so how close is this game to completion ? not that i mind the updates
That's a loaded question honestly. There's stuff that isn't out yet and wont be for a while that I'm counting in this. This is a development progress list, not a released progress list. Various reasons for that, but that's a whole other tangent.
-Map is like 90%-95% done.
-Story is probably like halfway done? It's hard to tell cause some stuff may get shrunk or expanded in scope.
-We will add more side quests as time goes on, but there is no set number for those so I can't estimate
-Finished monsters include Amanita, Harpy, Cat, Merchant, Sphinx, Moth, Pangolin, Sheep, Slime Mother, White Oni
-Monsters that will be finished between now and just after new year 2026 include Dryad, Raptor, Lamia, Lizard (and potentially wendigo but that's not a promise.)
-Monsters we will most likely finished in 2026 include Cow, Centaur, Shark, Tanuki, Fennec
-Publicly confirmed monster that have all their basic art done (pose, outfits, emotions, etc) but lack events include Spider, Minotaur, Bat, Mantis, Cactus, Frog.
-We also have writing work done for several monsters that are not even listed here.
-Code work is basically done beyond things like story stuff.
We make very steady reliable content at a pace that matches funding. We also do big updates that are worked on in the background so that regular content isn't interrupted. See the City update for example, that took months of work but we didn't skip a beat when it came to delivering the normal stuff.
How long will it take to finish though, I have no idea.