The creators of Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon talk to us about farm games

[@EsprittGames]

It must be incredible for Eric Barone to get to sit down with the creators of the game that inspired him to go into indie development.

[@SilynRaces]

Kaerhis Incredible to meet the man who helped inspire him to become a millionare and change his life forever.

[@heshamsh761]

i can only imagine i really need wonderful life 2

[@bgustinjr]

Yeah. That's like if I got to meet with Shigeru Miyamoto. I don't think I would be anywhere near as composed as Eric is here lol

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

ya I men one guy make a game like this all by him self it's incredible because it like it was made by 20 people

[@harrylane4]

Reminds me of when toby fox met shigesato itoi

[@Spaceman_Sp1ff]

Eric seems like a good dude, his success is well earned. He has a clear passion that is completely lost in modern triple A games. He single handedly proved that you dont need a 25 million dollar budget and unreal engine to make a great game. I would have gladly paid $60 for it.

[@doncheadlefan6705]

I know been playing through it with my friend recently, sick

[@asdfomfglol]

I wouldn't have paid $60, but all props to Eric, he made a really wholesome game that I do enjoy way more than AAA games in general.

[@daanardon1243]

@@asdfomfglol Well maybe $60 is a bit much but i certainly would pay $40 for it

[@Krobusss]

Daan Ardon there’s so much content packed into the game I’d have no problem at all paying $60 for it.

[@BigChiken44]

All these idiots talking about "you dont money and good engine to create a great game" usually knows nothing about gamedev. Yes, you can create a great game manually coding 0 and 1 in notepad. But why would you, if you can have Unreal Engine for free? Tools such as Unreal Engine are TOOLS - they are here to HELP you. The only purpose of game engine is to help you create your game. Making Stardew Valley with Uneal Engine would be easier for Eric than using his engine. It would be absoulutly the same game and may be even better

[@OsbornsGameDevUpdates]

Eric seems so shy, and normal. I love it. :D

[@benjitheshuizhu8794]

Osborn2009's Game Dev Updates he’s humble and great

[@smockhunt3346]

He's also sooooo cute omg

[@sulpherbratigh7936]

His movements and the way he talks is really awkward

[@cloudboysmusic5223]

Getting Huge INTJ vibes from him

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

@Tidder T More like Eric saw one kid build a volcano out of play dough, so he was inspired and made a more complex volcano out of legos and added a separate vinegar and baking soda reservoir that could be activated via radio waves. In other words, he’s the student who was inspired by another, but took the original concept WAAAY further, so he is deserving when he gets all the praise! No other sole developer does the same amazing work as Eric Barone! He continues to add hundreds of hours worth of content to an already sprawling game, and all for free mind you! Harvest moon/story of seasons is a special game series, but none of them have near the content or the polish that Stardew Valley contains. SOS/HM have had a myriad of different devs over the years, so they lack quality and design consistency, whereas Stardew Valley started great, and just keeps getting better!

[@rej6ix7]

eric should be a musician too, some of his "mines" songs were so insanely good. i need moar.

[@seabiscuit8512]

i mean he is one. he makes music. he is a musician

[@g.g47]

well we got volcano music now

[@ashleyinao]

One of the songs that plays during the snowy areas of the mine sounds like the office theme song, but a beautiful instrumental version of it

[@cokomairena]

should be? xD

[@BallerDan53]

Interviewer: "Why did you choose to make a farming game?" Yasuhiro: "I wanted to make a game unlike any other game of the time. My game was going to be unique and focus on nurturing instead of fighting." Barone: "I just did it because he did it."

[@louislouislouis4856]

@@Puffster what game did he rip off?

[@darkerratum]

@@louislouislouis4856 Infiniminer.

[@flambelk4489]

To be fair, the harvest moon/story of season series is rather dead, the companies behind have not done a good job in giving new life to the game. Stardew Valley grabbed the original Harvest Moon, which is probably the best game of the series (ironically) and modernized it.

[@matchayokkann]

Barone was inspired (as all developers are, including Yasuhiro as he even mentioned Zelda), and he evolved his favorite game to include features that he thought were missing. He’s brought nostalgia and restoration to the dying farming/sim genre and is the opposite of “rip-off” cash grab developers; even with its cheap price Stardew has no ads/in-app purchases and he’s still updating the game for free

[@srnigromante9214]

@@flambelk4489 Nah friends of mineral town is better. Also honestly recent SOS games have been pretty good, the Doraemon one being a good example.

[@dapperpenguin6925]

The beauty of Stardew Valley is that it doesn’t MAKE you do anything It makes you WANT to do everything

[@gourdzpaperco]

Exactly this

[@Fleathemighty]

this guy is insanely amazing. For him to create every single bit of that game including the audio, all by himself... is just stunning

[@christiangamer1752]

I wish they had a video showing their experiences playing each other's games.

[@MossystingRae]

When I was a kid I used to spend hours upon hours playing Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral town... it was my favorite game. After that I tried newer Harvest Moon games and found myself more and more disappointed with the change in experience and quality. Then Stardew Valley came out and I felt like a little girl again because it brought back so much of the joy I had missed experiencing during my time with Friends of Mineral Town on the Gameboy Advance.

[@diabloakland]

Story of seasons is the actual harvest moon. I didn’t know till last week that natsume and marvelous split and natsume owned the rights to harvest moon and started making their own games since like 2014 i think. Mr wada said hm a wonderful life was the closest to the actual hm he imagined. I think it would be cool to have those graphics with also adding the gameplay of hm friends of mineral town or hm ds and i would love that have nice day

[@ninjaDoesps]

I bought Stardew Valley yesterday and pulled an all nighter

[@anuriive2636]

2000000ninja Does ps4 same thing

[@StarrieMoonlight]

Yah I do that sometimes

[@lalakuma9]

I grew up playing Harvest Moon, and honestly, the first time I found out about Stardew Valley, I got an icky feeling because it basically just looks like a total Harvest Moon copycat. But turns out it's a fan-made game that tries to improve the existing Harvest Moon, and I can't help but respect that, because everyone has new features wish lists on their favorite games, and this guy went ahead and single-handedly made those improvements himself.

[@joevent]

May I know how different they are? I've never played Harvest Moon and I have a huge love for Stardew. Did Stardew do Harvest Moon justice?

[@LuizGustavo-ib6sb]

@@joevent yes. Stardew Valley is basically Harvest Moon with character and farm customization + craft and fighting. In overall os better, but...i still like much more any Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons

[@LuizGustavo-ib6sb]

@@joevent The GBA remake for Switch and PC called Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town Will be out 14 July. Its your chance. But my favorite is Back to Nature for PS1

[@shuckle9529]

He even made music himself

[@FelicianoCookie]

I too grew up playing the original Harvest Moon and felt a little wary when I first heard about Stardew Valley. Then just recently I decided to pick up a digital copy on my Switch and since then I've not been able to put it down. The fact that Eric did all of this by himself just astounds me and I wish I gave it a chance much sooner~

[@dn2849]

Mr. Wada's smile at Eric Barone makes my heart sing.

[@slybrito]

Great interview. It was like a stroke of genius bringing them together like that. Well done, Tom. Eric was like a kid meeting Santa Claus in person! I would love to see more of the meeting where they got to play each other's games and see their reactions. Did anyone found anything of that?

[@yuri-xx6uh]

It's really amazing how composed Eric is here. I'd be having a hard time trying not to fangirl if I met my inspiration.

[@WhiteRescuer]

It's really nice to see two directors, two of them creating a similar game, sit with each other with no hate whatsoever despite the overwhelming similarity. How the one who copied actually admit it and being honest about how he's hugely inspired by him, and how the one being copied received it very positively and took it as a compliment.

[@Kye923]

Stardew Valley - Game of the Year for me ❤️

[@tjeepert9782]

only the game of the YEAR? :P

[@thetechnocrat6388]

Same

[@itsmepionman5432]

. Same

[@Necriptos]

You misspelled "decade", but really tho, they sit at the top with factorio

[@Veeqaliber]

game of the decade

[@KevinTan]

Stardew Moon Harvest Valley Stardoon Harvally

[@snailsattack8417]

no

[@blakespinelli6969]

yes

[@Ilphilinder]

Harvdew Moolley

[@KasugaChousensha]

No to the name. Yes to these two devies working together.

[@kaldogorath]

Hardoot Malley

[@yoroshiku137]

This is incredibly wholesome. I am super happy for both of these men. I wish them success in all their endeavors.

[@idcycrus6895]

my heart feel fresh when i watching this video, looks at 2 Developer of Harvest Moon games and Stardew Valley, there's no fighting from both developers

[@rajdeepdas1842]

Because both loves the "real harvest moon"

[@suprecam9880]

What Eric said about the romance options at 7:00 is really good information. “How do you know the players will feel connected?” You don’t, but you give them the option. The option is good enough to satisfy that player if they go down that route with your game. It makes sense. So, essentially don’t cheap out on romance options (looking at you, Skyrim). I think the community and tester feedback is also quite important here. Great interview, glad he was able to meet the creator of his primary inspiration. Both were so respectful. 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing.

[@idontlikestuff]

One thing about Eric that I will always treasure (especially in these times) is that he didnt want to be a part of Steams Early Access scam. He wanted to give fans an complete product. That has resonated with me a lot during these last couple of years where every other game gets rushed and is then sold as a complete game when it isnt.

[@xx-gm6bt]

i will never forget the first time i booted up Stardew Valley, playing it for hours. I seriously wept tears on how beautiful crafted it was. And It kinda renewed the love i had for games, which was lost abit during greedy pulisher...

[@joevent]

What happened?

[@EllieMoonbeam]

Eric is so handsome!

[@BigChiken44]

I absolutly love how shy and akward Eric Barone is) Only very good and kind person could create such masterpiece

[@bgboof7482]

Lol 3 years ago Mr. Barone was wearing a ape mask in interviews now he finally reveals his face lol

[@ruancah]

If these two would join to make a game, it would be the greatest farming game ever! Everything would or could be perfect for a game of this style.

[@gomiko8979]

I mean... I still have a life to live. I don't want to spend all of it inside a farming simulator made by these two cuz it would be hard to stop playing. Let's be careful with what we wish for.

[@iownalx23]

thats awesome to bring those 2 together lol

[@RabbitConfirmed]

Eric Barone is one handsome man! And a genius!!! DAMN I LOVE HIS GAME SO MUCH!

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

Hopefully this will reinvigorate the Harvest Moon series to go back to its roots too and make games in the scope of HM64 and Back to Nature. ...if not, I hope Eric continues on with Stardew and tries to make his next game with graphics similar to those two titles @w@

[@kanaverum]

Thank you so much for doing this interview! The Harvest Moon series (now Story of Seasons) and Stardew Valley are all incredibly special games to me and it was a delight to be able to watch this video and learn a little more about their creators :)

[@martarillion]

I can feel it with every cell in my body how Eric feels sitting next to him 🥰

[@buddydew101]

Cannot wait for Stardew Valley to hit PS4 in two weeks. If this guy can create a game by himself than anything is certainly possible! Have hope and believe in yourself

[@TehBananaBread]

Not much people are willingly to pour 60 hours a week for 4 years of their free time into a side project. Anything is possible, but it def requires dedication

[@RabbitConfirmed]

Maybe his parents were rich and he didn't have to work. For a normal dude like me it's very unlikeley to make a full game someday.

[@mozu_chiisato]

@@RabbitConfirmed 5 years late but just wanna say his parents weren't rich. I'd say moderate.

[@carterpaine5079]

Barone seems like a guy you could just have a casual conversation with

[@melongod2094]

He has a super deep voice

[@Guru_1092]

Lol yeah. He could be be a jazz singer with that voice.

[@1Patrick]

Who else can't help but watch this video with a huge smile on their face? My face literally hurts haha.

[@akpokemon]

he really said "behest" with a LIVE TRANSLATOR

[@vuhnella2635]

aw i love this kind of interaction

[@OtaGaudencio]

Eric Barone is really handsome...

[@jyushimatsu9621]

ha gae

[@carsondissing6050]

That's kinda gay

[@ahmadghoz4205]

@@carsondissing6050 cringe

[@wordshock]

Which gifts does he like so I can get 10 hearts with him?

[@aariz611]

@@wordshock amazing comment lol

[@berrytale]

he kinda looks like Shane

[@boyelmer6493]

Berrytale bro he DOES. my gay ass can actually marry Shane irl

[@epitaphboi4816]

In a way, he kind of is Shane

[@kiz1497]

Shane is secretly Eric disguised to see how the players are doing.

[@shuckle9529]

He is sebastian, but actually everyone in stardew valley are based on people that he knows in real life

[@Mel9188]

he's like Shane but happy

[@pongkong]

guy 1: quiet. guy 2: quiet. guy 3: quiet. Interviewer: HI IM HERE TO MAKE YOUR EARS BLEED

[@rikodesoo]

i cant stop smiling while watching the video 😂 I cant imagine what it’s like to sit next to someone you respect and inspired you to create a game!

[@riorovando5821]

what a true achievement 👏

[@rimilmurmu10]

after 4 years of release im stilll playing stardwe valley

[@ForTheViolence]

This is amazing.

[@carlespombi2064]

Legend says Eric Barone is still wearing that Brown jacket...

[@bobbayley8086]

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THIS!

[@DazaSinJale]

I hope someday meet Yasuhiro Wada in person to get sign my HM cartridges too D,:

[@insuspectedrulling1082]

If they both cooparate together... I wonder what kind of masterpiece will they make

[@drandescancelled2825]

Story of Seasons : Stardew Valley Stories

[@ssont]

Legends!! I love both the games, I am playing Stardew Valley on my Switch and It is amazing. I can’t put it down.

[@MLSutandio]

THEY should make a farming game together !!!

[@electrictoazt0915]

Harvest valley or star moon

[@burakgevsek6191]

No

[@clxvdsxvl]

No

[@clxvdsxvl]

@Sneakysodathief shut up lol

[@qwertygutierrez1293]

No

[@Lexyvil]

I'm glad he took what was great about Harvest Moon and made it better.

[@Psychoalives]

Dang the Stardew Valley creator is handsome af

[@adrian3747_]

Thanks for making these kind of games! I was a huge harvest moon fan and just discovered Stardew Valley. These games are soooo relaxing

[@maameloic7656]

Thank you guys for making those great games. :)

[@TheVioletBunny]

Two gods in one room together

[@cinmestia1826]

THEY JUST MAKING GAMES

[@TheVioletBunny]

@@cinmestia1826 They are*

[@RZ302]

​@@cinmestia1826Did you ever try making a game on your own?

[@spongeboblover7052]

Calm down with the glazing

[@lopey5035]

One of the most inspiring stories in all of video game development and a monumentally beloved game that will be played for years to come

[@FlashgodStift]

I will be forever grateful to both of these great men

[@MarcoSilesio]

such a charming pair, their crativity gifted so many so much.

[@tombystander]

I grew up with harvest moon on GameCube on Gameboy Color. Thank u sir for the amazing memories.

[@crimsonraen]

Sooooooooo great! ^_^ Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley are such amazing games!

[@MazIsProgramming]

Note to video editor: edit the music to maybe -18dB, and dialogue to -6dB.

[@IngridKen]

"surreal but really awesome" - ConcernedApe

[@sorasgurl978]

Eric, if you're reading this... damn bOYY

[@kurttabangcora9704]

They're great creator like this is the game what i've been looking for 2 years.

[@jinhunterslay1638]

My first and still-favorite Harvest Moon game is: Friends of Mineral Town!

[@rory7466]

next time please make the music even louder, didn't want to hear the interview clearly anyway, 10/10 editing work

[@MoJaKF]

*Top 10 anime crossovers*

[@meisterl0]

Wow the crator of stardew valley is pretty young.

[@aranthos]

Brilliant to see how much SV has grown in the last few years since this

[@Hamz5h]

they are legends

[@Antonio.S]

Stardew Valley should have won the GOTY awards man.

[@iam888iam888]

Yasuhiro Wada is a very nice man .

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

I don't know why this made me tear up.

[@danapettus9637]

Had to be one of those moments in life when you meet a hero...I adore Stardew Valley, and Harvest Moon, I am currently debating buying Birthdays for the pc, reviews are mostly negative, due to the controls. sigh

[@dragonhold4]

_Harvest Moon_ has charm and more purpose but Eric Barone's creation embodies the very definition of *Quality of Life* in gaming. If there's any developer trying to emulate his success, don't slip up, the answer is easy: Create Quality of Life features that hasn't existed before in a franchise, while maintaining that they remain immersive to the game's lore . . . + Modding-Friendly.

[@XellosNi]

Wada has a pretty deep voice.

[@ryan-is-alive]

Thank you for the interniew! :) Just one thing: In interviews to follow (I know I'm watching this quite far ahead in time), please cut out the parts of the audio where the translator is speaking off camera, or another discussion is happening outside of what's currently being focused on by the interviewer and the person running the camera. Mainly because it's a bit distracting having a "whisper" break through every now and then, or be there the whole time while listening to the main discussion. Edit: Also balance the gain and level between the different microphones better please. :)

[@waveplay3978]

Stardew Valley rivals Overwatch as my GOTY.

[@gatomaru]

overwatch goty? are you absolutely insane?

[@waveplay3978]

hmm lets see. Overwatch has been the most fun I've had with a multiplayer shooter in years. I will say that I've not yet played a ton of games that came out this year (Dishonored 2, for instance) that my potato of a rig sadly can't handle. But year OW is great IMHO. Why call that insane? I bet you like games that I don't like, but I wouldn't call you insane for that.

[@gatomaru]

because overwatch is an EXTREMELY polished game BUT is also EXTREMELY repetitive and terribly shallow gamewise.

[@waveplay3978]

It's repetitive just like most multiplayer games are repetitive (It's always about controlling an objective/pushing a payload or defending a point, but in that way Dota 2 is all about pushing lanes or CS GO is only about planting bombs). This repetition isn't a problem. For me what's great about OW is learning all the various characters and their intricacies. Surely you'll accept that there's an amazing variety of FPS gameplay offered by the hero selection? That's the attraction for me. Is it shallow? I don't think so. There's a lot of depth here that sadly goes missing in most of the solo queue matches.

[@waveplay3978]

Anyway I really like OW and Stardew Valley has been my introduction to a genre for me that I've never even considered playing. It's an amazing achievement and most of all the game has personality and a charm that is kind of irresistible.

[@droogsurgeon1440]

Frickin adorable aren’t they?

[@eldermartins3220]

Epic moment!

[@TaupeBongo]

Sometimes I feel like if these two made a game together it would completely take over the farming India franchise

[@markigirl2757]

I know u meant indie* but I couldn’t help but thinking over having farming take over India as amusing 😂

[@drakewinters1]

i never played the one for SNES but if he also made the one for N64, I frickin love that one.

[@4N4L4Seinfeld]

Very insightful

[@bangersandmashism]

This interviewer asks the most dull questions. Its like he just asks question that he already knows exactly what the answer will be

[@PrioBak]

lmao... i hate to agree but yeah... he also makes things very awkward lol

[@Vendrix86]

I've noticed that interviewers from any game related publications are always awkward and terrible at interviewing. It's like they epitomize the stereotype of socially awkward nerd gamers and it's sad to watch.

[@mh3708]

"Why did you decide to port this game to PC?" Really??

[@diabloakland]

Right like i wanna know if they will work together, if wada will revisit hm aka sos and if he has input and they can release the perfect hybrid of hm friends of mineral town, stardew valley, hm ds and a wonderful life graphics and updates to stuff like that. I would like that

[@LudeUwe]

stardew valley was so much fun ! i want more ! ;)

[@peoplebelievealiensarereal]

The biggest problem here is why didn't they give both Japanese mics?!

[@아니진짜로-l9n]

Eric is hot. Nobody can change my mind.

[@阿霸-h3r]

+PC Gamer Can you make English Subtitle for this Video,I not really understand what they talking about~~My English level is poor~~Thank~~~

[@uncooked_ham]

I wish they had kissed (tongues) at the end :(

[@GiaMansani]

Me too

[@TheCasualJonny]

Fo i smell a colab stardew moon maby? Or harvest valley?

[@fouronetwo813]

Moon Dew Valley

[@princkleminckle1159]

These two... Are chads

[@SleepyMortalFarm]

For Stardew Valley fanatics who thought that Story of Seasons, Harvest Moon, and the new farming game Coral Island are just a cheap copy/ripoff of Stardew Valley, need to watch this video soooo bad. It's amazing that Eric Barone finally meet his idol, Yasuhiro Wada-san!

[@popcorn5968]

About the romance, stardew has more depth when in comes to character. First i want to marry haley coz she's hot, but got turned off coz of her attitude. Harvest moon on the other hand all marryable characters have almost the same attitude, their all nice so i just base who i want to marry of who's the cutest

[@peite7878]

I hope Wada got a little gift to his bank account by today. If it wasn’t for Harvest Moon, SV would never had been made. Wada hasn’t been able to reach success and I can imagine his family would be very thankful.

[@Leandro-xk3co]

ConcernedApe se merece el exito que está teniendo el juego

[@relacionomia]

Two shy developers together

[@Chad-ug5mb]

Nah homie, two legendary developers! They're moved out of their shy shell

[@JustSujC]

Should have a second mic for the translator. That swapping made the timing awkward.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

okay mr. sound minister

[@2Ursos1]

i wanna marry Marnie goddamit!

[@Kinewa]

Sorry, she's into the mayor type.

[@JechtNH]

wear purple shorts

[@onusai]

"shorts"

[@Andreasvich]

Yasuhiro el padre de los juegos de granja 💕💕💕muchas gracias por todas la horas en harvest moon y inspirar a otros con su creación 🌠👌

[@jkpreaw9631]

WOW Thank u very much^O^

[@MineNstuff]

6:16 what a dumb question, silly mortal