Hi, everyone. We have a detailed and important update on the project's status for you today.
First, we want to apologize once more for the continued issues and delays, and the inconveniences they have caused for all of our backers.
We'd like to outline the developments which have occurred since our previous progress update. While the coding and debugging process for the game was much more complicated than expected, development on the game program itself was completed at the end of July. In August, we planned to carry out the final stages of development as well as the Steam submission process, in order to release the game and distribute rewards this month. However, we were forced to reevaluate our release schedule and plans due to the announcement of the discontinuation of the PS Vita.
As many of you may be aware, Sony has announced discontinuation of support for the PS Vita system in the US and Europe, with the deadline for new physical game runs being March 2019. As mentioned in our previous update, we've been working closely with our developer and publisher for the Vita port to ensure we can meet that deadline, and in continuing to evaluate that scheduling, it has become necessary to prioritize the completion of the Vita port before we are able to release the PC version.
To put it more simply, we've rescheduled the Vita port development to come before that of the PC version, rather than afterwards as originally planned. This means that the PC version will be further delayed, and physical copies will be available roughly at the same time as the Vita port.
In concrete terms, currently we are working based on the following schedule:
- Digital reward distribution (Steam release): delayed to December 2018
- reward fulfillment (both PC and Vita): delayed to February 2019
We realize that this difficult decision causes further delays for our PC backers, and wholeheartedly apologize for the outcomes of this situation. However, our utmost concern remains ensuring all backers will be able to receive
all of their rewards, and appreciate your understanding of our decision in light of the difficult circumstances.
We'd like to close with a small preview of the in-progress Vita version, which we hope you'll enjoy. (Please note that these are images of a development build, and may not represent the final product.)