Proving that the world can't get enough of "Stardew Valley" (opens in new tab), creator Eric Barone took to Twitter to share concept art of an early community center.
"I was sorting through some stuff and found some old notebooks with concepts for the community center," Barone tweeted nonchalantly as he shared the image.
Followers immediately asked for more, and Barone delivered:
"I always spill everything I have," Barone tweeted, describing a stain (probably green tea (open in new tab)) on the mine concept.
Others began to pick their favorite fragments from the images Barone shared:
Some followers wanted more than a few tweets, calling for a full-fledged art book to be published.
It doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that is out of the question. Stardew Valley is a phenomenon unlike any other indie game, selling more than 20 million copies on every conceivable platform and featuring a hit board game (open in new tab), soundtrack (open in new tab), food (open in new tab), and a very impressive boxed edition (opens in new tab), and spawned at least one real-life marriage (opens in new tab), among other spin-offs. Given all that, the art book seems almost mundane and entirely viable.
Unfortunately, if it does happen, it won't be anytime soon: when asked about the possibility of releasing an art book, the rep said, "For now [Baron] wants to focus his efforts on 'Stardew Valley' and 'Haunted Chocolatier'."
That's unfortunate, but as long as Barone continues to share the past from time to time on Twitter, many of his fans will be quite happy. Stardew Valley is still going strong: Barone announced last week that a surprise 1.6 update (opens in new tab) is currently in the works
while he takes a short break from developing his next game, Haunted Chocolatier (opens in new tab).
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