Stardew Valley is the perfect example of a video game giving players the freedom to do what they want and actually let them do it. You start the game as a young lad who has inherited his grandfathers land, and then, is told to make of it what you will. You can grow it, abandon it, go adventuring, get married, there are an infinite number of possibilities, and no matter what platform it’s on, the game does incredibly well. And it’s soon going to get a huge update.
You see, Stardew Valley is a singleplayer game above all else, however, the creator has been teasing multiplayer for a while now, and we know it’s coming. The update that’ll contain it though? That might be a little while according to the creator, who posted:
As you may know, I’ve always worked solo on Stardew Valley. However, for this multiplayer update I’ve had the help of Tom Coxon (of Chucklefish). He’s done all the network coding to turn Stardew Valley into a multiplayer game… truly an impressive feat, and one that would not be possible without his talent.
But, where is the update itself? Well, “Ape” gave an update on that too:
Work on the new features is done, and we’ve sent all the new text off to be translated into the different languages. Meanwhile, we are working on bug fixes. Once we’ve received the translated text and integrated it back into the game, we’ll begin a serious QA phase involving thorough testing of all new features in both multiplayer and single player contexts. When that is finished, the update should be ready for a public beta.
So he is making progress, lots of it apparently, and that’s great. If we’re patient, the public beta for multiplayer will be here soon enough. He also promises to detail all that multiplayer will bring as the beta gets closer.
