Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has revealed that work on his upcoming game, Haunted Chocolatier, will remain paused until Stardew Valley's recent Update 1.6 is out and "settled" on all platforms.

The major Stardew Valley update was first announced last April, when Barone said that he would be pausing work on Haunted Chocolatier until that was done. The update arrived on PC last week, but still has yet to release on consoles. Barone is also busy working on bug fixes for the massive update, already having released patch 1.6.1 and 1.6.2 in the last week, with 1.6.3 also on the way.

In a reply to his post on X, Barone gave a brief update on Haunted Chocolatier, saying: "I am eager to get back to work on it. But I have to see Stardew 1.6 settled, bug-free and out to all platforms first."