Comment on Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone Can’t Let Go Of Stardew Valley
Kayday@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The title seems to imply that it’s a bad thing? Why should he let go of it? Should Minecraft devs let go? Terraria?
Comment on Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone Can’t Let Go Of Stardew Valley
Kayday@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The title seems to imply that it’s a bad thing? Why should he let go of it? Should Minecraft devs let go? Terraria?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Stardew Valley was released in 2016. My understanding is it took 10 years to make (Eric Barone worked at a movie theater, and when he wasn’t at work he was working on the game) and he’s been supporting and releasing new content for the game for 8 years now. The Wiki pages for the characters contain the artwork for the characters he’s drawn, and redrawn, and redrawn over the years.
He basically won the cozy farming genre, it’s time to move on, for his own health if nothing else.
untorquer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He seems very happy to keep working on it and he’s bringing on help as he needs. He’s even taking breaks from other project to prevent burnout. Seems like he’s practicing good balance. Why does someone need to move on from a passion project they’re approaching with a level head and have invested their career in?
Kayday@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Terraria was released in 2011, and still gets free updates with similar frequency to Stardew. Minecraft alpha was released in 2010.
Sure, Eric won the cozy farming genre. He is also clearly passionate about the game. Maybe looking out for his own health is exactly why he continues to dabble with the game.