Hello
It is Oleksandr speaking. We have to move the release date for Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty to 2023. I am really sorry we could not deliver the game by the previously estimated date, but we had a lot of force majeure factors stacked against us, the key issue obviously being the War in Ukraine.
We did not have a previous record of postponed releases and hope to avoid such incidents in the future as well. We value every community member, and we know that there are people waiting for the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty release. Our key goal right now is to make sure we deliver a good game as promised, even if at a later date.
The good news is, you do not have to worry about us abandoning the project, or something like that. We did have to stop working on it temporarily, but now the development process is being resumed. We still have to solve different complications as we go, such as gathering our VO cast in Kyiv despite the war, and so on. That is why we cannot name a specific date or month for the release yet - many things have to be considered. All we know is that the work is resumed, and it is in our best interests to finish the project as soon as we can without compromising on its quality.
Another piece of good news is that our team is growing, allowing us to step up our production efforts. Right now we are more than 20 people.
We plan to release a clear roadmap for the project in autumn 2022 and will provide monthly updates on our progress starting in October. We might have some good news in store for you still in 2022.
In many aspects, the game was close to completion before the war started, but in terms of VO, cinematics, and localization the development is lagging behind, that is why we will need quite some time to catch up, as these are lengthy processes.
We hope for your understanding and patience and will do everything we can to deliver a well-made game that will take a proper place in the Strategic Mind saga.
We will announce our Dev Q&A soon, where I will record a broadcast answering all of your questions about the team or any of our games. Feel free to ask us any questions you like, by filling this form:
https://forms.gle/mhoQ5wZdZFZSo2SX7
With best regards from Kyiv
Oleksandr and the Starni Games team