Hello! It's time for a September update! To those who got back to school, my sincere condolences I wish you have a great year at school and have lots of fun!
TL;DR: the game is being worked on! We've earned 2,000+ wishlists and 1200+ players! Will likely release the full game at around 7,000 wishlists.
So what's the status for Reframe? It's being worked on! As of now, I've already made lots of progress on the 2nd chapter. In fact, yesterday's sudden burst of inspiration gave me some cool ideas on the final chapter content. I have no idea how many chapters there'll be, but probably 3 or 4. Here's a little recap on what's been made since the release of the demo, excluding already playable stuff that was added to the demo:
- Added more than 10 new locations. None of them are 100% finished, but it's fine. In case you didn't know, the 2nd chapter will take place in a village just a few kilometers from the city! You'll get to spend the night in an old mystery house, take a tour and look at various artifacts found in the village, visit an abandoned summer camp, and... And much more!
- Added 2 hangouts with Lera. Will add (one?) more! If hangouts with Alina left you in shambles, the happy and outgoing Lera will probably cheer you up. You'll go to the movies, attempt to sneak in without paying (unsuccessfully), play video games, chase cats, and more! I'm gonna add more hangouts with other characters. Next up will probably be Pauline. I've decided to cut down on the number of locations, but instead fill each and every one with cool content. Speaking of cool content...
- Added the COOLEST MISSION EVER! Well, it's not finished, but the fundamentals and scripts are mostly done. In the third App Trouble mission, you'll assist Danila in helping him defend his awesome app presentation from Grisha's evil hacks! Or you can help Grisha instead and ignore the attacks, letting him ruin the presentation... However, you'll soon realize that there are much bigger forces at play and Grisha is far from your biggest enemy... SPEAKING OF ENEMIES...
- Added 3 new enemies! You may be great at beating thugs and alcoholics, but can you beat a security guard, a possessed puppet, or a robot that REALLY likes to give you riddles?
- Added the 2nd chapter quests. So, the way I work on the game is, I make an extremely basic playable version of the questline with broken scripts and very rough layouts, and then gradually add detail, dialogue, and improvements. The chapter 2 plot is already mostly written, but there's still so much work to be done.
- Emailed 50 creators, made several promotional videos and reddit posts! This one probably made you yawn, and I totally understand. Marketing is not very exciting, especially for a player. The reason I'm putting this here is because it's really important and a significant chunk of my time goes into marketing. I wish I didn't have to do it, but oh, well.
But enough sadness! Because guess what! We just reached 2,000 wishlists on Steam! How cool is that!? And 1,216 extremely epic people have played the demo! Right now, I've decided to aim for 7,000 wishlists before launch. With 7,000 wishlists, we have a great chance to get into the magical "popular upcoming" section on Steam. And if we do... god, that will be beautiful. Since the 7,000 wishlists goal is feasible and free promotion is always great, I decided to go for it. According to my calculations, I should get there in about a year.
So optimistically: May, 2026.
Realistically: September, 2026.
And conservatively: 2027.
So does this mean the game will release in 2026? Maybe. Not sure:( Things might change. I'll continue posting more updates at least once a month! Thank you for being here!