Wanting to update for a lifetime, the author of “Stardew Valley” hopes to add new content after he is 90 years old

It’s hard to imagine someone being able to dedicate themselves to something for a lifetime if it doesn’t come from true love. Although Eric Barone, the author of “Stardew Valley” with a total sales of 41 million units, previously said that he is developing a new game “The Haunted Chocolate Shop”, he has not completely given up on “Stardew Valley”. In an interview, he expressed The spirit of “live to old age and grow old”.

Many people know that Barone, the developer of “Stardew Valley”, loves his work very much. He even obtained 100% of the achievements of this game, including clearing “The Adventures of the Prairie King” without death, and has also temporarily updated it to version 1.6. Put down The Haunted Chocolate Shop.

In an interview with overseas media NPR, Barone said that he was first inspired by the Nintendo era “Harvest Moon” and then developed “Stardew Valley”.

“To me, it’s a fantastic game,” Barone said. “It’s a game I’ve always wanted to play. Every time I play, I always have new ideas as I combine these elements. Just like adding it to the game.”

The reporter mentioned that Barone once said that he could continue to focus on “Stardew Valley” for a lifetime, so the outside world wants to know when this game will end for him.

“I think a game can have a lot of content. I still want Stardew Valley to be the best game it can be. So if I feel like it’s starting to overwhelm with too much content to the point where it’s detrimental to the entertainment element of the game, I It will stop at this time.”

“In addition, I do want to create more than one game in my life.” Barone emphasized: “Including development time, I have been developing “Stardew Valley” for more than 12 years, but I don’t want to say for sure that this game The book will always be closed because I’m always eager to come back and maybe add a thing or two, and you know, maybe 50 years from now, I might add something new.”

The reporter asked: “50 years from now?”

Barone: “Well, we’ll see. I love creating things. I don’t think I’m going to retire. I think it would be fun to do an update when I’m… probably 90 or something — if I live that long, hopefully. .