{"id":105260,"date":"2026-01-30T08:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/stardew-valley-creator-busts-4-myths-about-haunted-chocolatier\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:27:32","slug":"stardew-valley-creator-busts-4-myths-about-haunted-chocolatier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/stardew-valley-creator-busts-4-myths-about-haunted-chocolatier\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardew Valley Creator Busts 4 Myths About Haunted Chocolatier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chocolate.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/stardew-valley-dev-returns-with-a-cozy-rpg-about-haunte-1847912361\"><em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em><\/a> is the next game from the creator of <em>Stardew Valley<\/em>, one of the most successful and adored cozy RPGs ever made. Not surprisingly, fans are getting antsy to hear more about the upcoming release. But the wait is leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/stardew-valley-concerenedape-haunted-chocolatier-update-1851778392\">all sorts of speculation,<\/a> so developer Eric \u201cConcernedApe\u201d Barone recently took to the game\u2019s website to dispel the unfounded rumors in a new blog post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey everyone, good news: I\u2019ve been very productive lately on <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em>,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hauntedchocolatier.net\/2026\/01\/28\/update-im-still-working-like-always\/\">wrote this week<\/a>. \u201cYep, it\u2019s taking a while to finish the game. That\u2019s oaky. I know, I know, I shouldn\u2019t have announced the game so early. But I had my reasons.\u201d From there he went on to debunk some popular fan myths and set the record straight on<em> Haunted Chocolatier<\/em>\u2018s development.<\/p>\n<h2>1.<em> Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> will not be abandoned and added to <em>Stardew Valley<\/em> instead<\/h2>\n<p>He promised this wouldn\u2019t happen, but said that even if he did end up abandoning his new game it would be absurd to think it would get added to the existing one. They were made in different engines and \u201cyou can\u2019t just copy and paste <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> into <em>Stardew Valley<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>2. Ideas for <em>Haunted Chocolatier <\/em>are not being tested inside <em>Stardew Valley<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Barone once again reiterated that these are \u201cseparate\u201d games even if they might share the same aesthetic. Furthermore, he said he doesn\u2019t want to spoil anything being worked on in <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> by teasing it early in <em>Stardew Valley<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>3. He\u2019s not working on <em>Stardew Valley<\/em> to avoid working on <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Barone maintained that the only reason he keeps releasing new <em>Stardew Valley<\/em> updates is because it\u2019s still an incredibly popular game, not because anything with <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> has gone awry.<\/p>\n<h2>4. <em>Haunted Chocolatier <\/em>doesn\u2019t have a 2030 release date<\/h2>\n<p>The developer previously said he \u201choped\u201d that <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> would be out in the next five years. That was taken by some to mean it won\u2019t be out before then. He re-confirmed there is no actual set release date and it will just be done when it\u2019s done, like all good things worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>Welp, glad that\u2019s all settled. The <em>Haunted Chocolatier<\/em> subreddit can go to sleep now until the game is out, or better yet just keep playing <em>Stardew<\/em> Valley.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/haunted-chocolatier-stardew-valley-abandoned-release-date-2000664261\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from the creator of Stardew Valley, one of the most successful and adored cozy RPGs ever made. 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