Chucklefish sent out the following
We’re kickstarting this frosty December week with an exciting Stardew Valley announcement…
The Stardew Valley ‘Multiplayer Update’ will be coming to Nintendo Switch this Wednesday 12th December across European, North American and Japan eShop regions!
The update has been developed by Chucklefish programmer Tom Coxon together with Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe, and has been brought to Nintendo Switch by Sickhead Games. It includes both multiplayer functionality, as well as the new 1.3 single player content, such as the Night Market festival!
More details can be found in ConcernedApe’s full blog post: https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-3-multiplayer-update-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-this-week/The Multiplayer Update will next be coming to Xbox One & PS
Multiplayer Features
4 Player Farming – Invite 1-3 players to join you as partners down on the farm, either starting from scratch or diving in from a single player save
Work Together – Each player lives in their own cabin on the host farm as you work together to achieve common goals such as farming, mining, fighting, fishing, foraging and festival participation
Voice Chat, Chat Box & Custom Emojis – Communicate using Nintendo Switch voice chat support or the new chat box feature with coloured text and nearly 200 custom Stardew Valley emojis
Multiplayer Marriage – Players can choose to woo Pelican Town’s NPCs, or craft a wedding ring to propose to a fellow player. As the Host, you can also divorce or ban players on your farm by demolishing their cabins.
Scalable Difficulty – As more hands are better than one, players will be able to scale profit margin or produce sold to change the difficulty level of a multiplayer farmNew 1.3 Single Player Features
Winter Market Festival – For 3 days in Winter a traveling festival will visit Pelican Town, where farmers can come and go as they please to purchase unique items, enjoy live entertainment and more!
Added Character Cutscenes – You can now encounter new character events, including some secret events triggered by certain conditions
More Collectibles – In Winter, farmers may encounter a strange event which activates a new ‘secret’ type of collection, leading to a new adventure and greater knowledge…
Horse Hats – Whether it’s a sombrero, a sailor hat or fedora, your horse can now wear it!
And more to be discovered…
Will you be checking this out?