Each level/build is 2 months, so 10 months for the remaining levels, then with full wrap up (endings, final UI/VA changes, polish, balancing), launch is actually estimated to be around Q2 of 2026
if it alerted you of an update recently, the change from v1.03 and v1.03.1 was simply some dialogue changes after some proofreading in translated languages. I decided not to do an Update Report on it as it would only effect a small margin of people in a rather minimal way.
Sorry for the late response. Voice recordings will likely begin auditioning near the end of the year, or early next year for the remaining cast. After that, we will start covering all dialogue present at that time. I'd say hopefully within the first 6 months of 2025 the next batch should be in, but it's tough to say.
Yes, this is due to it still being in development. The majority of the remaining voice acting will be done near the end of development.
As for the animations, I do think some of them could use some tuning up. If you don't mind me asking, are there any specific animations you were thinking of in recent versions?
Last time I tested on Steam Deck, it was basically unplayable. Yes, there are plans to support it though. I've been working on the input system through development. It's not there yet, but it will be.
In short, yes, or rather, soon to be out on Patreon.
These weekly posts are progress reports, so they cover work on the build currently in development. (The ones shown here, and recently are for v0.9 which is set to release on Patreon on August 1st).
I'm not entirely sure what the question is, but I'll give some information and hope it answers the question.
The demo here on Itch.io is the free public demo (Which is content up to v0.4). All officially released free public demos are this version. The demo here will remain at v0.4 for the foreseeable future (There might be 1 update to it when the game is close to finishing development)
The game is in development past this point though. Patreon and SubscribeStar do get access to versions as the game is being developed. (The latest released versions on there is v0.8). v0.9 should be completed on August 1st.
When the game has completed development, it will be released for sale on stores like Steam (and Itch.io of course). The price is yet to be determined. (The completed game (v1.0) should be somewhere around v0.16).
This is the main public demo. Further builds will be exclusive to Patreon/SubscribeStar until development is completed. Once development is completed, the full game will be released for sale on Steam/Itch.io.
It's possible that the there will be an update to the free demo as we get closer to the end of development, but we'll see.
As for stuff with Rooster(dom) and male Aether(sub), there is also nothing necessarily "planned" but it is possible. It really depends on the final pool of decided Hscenes though.
Are you referring to notifications of sorts, or that itch.io/steam demos are still v0.4?
In case it's the latter:
The public demo will only cover 3 allies (v0.4). It's posssible that later in development there will be a public demo with a bit more, but if I do that, it likely won't be until the game is a bit more refined.
Oh! Nothing necessarily "planned", but it is possible there will be 1 or 2 instances. (In terms of Hscenes, we have few slots reserved as "extra". We improvise these slots through development depending on impulsive ideas, etc. If anything like that comes up it would be in these slots, but it would still definitely be a 'maybe').
The main character(optionally), and Rooster (Not in the demo) are the only characters that could fit the description. The March 8th and surround Progress Updates in the Devlogs could give a better look at things.
Mhm, playthrough length is something that I have taken into consideration with this game. Much feedback from SpunkStock was "good, but quite short". I am hoping the structure and pacing of this game will allow for a longer playtime, while still keeping Hcontent dense and plentiful. (Not feeling "padded").
It's hard to tell exactly how it will pan out until I have the structure fully in place, but I'll be doing my best to juggle it.
In terms of development time, it has been. As for playtime, It's honestly kind of hard to say at the moment. I hope so. SpunkStock's playtime was often dependant on how far the player wanted to go (Like getting SS on all characters, doing the gauntlet, etc.)
Starbreed has a bit more of a set pacing to it. Characters have affinity to build and such. Even though I'd like for this game to take longer to beat than SpunkStock, I definitely want the Hscenes to be dense enough.
I think this will be quite a bit longer than SpunkStock in terms of playtime, but I won't know for sure until it's done.
Our workflow generally is set up so Hscenes are done in clusters. One of the recent builds was for Rooster, the character you are speaking of. During the development of that build we did multiple scenes with them. The twitter is a bit behind in terms of it's previews, but it was showcasing that build recently.
SpunkStock was pretty cool... it was fun to make. This one is fun to make too.
Yup! While Female Aether may not be available for all scenes, she will be available in multiple (A few will likely be focused around female Aether as well). These will be optional.
