We have release date news for Waterjacked!
We started development of Waterjacked back in July of 2025. We intended to finish the game in November of 2025, then February of 2026. As you can see, that didn't happen (lol). I knew getting into this whole indie thing that we'd learn lessons along the way, but oh boy were there a lot of lessons to learn. Regardless, the lessons made us a stronger team and better developers.
With that said, the game's not finished yet, but we also don't need everyone working on it now (hence the other game we're working on). We also need to start building our marketing skills and showing off the thing we've been creating. If you are following our socials (or found us in recent days), you know we've been really pushing content out and trying to learn how to rep the games we're working on. We hope to get a few more lessons out of Waterjacked before we finally part ways with it, and Early Access is the perfect approach for that.
Why Early Access?
To be totally honest, so we can learn what it's like! Is this a method we'll want to use for future games, or do we want to avoid it completely? We can't really say unless we give it a shot, and Waterjacked sits in a nice spot where it benefits from the structure of EA (or at least we think so).
When is Waterjacked coming to Early Access?
We'll be releasing Waterjacked on September 18th, 2026 at 8:00 AM for 4.99$ USD. We'll be running a 15% launch discount for seven days as well to celebrate making it into Early Access.
What content is coming at EA?
We'll have a pseudo-endless system in so you can play for as long as you can stay alive. Accompanying that will be an early difficulty scaling system that will increase the strength of the enemies you fight.
What other updates are planned?
We have two primary updates planned, the first being The Prophecy Update, which includes a very exciting boss fight and some slick backgrounds to go with it. This will be the cherry on top of the whole game experience, and we cannot wait to show you guys more of this content as we get closer to it. The Prophecy will be arriving at the end of October, with a specific release date to be planned. The price will not change with the release of this update.
The Endless Update marks the transition from Early Access to full release. The endless system will receive a lot of attention to ensure the game's difficulty scaling provides the right challenge. More Modules, Augments, Robots, and Herbals will arrive with this update as well. The Endless Update is slated to go live in the first two weeks of January. The price will change from $4.99 to $7.99 USD, and will not change after this.
As a side note, we all work day jobs, and life often finds a way of getting in the way. We'll communicate any changes to the timeline if they do arise.
What's after Waterjacked?
Well, keep your eyes peeled for news regarding our new project, which is participating in the October NEXT Fest! Overall, we're pivoting to focus on smaller games with tighter experiences before spinning up a project with similar scope to Waterjacked.