The mermaid gets her tits out, confirmed

Two paths is probably the new marriage candidates.

3 becomes 4, maybe something happens at the start of year 4 like at the start of year 3 with grandpa's statue?

Could mermaid fruit refer to pearls somehow?

He was, Stardew 1.0 was entirely his work and he worked on it for 4.5years. Other developers were brought in to help with porting to other platforms and for the post 1.0 point releases, but the team sounds like it remained small. For 1.4 and 1.5 it sounds like a two person team for example.

Not that quickly, Eric Barone worked on the game by himself for over 4.5 years. Version 1.0 was entirely his work. He only brought in other people when the game was ported to other platforms and for the later point updates.

Arthur Lee contributed to the 1.4 and 1.5 releases of Stardew Valley. He's also aired his greviences about being hired as a contractor on the game but then wanting and not getting a profit share for future projects.

Common misconception. He started development solo, but quickly found he needed help from other development teams.

It's my understanding that he picked up a team for ports to other platforms and networking. Since then, they now work on all aspects of the game, but Eric still has final say.

Something about other devs and bug fixes and localizations I think?

I thought ConcernedApe was a solo dev.