Wow! What can we even say? PAX was absolutely amazing for us and we're so, so grateful that we were able to be a part of this year's PAX 10. A huge thanks to the more-than-500 (!) of you who came over and played our demo, as well as to everyone who just heard out our pitch or took a card! Everybody was so incredibly nice and it was a ton of fun talking with all of you!
Our big announcement for PAX was that Deleveled will now also be coming out on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, in addition to Steam and Switch. The added publicity we knew would come from our PAX 10 selection motivated us to take another look at the other platforms and we decided it'd be worth it to port ourselves over there, too. We're thrilled to have what, in 2019, is considered a full coverage launch, especially with everything being on track for a simultaneous release.
Over the last month, our efforts have been divided between polishing and playtesting the levels we've got, improving the overall visual polish of the game, and, of course, preparing ourselves for PAX. Level-wise, we're about two-thirds of the way through polishing everything up and the vast majority of the levels do, at least, exist at this point. There's still a ton of work to do there but it's humming along at a good clip. Visuals-wise, we've been experimenting with some new background art (some screenshots of which you can see on Twitter) and also iterating on some small details that improve the overall feel of the game. We're hoping to have much more to come on this in the next monthly update.
In September, our aim is to have every single level in the game polished, playtested, and ready to go, as well as have the soundtrack in a more-or-less finalized state. We also hope to have the major things surrounding game flow ironed out: the main menu, a "you finished the level!" screen, etc. These are the things that will really make Deleveled start feeling much more like a video game and less like a cool demo.
Again, thank you so, so much for stopping by our booth and checking us out! If you want all of the latest news, give @DeleveledGame a follow. You can see what Kyle's up to figuratively at @toasterfuel and literally at his Twitch stream. If you're interested in--let's be honest--my baseball takes, follow me over at @jpnance. As always, please consider adding us to your wishlist and sharing this post with your friends who might be interested!
Patrick
