Hello everyone! Time for another update - I'm sorry this one has been a long time coming!
Pictured: Lilibri doing her fun little pose!
Truth be told, I didn't want to make another update until we were ready to share a playable version of the game with our backstage pass backers, but things got a bit knocked off the rails. After my medical emergency a few months ago, I've had to take time for getting my physical and mental health in order, and just when I felt that was sorted enough, I found myself occupied with a big, expensive move - both the effort of moving itself and the extra work I had to take on to pay for it.
Even with me being indisposed, I thought we could still get a playable version of the game to backers out by the end of the year, but unfortunately that isn't looking like it'll be the case - almost everyone else is behind, too. Aside from the animation work I haven't been able to finish, we're still missing some music and backgrounds. Even if we proceeded without those, the coding work for the necessary menu and UI stuff has been stretching out many times longer than I thought it would and still isn't ready.
Once the holidays are over and I can finally give Petal Crash 2 my full attention, I hope I can do what I can to get development rolling smoothly! I'll be challenging myself to get all the character animation work done by the time everything else is ready for the backstage preview version - a couple of the characters are basically finished, which is an exciting milestone.
I've also got something else in the works - I had a lot of fun making Petal Crash enamel pins, and even during the Petal 2 crowdfunder, I was already thinking about doing another crowdfund just to get pins made of the entire cast. I'm trying to gauge interest, so if that's something you'd like, let me know!
Missing your favorite? They'll be back... in pin form!
I know that doing another crowdfund while the thing I've already crowdfunded for isn't done yet seems kind of suspect, but it'd help me a lot to make up for lost time if it's a success - plus, I did successfully deliver on the merch portion of the Petal 2 crowdfund already, so I hope that proves I'm ready to send out another batch of physical goodies just as promptly! I'm currently planning to hold it sometime early in 2025. If you get any money over the holidays as a gift, save it! To give to ME
That's all for now - hopefully next time, the game will be ready for a bunch of you to get your hands on it. Thank you so much for your patience and all of your support!
Hey all, We're into the last few days of this, and it's 97% of the way to €30,000! Thanks a lot to everyone who's backed. It's going to be worth it!
I've put the original 868-HACK on sale, probably if you're here you already have it but maybe tell your friends: iOS appstore or Steam.
Also, tonight I'm planning to stream for a bit, from around 8:30pm GMT, to show some of the game and maybe answer any questions people have. This is my first time livestreaming! Usually I don't show very much of a game I'm working on at this stage because there's so much basic usability stuff left to do, but I'm feeling like there are probably some folk who'd like to see a bit more to help decide about backing the game, and maybe this will be a good format for that because I can explain what direction things are going in as I show it.
Hi I’m Molly and I’m just wondering when will my stuff be shipped.I can wait for it but all I want is in update on my order because I see everyone else saying that their order has been shipped and some said that they received their order but I haven’t got any messages or emails about my order being shipped yet
You did say that the remaining orders would come in December and We’re getting to the end of December.It’s totally fine if I have to wait til January or February I just want an update.
Please and Thank you
December 23rd - January 6th I won't be active due trips for Christmas and New Year season! Happy upcoming holidays and let's catch up after NY!
Fundraiser and rewards update!
The fundraiser has now officially closed completely!
Unpaid pledges through the main fundraiser campaign were cancelled
All Woodland Pixyl Sticker orders has been registered and sent to Pixyl team to prepare for production
Around 45 out of 110 custom reward previews has been sent out for check ups
- Alpha & Beta Early access keys has been sent out to your BackerKit accounts - Normal Early Access keys I had to send out manually so around 300 emails should be sent now too Sending these earlier will really help me with having less workload after NY so I can focus more on the game!
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Alpha & Beta Early access key is for the same product, it just has an access to the game's upcoming Alpha & Beta versions
The game is not currently playable since it's in development, but you can claim the keys to have it in your library already
Those who are filling in surveys late (after December 15th) will most likely receive the keys after holidays only
If you haven't received your Backer role or have any other questions/issues, please send me an email: [email protected]
Hi there!
Today I checked my survey and saw that my order was marked as shipped, but I wasn't able to find any shipping number or something like that, is it normal? Or do I have to contact u guys?
Thanks!
Hey, I dug up one of my old notebooks and found the scribbled pages that eventually became 868-HACK, so here (backer-exclusive) are those pages, plus my first page of notes for the sequel!
More orders are marked as shipped so check your survey if you want to see if your order is coming soon! Digital only orders are also marked as fulfilled but that does not mean your digital items are all delivered, ive just marked it purely for physical shipping reasons.
Just a quick update on logistics as the year wraps up. We have been busy locking down orders and charging cards this past week and here's what you can expect going forward:
Add-ons
Add-ons for existing products will ship by the end of this week. All digital Add-ons will be delivered via your BackerKit dashboard.
Super-Scientific Tachyon
If your order includes a Super-Scientific Tachyon card, we plan to begin (and hopefully finish) shipping those out this week.
*NOTE* - if you want your card shipped ASAP, please have your survey filled out by 9AM eastern time Thursday, December 12.
Sentinels 2
Moving into next year, we'll be hard at work bringing Sentinels 2 to the digital tabletop.
Thanks again for all your support, and we'll see you in 2025!
They're a lovely bunch of people and we had a nice chat about the original, my development process, some aspects of the design of the new game - and some more philosophical topics.
We're 87% of the way to the full budget for the game, so keep spreading the word! Thank you!
