Update #43: Estimated release in 2018

I can't express how lucky I am to be the CM for this amazing community. Before Fangamer posted the delay update, I was discussing with XombieMike regarding the amount of reactions we will be getting once it goes live. Our team was also preparing to get many backlashes but the community responded wonderfully. This proved just how much people care for this game and IGA. We're not "relieved" but more pressured (good pressure as we call it) to work even harder to meet everyone's expectation.

Of course there were couple of hiccups and concerns regarding the delay. We're aware of the lifespan of a certain hardware and questions regarding the new development team so our plan is to make another Ask IGA to answer them.

There were a lot of basic bugs that need to be fixed. Right now the newer feedback is on hold due to the changes made in the main development team. Our plan right now is to keep every asset that we can use and maintain the E3 demo quality in terms of visual and basic control.

No need to worry about that CastleDan ! Although we're open to feedback suggestions, the team knows exactly what they want and don't want in the game. As you mentioned about her animation speed, many people have commented that they want her to move faster. IGA and currythekid over here instantly replied that it goes against previous IGAvania games but to answer her sluggish movement, there will be certain equipment and buffs that will make her faster as the player progresses through the game. 

Although we haven't announced the new dev team, we're very close to choosing one. We have squeezed down to 2 qualifying teams and are currently reviewing their UE4 credibility and man-hour cost breakdown. 

I felt for a fact this game was not hitting March 2017, and forget the notions this is a new IP. That was a target date for nostalgia, not a genuine release: March 2017 is the 20th anniversary of SotN, and that's the only reason it was pitched in the Kickstarter.

That said, I am surprised it's missing 2017 in full. You would have figured that by E3 they would have a floorplan of when features, systems, ideas, and implementations on how they're going about it and have a timeline available in some capacity. Being able to even showcase the opening location, almost as if it's complete, makes missing 2017 even more surprising to me. The current target date gives the impression something is weird with development, like a huge offshoot of issues, or they've finally hit an "oh shit" moment with having to make the game in full and its promised features. Especially as they've only announced they're aiming for it now. Adding apparently another development team only points in this way, as well...


I mean, consider how one of the goals was a fully-orchestrated soundtrack. We've heard no song yet that shows this. Things like that are going to add up, and I imagine they're now in the phase to really start seeing this.