Hey yall just wanted to confirm the demo for Killer Aces Volleyball will be part of the upcoming Steam Next Fest starting on June 15th! I'm super excited for everyone to finally get their hands on this game!
Pretty much everything is ready to go, just putting some finishing touches on the demo experience and trying to fix some outstanding bugs. The demo will let you play an exhibition game using Italy or Japan (vs AI or local pvp), a beginner's tutorial, and some repeatable drills to fine tune your mechanics. I think it's a solid slice of the game and hopefully enough to get you excited for Early Access starting later this year!
If you've been following this game for a bit now you might have noticed that I changed the teams for the demo from club to national teams. For Early Access I'm going to prioritize building out the national team mode for the game first, starting with a single tournament and eventually becoming a full, multi-season mode (with player progression, team management, etc.) heading into 1.0 Launch. I'm still really interested in creating club and other kinds of custom leagues in the future, but it makes the most sense for me to build them on top of a fully functional national team system and not the other way around.
If you haven't already make sure you wishlist the game so you'll know the second the demo is available, can't wait to hear everyone's feedback on how the game's playing. Talk to you soon!