On June 18th, 2020 the Saint Kotar project was launched on Kickstarter. It was the accursed 2020, the year of Covid. A year everyone wants to forget or put in a bad place. We will certainly remember it forever as it was not only our first Kickstarter campaign, but the first ever game project we started. A year later, things are going preeeetttyy gooood!

[h2]Alpha Stage[/h2]

So, one year later, we can proudly announce that Saint Kotar has entered the Alpha stage of production! Wait, what? Not a big deal? What is the Alpha stage? Each studio has its own way to define the stages of production, so a common definition that everyone abides to doesn't really exist. It is a big deal because the Alpha stage, at least in our case, means:

• the game is playable from start to finish. Side tasks are not yet implemented (just a few of them), but the entire critical path is.
  
• all characters and locations are obviously implemented, but still need additional work to make them look the way you, and we, want them to look.
  
• all soundtracks are implemented.
  
• the User Interface is pretty much final.
  

• game has a total number of 126 locations!
  
• you can die in Saint Kotar, numerous times. Almost all deaths have a unique death cutscene.
  
• on top of the big number of locations, the game also has dozens of closeups, which is a feature the prologue was missing soooo much.
  
• first Alpha playtesters say the game is great. Yes, they say it is great and that the story is awesome. Let's calm down though, we still have a long road ahead of us, but seeing these feedback is certainly encouraging and exciting!