Stardew Valley Creator Teases Two Extra Marriage Candidates For Replace 1.7

Stardew Valley celebrates its tenth anniversary later this month. Sure, actually. On twenty sixth February 2026, ConcernedApe’s monumental farming sim will flip a decade previous. It got here to Change in 2017 and, within the time because it’s launch, has offered hundreds of thousands of copies and has constantly acquired various massive free updates, with the subsequent one — replace 1.7 — on the horizons.

And, talking to IGN forward of the sport’s massive birthday, Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone gave us somewhat tease of what to anticipate from the upcoming replace, and so they’re associated to kids and marriage.

Barone admitted he is “attempting to not reveal an excessive amount of as a result of I like for it to be a shock”, however allowed himself to slide in just a few little particulars into the chat: “Nicely, there’s a in style fan request, which has to do with the youngsters, attempting to make the youngsters somewhat extra fascinating.”

Proper now, kids do not actually have a perform within the recreation — they’re key to getting the Full Home achievement, and also you get some further dialogue together with your partner, however that is about it. Maybe we’ll be capable of discuss to them extra or possibly they might help on the farm once they’re sufficiently old. Who is aware of!

However long-time followers may even be excited to know that Barone goes to be “including two extra marriage candidates, however I am going to reveal who it’s on the anniversary day.” There are presently 12 marriage candidates in-game, so it will carry up the record of eligible bachelors to 14. And naturally, there aren’t any gender restrictions right here, both.

In fact, these aren’t the one two issues coming with replace 1.7, which Barone additionally teases: “…there’s a variety of different issues within the replace as effectively that nobody’s actually requested for, however I feel folks will respect it.”

Seems like we’ll discover out somewhat bit extra — not less than on the wedding candidates — on twenty sixth February, then! Maybe we’ll get an replace on the Change 2 Version patch and European launch, too.

Be sure to give the complete interview a learn for some beautiful little tidbits about Barone’s time creating the sport, together with how he comes up with concepts, his love of David Lynch, and the actual fact there’s nonetheless a secret nobody has found in-game.

Barone additionally mentions his subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, which final week he needed to calm fears about ‘abandoning” because of the lengthy improvement time.

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