Hey Smallfolk!
We don’t like to share these updates with you, but with community being at the heart of Smalland we wanted to share with you as soon as we made a decision.
Update on Early Access release & the Demo
We have conducted some closed testing sessions recently which have provided so much wonderful feedback. This testing has shown us that there’s more we want to do before we throw open the gates to Smalland. We won't rush anything out.
There’s two pieces of news to share, one is that the demo will not be coming in October, and the other is that the Early Access release is going to move out of 2021.
We are committed to bringing a demo out for Smalland and we’re excited to give players a taste of what awaits them, but the timeline for this is determined by when we’re confident in what we want to show you rather than placing another date in the calendar to work towards. Rest assured we’ll share more as soon as we can.
Both moves are explained by the same motive, which is that we don’t want to put Smalland out until we’re 100% confident. We’re committed to the community and to delivering the experience that you are looking for in Smalland. This is the first internally developed game from Merge Games, and whilst the decision to move anything is never taken lightly, we know that it’s the right thing to do.
Moving Forward
There are various levels of testing and QA underway as development continues and we want to thank the community for the support and patience in taking the Smalland journey with us. If you haven’t already, please consider joining the Discord to hear about any future testing opportunities that may arise, you can find the Discord server at https://discord.gg/smalland
We’ve had an open approach to the development process and always aim to share our progress with you via community posts, dev diary videos and just hanging with the community in Discord. This will continue and we invite you to continue the journey with us until Smalland is everything we want it to be and we’re ready to welcome you into our huge, tiny world.
We can’t wait to do this with you, but we’re 100% committed to doing it right.
Much love,
The Smalland Team.