From about 2020, the creator of Stardew Valley Eric Baroni (Eric Barone) is engaged in his next game – Haunted Chocolatier . But if for some reason you thought that it would come out faster than ten thousand years later, then you will be disappointed- Baroni wants to make the game as much as he considers necessary.
The developer spoke about this in a fresh interview with Aftermath.
The expectations of fans definitely create pressure on me. But it is better to transfer the game and get a good result than release on time, but in poor condition. When the game is ready, then I will release it. It doesn’t seem to me that I owe something to someone when it comes to it Haunted Chocolatier. This is the game that I decided to make, and not the game that I had to make.
Eric Baroni
Judging by another replica in an https://betsio.co.uk/ interview, slowness Baroni It is associated with his constant desire to add or improve something:
When I return to Stardew, It is always difficult for me to part with her again, because I constantly want to add something else, to do it better, cooler, to please people. It inspires. Every thing I add with thoughts about how people will play in it, talk about her, love her. She will become part of their impressions. She can turn into an emotion that will be happy to remember the whole eternity. This is a special feeling. It’s hard for me not to want to achieve this.
Eric Baroni
Finally, Baroni feels responsibility not only for the very herself Stardew Valley, but also for what is connected with her:
I feel responsible for all the problems that people have. Or when someone doesn’t like the game. Or when something went wrong in it. This applies not only Stardew Valley, But everything is connected with it: merch, table version, concert – all in this spirit. This is strange because Stardew It grew into something outside my control, but at the same time it seems to me that I am fully responsible for the brand and concept Stardew Valley.
Eric Baroni
Here’s what else I told Baroni In an interview:
Despite the fact that Stardew Valley turned out to be a huge commercial hit (more than 30 million copies sold), Baroni Anyway, he calls himself "just a dude who made a game in which he himself would like to play". And, they say, if not he had done it, then someone else would have been released something similar in about the same period.
To Stardew Valley Baroni wrote music, but did not achieve success. At a concert, he joked in his game: “After so many years of failure, I finally revealed the secret: everything that had to be done was to develop a whole game from scratch. And then, guys, you will finally begin to listen to my music!".
Baroni Very warmly responds to the model Flashshifter, which helped with a large update for Stardew Valley: “It seems to me that he is one of the few people on the whole earth who understands how to draw things, perfectly repeating the visual style Stardew Valley. And this is a kind of very narrowly focused skill ".