Greetings, comrades.
As the year draws to a close, here’s a quick rundown. Before you tune out, let me present the agenda—maybe one of the topics will catch your interest, and you can jump straight to it:
1. **Priest Simulator**
2. **Mercyful Flames**
3. **Taxi Simulator**
4. **Your Principal**
Priest Simulator
Our most recognized franchise so far is keeping us busy:
The **Vampire Show** has left Early Access. However, we’ve already received feedback about some messed-up lipsync and issues with the final raid not registering correctly. We’ve fixed the first problem, and we’re working on the second. A patch is on its way.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947900/Priest_Simulator_Her_Ghost_DLC/
We’ve released *Her Ghost*, a DLC for *Vampire Show*, offering about an hour of new gameplay. Some of you may remember that we declared the game finished months ago, but for various reasons, the launch was delayed. Sure, any game can be endlessly improved, so we added a few more cards to the Trello board. Plus, we wanted to experiment with creating DLC, so we decided to add new content roughly on the scale of *Heavy Duty*. Big thanks to everyone who purchased it.
We also made the soundtrack available some time ago. You can listen to it on Spotify or YouTube. The music video for the standout track *Legion* is doing pretty well at festivals:
- Winner: Best Polish Animated Music Video at PL Music Video Awards 2024
- Winner: *Black Horse of Music Videos* at Ars Independent 2024
- Semi-finalist: Azyl Shorts 2024
It was also officially selected for:
Animakom Fest 2024,
Żubroffka 2024 (Music Video category),
Animest 2024,
Splat!FilmFest 2024,
Grand Video Awards 2024 (Music Video category),
Offeliada 2024,
Linoleum 2024.
Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMop-7BM4ds
That’s not all the news from the *Priest* universe. We’ve been working for months on the next installment, *Wolf Moon*. It continues threads from the previous games but takes them in a very different direction. It’s a low-poly action RPG inspired by MOBAs and *Vampire Survivors*. We intended to release the Steam page this year, but it’s not yet up to our standards.
Mercyful Flames
We’ve really gone all out on this one. Last year, we made the tough decision to rework the game completely—a decision that was challenging but ultimately necessary. The original concept of a card-based RPG might resurface in a future project, but not here. *Mercyful Flames* always had great atmosphere but struggled with the transition of our physical designs into a digital format.
This time, we went all in, inspired by a friend’s comment: “I’d buy a *Priest* game that’s just cutscenes.” While it’s an oversimplification, it nudged us toward creating a minimalist, gameplay-light experience.
The game is going through what feels like its hundredth iteration. I admit I’ve gone a bit obsessive, tweaking every little detail. We keep adding minor dialogues or effects to enhance the illusion of a living world. The game is divided into dozens of “scenes,” and polishing one often makes others look subpar in comparison. At that point, we have to even things out, one way or another.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1066740/Mercyful_Flames_The_Witches/
As with *Vulgator*, we’ve collaborated with acclaimed Polish artists. This time, we worked with *Alembik*, a duo comprising Robert and Michał. You might know Michał from *Owls Woods Graves*, *Over the Voids*, and *Mgła* (live). They composed the soundtrack, which will also be available as a standalone album on streaming platforms.
Taxi Simulator
Now for our biggest project. We’ve been dedicating our lives to this one and regularly post devlogs about its progress. The game has a completely different vibe from anything we’ve done before—less experimental, more craftsmanship. This time, the title isn’t some ironic twist; it’s exactly what it says.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159390/Taxi_Simulator/
**Your Principal** is temporarily on hold by mutual agreement with the publisher. We’ll return to it next year.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176330/Your_Principal/
Apart from these titles, we’re also working on a port—or rather, a remaster—of a certain hit, but we’re not revealing any details yet.
By the way, you might have read rumors that we’re quitting game development to start selling weapons. Some reliable Polish media outlets got their facts and companies mixed up. I won’t bother denying it because it works in our favor.