before teasing that he’s “keeping mostly everything secret.” Exciting.
Despite 1.6’s shadowy rollout, we have gotten small peeks behind the curtain. In similar posts scattered across social media, Barone has teased new additions likeexpanded modding support, a new festival,pets in hats, and…wild horseradish juice? (No, thank you, Eric.)
As for the creator’s other top-down management romp, the ghostly but still wholesomeHaunted Chocolatier, Barone says he’s taking a break from working on it while he develops Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update. So, we should hear more about the widely-anticipated game sometime after Stardew’s next update drops.
While we wait to be haunted by ghosts and chocolates, here are10 games like Stardew Valley that you should playright now. Those hoping for a Stardew Valley movie are out of luck, though,unless Studio Ghibli comes knocking.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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