So Much Big News!

Why are there party sparkles on our logo today? Because we've got a ton of cool stuff coming up at the end of March.  Here we go!

We have been selected as a participant in the The Storyteller's Festival on Steam from March 25-April 1!  There are a lot of super cool-looking games featured in this festival (both visual novels and other kinds of narrative-focused games), and we're proud to be part of it all. We're taking this opportunity to do some major stuff for the project!

The Enhanced Demo & Enhanced Demo Beta

We will be releasing our enhanced demo for the festival. What's different from our current demo?  Tons, including our all-new Sherwood Chapter 2 content!  This will make the entirety of our two common routes available to play for free (but we're still keeping the prologue a secret that only our beta players will experience before release).

• New sprites
• Ambient sound
• Additional backgrounds
• Cut-ins and animations
• Accessibility options like text resizing and the ability to disable different kinds of animations
• Some preview CGs (Nottingham side - final CGs for both sides added later)
• All-new Sherwood Chapter 2!

We'll be holding a brief beta test before the demo goes live. It should start sometime between March 15-20.  Beta backers, keep an eye on your inboxes!

Storyteller's Festival Stream

I will be joining fellow Canadian and awesome streamer OhThatNatalie to stream Sherwood Chapter 2 and have a casual interview during the festival. We are scheduled for 4pm Pacific time on March 26, and I'll be posting links to the stream on our socials!

Pre-Orders Opening!

We will also be opening pre-orders on Steam and itch.io.  The pre-order price will be 10% off the final price. The base release price will be $30 USD (so pre-order is 10% off that). It will be set manually on itch and will use Steam's automagic regional pricing, so non-US customers can feel free to compare and see who nets you a better deal - I don't mind!

Tell your friends, tell your family, heck, be like my dad and tell your model railroad club! Links incoming (I will need to make a new itch.io page for the final game and its pre-orders) in the March Development Update.

Early Access Is a Go!

After running polls on our Discord (nearly all Kickstarter backers) and Tumblr (our general fan community), there was plenty of interest in an early access release - 75% of our Tumblr voters, in fact.  That means that all backers and pre-order customers will have access to our Early Access builds. The first one will feature the completed Sherwood paths: Robin, John, and Will. We are aiming for an October Early Access release, more on that in the coming months!

March Development Update Timing

In order not to inundate your inboxes, I will be delaying our March development update to March 24. That way I can post all the relevant links to this good stuff when it's released!  See you then!