Eldet - LGBT medieval visual novel

If you have been keeping up with each of the development updates, then you might remember that I’ve already announced (specifically, in the April development update *tumblr specific edit: I have also talked at length about delays on the dev blog*) that the game would not be coming out in September as I had hoped it would be when I first began the kickstarter campaign. If you’re not familiar with how kickstarter works, the moment you launch your campaign, you cannot edit the estimated release date–and when I began the project with a goal of just $7000, I had a smaller game in mind, simpler stories, simpler backgrounds, simpler music, and had you all not donated enough to reach over 400% of that original goal, it’s likely I would have made that original game, and would probably have finished earlier than September.

However, as I already mentioned, the campaign didn’t stop at the original goal, and so I rescaled the project– I added several new character’s worth of content to the base game, extended each character’s original plotline, expanded the end of the game, scaled up the quality of the art, and really took my time with things to let the game be as strong as it could be. It’s understandable that people would hope the game would still come out “on time”, but the project as it is today is worlds apart from the project as it was when I started the campaign last July. A lot of people have a good grasp on why delays occur, and that delays are sort of how things go in game development, but I want to express that this delay means you get a better experience in the end, and that’s what I care most about. If anyone is still frustrated, I understand! But I would hope that you’d take a look at the content I’ve been previewing over the last year and compare it to games of a similar ilk– I’m attempting to give you all something I haven’t seen out there, and it’s taken a lot of effort, and it’ll take even more effort, but I’m passionate about this project and I’m going to see it finished in a form I can be proud of.

So, the game will not be coming out in September. I hesitate to give an expected release date, as I’ve learned it’s just tough to give a good estimate, and not meeting new estimates can lead to more frustration. However, I’ve been extremely open with the development of the game–both the ups and the downs, and answering questions (mainly on tumblr), and giving these monthly updates–I felt that this would help establish trust between myself and you all that I’m diligently working to get this done, and I hope that continues to be the case as we head steadily towards the game’s release.

Thanks for your time, have a wonderful month!