iOS [BUG] Game now just says “The Secret Police: Chucklefish” and closes; son can’t play

PichuMama

Newcomer
Hello, after clocking in many hours in the past week or so playing Stardew Valley, my son now can’t open the game. He has powered off the iPad (iOS 13.5.1) a couple times to see if that would help.

No mods or anything. He’s got three farms, and in one he’s far enough along to have a nursery and a baby. We really really really hope this is temporary and that we haven’t lost his progress! Any help would be welcome.
 

redbobcat

Rancher
There is an update for iPadOS 13.6, make sure to install that.
Make sure the game is updated, just check it in App Store, if the button says Update than run it.
Make sure iPad has at least some empty space.
Close all apps before trying the game again.

The last would be to reinstall the game BUT make sure to BACKUP THE SAVE FILES before you attempt that. Basically, copy the contents of Stardew Valley folder to another location, after reinstalling the game copy everything back.
 

PichuMama

Newcomer
Thank you so much for replying so quickly. We will check the update status and remove a few more gameplay videos (which we have just learned how to make and perhaps got carried away) and try again; will update with what worked.
 
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