Hi everyone 👋 I hope you're doing well 🥰 I've been pretty busy working on Skingdom lately and didn't take the time to keep you updated here on Steam, sorry 😥 I'll do my best to continue posting here as much as I can 😊
I completely forgot to write a post for the success of the Kickstarter campaign. It was a wild ride and after the campaign I took a few days off to rest a bit because it was exhausting. So, I'm a bit late but I am really proud to tell you that the game was successfully funded on Kickstarter 🥳 the community raised a bit more than 21 000€ to help me finish the game this year ! Thank you all for supporting the project and helping me in this incredible adventure 💜
After the success of the Kickstarter campaign I decided to start a big rework of the game code. I started creating Skingdom on my free time back in 2023, a lot happened since then and the game's codebase was not in a good shape overall.
I thought that it would be a way better idea to clean and update the majority of the codebase now, instead of waiting for problems to rise just before the release of the game 😅
It was mainly a bet on the future: even if the game release is planned for the end of the year, my goal is to continue working on Skingdom as long as I can, to improve the game, add features and content like lifts, buildings, mountains challenges, etc...
So It was a better decision to spend a bit of time on this huge task right now instead of getting in trouble later.
After about 3 months of work on this, it's officially finished, the game code has been almost fully re-written, but it's now cleaner, way more stable and it's now easier and faster for me to work on the game and integrate content 😁
While re-writing the game code I implemented and improved a lot of things. The biggest change is the construction system that got re-imagined! For now only buildings, chair lifts and slopes construction modes are finished, but they are the bigger one.
The chair lift construction mode now works with a step by step construction, allowing you to place the pillars yourself for a complete control of the look of your lifts. This step by step construction will also be available for ski lifts, gondolas and cable cars, but I didn't have the time to work on them yet!
You will have an option to place pillars automatically, it will be free in sandbox mode but cost a bit of money in career and scenario modes 💰
The agenda of the year is slowly taking shape, I'll keep you updated regularly, but here is a rough estimation of what will happen this year and when (note that all timings here are subject to change 😊) :
July : public playtest on Steam
August/September : demo release
October : Steam Next Fest (this won't change, the dates are October 19th -> October 26th)
December : release 🥳
So, there is a lot to do as you can see, I'm not going to get bored 😬
That's all for today, thank you for reading this update, and once again sorry for the delay, I'll post more regularly 😅 Thank you all for your support and have a wonderful day! Take care,
Yannis 💜