With Steam's Scream Fest in full swing now and SHINRAI being featured in it, we wanted to take the opportunity to provide another quick update on our next murder mystery GENBA no Kizuna. In case you haven't seen it yet, the store page for it has already been published, so be sure to check it out in order to get a good idea what it's going to be about, and maybe even add it to your wishlist if you want to get notified the moment it's out! Speaking of the moment it's out, the release is actually the primary topic we'd like to address here, so let's jump straight into it and get the bad news out of the way first: If you've seen the previous news post or checked out the store page before, you'll notice that the release date has changed. Mid-November is, in our opinion, the last good window for a release this year. That's because, later that month, there'll be the autumn sale before we'll already move into the festive season in which the winter sale quickly follows. It's a time packed with new releases and much broader sales events (as opposed to a sale primarily for spooky games, for instance) in which all developers essentially fight over people's holiday funds. Not the best time for a tiny indie dev to bring out their niche project at full price. So, following some marketing advice, we've decided to push the release into early 2024, as unfortunate as that may be. The good news is that we are currently getting to the end of the project. Script-wise, we're working on the endings now and, when it comes to the art assets, we're tackling the final CGs! So, even though we may not wrap up by mid-November and therefore won't be able to release it within 2023, we're still confident to at least complete the project before the end of the year! We're terribly sorry about yet another delay, but we obviously don't want to rush anything on the final stretch and risk the conclusion of the project not being satisfying, and we also don't want to risk having a bad release week, as that's going to be very important for us. Fellow devs have also shared their own experiences with us regarding December releases and warned us not to follow into their footsteps, so yeah... a little while longer it is. These aren't the kinda spooky horror news we wanted to share, but we hope you'll understand and grant us a little more of your patience (the amount of which you've shown up till now, we are already deeply grateful for). Believe us, no one's more eager to finally see this project up for sale than us! Now, before we come to a close, there's one more thing I wanted to share with you. The guys over at Fuwanovel asked us for an interview recently (the first one we've ever given, kyaaa), so if you're curious to learn more about us, how we got started with VN development, our inspirations, some behind-the-scenes info on SHINRAI, some more tidbits about GENBA and much more, you can check it out here. Well, that's about it! Remember, we're doing weekly updates on our website every Saturday, in case you want to stay up-to-date with development, but we'll also make another announcement post here, once we have something major to share (such as a definite release date, which you can expect once we've transitioned into 2024). Until next time, please take care and, of course, have a very spooky Halloween ~w~