Stardew Valley came out more than a half-a-decade ago, and developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone is finally working on a true follow-up to the classic indie hit. But while it certainly looks a lot like what came before, in a recent interview, Barone said that his new project will focus more on combat than its predecessor — and it'll have a darker feel, too.
Making a sequel to Stardew Valley is itself a Herculean task, considering that it revitalized the farm sim genre and succeeded in pretty much every way a game can. Barone acknowledges that Chocolatier is being made in the shadow of his first big hit, he says he doesn't worry much about the "sophomore slump" that many creatives can fall into.
