2019. Does this mean a new demo?

Hopefully that means the full game

At this point, after two demo builds (and the fact that I was a bit cold to the last one) I'm honestly just waiting to sink my teeth into the complete experience.

id rather they put the money for a new beta into making the game better

that being said, taking the final build of the game once its close to going gold and putting the ship and vepar up as a downloadable demo of the game could be a good way to show off the feel of the game to newcomers and as a nod to all of us who played the first build to see just how far the games come since then

It does cost money to put out a demo as I recall the devs saying so I guess I'd settle for small video presentations and screenshots. Put that money and time towards making the game better.

I'd much rather they focused on polishing this game, making certain it's as bug-free as possible, and get it out.

I would like a final demo to be made available on all consoles. I may not be a backer but I just want to get my hands on it.

Please clarify.  Are you talking about another PC only demo, or are you talking about a demo for home consoles?

There was never a planned demo for consoles even during the Kickstarter. Although advisable, I just don't think it is any more likely to happen now than when the Kickstarter was live. Don't even get your hopes up for console demos.

Updating the "Beta" backer demo for public release eh? I guess that's good for marketing, but it's one less reason anyone should have backed at the beta level. Beta wasn't even a beta process as described in the Kickstarter anyway. Oh well. It is what it is. Good for the game. Good for the public. Treating the backers just as pre-orders though? That feels bad, man.

"We MAY do a new demo closer to launch as a public demo of the game." *Over analyses statement* well alrighty then, a demo coming in May. Just kidding. 

A new demo for wider audiences near release would be a positive over not doing one, for sure, no Questions asked. I'm actually glad the beta process was delivered in the state it was, because I wouldn't want a full unpolished version of the game to make up my impression of the whole experience. If I had first played through SotN without all of its little touches and the nuance all of the programmers put into it, I wouldn't think of that game as nearly as special as it is. I imagine the sprite artist poured out all the polish he could right until the very end as well. The game would also be seen around the world first in that state, and judged for how it was at that point. So many games end up being fine after improvements, but their first impressions spread around can run them into the ground irrevocably.

If it were a fighting game or some other multiplayer thing, I'd be down with a full early beta, especially since because then balance and netcode considerations are huge, and story/discovery of hidden little things would be non-factors or nearly nonexistent. Almost no one plays shooters for things equivalent to SotN's confessional, tiny background features like rats scampering through cracks in the background and the many pointless but super cool things you can get and look at.

The important things imo to give feedback on for a game like this, which they've taken from us and acted on, are movement/feel and visuals. The amount of game they gave us was perfect for just that. I'd be fine with lots of people getting a final polished version of that later (probably a year's worth of "later" that is), as I think the format works well for whetting interest. It's a cliffhanger - "woah Zangetsu is fighting me, Dominique stops him, what happens next?! I need to go ahead and buy this game".

How would save data work between the demo and full game btw? I could see it done one of two ways - buying the game is an "unlock" of the rest of the game, or it's standalone content that doesn't transfer data at all. If they went the unlock path, I think it would need some kind of play time or level/grind cap