Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, announced his next game after Stardew Valley a few years ago. While fans are worried about the development, he is finally reassuring.
10 years ago, Eric Barone released the game of his life: Stardew Valley. Even today, he continues to offer new content regularly on his cozy farming sim. However, the creator, also known under the pseudonym ConcernedApe, would like to offer another work. This is announced under the name Haunted Chocolatiera new game which is however struggling to find its way to our platforms. However, we should not worry, on the contrary.
After Stardew Valley, the future looks bright (and chocolatey)
Announced in fall 2021, Haunted Chocolatier still remains a very mysterious project. Until then, Barone – or Ape, as he likes to sign his speeches – has only given brief glimpses. We know, for example, that the game will offer a completely new story, with no correlation with Stardew Valley. Moreover, the developer wants to dot the i’s after fan assumptions far from reality.
On the game’s official website, he wants to reassure: “ No, I’m not giving up on Haunted Chocolatier “. 4 and a half years after its announcement, fans are wondering. They begin to think that development will never succeed, or even that what was produced would end up in Stardew Valley. But Eric Barone would like to point out that these are two very separate games and designed on different engines. So if he were to drop his new project for whatever reason, don’t expect to see the assets or anything else included in his farming hit.
Furthermore, he also wants to remind you that he never said that Haunted Chocolatier would be released as soon as possible. in 2030. On the other hand, he remembers well having said last year that he hoped “ in the next 5 years “. However, this is only a hypothetical horizon. In his press release, he explains that he “does not voice[t] not give a date » and that « the game will be released when it is ready “. However, this takes time. Especially since he works in parallel on the Stardew Valley update 1.7.
Finally, Barone recognizes thathe revealed Haunted Chocolatier relatively early. That said, he has “ [s]the reasons “. Although he does not give details, we can imagine that there are commercial reasons behind it. He who does not want to be eternally considered as the man of only one game, Stardew Valley, thus demonstrated that he had other ideas in mind and was perhaps able to arouse the support of certain players in the field.
Source : Haunted Chocolatier official website.
