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Soul Update - A story in evos of time
6 years ago

Well Finally... I have been waiting to write this post for very long!. Let's talk about how Soul Update will resume development.


Hi everyone!

I have great news to close this year and I’m happy to tell them to you ^ _ ^

An important milestone for me

I just launched the mobile game (Void in the Sky) that I have talked in previous posts and it means a lot to me as a developer because is the very first game that I release that I can consider complete… which does not mean it can’t be improved but it is in a state that you can call it a game. Take a look to the key visual for it:

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If you have been following the projects that I have posted to Game Jolt you can see that all are incomplete, and that always bothered me a lot because I always ended up falling for the scope creep, which means, I try to develop a game bigger that I can handle. This is the importance that Void in the Sky have for me, to first prove myself that I can finish developing a game and then to show you that Soul Update can be launched … however it will require some changes as I mentioned in previous posts.

Let’s start getting into Soul Update mode!

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Look, the game’s concept, characters and story for Soul Update have been set more than 2 years ago, for that reason it was easy for me to add something special related to Soul Update into Void in the Sky. There is an special treat if you are interested in Soul Update and you play Void in the Sky.

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You can try it here: Void in the Sky Google Play Link

Besides that there are other reasons why it will be helpful if you support Void in the Sky:

  • You can get a good idea of the scope that I’m able to achieve by myself (and some help in sound design ) in 3 months to know what to expect for Soul Update.

  • Start to get a bit familiar with the personality of the protagonist.

  • Any revenue that I earn from Void in the Sky will be used to develop Soul Update.

So… What’s Next?

Well since Void in the Sky just launched I’ll be keeping an eye on it, in case there are any bugs that I didn’t noticed and also promoting it for the rest of the year (which is like 3 days only jajajaja) and at the same time I’ll be doing some planing for Soul Update.

I said previously that Soul Update will become a mobile game and that Game Jolt do not support this kind of games but I haven’t decided yet how I’ll manage the updates yet, I’ll let you know once I decide it.

It is safe to say I think that on January 2nd I’ll fully retake the development of Soul Update and I want it to last only for 6 months, but that’s not set in stone yet but that’s my goal and the scope will be adjusted for that.

For now that’s everything I can tell you. Thanks for supporting the game for so long, I hope you enjoy the game once it is finished in 2019!

Happy holidays and happy new year!

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