Hello everyone! ❤️
It's a pleasure to write a new production update as it's been a while! As the end of the year is coming, we'll give you more details about the state of the game.
First, we wanted to thank you once again for your support! We received heartwarming feedback, and seeing more and more players in the game made us proud of our work. ✨
This year, a lot of things happened, bad as well as good, but we’ve succeeded in releasing ARISEN in Early Access! It’s already been 3 months since the game is available with its first act playable!
But it is not over yet! For 2022, we will do our best to add more content! Here is a list of what we’re planning to do in estimated time!
Before we start, we would like to clarify some points! At first, we planned to release Act 2 sooner. Unfortunately, we had several issues with how the translation works, so we did a complete rework of this system. By doing this way, we knew the integration process would be longer than before. Still, it’s for the better! We will hopefully get rid of French text for English players on next patches. Moreover, fixing issues shall be easier from now on.
📜 Act 2 part 1: ETA Q1 2022
Act 2 has a different narrative structure, going deeper into the relationship with the 6 characters. We plan to release it with two big content releases during the next months, during the first quarter of 2022. As we asked you, we think it’s better to release into 2 parts and give you access earlier to a smaller part of the act than waiting longer for a full big patch of content with the whole act.
In this first update we want to improve a lot the quality of life in the game in many aspects:
- The new journal
- Fully Gamepad navigation
- Twitch play with the chat extension
- Night and day cycle
- Better sound integration
- The prologue of Act 2 and 3 characters’ quests
📜 Act 2 part 2 ETA: Q2 2022
This will be the second big patch of content. Except for this time, you will be able to play the full act 2 ending.
- Various improvements
- Act 2 Galerie & achievements update
- The 3 remaining characters’ quests and the epilogue of Act 2
📜 Act 3 release ETA: Q2 or Q3 2023
We will let you know what we will do for the complete release of the game. So far we keep our options as the game quality will improve with the early access. The thing is, we may only have to do the integration then the translation. And of course, we still want to keep some surprises for you. 👀
As a festive gift to our best community, here is the sneak part of the new Act 2 key art!
We still have a long way to go and we will do our best to release the full game!
We hope everyone has wonderful goals and aspirations for the future as well! Thank you for everything in 2021 and here’s to 2022! 🎉
Happy Holidays and New Year,
the ARISEN Team ❤️