Update #71 - July 2018 Developer Update is now available!

Those Mana sketches were hilarious, to say the least.

Anyway, very practical update. I like how things are being addressed and acknowledged. Then again, it's not exactly a surprise for this project, which prides itself of the transparency and directness of the communication.

With the Beta now pretty much fully digested, though, I think I'll take a small break from closely following the project. I look forward to the updates, as they're gonna be my main source of info about Bloodstained.

Also, release date stuff next month!

It was nice to see the most vocal concerns addressed. I said it over on Reddit, but it's heartening to see fans, publishers, and devs working this well together and absolutely essential for a game that seeks to succeed one of the best games of all time.

Good update. Explained most of our concerns. New Shard. Release date to be talked about in august. Nothing to complain. Good work guys.

That shard looks kinda OP, but also fun to use. Also, I really love the appear/disappear effect on it! Those particles are a little ostentatious (and maybe don't quite fit the feeling of the spinning blade?) but so pretty!

Last time it was brought up (during a podcast) and later part in a kickstarter update, the answer should be: "maybe".

One or two demos would go out for the backers, which one of them would or wouldn't be an E3 demo of the "current" build, once they decided / decide it.

So its a huge maybe. It all reflect upon if they really need too. Sure, the feedback is very good, and they could cut out just features in the game, but honestly. They know whats up, the biggest concerns have been talked about, and subjects like leveling and high-end / end-game features, quests etc is a thing they could balance post release. Same goes with bugs and glitches.

Next demo, if there would be any, could be way shorter and more focused on a feature, rather than a game experience of itself. If they have an exclusive preview of it for backers, thats fine. Maybe you are locked in one room, and do different things in it. But it really is a matter of they need that huge chunk of data and analysis / feedback from us. And I doubt that.

But as of now. The answer is "maybe" until spoken officially, and I am not an official state of a person to speak about their planning or development.

Demo like those are usually at the same date or post launch, or? I don't know. I tend to try demos at very rare occations. A demo like that would suit the market for sure.

 Demos released a year or so before launch usually take up lots of development resources, because they have to devote attention to code and features which might end up being replaced for the final build.

 So if there is another demo, I would assume it would be really close to launch (i.e., basically a "cutout" portion of the final build, which the previous demo wasn't).