Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has made no secret of his love for the OG farming RPG series, Harvest Moon, and the indie game's success has revealed the joys of cozy farming games to a whole new generation of fans. But during the game's development, Barone was worried that not even hardcore Harvest Moon fans would like it.
"When I first started, it was just a pipe dream project – something I didn't have huge, ambitious ideas for," Barone says in an interview with our friends at PC Gamer. "I was like, I'm just gonna make a little game. It's based on a game that I loved as a kid, Harvest Moon. I just wanted to create my own world that's similar to that."
