Stardew Valley Creator Unveils Two New Marriageable Characters Coming in 1.7

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) has released a 10th day video revealing, among different things, 2 marque caller matrimony candidates being added to the crippled successful the upcoming spot 1.7: Clint and Sandy.

Clint has agelong been a requested bachelor by the Stardew Valley community. As the vale blacksmith, he's the 1 who upgrades each the player's tools and opens geodes for them, meaning visiting him regularly is beauteous common. But players person wanted to romance him mostly due to the fact that of his awkward narration with an existing matrimony candidate, Emily. Clint has a immense crush connected Emily that remains unrequited adjacent the subordinate doesn't wed Emily, but has a fewer scenes wherever helium seems downright wounded if they do. Giving Clint much of a storyline that his existent tactiturn, awkward lines is simply a much-needed change.

Sandy has besides been a requested marriageable villager. She's the manager of the Oasis successful the Desert, meaning players don't usually spot her until they've played for a while. And unluckily she ne'er really leaves the Oasis, truthful determination are less opportunities for interactions with her. However, she's benignant to the player, leaving the fandom bare for much Sandy storyline and much interactions with her, which they'll surely get now.

Additionally, ConcernedApe opened the video by showing disconnected immoderate aged builds of Stardew Valley (then "Sprout Valley") on with his ain commentary. The series begins with the game's archetypal 2012 look, six months into development, erstwhile helium had a "functioning game" that was precise rudimentary, and akin to the archetypal Harvest Moon game. Even so, you tin spot however overmuch the basal plan of the crippled looks precise similar, close down to wherever things are located successful Pelican Town, the bus, and more.

Next, helium shows disconnected a 2013 physique that looks a looooot much familiar. The creation has been importantly updated to astir the benignant of existent Stardew Valley. ConcernedApe says this mentation of the crippled (now titled "Stardew Valley") was much sandboxy than the existent mentation of the crippled and little RPG. Additionally, the mines were procedurally generated, and you had to excavation into the walls to find ore and secrets. This ended up being excessively complicated, "too ambitious of a conception for the scope of this game. This should person been a full crippled connected its own", ConcernedApe said. He besides showed disconnected an underground Goblin Village that was wholly scrapped. "Just due to the fact that an thought sounds chill doesn't mean it's amusive oregon the close thought successful practice."

Here, ConcernedApe said that thing successful these aboriginal builds should beryllium considered "canon" successful the Stardew Valley universe.

2014's physique introduced the Community Center, but different staples specified arsenic Joja Mart and Hat Mouse hadn't been added yet. You besides couldn't decorate the wrong of your location yet.

And different physique from August 2015, fractional a twelvemonth from launch, shows "how overmuch of this came unneurotic astatine the past moment." To my eye, this looks astir identical to motorboat time Stardew Valley, but ConcernedApe points retired assorted changes similar the determination of the mailbox, the signifier of the wrong of the player's house, and the last look of the main character.

In a reflection connected the game's launch, ConcernedApe talks astir what the merchandise of the crippled was similar for him and meant to him, including sharing that the crippled sold conscionable nether 40,000 copies successful the archetypal time alone, astatine which constituent helium knew it would beryllium a success. He ended the video with a recap of the game's updates implicit the years, and by thanking the assemblage for its enactment implicit the years.

Patch 1.7 is coming astatine a aboriginal date. ConcernedApe didn't uncover immoderate further details arsenic to what it mightiness entail for now, but today's announcement should tide everyone implicit for a bit.

Today is Stardew Valley's 10th anniversary, and we celebrated earlier this period already by interviewing ConcernedApe astir topics specified arsenic wherefore determination isn't a Stardew Valley TV show, and the 1 concealed near that the Stardew Valley assemblage has yet to find. You tin work our full, in-depth interrogation with the creator close here.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].