Hello cannibal lover,
Welcome to our first devlog of 2024.
We wish to start by wishing you all a happy new year and hope that you have had a peaceful and joyous holiday season.
Let's begin by telling you that we are facing an issue with Steam.
Currently, our game is tagged as 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content'. This is due to a misassessment on our part of some of the game's content during the setup of the product page on Steam.
We are working to remove the adult-only classification. This tag prevents the game from appearing in the searches of users who have disabled the viewing of adult content games, causing us significant issues in terms of discoverability and wishlist additions.
We have attempted to censor the nudity scenes (Helena's breasts) in the public demo, but this was not sufficient for the Steam review team.
They argue that a significant portion of our game contains sexual content, especially since the first chapter takes place entirely in Helena's bedroom, where she and Paul are engaged in a sexual act at the beginning of the game.
However, our game does not feature any other sexually explicit content, and the storyline is mainly focused on the theme of cannibalism. Despite our efforts, we have not been able to change Steam's stance.
Furthermore, Steam has notified us that two out of eight screenshots from our game display sexual content. However, we are convinced that these images have been misunderstood.
Our next steps include removing the screenshots in question and replacing them with others that better represent the theme and atmosphere of the game. Following this, we will submit the full build of the game to Steam for review, to demonstrate that the main focus of the title is on different aspects from sexual content, mainly related to the theme of cannibalism.
We sincerely hope that this action will persuade the Steam review team to remove the 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content' tag from our game.
Regarding the game's development progress, as previously mentioned, all chapters have been completed. We are currently localizing the last four chapters into English. Afterward, we will focus on finalizing the savings systems, options, and credits. Our goal is to finalize these elements by the end of January.
We will participate in the Steam Next Fest in February with an updated version of the demo.
The official release of the game is scheduled for the end of February.
That's all for now. We'll talk again next week.
The Cannibal Team.
