Multiplayer for iOS

[Skaizte]

I would appreciate it if there was a multiplayer option for the iOS version of stardew valley. My sister and I both have the game on our iPads but the game isn’t as fun as we want it to be because we can’t play together.

 

[lilan castel]

I'm not sure this will happen. CA said that he has technicall issues that doesn't allow him to do it. In android it might be possible but IOS... They have tough standarts and it won't help him.

 

[iridium quality]

If you really love the game and want to play together there will be split screen in 1.5! So you could buy a console to play together :)

 

[Odin]

I'm not sure this will happen. CA said that he has technicall issues that doesn't allow him to do it.

You're correct that CA has said this feature is unlikely due to technical issues:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262068497086967808

In android it might be possible but IOS... They have tough standarts and it won't help him.

While there are many platform differences between Android and iOS, to my knowledge multiplayer gaming is not significantly more difficult to implement on one or the other. My guess is that when CA says there are technical limitations, that it has more to do with how Stardew is built.

Almost all iOS limitations are around how apps can interact with each other and the system, which only concerns on device features rather than anything to do with network connections. For example, that's why modding is possible on Android, but not iOS.