Eric Barone (developer)

Eric Barone, also known by his alias ConcernedApe, is an American video game developer, video game designer, artist, composer, and musician. He is most notable for creating Stardew Valley.[2]

Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone
Born	Eric Barone December 3, 1987[1]
Nationality	American
Other names	ConcernedApe
Alma mater	University of Washington Tacoma
Occupation	Video game developer video game designer artist composer musician
Known for	Stardew Valley

Early life and education

He moved to Seattle at a young age and lives there to this day.[2] Barone grew up loving video games and computers. He cites the Harvest Moon series as his favorite as a child.[2]

He attended the University of Washington Tacoma and graduated in 2011 with a degree in computer science.[2]

Career

Barone began working on Stardew Valley in 2012 and released it in 2016. He was praised for creating the game entirely independently.[3] He did everything from making the characters, writing the dialogue, creating the music, and animating every pixel.[4] To this day Barone refuses to hire a team and prefers to work independently.[4]

Barone announced that he is working on several new games with at least one of them set to be in the world of Stardew Valley.[5] Another game that he is working on is planned to be tied into the Stardew Valley universe.[5]

References

1. @ConcernedApe on Reddit (November 2020). "My birthday is December 3rd". Reddit. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
2. White, Sam. "'Stardew Valley' Creator Eric Barone on the Game's Lonely Origins and His Secretive Next Game". GQ. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
3. Baker, Chris. "The 4 years of self-imposed crunch that went into Stardew Valley". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
4. Chalk, Andy (2020-04-16). "Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone finally has a decent desk". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
5. Chalk, Andy (2020-02-11). "Stardew Valley creator is working on two new games". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-11-13.