Ceolag

Release plan for Chapter 5 and following releases

Added 2024-07-18 09:03:48 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone,

before you get excited: No release date (yet, but soon. Need to check the calendar first ;-) ).

This post is about how the upcoming releases will be handled.
With Chapter 5 being the first Chapter released on Steam, I basically have to paywall the game from now on.
That means no more free versions on Discord or anywhere else except the demo version (up to CH3) if I decide to put it up again.

In the future, there will be two ways to get the game (from me at least...):
Steam and Patreon (itch.io is a special case. I stopped selling there but I'll try to provide the updates to those who bought the game there).

The release schedule in general will be:
Patreon Chaplain tier (and above) will get the new version as soon as it's out of Beta.
After that, I'll work on the Steam-specific stuff (code adjustments, images for achievements etc) and will release the new version ~2-3 weeks after the Chaplain tier (depends a bit on the workload).
Mercenary tier will get the new version the same day as it is released on Steam.

Additionally, all Patrons who have a lifetime pledge of at least 13$ can get a Steam key for free.
That's true for all tiers, and yes that means if you stay 13 months at the Grunt tier you can still get a key.
You have to contact me for that, I won't just send out keys to everyone because I have to request them from Valve and I want to make sure (at least as best as possible) the keys get used.

Chapter 5 will be a special case because the Steam release will be in September and I won't make the Mercenary tier wait until September.
Chaplain tier and above will get Chapter 5 around the end of July and Mercenary tier will follow ~2 weeks later. The exact dates are to be announced :-)

I hope I didn't forget anything important. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. :-)
Cheers,
Ceolag