Greetings, students!
Greetings students and future troublemakers of Sentou Gakuen. Its your Principal here with some news that has been long-overdue at this point. For so many years, our school was in a state of dereliction, forgotten like an old chalkboard covered in dust. But in this past one and half year, the development has been repicked up again from zero to revive this project. With that there are several things that I'd like to address.
The Scrapping of Old
Originally, this project was being built in Unity, but over time, the project became bogged down with so many grievances that it was hard to move forward. So, I made the decision to scrap the old build entirely. I explored several other enginesGameMaker, Defold, and morebut in the end, I chose to stick with Godot and restarted the project from the ground up. Godots ease of iteration has allowed me to quickly prototype and refine the chaos that is our school. And since it's open source, I can dive right into its inner workings and make the tweaks that fit our needs perfectly.
Technical Demo Release
Mark your calendars for
September 2 or 3, 2024 (depending on where you live). This will be the first chance for you to step into the
revived Sentou Gakuen and experience the new build.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3175150/Sentou_Gakuen_Revival_Demo/
This technical demo offers you a glimpse into the world of Sentou Gakuen, featuring the opening story scene and short bit of gameplay. Please note that this demo is a technical preview and may contain game-breaking bugs, progression loss, broken menus, not yet implemented and missing features. It is pretty much a tech-demo in progress and does not represent the final version of the game.
What about Early Access?
The current plan is to have early access released by the end of this year. Please note that this project is a work in progress. Updates will be issued in a rolling release format, where patches are applied frequently that may introduce bugs, cause progression issues, and similar problems. Hence, we request players to bear this in mind.
Thank you for your patience, and to those who thought this school had closed its doors for goodmy sincerest apologies for the long absence. All I ask is for more time to fully reboot this title and bring Sentou Gakuen back to life.
This is what Ive got to announce for now but stay tuned for further updates in my next posts. Meanwhile you can join our Discord channel and follow our Twitter (X), the links are available below.
-Principal,
[ 2024-08-24 21:08:57 CET ] [ Original post ]