Stardew Valley 1.6 added a hidden experimental multiplayer characteristic to the cellular model of the sport, developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has revealed.
In a blog post, Barone stated the characteristic is hidden as a result of it might have some bugs or points, and the character of the cellular platform “may make a multiplayer session irritating.”
“Mobile multiplayer works just about the identical as on different platforms, besides there isn’t any farm ‘discovery’ functionality,” Barone defined. “You can solely join through IP. You can, nonetheless, be a part of a PC-hosted farm from a cellular system through IP.”
The ultimate “cellular multiplayer” state of affairs, Barone added, can be to hook up with a PC-hosted farm from a high-end cellular system on an area community (utilizing wi-fi, except you might have some technique to join your cellular system to ethernet). “This can be the best-case state of affairs,” Barone stated, earlier than warning towards making an attempt to attach or host utilizing a cellular phone community.
“The worst case state of affairs can be if somebody had been to host a recreation from a low-performance telephone, on a cell community (you’d in all probability must create a cellular wi-fi hotspot for others to hook up with domestically), and so they had been on a prepare or one thing, going via tunnels,” Barone went on.
“And then the host can also be getting calls, inflicting the app to be interrupted repeatedly. This would end in a doubtlessly irritating multiplayer expertise.
“However, if you wish to attempt these items out, there’s nothing stopping you… Just bear in mind that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when trying to host a multiplayer recreation from a cellular system.”
Stardew Valley 1.6 lastly launched on console and cellular this week, eight months after the replace launched on PC. It did so alongside one other massive replace that modified the vastly fashionable farm and life sim additional.
Unlocking the cellular model’s hidden multiplayer characteristic requires inputting a riff on the Konami Code (the well-known sequence of inputs used to unlock cheats in Konami video games).
As Barone defined within the weblog put up, on the title display screen, gamers will discover that the Stardew Valley brand has 4 teams of leaves hooked up to it. Tap the leaves on this order: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → then press the ? button within the bottom-right nook of the display screen. Exit the ? menu and also you’ll have a co-op button on the title display screen.
The free 1.6 replace, which sparked a contemporary 10/10 Stardew Valley assessment from IGN, launched on PC in March. Barone initially anticipated the console and cellular ports of 1.6 can be launched a month later.
Barone has apologized to disgruntled followers and promised to not return to work on his subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, till Stardew 1.6 is finalized. Haunted Chocolatier, revealed in 2021, doesn’t have a launch window.
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