Stardew Valley gamers on console and cell should wait slightly longer for replace 1.6, although the port remains to be within the works, developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has confirmed. The watch for the developer’s subsequent title Haunted Chocolatier goes to take slightly longer, nonetheless, with work on that mission not as a consequence of resume till Stardew 1.6 is finalized.
The solo developer behind Stardew Valley posted the replace about Stardew 1.6 to X at this time, acknowledging that followers could also be annoyed with the lengthy wait between the replace’s PC launch and its port to consoles and cell gadgets. “I acknowledge that [the ports] are taking a very long time,” he posted. “There are causes for this, however the backside line is that they don’t seem to be out but, we’re nonetheless engaged on them, they usually have been our main focus since 1.6 got here out for PC.”
Console and cell ports are nonetheless in progress. I acknowledge that they’re taking a very long time. There are causes for this, however the backside line is that they don’t seem to be out but, we’re nonetheless engaged on them, they usually have been our main focus since 1.6 got here out for PC. It could be…
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) August 28, 2024
In a reply, Barone additionally defined why he determined to launch and refine the brand new content material on PC first. “If there are bugs (which there at all times will probably be), they are often fastened actually rapidly [on PC] and patches put out, usually inside hours of discovering the bug,” he defined. “On console, it takes for much longer to get a patch into the fingers of the gamers. So it is best to have all main points resolved earlier than submitting to consoles.”
He went on so as to add that the port was taking quite a bit longer than initially anticipated as a consequence of technical points with the porting course of. “I used to be initially hoping it might be perhaps, one month aside max,” Barone mentioned. “At any price, I really feel unhealthy about it.”
Whereas replace 1.6 was initially meant to be a small replace, by the point it dropped for PC earlier this yr, it contained a large quantity of recent content material, from new festivals to crafting recipes and extra. The foremost replace even resulted in Stardew Valley hitting a brand new concurrent-player document on Steam.
Although the inflow of recent content material could also be excellent news for Stardew gamers, followers who’re ready for Barone’s subsequent mission, Haunted Chocolatier, might not be as comfortable. Because the developer famous earlier this yr, he is not going to proceed to work on the brand new mission till Stardew 1.6 is correctly wrapped up. Barone reiterated this in his newest replace, saying “I’ve not touched Haunted Chocolatier in a very long time as a result of I’m dedicated to finalizing Stardew 1.6 first.”