# Eric Barone on Reddit (u/ConcernedApe) Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/eric-barone Eric Barone: Creator of Stardew Valley, which he made alone. - Reddit account: [u/ConcernedApe](https://www.reddit.com/user/ConcernedApe/) (Personal account) - How we know it's theirs: [His 2016 r/StardewValley AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/4b8s7v/) - Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/StardewValley (22), r/nintendo (5), r/AndroidGaming (1), r/hauntedchocolatier (1) - Known activity in the posts we found: 2016 to 2026 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Barone ## Moments ### u/ConcernedApe in r/StardewValley, Feb 22, 2026 · Fixed it Replying to the post "Finally decided to marry Elliot and he immediately gives me the ick 😭". > This is a mistake. He was supposed to say this if  you marry Leah > > When I'm doing dialogues like this I will often copy and paste an entry from another data sheet first, just to get the formatting right. Then I'll edit the actual data. In this case I must've copied the entry from Leah (she comments if you marry elliott), and then forgotten to change the part that was targeting Elliott Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1rbjzqj/finally_decided_to_marry_elliot_and_he/o6sw2ip/ · 14,652 points as of Nov 7, 2026 ### u/ConcernedApe in r/StardewValley, Mar 17, 2022 · Owned it Replying to a redditor: > It's his game. If it's not his fault then who? We haven't even gotten an update on the progress of the port since Dec of last year. It's now the middle of March. At this point the update had been out a year. It's clear his priorities are elsewhere since he's obviously working on… > You're right, it is my game and I ultimately take full responsibility for the delay. I hate to make excuses but there were many things outside of my control that lead to this. I have not forgotten about the mobile update, in fact I think about it every day and it causes me a huge amount of grief. I want the update to come out more than anyone. It would be a huge relief to me if the update was ready and was released. I have been working on the new game because I don't have the skills or knowledge to be able to do a mobile port. I've never done any of the ports for stardew valley, I'm not a porting guy, I don't have any experience with that. So I've always relied on other people to do that. If I could throw more money at the problem to make it go faster, I would. Programming doesn't always work like that, especially with a game as nebulously coded as Stardew Valley, which only a few people on the planet have any familiarity with. I've said repeatedly that I would let everyone know if I had any more meaningful information about the update, and otherwise they should assume that It's still in progress. That is still the case, nothing has changed. It's not pleasant to keep tweeting "It's in progress" over and over, and read the responses. Sure, most people are understanding and supportive, but there's also people who are very angry, or even worse, saying things like "I've lost all faith in ConcernedApe", which does hurt because I've worked really hard for the past 10 years to build up goodwill with the community by providing as much support to players as I possibly could as one man. Including spending almost all my time for the past 6 years on free updates that I could've released as paid DLC. So it's really sad to see all that flushed down the toilet because of a delayed mobile update that is the result of factors largely outside of my control. It is demoralizing and part of why I don't get on twitter every week to tweet "It's still in progress, I'm sorry". I fully admit that I have not been as communicative as I should be, and that the delay for the mobile update is egregious and ridiculous. I admit that, and I understand if you are disgusted with me as a developer and don't ever give me another chance. I wish I could be more open about the reasons why the port has been delayed, but I don't think I am legally able to do that. So all I can do is accept the responsibility for this and do my best to bring the update as soon as possible. There's nothing else I can do at this point. Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/tgedqt/comment/i12170u/ · 754 points as of Nov 7, 2026 ### u/ConcernedApe in r/StardewValley, Sep 16, 2018 · The why Replying to the post "Countless memes later...". > Forgot about that tweet! What I meant to say is that I wouldn't be putting any "real life" references in the game. I wanted Stardew Valley to be an escape. But that isn't to say that Stardew wouldn't spawn many great memes of its own! I enjoy the Stardew memes Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/9g9axd/countless_memes_later/e62uh4h/ · 1,643 points as of Nov 7, 2026 ### u/ConcernedApe in r/nintendo, Oct 9, 2017 · AMA answer Replying to a redditor: > Since you were a one-man shop on Stardew, what was your favorite aspect of development? Coding? Software architecture? Graphics programming? Art? Sound design? Music? > Programming was my least favorite part of development... my favorite was probably the art and music. Music has always been a big hobby for me, well before I even considered doing games Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/75ag0g/im_concernedape_creator_of_stardew_valley_ask_me/do4nnb6/ · 1,478 points as of Nov 7, 2026 ### u/ConcernedApe in r/StardewValley, Feb 19, 2024 · Funny Replying to the post "We met Eric Barone and he’s super chill :)". > hey, it was great meeting you guys! it was fun to do the doodles, my only regret is that I wish I had drawn morris' arms a little longer... Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1audu0s/we_met_eric_barone_and_hes_super_chill/kr3j6qy/ · 1,569 points as of Nov 7, 2026 ### u/ConcernedApe in r/StardewValley, Dec 26, 2020 · Funny Replying to the post "I see what you did there Eric Barone". > Thanks everyone, but I don't remember putting this into the game. I think this is from a mod Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/kkibrs/i_see_what_you_did_there_eric_barone/gh47f5y/ · 1,809 points as of Nov 7, 2026