Dee da dee doo, dee da dee da dee...
One week remains before the launch of Arcade Spirits and hype levels (along with rising anxiety levels) are soaring. Once the 12th hits and the game drops things are going to get very interesting 'round these parts... but even in the week prior, we've got interestingness in dangerous amounts.
I'm keeping our homepage up to date with links to new press, streamers, and videos as they're made available. For instance, do you speak German or have Google Translate handy? If so you may like this glowing review of our game. Want to hear interviews with the devs? Sure thing -- Stefan was on the GameGrin podcast recently, and Aenne, Molly, and Steph spoke to Gaming Access Weekly about inclusivity and our design philosophy.
Want to watch someone play the game? Okay -- StumptGamers will be streaming our game TODAY, Monday Feb 4th, at 3pm Eastern. Later this week, LoadingReadyRun streams it Friday Feb 8, 12:30pm Eastern. We're also arranging for a charity stream to play it, with details to come. Many, many, many other streamers and youtubers will be diving in starting Feb 12th and we'll be linking to as many as we can when that starts.
(One note, though. Generally speaking we're going to collect links to all content we can, but we draw the line at anyone who mocks the game or its entirely optional pronoun feature. Negative reviews are just dandy, criticism is great... but when it's a thin excuse to make fun of us or disrespect anyone's gender, nothankyou.jpg. We won't issue DMCA or takedowns or anything, that'd be silly and evil, but we also don't have to promote their content.)
Lastly, if you want to preorder, we've got options on the table from itchio, greenmangaming, and humblebundle. ALL of these will get you Steam keys, so pick your favorite. Me, I like itchio, because it offers a great developer split -- but it's entirely up to you. Or don't pre-order! That's fine too, we'll have a matching discount for launch week on Steam itself. You won't miss out.
Not long now. Not long at all...