Hey everyone.
We wanted to cut to the chase, as it's been a long time. Blasted Fortress is currently 50% off - only $2.50 - for the Steam Summer Sale 2022. For several years, and despite many free updates, we've avoided putting the game on sale because we haven't been totally confident with promoting it. However, we have some plans next year for hopefully improving and finalizing the game, so it's on sale again. It was developed 10 years ago, was our first release, and frankly I've gained a decade of expertise since then.
Blasted Fortress is amateurish under the hood, so we'd like to produce a sort of "Gold" edition of the game that is fixed up, fundamentally designed better, and something we can be proud to promote as a legacy title instead of kind of timidly kicking it under a rug. I've personally been way too risk-averse as a developer which has resulted in me being stunlocked for several years. I'd like to start taking more chances and releasing things again.
Oh, and please provide constructive feedback on the Steam forums if you can. It would be super helpful to see what everyone likes and dislikes about the game in its current state so we can calibrate a bit on where to focus.
Speaking of improvements (and speaking of breaking my personal stunlock) I'd like to discuss the future of Dapper Swine. We are going to be changing our team name sometime later this year to Wrench Laboratories. We also have new games under development, one of which is a short horror game that will hopefully release around Halloween.
The purpose of the rebranding/renaming is really just because it's something I am aesthetically happier with, and that I think better fits the tone, intention, and "philosophy" I've been building regarding game development over the past many years.
To anyone who got this far, thanks! Maybe drop this announcement a thumbs up to let me know you're reading. Anyways, here's to getting back on track! See everyone soon.