Steam News4 December 20257mo ago

Lust Arcanum : Dev Update

Where the games development is at: Level design is done! Every area now has its core ideas in place. We’ll still nudge things around as we play test, but the heavy lifting of area design is done.

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addedLevel design is done! Every area now has its core ideas in place. We’ll still nudge things around as we play test, but the heavy lifting of area design is done.

changedWhat’s left is more fiddly stuff: environment dressing, sound effects, a few technical bits like cloud saves and achievements, plus the usual art, animation, and gameplay polish :)

changedA demo is also on the cards, most likely once the audio is in and everything feels more complete. Addendum: We thought it's high time to start cross-posting updates here, but as a reminder you can find our very latest updates on Patreon After a while they become public on Discord (and now, here!)

Lust Arcanum changes

addedLevel design is done! Every area now has its core ideas in place. We’ll still nudge things around as we play test, but the heavy lifting of area design is done.

changedWhat’s left is more fiddly stuff: environment dressing, sound effects, a few technical bits like cloud saves and achievements, plus the usual art, animation, and gameplay polish :)

Where the games development is at:

Level design is done! Every area now has its core ideas in place. We’ll still nudge things around as we play test, but the heavy lifting of area design is done.

With that locked in alongside the narrative and exploration loops, the most time consuming chunks of content design work are finally out of the way!

Next Up:

What’s left is more fiddly stuff: environment dressing, sound effects, a few technical bits like cloud saves and achievements, plus the usual art, animation, and gameplay polish :)

The main news you're probably interested in: Release Date!

Right now we’re aiming for the early-2026 Steam Next Fest, this feels like a good amount of polish time and also a good window to get the game in front of as many players as possible.

A demo is also on the cards, most likely once the audio is in and everything feels more complete. Addendum: We thought it's high time to start cross-posting updates here, but as a reminder you can find our very latest updates on Patreon After a while they become public on Discord (and now, here!)

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