• Kayday@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The title seems to imply that it’s a bad thing? Why should he let go of it? Should Minecraft devs let go? Terraria?

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      2 months ago

      Stardew Valley was released in 2016. My understanding is it took 10 years to make (Eric Barone worked at a movie theater, and when he wasn’t at work he was working on the game) and he’s been supporting and releasing new content for the game for 8 years now. The Wiki pages for the characters contain the artwork for the characters he’s drawn, and redrawn, and redrawn over the years.

      He basically won the cozy farming genre, it’s time to move on, for his own health if nothing else.

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        2 months ago

        Terraria was released in 2011, and still gets free updates with similar frequency to Stardew. Minecraft alpha was released in 2010.

        Sure, Eric won the cozy farming genre. He is also clearly passionate about the game. Maybe looking out for his own health is exactly why he continues to dabble with the game.