Haunted Chocolatier

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Haunted Chocolatier is an upcoming simulation and action role-playing game developed and published by Eric Barone, known professionally as ConcernedApe, the creator of Stardew Valley. The single-player game casts the player as a chocolatier who lives in a haunted castle, collects ingredients, makes chocolates, and sells them in a shop, while getting to know the residents of a new town. Barone has said that combat is a greater focus than in Stardew Valley. Barone began developing the game in 2020, after the commercial success of Stardew Valley, and announced it in October 2021. He is developing it alone on a new engine built with the MonoGame framework. His work on updates to Stardew Valley has interrupted its development, including a pause beginning in April 2023 for the 1.6 update. He returned to the game in December 2024. Barone is self-publishing the game and has said that, as with Stardew Valley, it will not use early access, crowdfunding, or pre-orders. PC is the only platform he has...

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