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Eric Barone and Stardew Valley
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- 0:00One person made a farming game
- 0:01completely alone for four and a half
- 0:03years. It has sold more than 41 million
- 0:06copies.
- 0:07>> [music]
- 0:08>> Eric Barone finished a computer science
- 0:09degree and couldn't find a job as a
- 0:11programmer. So, he decided to make a
- 0:13game. [music]
- 0:14Just him.
- 0:15He taught himself pixel art, music,
- 0:17writing, and code. He drew the
- 0:19characters and redrew them again and
- 0:22again.
- 0:23Four [music] and a half years.
- 0:26In February 2016, Stardew Valley [music]
- 0:29came out. Players fell in love with it.
- 0:31It spread by word of mouth. He kept
- 0:34updating it for free for years, adding
- 0:36content [music] most studios would
- 0:38charge for.
- 0:39By the end of 2024, it had sold more
- 0:42than 41 million copies.
- 0:45One developer,
- 0:45>> [music]
- 0:46>> one farm,
- 0:4741 million copies.
- 0:49>> Follow Vibe Economies for more. [music]
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