Eric Barone

For the French cyclist, see Éric Barone.

Eric Lorenz Barone
Barone in 2019
Born (1987-12-03) December 3, 1987 (age 37)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesConcernedApe
Alma materUniversity of Washington Tacoma
Occupations
  • Video game developer
  • video game designer
  • composer
  • musician
Known forStardew Valley

Eric Lorenz Barone[2] (/bɑːrɒnɪ/ Ba-ro-ni, born December 3, 1987), known professionally as ConcernedApe, is an American video game designer and musician. He is best known for creating the 2016 video game Stardew Valley.

Early life

Barone was born in Los Angeles and spent his childhood in Auburn, Washington, a suburb in the Seattle metropolitan area.[3] He cites the Harvest Moon series as his childhood favorite that stayed with him into adulthood.[4] He attended the University of Washington Tacoma and graduated in 2011 with a degree in computer science.[4] Barone had practiced basic programming but did not consider making video games as a career. Unable to find employment after graduating college, he initially began developing Stardew Valley in order to practice programming in C#, and planned to put the game on his resume for potential employers.[5] Barone worked on the game daily as its sole creator until its release in 2016. He announced Haunted Chocolatier in 2021, which has no set release date.[6]

Career

ConcernedApe logo used by Barone

Stardew Valley

Barone speaking on the development of Stardew Valley at a tech festival, 2019
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,[7] as its sole designer, programmer, animator, artist, composer, and writer. To complete the game, Barone worked 10 hours a day, seven days a week,[8] for four and a half years. For part of that time, he lived with his parents to save money before moving out with his girlfriend to Capitol Hill, Seattle.[9] During this time, his girlfriend Amber Hageman worked two jobs to support the both of them while Barone worked a part-time job as an evening usher at the Paramount Theatre.[3][9][10]

Barone initially released Stardew on the PC before later developing it for other consoles, and as of December 2024 has sold over 41 million copies.[11][12]

In 2017, he was named by Forbes magazine in their list "30 Under 30: Games" for his work on Stardew Valley.[13] Since 2019, Barone has been assisted on Stardew Valley by another designer and developer team.[14]

Other projects

In 2008, Barone released his first game, known as 17CF Quest, which was also a promotion for the music group 17 Colorful Feathers.[15]

In 2011, Barone created a comic book series called Wumbus World.[16] The game's main character is found as a piece of furniture in Stardew Valley.

In 2014, Barone took a month long break during the development of Stardew Valley. During this break, Barone used his time to piece together a small mobile game to release on Android. The game was titled Air Pear and was released on March 6, 2014. In the game, players would need to guide a purple pear on a hoverboard between obstacles and compete for a high score. The main character of the game is seen in both Stardew Valley during "The Festival of Ice" event and during a trailer for the new game Haunted Chocolatier.[17]

In 2016, Barone released Stardew Valley: Original Soundtrack, which contains the game's official soundtrack.[18]

In 2020, Barone announced that he was working on several new games, with one of them set in the Stardew Valley universe.[19]

On August 15, 2020, the orchestral album Symphonic Tale: The Place I Truly Belong (Music from Stardew Valley) directed by Kentaro Sato and performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra was released.[20] The album includes 15 tracks from the game's original soundtrack.

In February 2021, Barone and board game designer Cole Medeiros released Stardew Valley: The Board Game, a cooperative board game adaptation of Stardew Valley.[21] After the first printing of the game went on sale, it quickly sold out. Sales were later reopened with several changes.[22]

Barone collaborated with Norihiko Hibino on an album series Prescription for Sleep. The series remixes video game soundtracks with piano and saxophone. The Stardew Valley album was released in May 2021. It includes 10 tracks from the game's original soundtrack and one new track called "Beauty in the Seasons".[23]

In October 2021, Barone announced that a new game titled Haunted Chocolatier was in development, with no set release date.[24] In the game, the player will run a chocolate shop. It will have a greater focus on combat than in Stardew Valley. Barone stated that "almost everything in Haunted Chocolatier, including the combat, is completely coded (and drawn) from scratch."[25]

In 2022, Barone collaborated on an animated music video with indie pop band Alvvays for the band's song "Many Mirrors". Barone is responsible for the video's animation and it was his first time working with 3D animation.[26]

On October 10, 2023, Barone announced the first Stardew Valley concert tour, Stardew Valley: Festival of Seasons, featuring a selection of music from the game performed live by a chamber orchestra.[27] Barone was the co-author of The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook, which was released on May 14, 2024. The book includes more than 50 recipes adapted from the in-game recipes featured in Stardew Valley.[28]

On November 20, 2024, Barone announced Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons, the second Stardew Valley concert tour, featuring new arrangements of the game's music performed by a 35-piece orchestra.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ @ConcernedApe on Reddit (November 2020). "My birthday is December 3". Reddit. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Auburn-area students to graduate from UW on Saturday". Auburn Reporter. June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b White, Sam (March 20, 2018). "Valley Forged: How One Man Made the Indie Video Game Sensation Stardew Valley". GQ. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ a b White, Sam (March 20, 2018). "'Stardew Valley' Creator Eric Barone on the Game's Lonely Origins and His Secretive Next Game". GQ. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Grodt, Jil l (January 17, 2022). "Aftermath Of Success: Stardew Valley, Darkest Dungeon, And Valheim". GameInformer. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  6. ^ updated, Lauren Morton last (February 2, 2022). "Haunted Chocolatier: everything we know about the followup to Stardew Valley". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  7. ^ Baker, Chris (March 9, 2016). "The 4 years of self-imposed crunch that went into Stardew Valley". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "The 4 years of self-imposed crunch that went into Stardew Valley". March 9, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Schreier, Jason (2017). Blood, sweat, and pixels : the triumphant, turbulent stories behind how video games are made. New York : HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 81–85. ISBN 978-0-06-265123-5 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Meny, Ellen (April 15, 2020). "Auburn native develops beloved, bestselling video game". KING 5 News. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  11. ^ Aydın, Eda (December 29, 2024). "Stardew Valley'nin Hapishane Temalı Yeni Modu Law and Order Yayınlandı". kayiprihtim (in Turkish). Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "Stardew Valley - Press".
  13. ^ "30 Under 30 2017: Games". Forbes. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Olson, Mathew (October 8, 2019). "Stardew Valley's Creator on Self-Publishing, the "Everything" Update, and His Future as a Solo Developer". USgamer. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  15. ^ "Stardew Valley Creator Eric Barone Shares First Game He Ever Made". games.mxdwn. March 22, 2018.
  16. ^ "WumbusWorld -- Intergalactic Comic Strip". April 19, 2020. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  17. ^ "ConcernedApe's Haunted Chocolatier -- Early Gameplay". YouTube. October 21, 2021.
  18. ^ "Stardew Valley (Original Game Soundtrack) by ConcernedApe on Apple Music". September 19, 2016 – via music.apple.com.
  19. ^ Chalk, Andy (February 11, 2020). "Stardew Valley creator is working on two new games". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  20. ^ "Symphonic Tale: The Place I Truly Belong (Music from Stardew Valley) VGM Classics "Orchestra for Video Game Music!" Your classical record label for admired Video Game Music! www.VGM-Classics.org". vgm-classics.org. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  21. ^ Campbell, Ian Carlos (February 23, 2021). "Stardew Valley is now a cooperative board game". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  22. ^ Sheridan, Connor (November 3, 2021). "Stardew Valley board game back on sale with revised cards and rules". GamesRadar+. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Makuch, Eddie (April 29, 2021). "Stardew Valley's Music Gets Lovely Lullaby Remix In Prescription For Sleep Album". GameSpot. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  24. ^ Machkovech, Sam (October 21, 2021). "Stardew Valley's creator announces pixel-art followup Haunted Chocolatier". Ars Technica. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  25. ^ Bolding, Jonathan (October 31, 2021). "Here's a bit about Haunted Chocolatier's combat". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  26. ^ McClure, Deven (December 15, 2022). "ConcernedApe Interview: Eric Barone Talks Alvvays, Haunted Chocolatier". Screen Rant. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  27. ^ "Stardew Valley "Festival Of Seasons" Concert Tour Announced". Nintendo Life. October 11, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  28. ^ Lada, Jenni (May 1, 2024). "Official Stardew Valley Cookbook Makes It Easy to Cook Homey Meals".
  29. ^ "Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons 2025/'26 Tour Dates Announcement - IGN". November 20, 2024 – via www.ign.com.
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