No, Eric Barone is not adding infidelity to Stardew Valley, although he did briefly consider letting you ruin marriages, to Grandpa's deep disappointment

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Following reports claiming that Stardew Valley may soon let players divorce or cheat on their in-game spouses, Eric Barone has embarked upon a social media blitz to say no, that's not actually happening, and asking everyone to please calm down about it.

Barone mused on the topic of Stardew infidelity in a wide-ranging new interview with Game Informer, saying that some players have expressed a desire to marry Caroline, Robin, or Demetrius—but noting that in order to do so they'd have to break up families in the town. Barone said he's against that "on a moral level," but then went on to say that people should be able to do bad things in sandbox games—and suffer appropriate consequences for their actions.

"I would be open to doing something like that, but I wouldn’t baby people about it," Barone said. "There would be very serious consequences." In the context of Stardew Valley, though, he added that he also feels like such things might be "too real," and that "maybe Stardew Valley is supposed to be, to some d...

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