Relating to solo developer and creator of Stardew Valley, Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone, definitely is aware of find out how to get followers excited. Truthfully, it doesn’t take a lot.

Barone took to twitter to share an unseen-before screenshot of his upcoming mission, Haunted Chocolatier, and has amassed loads of likes and love in below 24 hours.

Whereas nonetheless looking for a technique to port Stardew Valley’s enormous 1.5 replace to cellular, which ought to launch by the top of the 12 months, Eric Barone has been chipping away on the improvement of their subsequent mission, Haunted Chocolatier.

Alongside the brand-new screenshot, which exhibits the participant character in what appears like a basement, Barone kindly answered a few questions from followers within the Tweet’s replies. Haunted Chocolatier’s “progress is fairly good, however it does take a very long time to make a recreation, and I’m making this fully from scratch”.

Whereas Barone has mentioned they’ll reuse some property from Stardew Valley the place crucial, they’ve described making Haunted Chocolatier as a “lengthy grind” and it seems that they’re within the very center of it, so we’re definitely going to should be very affected person as we await this title.

When requested about how the sport pertains to non secular predecessor, Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe mentioned “It’s gonna be its personal separate recreation with a self-contained identification, it’s not Stardew 2, however there is perhaps some shared lore. I haven’t nailed down precisely to what diploma the 2 can be linked.”

So, whereas that is no sequel to Stardew Valley, we will anticipate seeing a little bit overlap right here and there; will earlier characters pay us a go to? Will Junimos be hiding in all places? Or will Mr. Qi return with totally different, illusive quests for us to embark on? Solely time will inform.

Haunted Chocolatier is a story-rich simulation title that oversees you working your individual chocolate store. You’ll want to collect substances, make chocolate, and combat ghouls to achieve success. The title was first introduced in October 2021, and there’s no launch date or window as but. As Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone retains saying, followers should be affected person; there’s little question that the sport will definitely be definitely worth the wait!