Is this done being updated?

[TaliaKuznetsova]

Is this game being done updated so I don't have to hunt for 40 thousand different versions of mods to find one that works?

[Queen Droxxanna]

SMAPI is occasionally updated, but you dont need to do it unless you install new mods that require the update.
There is a mod that actually helps you keep track of mods that need to be updated.
I have updated SMAPI, but i still have several mods that can be updated, but the game is running fine as they are. CAN BE UPDATED is not the same as MUST be updated.

Also if you log into nexus, pull up your history, it will tell you which mods can be updated.

[lizardmang]

ConcernedApe hasn't officially said that the game is done, but since the release of 1.5, it's been looking more and more likely that the game won't be receiving any more major updates.

The dev said this a couple weeks ago:

"I'm not saying there's going to be another Stardew Valley update," Barone added during his response to a fan's question surrounding future updates and marriage options within the game. "I don't even know at this point. Right now I am focused on my next game. So, we'll see."

"I may announce it fairly soon, what it is - no-one knows at this point," he said during the stream. "What I will say is that it's another pixel art game, a top-down perspective similar to Stardew Valley. In some ways, it is kind of similar to Stardew Valley, but it's also not a farming game. It's something different."

Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/stardew-valley-creator-unrevealed-new-game-updates

And about a year ago, he said this during an interview with Game Informer:

“I’m not willing to commit to Stardew Valley 1.6,” he says. “I will say that I definitely love Stardew Valley. I love it as a world and a universe. I don’t think [1.5] will be the end of Stardew Valley. I would not be surprised if there’s another Stardew Valley update, or multiple updates, or a Stardew Valley 2. Who knows? There’s isn’t currently a Stardew Valley 2; after 1.5, I’ll decide what the next step for Stardew Valley is. But I would say there will probably be another step for Stardew Valley. In the meantime, I’m also working on a couple of new projects – solo projects – so I have plenty to do.”

[Nakos]

No, it's not done being updated. But it's owned, operated and updated by (95% of the time) a single developer, and currently he'd taking a break from the game to work on another project.

He'll probably do more SDV stuff "at some point".

[Hexeract]

You'd think with his major success he'd hire some help and expand the company a little.

[lizardmang]

He did recently hire outside help to work on porting the 1.5 update to mobile.
https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-1-5-mobile-update/

[Nakos]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Hexeract:

You'd think with his major success he'd hire some help and expand the company a little.

He doesn't WANT to. He's an indie developer for a reason. He likes to work, quietly, at his own pace, on his own projects and to retain complete control over them.

He has, occasionally, brought in help on various aspect of the game.

But the point is: He wants to make games. He doesn't want to be a manager or a producer, which would push him further from the part of the process he clearly loves. Bringing in more people isn't a panacea, it's work, of a different order than coding and composing a game.