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Eric Barone's been playing lots of chess and reckons Elon Musk's 'tech tree' idea isn't awful: 'What if someone did a Balatro treatment… a chess roguelike?'
By Rich Stanton published
News "I'm not like a huge chess guy, it's just always been something that I've wanted to be decent at."

Eric Barone has regrets about not fleshing out Stardew Valley's characters more, but likes that it's so open ended since it makes things 'more personal' for each player
By Kara Phillips, Wes Fenlon published
News There could've been more to Stardew's unsolved mysteries.

'A lot of people hate it, but I think it's fun': Eric Barone backs Stardew Valley's fishing minigame, but does admit that 'it starts too hard'
By Elie Gould, Wes Fenlon published
News They call me the Jeremy Wade of Stardew Valley.

'I kind of failed in that particular aspect': Eric Barone doesn't understand all the Pierre hate and wishes that he'd been 'a little bit more nuanced' when it came to creating JojaMart
By Elie Gould, Wes Fenlon published
News Pierre isn't all that bad, but JojaMart is.

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone hasn't 'really' played a lot of other farming and life sims, but he appreciates the impact the game has had on the genre—'it seems to have inspired a lot more people to consider this kind of game'
By Kara Phillips, Wes Fenlon published
News The routine of farm life won't be stopping any time soon.

Eric Barone says Stardew Valley was about 'the fundamentals of human sustenance,' while Haunted Chocolatier is about 'what's next': 'There's another realm of the human experience'
By Wes Fenlon published
News What if making chocolate wasn't a traditional crafting system, but more "intuitive?"

After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game: 'I'm committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier'
By Andy Chalk, Wes Fenlon published
news Eric Barone's got a plan for getting Haunted Chocolatier across the finish line—or at least an idea.

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The 'Stardew Valley-like' genre desperately needs a real name and I have the perfect answer
By Lauren Morton published
Name Game We can't keep calling them Stardew-like, farmlife without a farm, and "basically Animal Crossing" forever.

'This is a gift': Baldur's Village mod maker says thanks to all (especially Swen) and promises more content including an 'Astarion's Ten Hearts event' is on the way
By Andy Chalk published
News Now that everything's sorted, work on the mod that brings Baldur's Gate 3 to Stardew Valley will resume.
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