Koi Snowman Games is joining forces with Ishtar Games Publishing to release Spirited Thief in Summer 2023! Ishtar Games is known for working on the games Dead in Vinland, The Last Spell and Lakeburg Legacies. They launched their indie publishing label earlier this year. Ishtar Games Publishing will help me improve the games quality and support the funding, distribution & marketing of Spirited Thief. Spirited Thief is among three games to be released by Ishtar Games Publishing in 2023: [previewyoutube=7OpVbH7Rq-o;full]https://youtu.be/7OpVbH7Rq-o[/previewyoutube] Today at 19:00 CET, I will be live with Ishtar Games on their Twitch channel to introduce you to Spirited Thief: come and join us! You can watch the replay here: [previewyoutube=BX75T3qBPo0;full][/previewyoutube] You can also join the Discord server, in which you can get an exclusive role for a limited time only!

To mark the occasion, the demo is updated today with the latest changes!

Changes:

• Elaj and his old colleagues got a relooking... then Trin got jealous and got one too! This affects both their in-game appearance and their portrait.
• New points of interest have been added that can be inspected by Trin or Elaj. They trigger reworked or new brand dialogs - and are a new not intrusive way of gathering information.
• New cut scenes have been added between levels!
• Guards now react differently when finding a trespasser: they will shoot on sight until their next turn. Previously, they would instantaneously calm down as soon as the culprit would get out of sight.

Quality of life:

• Abilities used by Trin (curses and glyphs) are saved in a level. They are kept even after restarting the level. Hovering an ability icon highlights its current target(s) on the map.
• Guards that shoot on sight have a different field of view to better highlight the danger.
• New option to entirely reset a level's progression. It also removes the collected loot from the player's funds. This option can be used through the "restart level" button.