Hello everyone! We have some important news to share. After carefully assessing the development costs, we have decided to adjust our monetization strategy to ensure the continued sustainability of our project. The Destitute Chapter will now be distributed as paid DLC. Like all the upcoming chapters, it will cost $9 (subject to regional price adjustment) and will be released in DLC format for the main game.
Since we do not have the resources to release the entire chapter at once, the game will remain in Early Access. Moving forward, the base game will be limited to the Prologue, and our focus will be on developing additional chapters. Don't worry! The Destitute Chapter will only be sold as DLC after the next major update. Until then, the first day will remain free.
We anticipate that playing through all five days of The Destitute Chapter will take up to 6-8 hours, and exploring all of the branching paths will result in around 20 hours of total playtime. The second day of the chapter, which we plan to release in early 2024, will add 6-8 hours of content to the game, bringing the current playtime for this chapter to around 10 hours. After some time, we will make a DLC page on the Steam store so that you can add it to your wishlist and make sure you don't miss out on the release.
Due to this change in our monetization strategy, we have added new subscription tiers on our Patreon. By subscribing to the $9 tier, you'll receive a DLC key after the update is released, delivered to the email associated with your account. At the $30 tier, you'll also earn a spot on the in-game 'Thank You' list. Visit our Patreon page for full details. Since this was not originally planned, we will also send keys to all those who supported us on Boosty before.
So be patient for the next six months, and we will do our best with the next update. Thank you for continuing to follow the project and support us! See you!
P.S. Happy Cirno Day!
