Right! Ok. It's been a short while since the last proper update, and you're due some news.
Here it is: BOXROOM will launch on June 11th. That’s tomorrow (at time of writing)! Rejoice!
There are some important updates relating to this, though - please read!
As you're probably well aware, BOXROOM uses the Steam API in a rather novel way, and it seems we're one of the very first games to do so: as such, there was no real precedent in terms of a review/approval process. Valve needed to take a bit longer than usual to review the game and approve it for release, and we therefore had a few last minute hurdles to overcome.
We can only apologise for the delay here, but sadly this was out of our hands somewhat.
In order to bring the game to Steam, we've needed to make an important change: BOXROOM will no longer pull your games’ capsule art or screenshots directly. If you’re worried that your library won’t be realised in the same way as before, please don’t be. We have solutions for this already in place. To that point, we urge you to join the Discord and sign up to the newsletter to stay fully in the loop here, and ensure you're ready for updates which realise the full potential of what we've been building…
This might seem like a big shift, but all it does is broaden the scope of what will be possible in BOXROOM down the line.
NOTE: Demo players should not lose access to their original rooms, and anything that was originally cached here should remain in place.
Our original vision for BOXROOM remains intact: we want you to build a room, a sanctuary, for not just your games, but your wider media collection. Your Steam library plays a big part in that, of course, but we've also futureproofed the game for other platforms and laid the groundwork for other media-types entirely. This is what we’ve been hard at work on in the limbo days between the original release date and now.
BOXROOM is now set up for customisation, expansion and evolution in a way we think you'll be very excited about.
Well, there’s still plenty in the game you don’t yet know about. BOXROOM has a number of very exciting partners, with games you likely have in your collections that will unlock exclusive and very bespoke items and furnishings from their respective creators. We’re being a little secretive here because we want you to discover these games and items yourselves… --
See you all tomorrow. It's moving in day!
Nested Loop & Pantaloon x
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