Hello dear community,
The month of July brought about some major iterations of our core systems for our next project, and we have concluded a significant portion of the necessary core elements. We are currently working on deepening our key unique features to create a consistent design that encompasses the game while feeding other systems and receiving inputs effectively.
Further developments have led to a significant visual overhaul which has brought us closer to the art direction we set at the beginning of the project. Our artistic team have been doing a great job with realising the vision and we have now seen the first sections of this universe come alive. There is still plenty to do, but the train is on the move and gradually gaining more steam!
We will conclude the remaining design in August and begin building our vertical slice. What this means is directing a total focus on creating the final narrative design for the beginning of the experience.
In addition, the narrative work will be followed by a lot of writing and producing the flow both technically and content-wise. The process of implementing all of our new designs and our narrative design revisions will take several months. Our team believes this is for the betterment of the final product you will experience in the end.
We can't wait to share more about this in the next couple of months.
In this broadcast, we also wanted to bring some clarity to the timeline of our Suzerain mobile launch. Due to some business developments, we had to prolong the initially intended launch date. We wanted to communicate why this happened since our community is one of the most essential elements of Torpor Games.
Initially, we wanted to launch our mobile version in Q1 2022. However, we were inclined to hold the launch due to a significant business proposition. We are still a small company, and this deal was substantial enough for us to hold back until we got a definitive yes or no. This caused us to delay our launch and in the process, led to us not being able to uphold our initial promises about the mobile launch.
The discussions are still ongoing but we have received the green light to be able to release the mobile app. Therefore, we have decided to set the launch date for Q4 2022, regardless of the outcome of the deal.
We are excited for Suzerain to reach new audiences, and our team is excited to let everyone in the community and beyond enjoy the game on an easily accessible platform.
From a technical perspective, the development of the mobile version of Suzerain for smartphones and tablets is fully complete. Below is a gameplay video where you can see some examples of how the gameplay will appear on mobile devices, along with some images of the mobile display.
While the game is ready to be launched on both iOS and Android platforms, we are still preparing our marketing and launch plan so that the mobile version will be able to reach more audiences effectively.
Our marketing team are working on getting the ball rolling so that everyone can easily enjoy the Suzerain experience on smartphones and tablets, wherever you want.
Stay tuned.
We are really happy to see more political games such as "Papers, Please" (one of our inspirations), arrive on the mobile platform. Congrats to Lucas Pope for bringing this masterpiece to the small screen so that we can explore this game in another format.
In other news, we have made some updates on our website that you should check out.
We have added a couple of things, including the Suzerain Universe codex.
Click here to read more about it.
A lovely highlight of the month was that our whole team was able to connect for the first time in Berlin! We felt that this rare moment was due for a celebration and took the opportunity to get to know each other more outside of the office.
We began floating down the Berlin river with a barbecue lunch, we played an Escape Room and then we went up to the famous Berlin TV tower where we enjoyed 360 degrees of the city and dinner together. It was certainly a day to remember!
Finally, we would like to give a big thank you to u/boukhalistan for creating their incredible Suzerain fan art project which included wikipedia entries of different Suzerain countries and factions.
That's all for this month, we will be back with some important news next month.
A morgna wes core!
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