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[SeriousConcentrate]

Thank you, Culise.

[Sirus]

Culise is my new hero.

[Glloyd]

Thank you Culise. The on topic fight is the good fight. Speaking of which, here's the link to the specific post about the future update plans: http://stardewvalley.net/post-launch-progress-update-version-1-1-and-more/

Pretty interesting. CA is continuing to work on the game while Chucklefish does the stuff like porting and multiplayer that would slow down development otherwise. The list for 1.1 looks nice too:

    More late-game content
    New farm buildings
    New crops
    New artisan goods
    New advanced farming/producing mechanics
    Shane and Emily will be marriage candidates. They will also have more events and dialogue as a result.
    More marriage content for all spouses
    More events for the non-marriage NPC’s
    Improvements/Additions to mining and combat
    Ability to move buildings and other convenience features
    More bug fixes
    More secrets
    More small, fun touches to the world

Should be fun.

[hops]

You know, this discussion ran away from me. All I should've said was that sure, maybe most of them are white, but it's kind of boring that they all had the same facial structure when the portraits were supposed to be realistic.

[umiman]

You know, this discussion ran away from me. All I should've said was that sure, maybe most of them are white, but it's kind of boring that they all had the same facial structure when the portraits were supposed to be realistic.

Dude. Stop.

[Virtz]

I'm... kind of dreading the Chucklefish involvement. They somehow managed to make Starbound work in a way that I experienced internet lag like effects while playing singleplayer. Like graphics seemingly being a full second behind the hitboxes during this one boss fight? I don't exactly associate them with technical excellence.

Then again, maybe they learned something from it? Doing good netcode is not exactly the easiest thing to learn either, so they might still get better results than Concerned Ape would've gotten alone. I dunno.

[Glloyd]

The best part about Starbound was the multiplayer, and I never had any issues with it. The way the game plays in single player will not be affected by the work they do on the multiplayer side. They also have experience with netcode whereas CA doesn't. I trust them to get it done well and faster then he could. Yeah, Starbound didn't turn out the way people wanted, but people seem to have a lot of irrational fears about Chucklefish. Before SV came out, I remember a ton of people were going on about how they wouldn't buy the game because Chucklefish were publishing it, when in reality they had nothing to do with the actual programming of the game and they have published amazing games before.

[Virtz]

It still didn't work for me. Cool that it worked for you, but that still doesn't undo it. And that was like 1.5-2 years after the initial release, so not exactly a raw version.

And how are pre-release fears of them doing programming relevant to your argument? They are confirmed to be getting involved in the programming now. If anything it kinda validates the pre-release fears. Co-op was an announced feature, and now Chucklefish are gonna be involved in it as programmers. Isn't that what those people were afraid of?

[Glloyd]

Well that's likely an issue on your end. I put 30 hours into Starbound the week it came out playing online with a bunch of people from B12 on three different servers. Never had any issues related to the multiplayer itself.

And you used an example of the singleplayer side of Starbound being choppy for you, which has nothing to do with the work Chucklefish will be doing on Stardew Valley. They're not going to be touching the gameplay, as CA as said, he wants full control of the gameplay. All they're doing is multiplayer, something that CA has admitted he has little to no experience with and is something that would take him much longer to do than an experienced netcode developer, taking away time from working on singleplayer. I'd rather have CA working on singleplayer and Chucklefish working on multiplayer than CA trying to balance both to be honest.

[quinnr]

Started playing again, finally in a relationship with Alex. I'm really impressed with his character develo--

Spoiler: Alex Dialogue (click to show/hide)

I finally took the plunge and stopped putting gel in my hair.
I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who was just friends with me because I put gel in my hair.

...But that's the only reason I loved you That, and the weights.


Also, am I the only one that finds a little bit ironic that one of the big goals in the game is getting your farm to automate itself? I mean, you're returning to that dull office life you were trying to escape, essentially!

[hops]

I mean- that's what people do on Minecraft too. But then you start to get it when the automation means that you are freed to go do something else. Like, dungeoneering.

Besides, unlike office work, it's not like you can't farm while your machine farm your farm as you farm.

[MaximumZero]

Tons of other things, too. You're free to hang out with people and immerse yourself in the community. Watch tv. Go to the desert, collect all the coconuts and comb the whole area with your hoe. Plow your wife instead of your fields. Go fishing all day.

You know, whatever.

[hops]

Basically the upshot is that you don't have a boss.

[Man of Paper]

And isn't that really what we all wish for?

[Ultimuh]

The 1.1 update should be up sometime today (outside of beta), according to some sources.
Unfortunately, this won't be the Multiplayer version. Which is said to be out sometime this winter instead.