Some Pre-Release Explanations
Ok, so our game is released tomorrow. Or today, depending on where you're living. As you may have noticed, there are some changes around here, let's explain them. Initially, project "X Caeli" was planned as a very hardcore roguelite/VN hybrid. With VN being ecchi and comedy based
Ok, so our game is released tomorrow. Or today, depending on where you're living. As you may have noticed, there are some changes around here, let's explain them.
Initially, project "X Caeli" was planned as a very hardcore roguelite/VN hybrid. With VN being ecchi and comedy based. However, over the course of EA we've understood that this genre mix just doesn't work at all. VN audience is not very interested in hardcore games and vice versa. And, even though we're not showing any nipples and stuff like that in the art (the shame, the shame!), the mere brand of ecchi makes streamers to be very, very much afraid of our content. Which is a no go for modern roguelite - it must be streamed to be successful.
So we've decided to split the games - GOD STARFIGHTER will be released right now as a pure roguelite and we'll do VN a bit later. It'll probably still be something more than just VN - I don't really like games without gameplay. But, whatever it'll be, it'll have clearer connection to the storyline - instead of abstract starships, our girls will be participating in the fights, one way or another. Besides, they are a crew of heroic space pirates so it'll fit them all right. GOD STARFIGHTER will act as a prequel to that game - we're still having some events with the characters and whatnot in the game. But, otherwise, it'll be mostly combat-focused.
Why the name change? Well, did you know that X Caeli is not just some pretty symbols - it's an actual binary star in the Caelum constellation. The game was supposed to take place there, the eyes of our protagonist are the reference to that binary star. And Caelum is also the name of the ancient roman god of the skies. Stuff is deep, man. Perhaps too deep and so now it's more obvious - it's called "GOD STARFIGHTER" and it features a starfighting god. We even have a foe type that is called "Star" so you will be literally star fighting. It's a neat & simple name.
Because we're cutting content, we're also lowering the price - from 15 to 8 bucks. Now, the early access gives us the full freedom of changing the product and its pricing in whatever fashion we desire, but we understand that it sucks to be buying something that's now cheaper and, being the nice guys that we are, we're offering a simple compensation to everyone who has bought our game before the price shift. Contact us in our Discord (we have a link in our game's main menu), PM me (nerdcommando) a screenshot of your steam purchase history (we're interested in Caeli only, you can censor everything else if you wish) and we'll give you a key to our upcoming Lovehammer 400k game. Which will be reaching EA in about two weeks or so.