Mercenaries, long time no see!
We apologize for the lack of updates recently. Summer was a bit tough on us, but rest assured that work is being done on the game on a daily basis.
As a matter of fact, we're happy to say that another piece of the puzzle has recently fallen into place, with level design of the main game locations being finished, so our level designer is now working on polishing the existing levels and adding new locations for side quests to take place in.
We've been mulling over our plans on how to approach the release of Shores and deliver on our promises. Since we started the development 3 years ago, the game grew in size and scope quite a bit, and the team even considered running a Kickstarter campaign at some point this Summer to bring in some additional resources, though we decided against it, ultimately.
The unfortunate truth of things is that, at this rate, releasing Shores Unknown this year is no longer a realistic goal for our team. We know this isn't the first delay, but it's not easy to make an RPG, more so with a small remote team during a pandemic. So we humbly ask for your understanding and patience.
Now for the good news. Although we're moving the release into the year of 2021, we're also finally happy to announce some more concrete time frames. While the exact day is still being decided, we will be releasing the Early Access version of Shores Unknown in February 2021.
Why Early Access, you might ask? Our long-time followers who participated in previous play tests know that we value player feedback greatly, and with Early Access, we feel that it will allow us to take player participation to the next level.
While the main story of Shores Unknown is nearly finished, there's a lot of places - the battle system, player progression, side content and so on - where player feedback could allow us to add new content and polish the experience. And for you, this means being able to play a game you're interested in earlier, seeing how it is shaping up with time, and affect the direction of development with your ideas and feedback.
We're still ironing out the details of what's included Early Access launch content and post-EA launch roadmap, and will follow up as soon as everything's decided.
Once again, we thank you for your patience and support.
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