Hi guys! This is Suyoung, the producer of WitchSpring R. It's been a while since our last Dev Log, but we've made good progress on a playable build of WitchSpring R since then.
In the meantime, I will try my best to keep WitchSpring fans updated with what we're working on now, so the frequency of future Dev Logs will increase to once per month!
We are currently still focusing on game production and have recently finished:
1. The main setting of the game, world view, main character design (check the details here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1958220/view/3458229997600763926)
2. Map and monster design
3. The main gameplay & mini-game system
For the rest of 2022, we will be working on:
1. Improving 2D illustration and adding 3D art
2. Sound related work
3. Tweaking game balance and other game content work
Since we want to make WitchSpring R as perfect as we can, we've gone deep into detail on each part of the development process, causing us to re-evaluate our release timeline.
Our new timeline targets a 2023 release. By December 2022, we will finish the basic game dev. In the following months, we will focus on the voiceover, quality assurance, soundtrack, and other polish.
If I had developed and published the game by myself, I would have completed development and released the game in a similar timeframe as I have before . However, now I'm hoping to show WitchSpring R to everyone in a more complete form with the help of a publisher, so we'll need a little more time for the official release.
With the development process coming to an end, this decision was also very difficult for us. This is the first time KIWIWALKS has created a game for PC / console from scratch. It was not just simple porting work, but a decision to create a completely new WitchSpring R. We apologize to everyone for the change in the scheduled release time.
A playable demo will be released in Spring 2023, and we are so excited for you to experience the demo of WitchSpring R soon! We can not wait to share it with more people.
Oh, and I heard from the publishing team that today is Thanksgiving day. We hope this Dev Log finds you all well, and we want to express our deep appreciation to all the players who support us! Thank you for your warm words and future support. See you again soon!