Hi everyone, I just wanted to give an update on the progress I've been making with the game.
Lately I've been making a ton of progress and it feels great. I've been working on this game on and off for a very long time and now that I can see the it coming together I am more motivated than ever. There are just a few more things I'd like to get in the game and then I can consider releasing it into early access.
There is some conventional wisdom that one should participate in Steam Next Fest before releasing in order to build wishlists but the next one is in February and I think I may be able to release well before then. If all goes well, I'll get the game into a good state within a month, and take some time to thoroughly playtest it to make sure there aren't many issues on release. I think if I learned anything from the demo release, it's that there will always be issues and I'll just have to work on them post-release. Especially as a solo developer there's just no way I can find and fix every bug that's possible and perfectly 'one-shot' the release.
So my plans are to finish the last few features of the game:
- Upgrading your house to the final level.
- A winter festival.
- More achievements.
- More player customization options.
- An area where you can harvest wood and greens besides the farm.
- Some UI improvements.
- Other quality of life improvements.
There are more areas that I'd like to improve but they can be done in early access such as improving the story, perhaps a better quest system, and improved character portraits among other things.
I'll also update the demo one more time so it gets all the latest improvements. I plan on keeping the demo up forever. Not many people have played the demo but it looks like some people have played for a considerable amount of time and that's amazing.
I have so many cool ideas I'd like to add to the game but it all depends on releasing the game. It's really important to me that people are playing and enjoying the game. I can have all the neat ideas in the world but if the game never gets released it doesn't matter!
So keep an eye out for a release date and thank you so much for playing!