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Haunted Chocolatier: all the key details on the followup to Stardew Valley
By Lauren Morton last updated
Sweets Science Stardew Valley's creator is working on another life sim, and it looks just as sweet as his first.

Yes, Stardew Valley's newly announced update will probably slow down work on Haunted Chocolatier, 'but not as much as you might think'
By Andy Chalk published
news Eric Barone says he's trying to be less hands-on with the Stardew Valley 1.7 update, so he can keep his focus on Haunted Chocolatier.

Haunted Chocolatier has fishing, books, and a new screenshot so pretty I want to live in it
By Shaun Prescott published
News Now that Silksong is almost out, we'll move to obsessing over minor Haunted Chocolatier updates.

Eric Barone says he doesn't get paid for Stardew Valley collabs, and that's the way he likes it: 'I wouldn't want to make money from a collaboration'
By Andy Chalk published
news The Stardew Valley creator's strategy for collaborations is pretty simple—he works with games he likes.

Eric Barone clarifies he's just 'open to entertaining the idea' of saving Hytale, but he's not pursuing it himself because he's completely focused on Haunted Chocolatier
By Andy Chalk published
news Barone said earlier this year that he's now fully committed to Haunted Chocolatier, and I'm starting to think that maybe he was serious.

Haunted Chocolatier will be bigger than Stardew Valley, but that's all I can tell you because Eric Barone literally only said 10 words
By Kara Phillips published
News There's nothing like a one-sentence update to keep you on your toes.

Eric Barone's been playing lots of chess and reckons Elon Musk's 'tech tree' idea isn't awful: 'What if someone did a Balatro treatment… a chess roguelike?'
By Rich Stanton published
News "I'm not like a huge chess guy, it's just always been something that I've wanted to be decent at."

After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game: 'I'm committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier'
By Andy Chalk, Wes Fenlon published
news Eric Barone's got a plan for getting Haunted Chocolatier across the finish line—or at least an idea.

'It’s been a little sad to see Haunted Chocolatier getting dusty on the shelf, but this is the reality of my situation,' Eric Barone says: 'Stardew Valley is a big and popular game'
By Andy Chalk published
news Barone paused work on his new game so he could focus on Stardew Valley's 1.6 update, but he wants everyone to know he hasn't abandoned it.
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