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Steam News25 December 20256mo ago

Release delayed to early 2026 and some updates

Hey everyone - Merry Christmas! We hope you're enjoying the holiday season. We have some bad and good news to share.

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Hey everyone - Merry Christmas! We hope you're enjoying the holiday season.

What changed

0 fixes1 addition4 changes0 removals
  • Events
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
changedHey everyone - Merry Christmas! We hope you're enjoying the holiday season.
changed> New & updated ArtUpdated Ingredient related UIs
changed> New & updated ArtPlayer book UIs for ingredients, achievements, and etc.
added> New & updated ArtUpdated + new animations for Charlotte to include Remi, the crow [ Example ]
changed> Gameplay UpdatesA lot of changes and tweaks! We'll share more in a future update.

The Bestest Alchemist changes

changedHey everyone - Merry Christmas! We hope you're enjoying the holiday season.
changedUpdated Ingredient related UIs
changedPlayer book UIs for ingredients, achievements, and etc.
addedUpdated + new animations for Charlotte to include Remi, the crow [ Example ]
changedA lot of changes and tweaks! We'll share more in a future update.

We have some bad and good news to share.

Release Delayed to Q1 2026

Unfortunately, we made the difficult decision to push the release date to early next year. We really tried to make it for this year, but the game would just not be at the quality bar we really want it to be at.

We'll have more details soon with a final release date.

Sneak peek - lots of game updates

We've covered a lot of ground since the last update.

> New & updated Art

  • Updated Ingredient related UIs

  • Player book UIs for ingredients, achievements, and etc.

  • Updated + new animations for Charlotte to include Remi, the crow [Example]

> Story Mode

  • The script for story mode is complete!

  • The illustration planning is in progress

> Gameplay Updates

  • A lot of changes and tweaks! We'll share more in a future update.

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Steam News / 25 December 2025

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