Indie devs:
So many people are still playing it, and many new people every day, I want it to be the best it can be
It will never be perfect, but I feel an urge to keep improving it. Up to this point, it’s been my life’s work, and I care a lot about it.
AAA companies:
So many people are still playing it because exploiting poor impulse control and FOMO are at the core of our game design philosophy. We want it to be the most profitable it can be
It will never be enjoyable, but we will make sure people feel the urge to keep logging in to grind their dailies so their purchase of a battle pass can be justified. Ever since we started allowing pre-orders it was already profitable, and we stopped caring about quality.
Indie devs: suddenly I’m a millionaire thanks to this one-hit-wonder game that I spent 6 years making. I think I’ll keep updating it so people keep buying it.
AAA companies: We need to pay 400 people over a course of 2 years. 30 million is less than 10% of the budget
AAA companies:
We made record profits!Also AAA companies: We’re laying off a substantial portion of our team.
Don’t forget the mandatory apology JPEG on Xitter.
We have done our utmost to make the enjoyable experience more accessible to average user. This has in turn resulted in sub-par experience for some. As we constantly try to improve quality of our products and this was a valuable lesson from which we plan to grow into more responsible company that caters to people’s needs.
Which is repeated every 3 years when there’s some kind of outrage
“and we stopped caring about quality” good god that feels so true, it hurts
This reminds me of Terraria where they claim a final update, but they just can’t stop adding new things. I love devs with this kind of passion.
That guy is amazing
It blows my mind every time I see Stardew Valley. Singlehandedly wrote the story, characters, the music, effects, coded the game etc. Simply stunning.
Sure, but the storage chest was a poor example for progress.
I finally just started playing. I’m 50 hours in and nowhere near done with it. Don’t tell me there’s more coming!
There is probably even more comming in the current version for you. Stardew valley is the type of game where you watch a random YT video where someone shows off something you never knew was in the game, after you got 1000h clocked.
We don’t deserve him. Thank you, Mr. Barone for all you have given us and more.
That’s pretty great. ConcernedApe is a prince!
i should try stardew valley tbh, it looks really good
You should!
i may consider buying it lol
Really wish I had it in me to replay this game.
replay? you mean you finished it? Isn’t it open ended?
Technically yes, but at a certain point all you’re doing is tending your crops, which gets boring when you have nothing more to work towards.
Now there’s more to do, but since I did so much, I’m just burned out on the game, and can’t get back into it.
Heh, this describes me with Warframe. XD
Still no news about haunted chocolatier?
He’s one dude.
For now.
But once my clones are complete…
It would not be the first time that a second game from one successful developer will never come to life. I wish that I am wrong.
I too think he went back to Stardew Valley because he’s either burnt out, or doesn’t know where to take, Haunted Chocolatier.
Gonna throw a bit of advertising about Dinkum, for anyone that’d like to see a mix of Stardew (farming, tending to animals, socializing with people) with Animal Crossing (you set up where shops and houses will be, you can terraform the whole place, lots of shinies around the land to be dug up)
I couldn’t get into Dinkum. The early game is really poorly paced and a bit janky. Ended up deleting it after an hour. Could be one I come back to once it’s optimised a bit more but I wouldn’t really compare it positively with Stardew at the moment
I wish i could transfer my save file from my switch to my steam deck. I have the oled switch and i guess i need to mod chip it in order to access the file system.
