Hello everyone, Thank you all for patiently waiting for "The Abandoned Planet". While the game is technically "finished", there are a few things left to do, like localization, which has been delayed. So, in talks with my publisher, Snapbreak, we have decided to postpone the launch of the game until August 29th. It will 100% come out on this date. Even so, I am so sorry you can't pick it up on May 23rd. My sincerest apologies. I do hope you all can understand. There are numerous factors to consider when picking a release date. We discussed it at length and we believe that August 29th will be a more ideal date than the one we had previously chosen... especially considering there are still some important things left to do. But there is good news... there's a new demo!

NEW DEMO

I wanted to wait until the localization was complete to release a new demo, but I've decided to just go ahead and release it with the English, Spanish, and French localizations. As you can see in the above screenshot, the new demo features the following:

• New Menus
• New Voice Actress; the British actress Erika Merchant.
• New Puzzles / Animations
• Quality of Life Improvements (like clicking on a doorway to advance to the next scene instead of having to click the directional arrow or use WASD)
• Flappy Space Quest - a Flappy Bird-like mini-game

New Puzzles and Animations

If you played the demo before, you'll notice a few new animations, like the one below:
And, you'll see some new cutscenes, like the one here:
Additionally, I replaced some of the puzzles that I personally wanted to improve. Take a look here:

Flappy Ship Mini Game

On the Main Menu, click on the Fusion Scanner icon in the upper right... and you can play a Flappy Bird-like mini game! Take a look at what it looks like:

Thoughts

Despite being able to play a new demo, you may be thinking -- "Why do developers always do this? They promise a release date, and then push it out. How incompetent are they?" To that I'll say what you likely already know; games are complicated. They have thousands of moving parts, and even when you are a solo-developer like me, you likely have to rely on other people to do things you cannot... like localizing into 10 world languages, or fixing a bug that actually exists at an engine level and waiting for those developers to fix it. It's not easy, but it is very fun! Even when you cannot meet others' expectations. So, again... I'm sorry that the game does not come out tomorrow, but it will come out soon! This I promise; pinky promise. Please let me know if you have any questions or even if you have complaints! I'm here to chat. Thanks. Jeremy Fryc

[ 2024-05-22 21:34:15 CET ] [ Original post ]