"In published on Tuesday, Barone revealed some exciting details about the game's 1.7 update. Possibly most importantly, he revealed that he's adding two more marriage candidates, though just who they are will remain under wraps until the game's tenth anniversary on February 26. He also teased long-awaited improvements to the game's children, which are considered notoriously boring by...most of the game's players."
"Other features possibly headed to 1.7 include a farm map editor, which would allow players to build their own maps instead of using the game's presets. He even raised the idea of adding a social feature to let players share their map designs, which he tied to a staunch refusal of generative AI: "I'm interested in ways to make the game more just infinitely replayable without the use of AI. That's never going to happen.""
"Aside from 1.7, he also said he'd consider developing Stardew Valley 2 (and even started work on a sequel at one point but seemingly abandoned it). "In fact, I would love to because it would be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world, maybe capture some of that original energy that I had back in 2012," he said."
Stardew Valley will receive a 1.7 update that adds two additional marriage candidates and long-awaited improvements to in-game children. The update may include a farm map editor enabling players to build custom maps rather than using presets, plus a possible social feature for sharing map designs. Plans explicitly exclude the use of generative AI to boost replayability. There is renewed consideration of a Stardew Valley sequel alongside ongoing work on Haunted Chocolatier, and development priorities are being balanced between new Stardew content and the separate project.
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