I’m in

He might still be modest about his accomplishments, but Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, will go down in the history books. CreatingStardew Valleybasically on your own, and designing everything from the ground up is no easy feat, especially when it becomes such a massive hit.

Even crazier is the fact that he’s working on a multiplayer update, one that’s nearly done and is in the final QA process. After all this completely justified waiting, it’s nearly here. Oh, and horses can have hats now.

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Hat craze aside it’s crazy to see how far this game has come from just an idea to an international phenomenon. I’ll be playing it all over again with my wife, and not just side by side in separate game worlds, when this update hits — which should be any week now.

One of my favorite things in the new update… hats on your horses. They look very good on the horse. Looks pretty natural, actuallypic.twitter.com/K3DtR1pb8e

The ghost at the end of the hallway

— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe)August 05, 2025

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse