Updates for Haunted Chocolatier have been rare, however Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has made it clear it is nonetheless coming.
You’d suppose that with all of the updates which have come to Stardew Valley over time that ConcernedApe may need been in a position to transfer on from the farming sim sooner or later, however earlier this yr the sport’s 1.6 replace arrived including much more to it. That has, unsurprisingly, led some followers to marvel what is going on on with the indie developer’s subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier. That recreation was first introduced three years in the past, and hasn’t had many updates since, however in a current weblog publish, ConcernedApe has shared a few of his ideas concerning engaged on each video games, trying to calm followers’ considerations over the follow-up’s standing.
ConcernedApe defined that the 1.6 replace stored him busy not simply due to the work it took to make it, but additionally bringing it to consoles and fixing bugs and the like. “This has all pulled me away from Haunted Chocolatier improvement,” the developer wrote. “It’s been slightly unhappy to see Haunted Chocolatier getting dusty on the shelf… however that is the truth of my state of affairs. Stardew Valley is an enormous and common recreation, and I’ve quite a lot of attachment to it. I additionally really feel a powerful sense of obligation and obligation to all of the individuals who have purchased Stardew Valley over time, granting me this uncommon alternative to be an indie recreation developer. So it’s onerous to “let go” of Stardew, even briefly, to work on one thing that isn’t already established and significant to individuals.”
Fortunately, ConcernedApe did observe that he has a “robust want to make extra video games” and that there is extra he desires to share about Haunted Chocolatier “and past,” explaining that “though Haunted Chocolatier has solely been revealed publicly to a tiny diploma, in my very own personal world it’s a particular place, and I’m very connected to the characters, themes, and concepts. Additionally, I’ve already completed a ton of labor on the sport.”
The publish additionally confirmed off a couple of new screenshots, which’ll hopefully act as a pleasant method to persuade people that progress is going on, however ConcernedApe did wish to make it clear that even when he does not publish about it for some time, “it doesn’t imply I’ve deserted the sport. Typically I really feel like sharing issues, and typically I don’t. My most well-liked strategy is to vanish and work in isolation, and solely emerge when I’ve one thing full and worthy, reasonably than share a bunch of stuff that’s unfinished, and due to this fact not in accordance with the ultimate imaginative and prescient.”
Haunted Chocolatier is probably going nonetheless years away from being completed, however to be sincere, there’s a lot to do in Stardew Valley, I think about you’ll maintain your self lots busy.
