The success of the charming video game Stardew Valley catapulted its designer, Eric Barone, into the public eye, and as of May 2022, the total number of copies of the game that had been sold across all platforms exceeded 20 million.
Screen Rant has published a long and fascinating new interview with Mr. Barone in which he addresses a variety of topics, one of which being his most recent endeavor, the Haunted Chocolatier. In the interview, he said that the creation of the magical video game is proceeding well, but that it will be some time before it is made available to the public since “it’s a massive game.” I have a broad and expansive goal in mind for it. It’s a little bit scary, to be honest.”
Where does Haunted Chocolatier stand in the grand scheme of things?
“The game is going well, but it’s a significant one. I have a broad and expansive goal in mind for it. The quantity of work that will need to be done is a little bit intimidating to think about. But developing Stardew Valley took me four and a half years; I’ve been working on Haunted Chocolatier for around one and a half years, or perhaps even two years at this point. I made the announcement a little bit more than a year ago, but it’s still going to be quite some time until it happens. But I believe that things are progressing well. So far. There have been a lot of positive developments thus far.”
About Haunted Chocolatier
The game’s title, Haunted Chocolatier, was not revealed until October 2021, after the publication of an early gameplay clip in October 2020. Development on the project started in 2020. In addition, the only creator provided further information about the game on an official website created just for it to coincide with the announcement of its existence. Since then, we have gradually begun to get a few more updates, along with images of the future journey to add to our enthusiasm about it. It is probable that it will be some time before we see the next game from ConcernedApe come, since it was said that it was in the early stages of production when it was originally disclosed. However, we cannot wait to find out everything that it has in store for us once it is ready to be released.
Obviously, there is more to it, but Barone emphasized that they don’t want to be tied to any particular concept and expressed a desire to “explore more fantastical possibilities” and “experiences that take you beyond the ordinary” in comparison to the simple gameplay of Stardew Valley.
