Nu hvor Stardew Valley fejrer sit 10-års jubilæum og fortsat er en enorm succes, med yderligere support planlagt i form af nye opdateringer, melder spørgsmålet sig naturligt om, hvad fremtiden kan bringe for den hyggelige life-sim-titel. Skaberen Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone arbejder aktivt på sit næste projekt, Haunted Chocolatier, samtidig med at han fortsætter med at udbygge Stardew Valley - men bliver der nogensinde plads til en decideret Stardew-efterfølger, i stedet for at spillet eksempelvis når en 2.0-opdatering.
I en nylig snak med IGN fortalte ConcernedApe, at han har interesse i at lave endnu et Stardew Valley-spil, men han giver samtidig udtryk for, at han også ser Haunted Chocolatier som netop det projekt.
"I would love to because it would just be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world, maybe capture some of that original energy that I had back in 2012, when I started working with Stardew Valley."
ConcernedApe fortsætter: "There's something fun about the number of possibilities in a whole new world, which I think would be fun for me. It'd be fun for my team. We'd be really excited about it. It's a bit difficult because people are so attached to Pelican Town and to the villagers in Pelican Town. I do fear a little bit that if it's a whole new cast of characters, people might feel put off by that."
Mens han idéudvikler og samler tanker, uddyber ConcernedApe yderligere med: "I guess another approach to Stardew Valley 2 could be to use the existing cast, but it's like a new adventure in the world, but then I'm still stuck with the same thing. I'd have to think about that one. Yeah. There was a time where I was starting to work on a Stardew Valley 2, but, I don't know. For various reasons, I moved over to Haunted Chocolatier instead. Haunted Chocolatier you could say is like the Stardew Valley 2, but it's a bit different of a game, so we'll see."
På nuværende tidspunkt ved vi hverken, hvornår Haunted Chocolatier udkommer, eller hvornår Stardew Valleys længe ventede 1.7-opdatering bliver lanceret, men forhåbentlig er begge dele tættere på, end mange frygter.