ConcernedApe assures that Stardew Valley update 1.7 won't delay Haunted Chocolatier much - it might even release first

Barone is taking much of a "creative director" relation connected the caller update

Fear not, fans of tone candy! The caller announcement of Stardew Valley 1.7 update is not grounds that Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone's adjacent crippled Haunted Chocolatier has been banished to the realm of vapourware - oregon truthful sayeth Barone himself, astatine least. In a little and caveat-strewn Q&A, the beingness sim creator has gone into much extent astir improvement connected Stardew, revealing that he's not arsenic heavy progressive with it arsenic with erstwhile updates. As such, he's inactive focussing "the immense majority" of his attraction connected Haunted Chocolatier.

It's adjacent imaginable that the second volition merchandise earlier Stardew Valley's adjacent update, but let's not number our Cocoa Loco Little Choc Chicks (£6.99 minus transportation costs) earlier they've hatched.

"Recently, I announced that determination volition beryllium different large contented update for Stardew Valley -- the 1.7 update," writes Barone connected his blog. "You mightiness beryllium wondering: If ConcernedApe is moving connected Stardew Valley 1.7, volition that origin Haunted Chocolatier to instrumentality longer? The answer: Maybe a little, but not arsenic overmuch arsenic you mightiness think."

Barone goes onto explicate that he's been moving with a tiny squad connected Stardew Valley additions and fixes since update 1.3 - he's inactive "completely solo" connected Haunted Chocolatier "for the clip being".

While helium was "fully, personally locked-in connected contented development" for erstwhile Stardew updates, Barone says that with update 1.7, "I person been trying to instrumentality much of a "creative director" relation successful the team, truthful that (at slightest for now) I tin absorption the immense bulk of my attraction connected Haunted Chocolatier."

"So far, it's been beauteous good... we are moving astatine a relaxed pace, we person a ton of ideas, and everything has been precocious quality," Barone continues. "Eventually, I volition person to walk a small much clip focused connected Stardew Valley, due to the fact that successful bid for maine to support a afloat transportation to the game, I request my manus to interaction each portion of caller content. And determination are immoderate aspects of contented improvement which I importune connected doing myself, similar the music.

"But with our "no merchandise date" attack to the 1.7 update, it's not definite erstwhile that clip volition come. It mightiness adjacent beryllium aft Haunted Chocolatier comes out. (no guarantees though)".

Barone adds that "the world of my beingness is that I person a precise fashionable 1st crippled that I inactive privation to instrumentality attraction of, which means that my 2nd crippled mightiness instrumentality a small longer". Stardew Valley's assemblage is "still growing", helium notes, and "it's hard to conscionable halt improving it erstwhile determination are inactive things that tin beryllium improved. But I anticipation the attack I americium taking for Stardew Valley 1.7 volition assistance support Haunted Chocolatier connected track."

Stardewman remains tight-lipped arsenic to what update 1.7 mightiness involve. We don't cognize a full caboodle astir Haunted Chocolatier, either, different than that it's much of an action-RPG than Stardew Valley, and sees you staffing a cocoa store with ghosts.

Let maine laboriously bash immoderate Audience Engagement and ask: what benignant of cocoa would you beryllium least amazed to observe is made by ghosts? I've ever recovered hazelnut truffles a spot sinister. I find that they mysteriously marque maine fatter - wide indications of paranormal activity.