Barone had originally promised that Stardew Valley would come with both single-and multiplayer modes, but hooking up the multiplayer was taking far longer than he’d anticipated. As 2015 dwindled and winter started approaching in Seattle—where he and Hageman had ditched the cramped studio in favor of a modest house that they now shared with two other friends—it became clear that releasing the “complete” version of Stardew Valley might take another year.
