Hey everyone it's Strimp, the director of Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories. Today I will talk about our plans in 2021, semi-release date of Chapter 1 and some information about the Final Demo.

---[New Year & Team Gamble in 2020]---

This year has been rough for each one of us. First of all, I am wishing you a wonderful new year full of happiness and success.

2020 has been reasonably productive for Team Gamble because of our new staff members and upgraded software.

During late-2019 and early-2020; our original plan was to release the "Re-Extended Demo - Wave 1" for Gamble Galaxy Stories, which got scrapped for multiple reasons. The most important one being me & the team overloading these wave-based updates with new content, which overly extended the development time. I personally couldn't work as effective during that time, because of real life situations.

And there comes mid-2020. The summer was mostly focused on Kirby's Dream Land Plus, another minor-fangame we've released that time. Right after releasing KDLP's final update, the team started working on Gamble Galaxy Stories, which still continues to this day.

While working on Kirby's Dream Land Plus, I've made a new Kirby engine which we call "Gamble Kirby Engine DX" in development. It's at least ten times stronger than our old engine that we used for GGS Extended Demo. So rather than updating the old project, we've decided to remake Gamble Galaxy Stories in our new engine with better features and quality of life additions. This is the definitive Gamble Galaxy experience and I can assure you that the game feels lot better now.

---[Chapter 1 - Land of the Cosmos]---

I think it's time we talked about the first Chapter and first half of this game.

GGS is separated into 2-3 chapters, each with an expensive story with likable characters, new abilities, dream friends, bosses and levels.

In Chapter 1; Kirby meets a friendly playing card coming from the sky. With the help of Kirby's past friends, the team goes on to face the Cosmic Fluxbender, who is causing trouble across space. To do that, they will need a Superweapon which can tear up cosmos in ease. It is not an easy task however. They will witness various dangers and twists during their ultimate journey.

The additions in this Chapter will include 4+ Worlds, 15+ Abilities, 100+ total Spray Paints, some Dream Friends, 2 Subgames and various extras with more coming in future content updates.

[Current release date of GGS Chapter 1 is Summer 2022]

---[Will There Be Any More Demos?]---

We are not planning to release any public demos until Chapter 1 release. However for beta testing purposes, there will be a [Discord Exclusive Demo] this summer! That's right, we will release a final demo in just a few months. Unfortunately it won't be uploaded publicly on Gamejolt to not ruin some surprises in the game.

Here is our Discord invite link if you are interested in the Final Demo, exclusive updates, and chatting with the team - https://discord.gg/qgxUPqv

And there we have it. Hoping you've enjoyed this announcement. We will continue releasing small teasers and Ability/Dream Friend showcases over time. Again, wishing you a great new year and will see you later!