It's been a minute, friends. I want to keep you informed because youre excited and Im excited that youre excited. I want to be as honest and transparent with all ya because, well, I appreciate you so frickin much.
The game is behind schedule. That much is obvious. But from that delay, something really *really* freaky is being born - which I think will be worth the wait.
Ive been back and forth and then back again about the future of Silkbulb Test. Originally, the scope was small. I assumed the interest would be similarly small. This has, to my pleasant surprise, not been the case. Originally, best case scenario dream - the game I personally want to play - for this game was an asymmetrical co-op horror game that *really* pushed horror and cooperation front and center. The demo was initially intended to be an odd introduction into the world I wanted to make. But, dreams are fleeting - and because I didnt expect much attention for the game, I dropped the co-op aspect because, well, who wants to play a co-op game without any other players?
But, well, here we are. There are a lot of excited people. Enough that I feel gambling on co-op seems less like a silly pipe dream and more like a viable path forward.
I know not all people love co-op - and I know personally, it can be hard to find people to play with. So I'll do my best to ensure its still fun and possible to play solo.
My plan right now is this:
Release the co-op game in Early Access first - to get both feedback and funding to continue development. Right now its *just* me and trying to stay afloat, while developing this game, is honestly pretty frickin hard. I have played it safe for much of my life and my unwavering faith in this game is uncharacteristic for me - so I felt it was worth taking the leap and developing fulltime. So that's where I am - excited, hopeful, and slightly (incredibly) terrified.
Assuming the co-op game is fun and successful, I'll work on and release the shorter single player narrative experience at a later date.
Again, Im just a regular person so if you have any questions, suggestions, or you absolutely hate this direction - lemme know. Either message me on instagram/twitter/tiktok or discord at https://discord.com/invite/S6Wm3HmG3b
appreciate each and every one of ya.
talk soon
<3 tim
