Final 12 months, Stardew Valley obtained an enormous free replace as a result of its creator, Eric Barone, didn’t wish to cease bettering the beloved cozy farming recreation even eight years after it had launched. However now, he sounds dedicated to transferring on from Stardew Valley for a number of years whereas he winds up his beforehand introduced subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier.
In a brand new interview with PC Gamer, Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (identified on-line as ConcernedApe) defined that he actually does “love” his hit indie recreation and needs all of its followers to “have a terrific expertise.” So he’s all the time “involved” about Stardew Valley and needs to ensure “it’s doing nicely.” Nevertheless, he concedes that this has pulled him away from Haunted Chocolatier, a recreation he began improvement on in 2020 and introduced formally in October 2021.
“I believe in some unspecified time in the future I’m going to should utterly reduce off every thing else,” Barone instructed PC Gamer. “Actually, I’ve thought of, possibly I ought to simply go right into a cabin within the woods and utterly get off the web, and simply say, ‘Okay guys, I’ll see you in two years. You gained’t hear from me in any respect and I’m going to complete this recreation.’”
And whereas he won’t really go reside in a cabin within the woods for a number of years, he did make it clear that Stardew Valley’s 1.6 replace is “fairly settled at this level” and most bugs have been squashed or mounted.
“I’m dedicated to not engaged on Stardew Valley till I’m accomplished with Haunted Chocolatier…I believe it’s in a great place. I really feel very strong about it,” stated Barone. “I believe if anybody picks up Stardew Valley for the primary time in 2025, I’m very pleased with it, and I believe they’ll have enjoyable with it in the event that they like this sort of recreation.”
As for Haunted Chocolatier, Barone says that after engaged on the sport on and off for practically 5 years, he’s had to return and utterly “redo” components of it.
“And it’s not it’s not prefer it’s even dangerous, it’s simply—a part of the issue of being, like particularly a solo dev, is it takes so lengthy to make a recreation. I’m actually a special individual in 4 years, so it’s like my complete emotions about every thing have modified—my aesthetic sensibilities have advanced,” stated Barone.
Whereas individuals await Haunted Chocolatier, they’ll play Stardew Valley on principally each platform beneath the solar, together with consoles, cell gadgets, and PC.
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