Stardew Valley 1.6 added a hidden experimental multiplayer function to the cellular model of the sport, developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has revealed.
In a weblog submit, Barone mentioned the function is hidden as a result of it could have some bugs or points, and the character of the cellular platform “may make a multiplayer session irritating.”
“Cellular multiplayer works just about the identical as on different platforms, besides there isn’t any farm ‘discovery’ functionality,” Barone defined. “You possibly can solely join by way of IP. You possibly can, nevertheless, be part of a PC-hosted farm from a cellular system by way of IP.”
The best “cellular multiplayer” situation, Barone added, could be to connect with a PC-hosted farm from a high-end cellular system on a neighborhood community (utilizing wi-fi, except you’ve some solution to join your cellular system to ethernet). “This could be the best-case situation,” Barone mentioned, earlier than warning towards making an attempt to attach or host utilizing a cellular phone community.
“The worst case situation could be if somebody have been to host a sport from a low-performance telephone, on a cell community (you’ll in all probability must create a cellular wi-fi hotspot for others to connect with domestically), and so they have been on a practice or one thing, going by tunnels,” Barone went on.
“After which the host can be getting calls, inflicting the app to be interrupted repeatedly. This could lead to a probably irritating multiplayer expertise.
“Nonetheless, if you wish to strive these items out, there’s nothing stopping you… Simply bear in mind that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when trying to host a multiplayer sport 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 in style farm and life sim additional.
Unlocking the cellular model’s hidden multiplayer function requires inputting a riff on the Konami Code (the well-known collection of inputs used to unlock cheats in Konami video games).
As Barone defined within the weblog submit, on the title display, gamers will discover that the Stardew Valley emblem has 4 teams of leaves hooked up to it. Faucet the leaves on this order: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → then press the ? button within the bottom-right nook of the display. Exit the ? menu and also you’ll have a co-op button on the title display.
The free 1.6 replace, which sparked a contemporary 10/10 Stardew Valley evaluation from IGN, launched on PC in March. Barone initially anticipated the console and cellular ports of 1.6 could be launched a month later.
Barone has apologized to disgruntled followers and promised to not return to work on his subsequent sport, Haunted Chocolatier, till Stardew 1.6 is finalized. Haunted Chocolatier, revealed in 2021, doesn’t have a launch window.
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