Release Delay: Apologies and Explanation

Recently I announced that GaG would be delayed until 13 February from our initial announced release date. The reasoning behind this delay was vaguely mentioned in that original announcement, but not fully explained. This was because we thought the delay was a small one. However due to recent developments, it has become apparent that the delayed date given will also not be sufficient, and this time we owe you a proper explanation as to why it is necessary.

Explanation

Around the beginning of this month, after several rounds of extensive playtesting and meetings between the dev team, we had a realisation that the characterisation, flow and writing present within certain routes were not meeting the quality we expected and did not feel cohesive to the themes that we wished to portray. After discussion, the team decided that the routes in question would have to be partially re-written.

Initially we thought re-writing would take a couple of weeks and then we could release soon afterwards, however as those weeks progressed we realised that the true extent of work required.

The re-written routes would also need to be playtested, then polished, and then other aspects of the game would also need to be reiterated and finalised before the game could be presented to the public in the best possible state.

Eventually we had to make the difficult admission that, as inexperienced indie developers, we had underestimated the intensity and extent of work required within this final lap of dev before the game is completed. Meaning that our “delayed” release date would also be too soon.

When will we release?

Therefore, it is with great remorse that we have to say that Grow a Girlfriend will not be releasing on the previously announced dates. We will learn our lesson and not give a specific date at this moment and instead will announce that when we are absolutely (100% FOR SURE THIS TIME WE PROMISE) certain that we will be ready to release on that date. This delay is not going to be a long one, and we will most probably release the game sometime within or around April.

Thank you

I would like to end off this message by giving a very big heartfelt THANK YOU for the patience shown thus far, especially because everyone was so understanding in response to the previous announcement. I, and the rest of the team, would really appreciate that understanding again, and in an act of penance I have made this sketch of Button and MC to garner everyone’s good graces.