Update Summary:
Since the Kickstarter, things have been pretty hectic—with personal life events, hiring, production planning, and budgeting keeping our hands full.
This update was mainly about making optimizations across the board to help the game run better and move us closer to getting a standalone Quest 3 demo up and running. We also retextured a few assets to improve visual consistency.
It’s not the most exciting update, but once our hiring is sorted, we’ll be able to properly focus on the game itself. The release date for the Quest 3 demo is still to be decided, but we’re aiming to have it out before the end of the year.
Current Status:
Right now, we’re hiring a 3D Artist, a Programmer, and a 2D Graphic Designer. Once they’re on board, development will be much more manageable, and we’ll be able to ensure the full game keeps the same quality—or better—than what you’ve seen in the demo.
While there won’t be any “content updates” to the demo (since we need to focus on the full game), we may continue to push small improvements over time—optimizations, bug fixes, and updated assets here and there.
For those who don't know, we also reached the US $200K stretch goal - so it's confirmed that Shoji Meguro will be a guest composer!
Patch Notes:
Reduced draw calls—every scene now has fewer than 300 draw calls in VR.
Reduced the memory footprint of each scene by an average of 28%.
Improved texturing on several models in the alleyway for better visual consistency and style.
Began work on new background NPCs for the bar that better match the game’s style and are more optimized.
Valencia's tattoo updated.
Fixed an issue where audio was not ducking during the alleyway tutorial due to poor Addressables structuring.
Added cup sliding mechanics and improved cup colliders.
Expanded the cat noodle-eating mechanics.
Improved light probes affecting the bedroom sliding doors to not look so out of place.
Fixed pink ice in beer mug.
If there are any bugs we haven't discovered, feel free to report them on our Discord server, which is quite active with over 5000 members. Please join if you haven't!