Development Update March 2022

Hi! It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been knocking out my goals for Garden of Seif this year.

Since January 2022, there's been:

• A polished update to Curse of Gravehollow Peaks
• A Kickstarter Pre-Launch page for Chronicles of an Assassin
  
• A Steam coming soon page for Chronicles of an Assassin
• The extended & final demo for Chronicles has been published on itch.io
• The opening video for Chronicles was released
• Chronicles teaser revamped
• I've started making TikToks and overall upped our social media game, and it worked! Some people blow up and go viral overnight. I've had to rely on consistency and determination to get where I wanted to be, and I'm happy. My social media analytics are exactly where I wanted to be; it shows that the plans I set in stone worked.

The extended demo was set to drop on Steam for April 1, but I will admit that I'm not sure I'll be able to make that happen. There is a lot that goes into uploading to Steam, and currently, I am dealing with family matters and other issues, so that date may need to be extended. I want to make sure that the demo functions properly on Steam (of course). You can still play the demo on itch.io.

The official launch date of the Kickstarter is TBA but will be announced once we gain a bigger following. If the Kickstarter succeeds, I want to do a full release of the game in August 2022. Depending on the results, this date may need to be pushed by another month or more. The purpose of the Kickstarter is to allow me time to focus on the game, and it gives the project a fighting chance to have partial voice acting. Partial voice acting is the stretch goal I'm hoping we will reach.

I may take a few weeks of hiatus while I adjust to matters in my personal life. As you may know, I work on all of these aspects of development solo. All core artwork has been completed for the project by wonderful freelance artists. It is now up to me to pull the final strings together, which involves 80% marketing and 20% programming, writing, UI, etc.

Lastly, we've reached 2k+ downloads on the Garden of Seif demo. That's an achievement, and I'd love to hear more feedback from players!

• If you played the demo, what did you think of it? 
• What are you hoping the full game provides? 
  
• How do you feel about the love interests, and what do you think their routes will be like?
• What kind of rewards would you like to see from the Kickstarter?

Thanks for reading! :D
Donut Duchess