Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (better known as ConcernedApe) has confirmed in a recent interview that he "hopes" to release Haunted Chocolatier within the next five years or so.
For pretty much as long as Stardew Valley has been a thing, it's remained as the quintessential cosy game, and one of the most popular indie releases of all time. Creator ConcernedApe has continued to drop update after update for Stardew over the years, even though he often claims that he'll be taking a break from it to work on other things.
I have some ideas, if Eric Barone is looking for them.
As great as it is to see Stardew Valley continue to get so much love, there is one problem with ConcernedApe's constant revisits - the lack of Haunted Chocolatier updates. For those that don't remember, Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from Barone that was announced all the way back in 2021 and still seems to be a long ways off releasing.
Stardew Valley fans have been eager to see what Barone's next big game looks like, and it's something that he's talked about continuing work on for some time in-between Stardew updates. Still, even with confirmation that...
