Update #43: Estimated release in 2018

We currently don’t have any specific information available regarding the game’s release date, as it’s currently way too early to accurately predict. I’m not on the development team or anything, but I do have some experience that might help put things in perspective. Here’s three important things to keep in mind:

1) Kickstarter requires you to pick an estimated fulfillment date (Month & Year) for each reward tier, so we had to make our best guess based on the current scope of the project. Once a tier is live (and at least one person backs at it), the information you wrote is totally immutable (you can’t change anything). This is why the $150 tier still lists including a Softcover art book instead of a Hardcover art book, even though the Hardcover stretch goal was reached within the first couple of hours after the campaign launched.

2) The Kickstarter ended up being SUPER successful (which is awesome), however hitting every stretch goal also significantly increased the project’s scope. More funding is great, because it’s the lifeblood of any project on this scale, but adding more things can also add more development time (more money doesn’t necessarily translate into faster development; like if you paid a painter 25% more, they won’t necessarily paint 25% faster).

3) Estimating an accurate delivery date for a creative project (especially with a new IP) is extremely difficult. Whether you’re a professional or an amateur, guessing the date for when your creative magnum opus project will be completed is nearly impossible until it’s very close to completion. It’s also pretty dangerous to announce your best guess too soon (as it’ll likely be inaccurate) because the public may conflate the inaccuracy as lying or failure if it doesn’t match what you had originally said.