Summary
- A Stardew Valley player dedicated around 20 hours to creating a stunning portrait of ConcernedApe within the game.
- The intricate portrait utilized various game items, creating a three-dimensional raised quality when viewed closely.
- Barone's continuous dedication has led to players appreciating him and his creations.
A Stardew Valley player has shared the incredible tribute they've made in the game to the its sole developer, Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. The remarkable build took around 20 hours to complete, and resulted in an impressive display celebrating the creative mind that brought Stardew Valley to life.
Tons of gamers all over the world love Stardew Valley, but many are also pretty big fans of the game's developer. While the dev has since brought in a support team for certain tasks, the entirety of Stardew Valley was developed solely by Barone. Over the years, Barone has repeatedly returned to Stardew Valley and released new updates, adding tons of new content, characters, places, and more to the farming sim. The continuous dedication to the title and its fans has led a lot of players to appreciate the person responsible for it all.
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Perhaps that's what led to one player building an incredible portrait of ConcernedApe within Stardew Valley itself. On Reddit, user Stillow shared their stunning farm creation, which they say took somewhere between 15-20 hours to get done. The portrait extends over the entirety of the farm, and has been brought to life by setting down various objects from the game to form the shapes and color palette needed to replicate the photo of the dev. While some Stardew Valley in-game artworks have utilized just one type of item, like chests, this one uses a wide array of items of different heights and shapes, creating an almost three-dimensional raised relief quality to the image. When viewed zoomed-out, it looks like an accurate portrait, but zooming in reveals the full incredible detail, with items like planks, chests, kegs, furnaces, statues, and more all playing a role in the image.
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Fans have been shocked by the efforts of the creator to put this together, especially since they created it from scratch. The fan says they used the CJB Item Spawner mod and a mod to extend the farm map and remove any lakes, giving them a bigger and unobstructed canvas to work with. In a second post, they shared a rough timelapse of the build, where one can see how the shape was laid out with a grid system and gradually filled in with numerous objects.
It would be difficult to overstate how much of an impact Stardew Valley has had on players. The game is open-ended enough that players can enjoy it however they like, whether they want to min-max farm life or cruise along at a relaxed pace. More than anything, though, fans seem to be drawn in by the cozy and comforting qualities of the game, and plenty have shared their appreciation of ConcernedApe in the past. While Haunted Chocolatier is on the minds of many Stardew Valley fans, it's clear that no matter what the developer does next, Stardew Valley has been a positive part of many gamers' lives.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 99%
- Released
- February 26, 2016
- ESRB
- E for Everyone (Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Simulated Gambling, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco)
- Developer(s)
- ConcernedApe
- Publisher(s)
- ConcernedApe
- Engine
- Proprietary
- Multiplayer
- Local Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- Stardew Valley does not currently support crossplay between different consoles and PC
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- RPG, Simulation
