‘Stardew Valley’ major update will let...

Stardew Valley is celebrating its tenth anniversary, marking a decade since cosy gamers had been first invited to maneuver into Grandpa’s previous farmhouse in Pelican City. The favored farming simulator has grown considerably within the intervening years, with official updates including new areas to discover, multiplayer mode, divorce, and even the ability to drink mayonnaise.

Now developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has unveiled extra particulars about Stardew Valley‘s upcoming main replace 1.7, asserting on Thursday that it’ll flip two of its non-player characters into romanceable marriage candidates. Nonetheless, many gamers’ pleasure was dampened after they realized precisely which characters are becoming a member of the wedding market.

Barone had teased the addition of recent marriage candidates in an interview with IGN earlier this month, prompting followers to eagerly speculate about who they might be. Some dreamed of being homewreckers, hoping that town carpenter Robin would leave her husband in favour of them. Others longed for the magical contact of the Wizard’s purple whiskers. The final romance choices added to Stardew Valley had been depressed alcoholic Shane and saloon worker Emily, who had been each made romanceable inside eight months of the sport’s launch in 2016. As such, the addition of recent potential lovers is a major growth for Stardew Valley.

These newly dateable characters’ identities had been lastly revealed throughout an anniversary YouTube livestream on Thursday. In it, Barone said that replace 1.7 will permit gamers to romance Sandy, proprietor of a retailer within the Calico Desert, and Clint, the native Pelican City blacksmith. 

It’s Clint that gamers have taken problem with, subjecting him to an on the spot, brutal, internet-wide rejection.

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Why does everybody hate Clint from ‘Stardew Valley’?

Quite a few Stardew Valley gamers have been put off by Clint’s self-pitying attitude, accusing him of regularly complaining about his life but refusing to do something to vary it. Points with Clint additionally lengthen to his behaviour toward women, particularly his unspoken crush Emily. Whereas mentioned crush is not in itself trigger for ridicule, Clint’s actions in response to it have induced followers to label him a creepy incel with few redeeming qualities.

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But regardless of this widespread revulsion, some Stardew Valley gamers have jumped to Clint’s defence, hoping that replace 1.7 will lastly give him a redemption arc. Barone has previously acknowledged issues comparable to Clint nonetheless expressing his attraction to Emily even after she’s married, however said that he’d been prioritising different work and hadn’t gotten round to fixing it simply but.

“Unpopular opinion however I’m so completely satisfied it’s Clint,” wrote X user @caroldirge. “Earlier than Emily was added as a romance possibility he had a cute-awkward arc together with her that ended with a carnival date. After, he received branded as a weirdo, creep, incel by the neighborhood. I would like this blacksmith to be completely satisfied too.”

After all, new romance choices aren’t the one additions gamers can count on from the 1.7 replace. Barone beforehand hinted that it might include a new farm type in addition to “extra character/social stuff,” although it is unclear if this was a reference to the brand new romances. Both method, it would doubtless embrace way more than has been revealed if previous historical past is any indication. Stardew Valley‘s final main replace added the ability to put hats on dogs and “crit” babies when it was launched final March.

No launch date has been set for Stardew Valley‘s 1.7 replace, with Barone merely stating that it’s in growth for now. 

“With 1.7, My aim is so as to add extra depth to varied areas of the sport which might be considerably missing, with out ‘bloating’ the sport with too many methods,” Barone wrote in an update on Steam. “Extra depth, however not essentially extra complexity. I am assured you will be proud of the end result…  

“Oh, and you’ll marry Clint and Sandy. I do know you have all been dying to marry Clint… proper?  …guys??  ……….  Welp….”