So we've finally made a call on it. We're pushing back the demo. Here's why!
We posted a question about it in the last news post. We were concerned that the demo we had planned for you guys wasn't going to be representative enough of the final game, but we also didn't want to disappoint people by pushing it back. But after much discussion amongst the team, and must commentary from you guys (thanks, btw) we've finally decided to push the demo release back until the halfway point of next year. Here is our justification:
- Firstly, we don't want to give you guys a rushed demo. We want the demo to make you salivate for the full game! That means more content, more excitement and more quality.
- Secondly, the original demo release date of this Christmas was just too far away from the full version release. Even if you DID like the demo, a year is a long time to wait for a game when you have the demo in your hands.
- Thirdly, we really feel that the demo should include more of what will be in the final game, and we're determined to do that.
What all of this means is that yes, it will be another six months before the demo comes out, but when it does come out, there will be so much more for you to play and enjoy. We hope you understand.
We will, however, keep you thoroughly up to date as always with plenty of new screenshots, gameplay videos, and our testing team will be leaking out the occasional "let's play" video for you to watch! When they do, we'll try our best to link you to them from here.
While I have your attention though, we've got a little bit of a rant for people to read if they have the time. We unfortunately couldn't post it here due to it using screenshots from other games as reference, but we did post it on our official development blog. If you have a spare few minutes, we'd really appreciate it if you gave it a read for us, as it's something we feel quite passionately about.
We'll keep you posted on development as always, and please remember to check us out on the social networks!
Whatever you feel is best to bring the greatest experience! :D
And it WILL be great! Just wait and see! Thank you for your support!
Good decision... its easy to "hype up" a game and then release and unfinished, buggy demo.
Instead, it sounds like we will get a polished demo with all the full game features....
I like the sound of it and will probably buy the full game if I'm impressed with the demo.
Keep up the hard work
I hope you do like it! But yes, we're even more excited about the demo release now knowing that it will be so close to the final game!