After having dismissed the idea of a Stardew Valley 2, the creator Eric Barone (Concerna) spoke about his next game which will be both familiar and unpublished.
It has already been nine years since Eric Barone, aka concerned, gives everything to Stardew Valley. A simulator of life on the farm which is one of the biggest successes of the independent scene with more than 41 million copies sold. Despite the workload represented by the title, and more particularly its follow -up with the addition of content and problem solving, the creator announced Hauned Chocolatier in 2021. Four years later, the software has still not been released, but things are moving forward and the developer wants to do things well.
After Stardew Valley wants to push creativity
Even if it will take some time, Eric Barone is now plunged into the after Stardew Valley with Haunted Chocolatier. “Everything is settled now, so I are committed not to rework on Stardew Valley as long as I have not finished Haunted Chocolatier” He recently said at the PC gamer microphone. Excellent news, although we don’t really know when the game will be released. And it is not excluded that it still requires a few years, especially because the creator does not want to rush too much to do things well and at his own pace after Stardew Valley.
For the moment the successor of Stardew Valley is quite enigmatic, but Eric Barone has always confided on it with PC Gamer. And he shouldn’t disappoint fans. « I see [Stardew Valley] Like a sunny, bright and lush game, while Haned Chocolatier is darker and mysterious. Not evil, but just mysterious and a little paranormal, you know, things that you are not sure to know what they mean ».
During this interview, he also returned to the genre of Haunted Chocolatier. As specified a long time ago, it will be a life simulation like Stardew Valley, but with an RPG dimension. A title that wants to stimulate imagination and creativity to mark the players. « I would just say that it is a life simulation game, similar to Stardew Valley in many ways. This is the kind of game that I like to create. Hautned Chocolatier really interests me to stimulate imagination and creativity. I want to give myself to create strange and interesting things. I love to offer memorable experiences ». As for a hypothetical Stardew Valley 2don’t count too much on it …
Source : PC Gamer.
