Happy New Year!

Happy 2025 everybody! Hope everyone was able to have a calm/relaxing/fun new year celebration! I wish all of you an amazing 2025! I hope you all will be able to achieve what you want for 2025.
As for me, this year will be quite an interesting year at the very least, as I will finally be able to achieve a life long dream of mine, and that is to make a game.

Speaking of

The current status of Development

As of 4th of January, 2025.

I will rather currently go into details that are related to the Demo, as they are the more "pressing" ones. Currently, a game is playable already. However, there is not much of an ambiance, hook and much of a story just yet (that's implemented). To go into more detail as to what was completed since last week:

• Tutorial
• 50% of voice acting added to the game and already implemented. One of the actors is already fully into the game.
• A start for a narrative for the player

The game is technically now playable (but no point at which credits roll), but there's still a lot to add to polish a better ambiance and to make every player's experience more unique and each playthrough more different.

If the game is already playable, why not release the Demo?

Great question, voice in my head. Well, it's mainly because I want to use this Demo for a multitude of reasons:

• See how the game mechanics are received
• Analyze performance on other machines (higher and lower ones)
• Get more feedback on the story elements of the game.

Of course, a lot of stuff will still be quite unpolished for the Demo, but I believe it's better to catch issues like these early on before they become too engrained into the fundamentals.

As for the Demo, the current projection still stands from the 23rd of January... however..

Potential for delay

To keep everything transparent, there is a potential for a delay due to some personal professional issues. My job has unfortunately been affected by the global layoffs and I am currently still looking for one. The delay itself can be caused for some interviews that I might have to take which can take who knows how many days at times and will slow down my progress. I hope you understand that, as of now, a job will be my priority over working on Haven 3. Perhaps in the future that won't be the case and my job will be to make these games, but that day is not today.

On the plus side, I am now finally (after many months) able to rest and work more on Station Haven 3.
On the obvious negative side.. no job = no income.
And before anyone asks, I don't intend to make a funding page at the current time. I have a good amount of money saved up and should be fine. I also have a good amount of faith in myself to find something soon, but I do feel like you guys should know about the potential delay.

Thank you!

Once again, thank you for reading through, skimming through this post or skipping at the bottom. You acknowledging this post is more than enough for me.

See you next week! In the meantime, feel free to join the Discord. I post more regular stuff there.