Eric Barone (developer)

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Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone
Born
Eric Barone

(1987-12-03) December 3, 1987 (age 34)[1]
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Other namesConcernedApe
Alma materUniversity of Washington Tacoma
Occupation
  • Video game developer
  • video game designer
  • artist
  • composer
  • musician
Known forStardew Valley

Eric Barone, also known by his alias ConcernedApe, is an American video game developer, video game designer, artist, composer, and musician. He is most notable for creating Stardew Valley.[2]

Career[]

He moved to Seattle at a young age and lives there to this day.[2] Barone grew up loving video games and computers. He cites the Harvest Moon series as his favorite as a child.[2] He attended the University of Washington Tacoma and graduated in 2011 with a degree in computer science.[2]

Further information: Stardew Valley § Development

Barone began working on Stardew Valley in 2012 and released it in 2016. He was praised for creating the game independently.[3] He did everything from making the characters, writing the dialogue, creating the music, and animating every pixel.[4] Since 2019, Barone has been assisted on Stardew Valley by another designer.[5]

In 2020 Barone announced that he was working on several new games, with at least two of them set in the Stardew Valley universe.[6] In February 2021, Barone and board game designer Cole Meideros released a cooperative board game adaptation of Stardew Valley.[7]

In October 2021, Barone announced that a new game titled Haunted Chocolatier was in development, with no set release date.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ @ConcernedApe on Reddit (November 2020). "My birthday is December 3rd". Reddit. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d White, Sam. "'Stardew Valley' Creator Eric Barone on the Game's Lonely Origins and His Secretive Next Game". GQ. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  3. ^ Baker, Chris. "The 4 years of self-imposed crunch that went into Stardew Valley". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. ^ Chalk, Andy (2020-04-16). "Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone finally has a decent desk". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  5. ^ Olson, Mathew. "Stardew Valley's Creator on Self-Publishing, the "Everything" Update, and His Future as a Solo Developer". USgamer. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ Chalk, Andy (2020-02-11). "Stardew Valley creator is working on two new games". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. ^ Campbell, Ian Carlos (23 February 2021). "Stardew Valley is now a cooperative board game". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ^ Machkovech, Sam. "Stardew Valley's creator announces pixel-art followup Haunted Chocolatier". www.arstechnica.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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