Hey guys,

Firstly - thank you everyone for your support and kind words on the last post I made. I will be forever grateful to have such a kind and understanding audience, and reading through all the comments left on that post was really uplifting. I seriously appreciate you all.

After reading everyone's suggestions, I'm happy to report I've got a Ko-Fi page set up now at ko-fi.com/neetroo. I never expect anything monetary from you guys - but considering the situation I'm in, I think it's time I set one up for anyone wanting to help out. I greatly appreciate any support you guys may provide, and seriously - thank you for everything thus far.

I know it's been a little bit since that post - I thankfully ended up having a bit more time than initially expected, but the future still looks pretty rocky at the moment, and there's just been a lot in general going on for me. This does mean however that I've been able to squeeze a little bit more development in as I've been setting up this other stuff.

On the topic of the game itself - I've been working as hard as I can the past few days to get the demo completed while I have the time to, as you can see with these updated gameplay screenshots. It's very close to completion now (somewhere between 80% to 90% done) and only needs a couple of last things added - all the levels are in, I can say that if all goes well, it should finally be wrapped up sometime this week - fingers crossed, but I'm feeling very confident about it now. (Rest assured I'm not rushing anything - the game is feeling pretty polished and is proving fun to playtest, and I think the demo has a good chunk of content on offer.)

When it does get finished, I wanted to gather some opinions on how to approach releasing it - while the initial plan was to just release it on GJ & Steam at the same time, the demo will have to go through an internal Steam review process which realistically could take up to 7 days to finish (potentially earlier but not likely, just the page itself on Steam took around that much time to review). Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but with everything that's been going on, waiting on something like that feels a little dicey to me, as I'm not sure I'll be able to dedicate the time (yet) to make any potential changes Steam may want in the build.

I want people to be able to get their hands on the game as early as possible, considering the long wait and delays up to this point - and considering the demo will be free on every platform it's available on anyway, I figured releasing it first "earlier" on GameJolt as I wait on the Steam build would be more beneficial than anything, but I'm not 100% sure so that's why I've set up a poll for it. Maybe it's just best to wait but I wanted to see the community's feedback on this.

Of course, regardless of when or how it's released, I will be making sure the demo is as polished as I can make it and it will obviously be playtested very thoroughly prior to launch. When it's done and ready, I'll probably just drop it without any prior announcements or countdowns or anything. I do intend on making another trailer for it if I get the chance to, but if we end up going the route of releasing earlier on GJ then I will probably save it for the Steam launch as it'll make a little more sense then.

Anywho - fingers crossed this'll be the last status update before the demo releases, if all goes well - it's been a bit of a rough time lately but I'm still committed to working as much as I can on the game, and I thank you all for your extended patience & support. It means the world to me.