Hi Everyone,
I’m happy to announce that the 1.3 Multiplayer Update will be coming to Nintendo Switch this week,
on Wednesday the 12th of December.
It will be available across the North American, European, and Japanese Nintendo eShop regions.
A big thanks goes out to Tom Coxon from Chucklefish, who developed
the multiplayer netcode which made this update possible. Also, a big
thanks to Sickhead Games for porting it to Nintendo Switch!
I know that many of you have been looking forward to this update, so here’s a quick reminder of what you can expect:
Support for up to 4-player online co-op.
You can invite 1-3 friends to join you in the valley, either starting
from scratch or diving in from an existing single player save. Each
player will have their own Cabin on the farm, and you’ll be able to work
together to achieve common goals such as farming, mining, fishing,
foraging and festival participation!
The state of the Stardew Valley game world, including the main
storyline, is shared between all players on the farm, as well as the
pool of money you accumulate. However, each player will have their own
private inventories, skills, achievements, collections, individual
relationships, quests, and crafting/cooking recipes. As more hands are
better than one, you may wish to change the difficulty level of your
collective farm, which you can achieve by scaling the profit margins.In
terms of marriage, players can choose to woo the eligible folks of
Pelican Town, or craft a wedding ring to propose to a fellow player. If
the other player accepts the ring, the couple becomes engaged!
Nintendo Switch features:
On Nintendo Switch you’ll be able to communicate with others on your
farm using the Switch online voice chat or the new chat box feature with
colored text and nearly 200 custom Stardew Valley emojis.
You can also play together via local communications play, meaning
that 2-4 switch consoles can connect & play together over a short
distance without the need for a Nintendo Switch Online account.
Single Player Content:
While the new 1.3 single player content has now been available on PC
for a little while now, I’ll keep things vague to avoid spoilers for
anyone who hasn’t come across them yet.
After the Switch update has launched, I’ll have more to share with you very soon…
Ben benieuwd!