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Steam News12 August 20214y ago

Harvest Island Rollback

I have good news and I have bad news. Let's start with the bad news. I have to revert Harvest Island before the big demo version update. Which was released a few months ago.

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addedI have good news and I have bad news. Let's start with the bad news. I have to revert Harvest Island before the big demo version update. Which was released a few months ago. Which means, you'll be playing Harvest Island Beginnings from when I first initially designed the game without the community feedback. Why? Because that version had all the translations to my game. I cannot translate the new demo version because I do not have the time or budget for it, currently, and because the game won't be released until another while. And I don't want to prevent international players to not enjoy Harvest Island to some degree. Another reason is that the new version is undergoing a lot of changes, again. For the better! So, if I keep updating the demo, it'll be extremely confusing to existing players to understand the story. There's just too many revisions I have gone through in the background.
addedSorry for the rollback and I believe there are youtube videos, well, at least one that I saw, that captures the new game demo!

Harvest Island: Beginnings changes

addedI have good news and I have bad news. Let's start with the bad news. I have to revert Harvest Island before the big demo version update. Which was released a few months ago. Which means, you'll be playing Harvest Island Beginnings from when I first initially designed the game without the community feedback. Why? Because that version had all the translations to my game. I cannot translate the new demo version because I do not have the time or budget for it, currently, and because the game won't be released until another while. And I don't want to prevent international players to not enjoy Harvest Island to some degree. Another reason is that the new version is undergoing a lot of changes, again. For the better! So, if I keep updating the demo, it'll be extremely confusing to existing players to understand the story. There's just too many revisions I have gone through in the background.
addedSorry for the rollback and I believe there are youtube videos, well, at least one that I saw, that captures the new game demo!

I have good news and I have bad news. Let's start with the bad news. I have to revert Harvest Island before the big demo version update. Which was released a few months ago. Which means, you'll be playing Harvest Island Beginnings from when I first initially designed the game without the community feedback. Why? Because that version had all the translations to my game. I cannot translate the new demo version because I do not have the time or budget for it, currently, and because the game won't be released until another while. And I don't want to prevent international players to not enjoy Harvest Island to some degree. Another reason is that the new version is undergoing a lot of changes, again. For the better! So, if I keep updating the demo, it'll be extremely confusing to existing players to understand the story. There's just too many revisions I have gone through in the background.

Let's jump to the good news. The game is still in development. The game still has the budget and will still have all the translations being done. The game is halfway done with a lot of the mechanics in place. And the best news yet, I am trying to aim the game's release date by early next year. 2022. Wait...that might be a bad thing since the game is being delayed. But I promise you, you won't regret it. A rushed game is a bad game.

Sorry for the rollback and I believe there are youtube videos, well, at least one that I saw, that captures the new game demo!

This is for the greater good of the game! I promise you! This helps with marketing and international awareness. Which this game badly needs.

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Steam News / 12 August 2021

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