Stardew Valley Creator Shuts Down Rumors Haunted Chocolatier 'Will Be Abandoned,' Insisting: 'It Will Come Out When It’s Ready'

Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has assured fans that helium is "not going to wantonness Haunted Chocolatier," saying: "it's taking a portion to decorativeness the game," and "that's okay."

In a caller blog posted to the authoritative Haunted Chocolatier website, Barone dispelled a fig of myths and rumors that person popped up astir him and his enactment connected the upcoming game, admitting: "I know, I know, I shouldn't person announced the crippled truthful early. But I had my reasons." He added that Haunted Chocolatier volition merchandise "when it's done."

Responding to reports that the crippled volition beryllium abandoned wholly and perchance folded into Stardew Valley, Barone unopen that down completely, writing: "No. First, I americium not going to wantonness Haunted Chocolatier. But adjacent if I did, I americium not going to adhd it to Stardew Valley. Stardew Valley and Haunted Chocolatier are abstracted games. It doesn’t adjacent marque consciousness from a method perspective, arsenic Haunted Chocolatier is written from scratch, it’s not the aforesaid 'engine' arsenic Stardew Valley. You can’t conscionable transcript and paste Haunted Chocolatier into Stardew Valley."

Last summer, Barone admitted that helium "didn't privation to conscionable beryllium the Stardew Valley guy," explaining that was wherefore he's presently moving connected Haunted Chocolatier. He's been wide that we shouldn't expect a merchandise day anytime soon, though — there's "still a batch to beryllium done," peculiarly arsenic helium feels it's "got to beryllium better" than Stardew Valley. But that doesn't mean he's utilizing Stardew to trial ideas for Haunted Chocolatier, oregon vice-versa.

"When moving connected Stardew Valley, I’m not reasoning astir Haunted Chocolatier, and vice versa. I wouldn’t 'test thing out' successful Stardew Valley due to the fact that that would beryllium unfair to Stardew Valley, and besides I don’t privation to spoil ideas for Haunted Chocolatier by adding them archetypal to Stardew Valley. Also, Stardew Valley is simply a antithetic game, truthful you can’t truly 'test something' for Haunted Chocolatier successful it successful an close way."

Barone besides insisted that astatine nary constituent did helium intimate that the caller crippled wouldn't beryllium retired until 2030, writing: "I was asked successful 2025 if it would travel retired wrong the adjacent 5 years, and I said 'I anticipation so.' This is precise antithetic than saying 'it’s coming retired successful 2030.' The bottommost enactment is, I don’t privation to springiness a merchandise date. The crippled volition travel retired erstwhile it’s done. Anyway, the lone happening that truly matters is that I support making advancement connected the crippled and merchandise it. So I’m gonna get backmost to doing that now.

"TLDR: I’m alive, the crippled is inactive successful development, and it volition travel retired erstwhile it’s ready. Thank you for your patience."

Talking of Stardew Valley: arsenic fans proceed to hold patiently for the antecedently announced 1.7 update, Barone dropped a mates of small, vague, yet breathtaking hints conscionable earlier the holidays astir what said mysterious update mightiness entail, including a caller workplace type, and "more character/social stuff."

As for wherefore Barone's moving connected a Stardew Valley update astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic Haunted Chocolatier? "I’m moving connected a caller Stardew update due to the fact that it’s a precise fashionable crippled with a large, ever-growing playerbase, and I inactive person further ideas for however to amended it."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.