Greetings shoppers,
We just wanted to reach out and give a quick update on our progress. The summer months have proven long and difficult so far. First, we've had to content with some periodic health issues that have been worse rather than better lately. Second, the system we use to have such a large number of objects in the world at one time has presented a lot of challenges when combined with using dynamic real time lighting everywhere. It's been a lot of work on optimization and we've run into a couple limitations and bugs in the engine itself this summer.
Regardless, work continues, most of which consists of animating our new store denizens and giving them voices. I'm also excited to say we have a couple of new streamers on board for voice acting, and I'm looking forward to announcing them soon. We've had all of the in-game lore and posters voiced now so its been a massive undertaking getting all of that sorted and into the game, but we feel that it adds a lot and makes it easier for people who hate reading wall-of-text lore dumps hehe.
Stay tuned - once things are finalized a bit we're looking forward to releasing the updated demo and finally opening the doors to shoppers!
Stay safe out there in the mist.