Adventure-Treff

Overall, this is the closest we’ve ever got to achieving the magical vertical slice, a playable chunk of the game featuring all the components we need to finish Asylum. Beyond that point, we’ll be able to estimate a release date and of course share the demo with you.

Seriously, things have been progressing fast in the past two months, thanks to the brilliant programmer we hired (actually one my Unreal Engine 4 students). They’re going so fast in fact, we’re planning to have a completely playable version of Asylum by the end of this year. Before you get too excited, this is going to be all in mock-up form, meaning it’s not quite beta. It’s basically all the puzzles and interactions in the critical path (as in, the stuff you strictly must solve to complete the game) with temporary assets. As you can imagine, it’s a hugely important milestone to start getting a feel of the final game, see what needs adjustments, test its duration, alleviate eventual backtracking, etc. It’s also important because it will allow us to estimate a more accurate release date.

Currently, we’re looking at mid-2018. Ultimately, our plan is to do an epic crunch during our summer (from January to March) to end with a solid beta in our hands. I still expect three long months of beta testing, so the numbers fit. Please keep in mind this all a rough estimation — in another two months, we should be able to pinpoint our upcoming milestones more accurately.

We expect to reach GDC (March) with a polished and long demo. Backers would be able to play it shortly after (April).
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We’re optimistic about the status of development and feel we could reach a proper beta of the game around June.
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We’re tentatively aiming to release the game around September 2018, after an intensive promo campaign during Gamescom (August). You know we’re going to confirm this as soon as we can.