Eric Barone to Resume Development of “Haunted Chocolatier” after Bug Fixes in “Stardew Valley” 1.6

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The long-awaited 1.6 update of “Stardew Valley” was released the other day after nearly two years of development, but as we wait for the follow-up of “Haunted Chocolatier”, whose development has been suspended to focus on the development of the 1.6 update, a new update has been released. Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone talks about future initiatives. It is drawing attention that the development of “Haunted Chocolatier” may finally be restarted soon.

This was revealed by Eric Barone in response to a fan's question, and he prefaced this by saying that he would like to resume development of “Haunted Chocolatier” as soon as possible, and that he would first fix the bugs in “Stardew Valley” 1.6 and complete the We are telling them that we need to see a release for the platform.

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Development of “Haunted Chocolatier” has been suspended for nearly a year since April last year, but with the completion of 1.6, plans will finally be resumed, and there are high expectations for future trends.

Reference: “Haunted Chocolatier” announcement trailer released in October 2021

■ Repost: FAQ information for “Haunted Chocolatier” released at the time of announcement

  • “ConcernedApe's Haunted Chocolatier” is an RPG/simulation that depicts the life of a chocolatier living in a haunted house. Collect rare ingredients to make delicious chocolate and sell it at the chocolate shop.
  • Eric Barone is developing it alone. Although there are no plans to increase the number of new developers at this stage, it is likely that external cooperation will be obtained for porting and localization near completion. However, sales are planned to be self-publishing.
  • Development is still in the early stages, and a release date has not been determined.
  • The relationship with “Stardew Valley” cannot be revealed yet.
  • The gameplay is similar to Stardew Valley, but different in many ways. The structure of moving to a new town, starting a new life, getting to know the townspeople, and achieving goals is similar, but the gameplay and themes are very different. In addition, the action RPG nature will be strengthened.
  • Among the multiple new projects, “Haunted Chocolatier” is scheduled to be completed first.
  • “Haunted Chocolatier” is a single-player game, and there are currently no plans for multiplayer support.
  • At this point, the only supported platform is PC. However, it is planned to be released for major platforms.
  • Currently only English is supported. Although we are considering localizing it into multiple languages, we have not yet reached that stage.
  • Adopts a new engine using C# and MonoGame. However, the code for “Stardew Valley” is also reused.

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