In Stardew Valley 1.5, there will be splitscreen co-op!

[Odin]

Very exciting news! The screenshots also seem to include quite a few new things we haven't seen before, including what looks like a new farm map!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1317248586749366272

Some additional info:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1317251778241466369

See our 1.5 Update Progress Hub for everything that's been announced so far!

https://forums.stardewvalley.net/index.php?threads/1-5-update-progress-hub-sept-22-2020.2134/

 

[Lew Zealand]

This will be great for console and portable gamers! Apparently coming to PC, too.

 

[Potatoes]

I wonder what that phone is used for. Also my wife and I were discussing what the machine with the bone on it is for, maybe a recycling machine for artifacts that you already donated?

 

[iridium quality]

I love the new monsters! Especially the slime with glasses That farm map looks a lot like a desert to me! Perhaps it will be a barren landscape, but filled with foragables and palm trees!

 

[Quillmagic]

WhAt?! Also, hold up. That looks like a beach farm map (or plantable area), there’s a crop I’ve never seen before, a TELEPHONE, a bench outside, and a whole bunch of new machines?! *hype intensifies*

 

[Lemon_Stone]

Yeah, I don't think that's a desert farm map. That starfish in the sand makes me think it's potentially a beach farm map, and it reminds me of the teased area in this thread. The presence of ducks and tall grass definitely implies a farm map, so I really am gonna go out on a limb and predict a new beach farm map. What if the forage items found on the beach could spawn on this farm, including seaweed, coral and urchins, along with rainbow shells in the summer and nautilus shells in winter? And I'm guessing you can also catch ocean fish in the water? As for the other monster seen in the other screenshot, it looks like a new kind of metal head to me.

 

[ShneekeyTheLost]

That new enemy looks like a cross between a Metal Head and a Mario style bob-omb. Looks like he's got a fuse, but that could be an artifact of the particles and compression.

 

[SSShakuras]

.... Meanwhile, the broken Vita version still wait for CRASHES fixes since TWO YEARS

 

[Haseo]

If this is not a new farm layout which is a beach map, it might be that you’ll be able to build a “beach house” by the beach close to Willy and farm over there.

 

[27dschild]

Anybody else notice the abnormal looking chest? Also: AH HAH HAH DEVELOPMENT IS SLIGHTLY FARTHER

 

[lilan castel]

I wonder what that phone is used for. Also my wife and I were discussing what the machine with the bone on it is for, maybe a recycling machine for artifacts that you already donated?

I think it is an auto-pet.

 

[lilan castel]

I'm the only one who thinks that you will be able to call villagers through the phone? I think so.

 

[Lemon_Stone]

Some More Observations: That looks like a new kind of craftable floor in the right picture. The closest comparison I can find is the weathered floor, but this one is clearly different. It's more vibrant in color, and doesn't have a border like the weathered floor does. That is also definitely a new crop growing there. We see the ginger in the left picture, but it's hard to tell if that new crop in the right picture is ginger, or yet another new crop.

 

[goboking]

This update was already looking great, and now you're telling me we're also getting a new farm, new crops, and new production equipment? Oh man, this 1.5 can't come soon enough.

 

[imnvs]

Okay... playing on PC, I'm trying to figure out how this splitscreen thing would work. I mean... how are folks controlling 4 different characters with 1 mouse and 1 keyboard? Platforms I understand because they have multiple controllers plugged into one box. I mean, I've played Goldeneye, ffs. It's the PC splitscreen I don't get.

 

[lilan castel]

Okay... playing on PC, I'm trying to figure out how this splitscreen thing would work. I mean... how are folks controlling 4 different characters with 1 mouse and 1 keyboard? Platforms I understand because they have multiple controllers plugged into one box. I mean, I've played Goldeneye, ffs. It's the PC splitscreen I don't get.

easy peasy. conect USB contollers

 

[Ereo]

You could also have spit screens on each PC. So everyone can see they own character in the top right corner, and the others as well? It doesn't have to be on one screen to see them.

 

[imnvs]

easy peasy. conect USB contollers

You could also have spit screens on each PC. So everyone can see they own character in the top right corner, and the others as well? It doesn't have to be on one screen to see them.

See? This is why I have questions.

lilan, that means having to get dedicated extra equipment, not something most will expect without a head's up.

And Ereo, wouldn't that just be defeating the purpose of split-screen? The purpose is generally for multiplayer on one device.

 

[Ereo]

The purpose might also be to see what your friends are up to.

 

[imnvs]

The purpose might also be to see what your friends are up to.

It seems like a lot of work to implement something like this when it is a cooperative game, and the other players should have no reason to not just tell you what they're up to, you know? (Not to mention, watching other's screens is a no-no. You must not have played much Goldeneye. )

And in 99% of cases splitscreen is for multiple people to play from one device, so I'm figuring it is more along the lines of what lilan suggested. And if that was the case, that you just have to plug in some controllers to the PC? Not sure about that... because it seems like just getting a cheap laptop and another copy of the game is a better investment for everyone involved. The laptop can be used for other things while a controller can not, and on top of that, CA sells another copy of the game too.