Greetings one and all!
This is a quick update to address a couple items in which those of you on the wish may be asking: what happened to the store page?
Basically, due to... an"external issue", the Steam Store page for GotG was temporarily shut down for just about 1 month. We should NOT have an issue like this occur again. The issue has been "resolved" in terms of the Steam page is back up. I will be working diligently to make sure this absolutely does NOT happen again.
Enough on that.
Development Progress:
The development of the game was paused for just about 1 month, while working through the issues with Steam. This does cause the release date to be pushed back by at least this amount of time, possible more. Since I've already pushed the date back once from Sept '21 to May '22, pushing back the date will no longer be an option. Instead, there will be an Early Access release once the following items have been completed:
- Finishing up drafting (AI and Multiplayer)
- Finishing up statistics tracking and presentation
- Finishing up Season play
- Making sure all this works correctly over the network
Once these items are completed and in a working state, there will be an Early Access release. The time frame for the game to be in Early Access will be approximately 6 months. This time will mainly be used for polish and issue fixes and stress tests. There likely won't be any additional features added during this time unless there is some very compelling feature to add, with the exception of administration tools as they are needed (database, servers, etc). The game will be for the most part, complete.
During the Early Access phase of the release, there can be expected to be bugs and other quirks that will be cleaned up and resolved. The date of the Early Access release is as yet unknown, but if the remaining major tasks can be completed before May '22, the EA release will be at that earlier time.
Finally, the Demo has been taken down. It no longer accurately represents the game in its more completed incarnation, with many changes to the UI and functionality. It is doubtful there will be another demo release.
Thanks for the support and until next time!