We're doing our best to make it the best we can, even if it won't be in that state at launch, unfortunately.
Means a lot to see people into it though!
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Means a lot to see people into it though!
Is it really coming out at 22nd this month? Also, how long is this game and will there be a lot of sex scenes?
It's going to be submitted to Steam for review on September 22, then it's unknown how long the review process will take, but it'll be available for purchase on both Steam and other platforms as soon as the process is done.
If you speedrun just the mandatory plot elements, you might be able to complete it in a couple of hours. If you take your time to explore, one playthrough will probably be at least 7-10 hours.
The main game consists of 5 levels; each level has four unique enemies, with each enemy having two unique sprite sex animations and a full sex CG if you lose to them. Each level will also have at least a couple of unique plot-based sex scenes that you can find via exploration, and another unique sex scene (including both sprite animations and CGs) for the boss of each level if you lose to them.
(If you want to see the scenes without losing to enemies, you'll be able to unlock the full gallery for each level by completing achievements - there are 10 easy and 10 hard for each level, and completing 10 total achievements in a level's section unlocks the gallery for that level. Completing all 20 achievements for a level unlocks a unique POV sex animation.) (Warning: some of this content may be part of the situation mentioned below.)
Bad news: Not all of the game's content will be in at launch. Various QoL features, up to 10% of the voicework, and potentially even some of the non-mandatory cutscenes may not make it in by the 9/22 deadline. However, all missing content will be added as free DLC post-release.
To clarify, it's actually 5 easy and 5 hard per level; getting 5 gets you the gallery, and 10 gets you the POV animation and a cheat code.
Also just to clarify, it won't be DLC, it'll just be added into the game with game updates, etc.
Everything else in your post is accurate though, thanks a lot
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For sure! Lots of people are going to misunderstand the 22nd as release day and refresh the heck out of the store, when in fact the length of Steam's review process (which will start on the 22nd when they submit the game) will determine the release day.
Yeah, I'll have a post on Steam making it clear thay it isn't releasing then, which hopefully will help clarify things, but there's definitely gonna be people misunderstanding which we can't do much about.
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Whoops, was a bit late on this one; got sidetracked with some IRL things, had to repair some stuff on my shower.
Frouge is making good progress on his end of things, so that's good.
I'm moderately progressing, probably expect either more cutscenes done next week than I got done this week OR expect little to none, depending on whether I end up focusing on getting the cutscenes in-game or just churning out the writing.
In either scenario, it's progress though, of course.
Also, something I wanted to make sure was clear since I'd seen a few people asking about it; we're going to SUBMIT to Steam on the 22nd, but that's not when the game comes out.
Steam needs to check through the game (they might even reject it due to whatever random reason), which can take between a day to a few weeks.
But we'll keep you updated both through progress reports, as well as updated on the Steam situation too.
i can't believe this game is getting completed. It's been in development like what, 10 years? This must be all fake and propaganda
Less than 8 years, actually, since 10 years would mean we were getting funded by Patreon before it existed
but yes, it will be out next month at latest (since Steam needs time to review the game).Thankfully, I can't wait to get it released, although post launch we'll still have some polish and odds and ends to do for a good month or so afterwards.
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Nothing really to report this time around, just making general progress; as a reminder, it's likely that we won't actually have the game released on Steam until early October due to the time Steam needs to check the game, so like in the last post, while we'll be submitting in September, it'll take time to check.
We'll still be working on the game during that time frame too, if anyone's wondering how we'll get everything in on time.
Can't we get it elsewhere on 22? I don't want to buy it from steam anywayLess than 8 years, actually, since 10 years would mean we were getting funded by Patreon before it existed
Sorry, we gotta have it up on Steam first; it's out of our hands in regards to that, but once it's up, we'll get it on other platforms like Itch and such.
The time is nigh but I forgot to ask, will we haz new game+ to begin a second journey with all gear/stats/upgrades?
What about difficulty modes?
I know this has probably been answered many times but bear (raawr) with me a few days more.
What about difficulty modes?
I know this has probably been answered many times but bear (raawr) with me a few days more.
AFAIK, there won't be a straight-up new game plus option. There isn't really an 'upgrade' system that'd be compatible with that - there are two power-increase systems in the game, but I don't think they'd be transferable.
(For reference, the two systems are the special powers and the powerups. Special powers are elemental moves unlocked upon defeating a boss; each one includes both a movement power and a unique offense power. For example, the fire dash makes you immune to damage, while the fire attack is a shotgun-like short-range blast. Powerups are collectible items that can be found through exploration that give Talia a range of different possible abilities, three of which can be equipped at once. 50 in total are available, with 10 on each level, though which 10 will be RNG-based across different playthroughs.)
The closest thing that I think the full game will have to a ng+ would be the cheats; this piece has been mentioned before, but completing all 10 achievements for each of the 5 levels will unlock a special cheat code that will presumably be usable on replays. I don't know if any of the 5 in the full game will be this simple a cheat, but for comparison, if you get into a certain room in the public electric level demo, you can choose to unlock either infinite health or infinite mana.
As for difficulty modes, there's a basic choice on the main menu between 'Easy' and 'Normal' modes when starting a new game, though IIRC selecting 'Easy' will actually lock you out of the true ending and the true final boss, so YMMV on how much of a choice it actually is.
I think HW has said that post-game they plan to release some 'hard mode' maps as bonus content, but even if those are still planned it'll probably be a couple of months before they get made. (Though... while they wouldn't strictly be transferable, I can't think of any reason that powerups and special powers couldn't be made available - maybe optionally - for those hard maps. Question for HW, I suppose.)
*exits, pursued by a bear*
Everything Umberfoot said up above is accurate, so there won't be a specific new game+ mode, mainly because maps were designed intentionally around what you could possibly have at that point in the game (ex. having the freeze enemies and turn them into platforms ability on the Fire Level would probably lead to a lot of potential softlocks or bugs).
However, gallery stuff, achievements, and the effects of some very special, secret cutscene events will be global and persist through all runs of the game.
We do have an "easy" and "normal" mode, but the real difficulty settings for the game are somewhat designed around the powerups.
If you want TRUE "easy difficulty", look up powerup combinations that'll surely be posted here/on discord that will make the game a cakewalk to mow down enemies or be practically unkillable.
If you want TRUE "normal difficulty", use powerups at your leisure, without focusing on super broken builds.
If you want "hard difficulty", don't use powerups at all.
If you want "super hard difficulty", equip the "Negative" powerups, as many as you want.
Glad to answer
also thanks to Umberfoot for the writeup too!And yeah, we'll have DLC maps sometime after release where I'll really go nuts with difficulty stuff.