Hello!
Today we’ve got a bunch of updates to share, so if you’re interested in what has been happening behind the scenes for the last few months, you’re in the right place :) Let’s start with the most exciting stuff first.
PC Gaming Show
Laysara: Summit Kingdom was a part of this year’s PC Gaming Show with a brand new trailer! If you haven’t seen it already, you can give it a watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJnA_mehI0
The trailer showcases a feature we have never shown before: building mines on mountain faces/cliffs. While most buildings can be placed only on flat mountain slopes, a few special buildings can be built only on raw resource deposits on cliffs, outside of standard gameplay areas.
Super professional way for building exactly the same road layout while capturing gameplay - arrows taped to the monitor.
Tea bags jenga tower, a side effect of editing the trailer until 4 a.m.
Future Friends Games
We’re also very happy to announce that we’ve signed a publishing deal with Future Friends Games. They are experienced and competent, yet very small - which is just perfect for us, only a 2-person team :) We decided to sign with a publisher for two main reasons: firstly, to secure some funding for the rest of the development, and secondly, to have someone to help us with biz-dev/marketing topics, so we as developers can focus on just making the game.
The process of speaking/negotiating with different publishers was something that has occupied us pretty heavily in recent months. We had no idea how time-consuming it will be, so now we have to update our production schedule. There is still much to be done in terms of game development and it turns out, we won’t be able to finish the game in 2022 as originally planned, so we’re now aiming to release in Q1 2023.
Discord server
And the last piece of news: the official Laysara’s Discord server is now up! If you are waiting for the game, want to chat with us or other folks interested in the game and want to take part in future beta tests - then simply, just join our Discord :)
Link: https://discord.gg/USEKsNGzMG
And that’s all for today! Until next time :)
Maciek & Michał