Steam News1 June 20261mo ago

PART 3 OFFICIAL RELEASE

A NEW STORY PART is finally out!! Five Stages of Pink is truly back! For those who didn’t follow every news in the Discord, I’ll share all the important info here before you play: SHOULD YOU REPLAY PART 1 AND 2?

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changedFive Stages of Pink is truly back!For those who didn’t follow every news in the Discord, I’ll share all the important info here before you play:

addedSHOULD YOU REPLAY PART 1 AND 2?To old players of FSOP, in case you didn’t know already, the first two parts have been greatly improved! ( Here’s the Steam post listing all the improvements and new additions ). If it’s been a very long time since you played them, I highly suggest you replay part 1 and 2 before continuing with part 3! This is the type of game that has a LOT of info, you can be very confused and very lost if you forgot most of the story/context/mysteries, and it definitely won't be enjoyable for you . But I can’t force you, I understand if you don’t have the time or the wish to replay.

changedSMALLER UPDATESSee it like a manga/webtoon chapter being uploaded every week/month. But for a game it’s more like every 2/3 months (since I do the art, animations, sounds, music, coding etc all alone ). This is the best way for me to go on forward with the project without burning myself out trying to rush big updates while having responsibilities and a job irl.

changedSMALLER UPDATESSome parts will be more plot heavy, others more gameplay heavy, sometimes less action/important events, and vice versa. So keep that in mind when you play.

addedTIME FRAMETo give you a time frame: Part 3 took approximately 3 and a half months to finish with a busy life and job outside of the project. So imagine if I could work on it full time, it can take maybe 2 months or less to release new parts. That would be so awesome.

addedFOLLOW THE PROJECT / SOCIAL MEDIAYou can probably guess that the decision to focus social media to attract new players will impact the wait of each story update (since I do everything alone for now). I hope I won’t burn out too quickly from working on the game AND having to produce content for social media… This is the reality of solo indie creators online.

Five Stages of Pink changes

changedFor those who didn’t follow every news in the Discord, I’ll share all the important info here before you play:

addedTo old players of FSOP, in case you didn’t know already, the first two parts have been greatly improved! ( Here’s the Steam post listing all the improvements and new additions ). If it’s been a very long time since you played them, I highly suggest you replay part 1 and 2 before continuing with part 3! This is the type of game that has a LOT of info, you can be very confused and very lost if you forgot most of the story/context/mysteries, and it definitely won't be enjoyable for you . But I can’t force you, I understand if you don’t have the time or the wish to replay.

changedSee it like a manga/webtoon chapter being uploaded every week/month. But for a game it’s more like every 2/3 months (since I do the art, animations, sounds, music, coding etc all alone ). This is the best way for me to go on forward with the project without burning myself out trying to rush big updates while having responsibilities and a job irl.

changedSome parts will be more plot heavy, others more gameplay heavy, sometimes less action/important events, and vice versa. So keep that in mind when you play.

addedTo give you a time frame: Part 3 took approximately 3 and a half months to finish with a busy life and job outside of the project. So imagine if I could work on it full time, it can take maybe 2 months or less to release new parts. That would be so awesome.

A NEW STORY PART is finally out!!

Five Stages of Pink is truly back!

For those who didn’t follow every news in the Discord, I’ll share all the important info here before you play:

SHOULD YOU REPLAY PART 1 AND 2?

To old players of FSOP, in case you didn’t know already, the first two parts have been greatly improved! (Here’s the Steam post listing all the improvements and new additions). If it’s been a very long time since you played them, I highly suggest you replay part 1 and 2 before continuing with part 3! This is the type of game that has a LOT of info, you can be very confused and very lost if you forgot most of the story/context/mysteries, and it definitely won't be enjoyable for you. But I can’t force you, I understand if you don’t have the time or the wish to replay.

WARNING

Friendly reminder of these warnings, re-read them again before continuing. And I’m talking about both sides.

SMALLER UPDATES

I decided to post shorter updates (around 1h hour of content or less) more "regularly", instead of big updates less frequently.

See it like a manga/webtoon chapter being uploaded every week/month. But for a game it’s more like every 2/3 months (since I do the art, animations, sounds, music, coding etc all alone). This is the best way for me to go on forward with the project without burning myself out trying to rush big updates while having responsibilities and a job irl.

Some parts will be more plot heavy, others more gameplay heavy, sometimes less action/important events, and vice versa. So keep that in mind when you play.

If you remember how part 2 ended you can guess that part 3 will have a lot of family content, especially family drama and mysteries.

GALLERY

There’s now a Gallery section with bonus art/comics/etc in the menu! It contains Spoilers! So wait after finishing any update of the story to look inside.

TIME FRAME

I said it on the Discord but my life has been abnormally busy for me for the last 2 months… This release could have happened a month earlier…

To give you a time frame: Part 3 took approximately 3 and a half months to finish with a busy life and job outside of the project. So imagine if I could work on it full time, it can take maybe 2 months or less to release new parts. That would be so awesome.

In 2026 I decided to seriously consider the marketing/promoting side of things, so social media is a must. But I also want to have fun with it. I'll post mainly about the project, like illustrations, comics, 2D animations, bonus stuff etc! But also about other things outside of the project (and more personal content).

TWITTER / X YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM PATREON

I’ll probably start posting stuff during June.

Here are examples of bonus content I’ll post there. If you want to see more don’t hesitate to follow me on my different platforms! It’ll also help the algorithms know which audience I’m trying to reach, so it’s really important!

And like always I post A LOT on Discord for updates/teasers/art/bonus etc, so feel free to join!

You can probably guess that the decision to focus social media to attract new players will impact the wait of each story update (since I do everything alone for now). I hope I won’t burn out too quickly from working on the game AND having to produce content for social media… This is the reality of solo indie creators online.

SUPPORT / THANK YOU

Thank you so much for all the support I received! Whether through reviews or people helping me improve the game, etc! And thank you so much to everyone who supported me on Patreon, my gratitude is immense. For now with the project being free, this is basically the only revenue avenue I have with it haha.

Don’t hesitate to leave a review on Steam and Itchio if you want to support the project in the long run!

REPORT BUGS

Please don’t hesitate to report any bug/visual anomalies (that are not story related lol) you see in the game.

Enjoy!

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