Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has revealed that work on his upcoming recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, will stay paused till Stardew Valley’s latest Replace 1.6 is out and “settled” on all platforms.
The main Stardew Valley replace was first introduced final April, when Barone mentioned that he can be pausing work on Haunted Chocolatier till that was carried out. The replace arrived on PC final week, however nonetheless has but to launch on consoles. Barone can be busy engaged on bug fixes for the huge replace, already having launched patch 1.6.1 and 1.6.2 within the final week, with 1.6.3 additionally on the best way.
In a reply to his post on X, Barone gave a short replace on Haunted Chocolatier, saying: “I’m desirous to get again to work on it. However I’ve to see Stardew 1.6 settled, bug-free and out to all platforms first.”
Barone developed Stardew Valley alone, and regardless of the sport’s large reputation, has continued to function as a solo developer. The identical is true of his work on Haunted Chocolatier, that means it may very well be a while earlier than the sport is able to launch.
The final replace on Haunted Chocolatier on the sport’s web site was posted in December 2021, and regardless of displaying off just a few belongings and screenshots, Barone mentioned he would not be sharing a lot of the brand new recreation’s content material because it’s developed. “I do not actually really feel like sharing a lot, as a result of I would somewhat let the sport be a shock than reveal every thing,” he defined. “I similar to working in secret.”