It is better to have a great finished product than a rushed product that feels incomplete. A fine chocolate confection takes time to craft and process and refine and package. The more customization the more time can be involved. Here’s an idea… what if Haunted Chocolatier becomes Stardew Valley 2? Farmers grow chocolate beans, and chocolate candy has many varieties that contain many ingredients grown on farms. There are simpler crafting machines like pickling barrels and canning, and kegs that are already in Stardew Valley. Chocolate can be used in a huge number of ways, including with coffee. Coffee beans are already in Stardew Valley but cocoa beans are not…. Yet. At not that I have found in my limited play experience anyway, just barely fixed up Willy’s boat but haven’t figured the walnut thing out yet nor explored the volcano cave really. I hope I find more archaeology in there, maybe carved in code or something.
Pepper poppers. They help a lot when mining, and use only 2 easy to find ingredients which are plentiful while in season. I also like the complete breakfast and farmers lunch to increase the size of my energy bar while filling it. I also have my character fix algae soup and bug steaks because they are so easy to accumulate. Unless of course, I am saving up for a fish pond or working on the hundred bug meats challenge.
Too bad that there was no pop up message like “this totem does not work indoors when it is wet”. This glitch needs to be fixed so players don’t find their character frozen until waking the next day. Or if this was on purpose, make it a nightmare without any penalty other than less waking energy.
