Hey there beloved Steam baristas,
We can scarcely believe we’re saying this but our chaotic little crime simulator was part of the Gayming Pride Parade at Summer Game Fest! We are beyond grateful to have been given the opportunity to take part in this incredible event alongside a whole host of amazing people, celebrating LGBTQ+ games, developers and creators. If you missed the event then never fear, the full show is available here.
As part of the event we showed some brand new footage of an upcoming Spill the Beans evidence route - and we’re super excited to announce that this route is now in the game, and available to play right now in our demo! This route is all about our favourite nonbinary vampire Jessie and their complicated relationship with one of the other scapegoats. So get your (reverse) detective caps on and dive on in because our new demo is now live - we really hope you enjoy!
Finally, we know it’s been a while since we last posted an update here - but rest assured we have been working hard on making Spill the Beans the best it can be. We’re only a small team making this game between other jobs and commitments, but we’ve made great progress over the last few months.
The writing for the game is currently sitting at around 130,000 words - a lot of which is found in optional dialogue you won't see with just one playthrough. We’ve also outlined the ending of the game and are in the process of bringing it to life! Speaking of which, check out this mock-up of one stage of our accusation UI, courtesy of our amazing UI artist Sophie.
We have a finalized list of art assets which will take us up to release, and the music for the game is also coming along beautifully. You’ll be able to hear Jessie’s theme during their interrogation section in our updated demo - it’s an absolute earworm that we know you’ll love!
With all that said, we’ll be working hard over the next few months to hopefully bring you another development update next quarter. We really hope you enjoy playing our updated demo and we look forward to showing you more of what we’ve been brewing up very soon. As always, make sure to follow us on our socials if you haven’t already for all the latest updates.
Until next time - happy Pride, and remember to (optionally) be gay, but most importantly; commit crimes.
Lots of love, the Skeletal Games team.
P.S. Thank you for (nearly) 15,000 wishlists!