One of the most wholesome stories about Stardew Valley's 1.6 update launch was that the developer behind the farming sim's most beloved modding project, Stardew Valley Expanded, helped make it happen. And yet that might not have come to be if FlashShifter hadn't fallen on hard times after an unfortunate brush with car theft.
Speaking to GamesRadar+, FlashShifter explains the series of events that led them to officially work on the game they had been modding. Both they and Stardew Valley creator Eric 'Concerned Ape' Barone live in Seattle, though, while it was always a "dream" to work on the game, FlashShifter "never asked him for anything" as they "just figured it was off-limits because he's a guy who does everything himself."
