Stardew Valley developer ConcernedApe has addressed the current state of the game on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and has discussed how the bugs will be handled. As fans of the developer might expect, the problems with Stardew Valley are being addressed quickly, despite it being the holiday season.
Stardew Valley first reached players back in 2016, but has undergone considerable changes and upgrades since. While its developer’s focus is now largely on his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, Stardew Valley has continued to receive updates that not only fix problems and improve quality of life, but also add new content. The game has been on the Nintendo Switch since 2017, but Switch 2 players were delighted to discover that Stardew Valley had been made available for the new Nintendo console on Christmas.
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If the next update for Stardew Valley isn’t as big fans hope it is, then hopefully ConcernedApe sets expectations for it accordingly before launch.
Stardew Valley Developer Addresses Issues On Switch
Switch 2 owners were thrilled to dive into the game, but quickly discovered there were some issues preventing them from having as much fun as they’d hoped. The largest of these was that online co-op in Stardew Valley stopped working on both the Switch 2 and original Nintendo Switch. It didn’t take long for the issue to reach ConcernedApe, who reassured fans by taking responsibility and explaining that a patch would be issued as soon as possible. Nine hours after acknowledging the issue on Twitter, he returned to notify fans that a patch had been pushed through, and that the online play issue should be resolved.
However, those weren’t the only problems that players were having with the game since Christmas. In the same tweet, ConcernedApe acknowledged other issues, explaining that they’re investigating them to find the cause and that follow-up patches would be issued as needed to resolve any remaining problems. While he didn’t explicitly state which problems were ongoing, players have reported their own lingering issues. One of the problems is that crafting seems to be consuming items that aren’t part of a recipe, with one player claiming their Horse Whistle was destroyed, while another lost the Skeletal Hand they’d recently dug up. Another group of players discovered that their right controller tries switching into mouse mode even while connected to the system, making it hard to play normally.
Stardew Valley Has Problems on Switch, But Fans Praise Developer
It’s not uncommon for gaming communities to turn hostile towards developers and publishers when something goes critically wrong with a game, but that’s not the case here. As is typical of the Stardew Valley community, players have come out of the woodwork to thank ConcernedApe for his work and to reassure him that the problems are no big deal. One might expect otherwise, considering that co-op and crafting being broken would be serious nuisances in a game like this. However, ConcernedApe’s years of dedication to updating the game with free new content and working hard every time problems are found with an update or patch to get them fixed as soon as possible has won the community’s respect and trust. The fact that he got a patch issued for the biggest problem during Christmas of all times has further cemented the community’s appreciation.
