Hi everyone! Thanks for all the well wishes when I was sick last week. It ruined my Quakecon and Fire Emblem Three Houses weekend, but happy to say I feel a lot better now :sasa:.
With the lore books update, I am waiting for one more language translation to come through, so hopefully the new build can happen fairly soon. What is next for Clea after this? I would like to drop a preview today.
First, I am delighted to see so many players with playtimes of 7, 11 and even 16 hours. Many have returned to the Whitlock Mansion to unlock those costumes and gallery rewards. You have taught me how powerful replayability is, and I plan to take the lesson forward to future projects.
Now, I can also see many players have cleared the campaign on Chaos Mode. Some have utterly conquered it, even. As hinted at earlier, I have to respond to that, and this is where the first scheduled DLC comes in. I would like to introduce two new modes. Details will come later, but if you can complete the game on these new modes, there will be additional costumes (with unique powers) to unlock, which I hope will make the price of admission worthwhile.
Beyond that, plenty of players have asked for story content DLC. You know, toward the end of development, I already had two story DLCs in mind. However, as mentioned in an earlier post, business had not been going well before Clea. I feared I might have to stop making games, so DLCs were out of the question. Now, thanks to all of your support, my dreams, as well as these new scenarios, have become a reality.
In fact, when I consider the sizes of these new adventures, I think they deserve to be standalone releases. You know those spinoffs for Shovel Knight? I have a similiar idea in mind for Clea, which I hope is exciting news. Once the extra modes DLC is out, I will produce the first spinoff. If that one performs well, I will create the second. After that, regardless of outcome, I hope to have your support as I move onto the next project.
Thank you so much :yoyo:!
P.S. Many players have asked whether Clea will be released on consoles. I hope to provide some answers at Pax in Melbourne during October, so please stay tuned.