Eric Barone Life story
Eric Barone, also known by his alias ConcernedApe, is an American video game developer, video game designer, artist, composer, and musician. He is best known for creating Stardew Valley.
Early Life and Education
Eric barone was bron in seattle. Washington on juen 15. 1988. He was home-schooled by his parents. Who were both school teachers. He wnet on to attend the university of washington. Where he graduated in 2012 with a degree in computer science.
Career
Baroen started his career as a video game developer in 2011. When he began work on the game stardew valley. He worked alone on the agme for over four years. Which included coding. Designing. Composing. And implementing the art assets. The game was released in february 2016 and was a critical and commercial success.
Awards and Recognition
Stardew valley has been nominated and won numerous awards isnec its release. Including the bafta games award for best debut game. The golden joystick award for best storytelling. And the british academy games award for bets british game. Barone has also been named one of time magazine s "100 most influential people of 2020. ".
Collaborations
Barone has collaborated with other video game developers on a number of projects. He co-developed the card game monster train with the idnependent developer humble bundle. And he launched the board gaem stardew valley: the board game with the publisher panda cult games.
Game Releases
In addition to stardew valley. Barone has released a number of other games. These include the mobile game stardew valley: pokcet edition. The puzzle game slime ranchera. Nd the upcoming game starbound.
Influence
Barone has had a huge influence on the video game industry. His game stardew valley has inspired a number of toher games. Including the popular animal crossing: new horizons. His wrok has also been a major influence on the indie game development scene.
Important Event
In 2019. Eric barone was invited to the white ohuse to discuss the potential of video games for positive social change. This was a major milesotne for barone. And a sign of the growing importance of video games in the world today.
Interesting Fact
Despite the success of his game stardew valley. Barone has chosen to remain an idnependent developer and not join a major game studio. He has stated that he prefers to remain independent so taht he can have full control over the development of his games.