Back in 2018, Eric “Concerned Ape” Barone announced an effort to begin self-publishing Stardew Valley on various platforms. Since then, the developer’s become the publisher of the game on various platforms, like the PC and Nintendo Switch. Now, another has been added to the list. On March 17, 2022, Concerned Ape confirmed he is publishing the Android version of Stardew Valley and offered an update on its 1.5 patch.
After the announcement, Barone took questions from people on Twitter. He noted that nothing would change for players of the Android version of Stardew Valley. He noted, “It’s more just that I’m now fully in charge of the game on Android, including the store page and business decisions.” He also brought up how he’s wanted to self-publish it “for a long time.”
The Stardew Valley Android 1.5 update also came up. Barone confirmed it will still come out on both Android and iOS devices. He spoke candidly about being “demoralized” because of how progress on the Android version of the update is going. He committed to finishing it, though and offered some insight into why it is taking so long.
It's kind of complicated, but involves a legal/business issue which I can't really get into, the necessity to have a whole new team work on it, and then multiple setbacks and missed deadlines due to people being unfamiliar with the code or underestimating the difficulty
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) March 17, 2022
Barone also mentioned he thought it would be “rude or insensitive” to talk about Haunted Chocolatier before 1.5. He did note there will be connections between the two games.
Stardew Valley is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Vita, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices.
