Hiya everyone,
After dedicating 10 years of my lifestyles to Stardew Valley (and counting), the time has sooner or later attain to sigh my next sport.
It’s called “ConcernedApe’s Shy Chocolatier”.
Why chocolate? I’m now not sure. It correct roughly got right here to me. I deem continuously the most efficient tips correct appear in a flash, as an alternative of being cleverly idea out. That’s how I must work, anyway. What’s necessary is the execution. And after 10 years of apply, I for sure feel more assured than ever in being in a assign of dwelling to bring a belief to lifestyles.
Regardless, I deem pretty lots of of us like chocolate.
In Stardew Valley, the purpose of ardour used to be more humble: dwelling off the land, rising food, and connecting to the of us and nature around you. Nonetheless, with my next sport, I desired to explore more fantastical probabilities… experiences that have interaction you beyond the in vogue. That’s where magical timid ghost chocolate comes in.
Chocolate represents that which is dazzling. The timid castle represents the attract of the unknown. The ghosts assure the trace of the previous. All of these objects are necessary. Nonetheless, don’t deem for a moment that, because this sport ingredients ghosts in a timid castle, it’s an sinister or negative sport. On the opposite, I intend for this sport to be obvious, uplifting and lifestyles-striking ahead. Nonetheless, if Stardew Valley mostly channeled the energy of the sun, Shy Chocolatier channels the energy of the moon. Both are necessary.
Extra necessary than all that, I correct absorb to originate a stress-free sport.
Now, that it’s seemingly you’ll merely be scratching your head, wondering precisely what kind of sport right here is. I’m now not sure how simplest to characterize it. It’s evolving organically as I construct it, so I’m now not sure where it can crawl. Nonetheless at its core, the gameplay loop entails gathering substances, making chocolate, and running a chocolate shop. Of course, there’s lots more to the game than that, however I don’t absorb to win too deep into at this early stage, partly because I don’t absorb to be tied all the strategy down to any particular belief of what the game is.
To this point, I’ve been having stress-free working on this sport. There are such numerous probabilities. With Stardew Valley, I felt considerably constrained, because I was working within an established custom. I don’t regret that at all, however there’s consistently been a facet of me that desired to transfer “unleashed”. I have faith this could well be a factual opportunity, however I haven’t even gotten to the factual stuff but. I’ve been mostly working on the “meat and potatoes” of the game to this point. Nonetheless what for sure brings a sport to lifestyles is the spice, the sauce. And I haven’t for sure gotten to the sauce but. That’s coming.
Anyway, right here is all largely discuss at this point. Whereas the video I build together could merely behold just like the game is at an evolved stage of pattern, there would possibly maybe be mute a ton of stuff to manufacture. And the vogue I work, things in total don’t attain together until the final moments. I are inclined to work with a “vertical slash” method, and so it’s easy to construct together some video that appears to be like like a finished sport. Nonetheless there would possibly maybe be a ton of sigh I mute absorb to originate. So, please take into accout the true fact that it can be a whereas sooner than this sport is finished. I’m going to be working on it as great as I can, even though.
Thanks for reading all this,
-Ape
