Among the many indie darlings that catch the attention of gamers, few have taken the type of hold on the industry as strongly as farming simulator Stardew Valley. Well, it looks like there could be plans in the works for a follow-up from developer ConcernedApe, as teased in a recent reply to a social media post from a fan asking about other indie farming simulators.
This new information comes from a tweet made from Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone in response to a fan who mentioned seeing other farming simulators going live recently and hoped to see the developer's name appear in the credits somewhere. However, when the topic of whether the notable indie dev was still working on Stardew Valley, the answer might get players excited for new things to come in the independent market.
In the tweet, Barone mentions working on "some new stuff", but doesn't quite boil down the specifics of exactly what this new project might entail or when it might be coming. There might be something to show in the near future, but the developer isn't ready to announce whatever this supposed follow-up to Stardew Valley and its most recent update. That being said, the exact wording of the tweet doesn't necessarily indicate that another full game is on the way, and fans might want to temper their expectations for any upcoming new titles getting released.
Barone also mentions in the tweet that the full announcement will likely be somewhat of a spur-of-the-moment thing, so something official could come at any time. Still, fans have already begun speculating what is next for the Stardew Valley dev, even if they don't have much information to go on at the time to really start making any educated guesses. However, in another reply, the developer did let it slip that there might be more than one game currently in the works, though there was no additional on what type of games these might be.
At the time of this exchange, there is unfortunately not enough information to make any decisive confirmations of anything from release dates to even the genre of these new games. Regardless, fans of Stardew Valley are still excited to see what the Barone has been working on since the latest update and how the developer might impress indie audiences again. Whatever these new titles might be, fans won't need too much to go on to be excited to see the Barone designing a whole new world to explore at some point in the future.
Stardew Valley is available now for Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.