What else is there to say? Thank you to every one who played the original Prologue demo, left feedback, and kept an eye on this project over the years. This game wouldn't be what it is today without you. I hope that the rest of it can eclipse your expectations!
Join the Discord!
Oh, I made a Discord if you'd be interested in chatting with me and the other players. It's a good spot to leave suggestions, ideas, and feedback or report bugs too. See you there!
About The Soundtrack!
Also, in case any of you are looking for the soundtrack: that will be available on Steam in a few days on October 10th.
Until then, I encourage you to check out the the pages of the game's musician, Me and My Kidney: Bandcamp & SoundCloud. The soundtrack is actually available on Bandcamp right now, so you could grab it there if you'd like!
A Couple of Personal Asks:
Once you have a chance to play the game, please leave a review! Be honest, of course! It really helps me out and I'm also just genuinely curious to hear what people think!
To anyone who's played new demo from June 2022: can you comment here and let me know if "importing" your save into the full game worked? I'm pretty sure it's fine, but I've seen Steam Cloud do some really weird things... so it would put me at ease to hear that it's working.
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Thank you for your playing, shru ｡*:★(´・ω・人・ω・`)｡:゜★｡
The Game comes out Tomorrow!!!
Gamer Greetings!
I'm just popping in for a quick reminder that the game's coming out tomorrow! (Or if you didn't catch the last post then... surprise!)
It'll go live at about the time I'm posting this now. So like... 6:00 AM PST / 9:00 AM EST / 1:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM CET / 10:00 PM JST ... -ish. I have to manually click the release button, but around this time if nothing goes wrong!
That's all for now! I'll leave you with a comparison of one of the earliest gifs I took of the game, and a more recent one!
See you again soon... hope these announcements aren't getting annoying, （⌒∇⌒）ﾉ""ﾌﾘﾌﾘ
Release Date: October 6th
Gamer Greetings!
You've seen the title, the full version of Vacant Kingdom is almost upon us! October 6th is the release day! Wishlist it, mark your calendars, and let your nephew Graeden know!
The game will be priced at $8 USD, or your regional equivalent. It'll launch at a 10% discount, as games on Steam often do.
Lengthwise, the full game should be about 4-6 hours long, although some people may take a fair bit longer. If you've played the new demo, that's the first 40% of the game or so.
And a reminder: if you haven't played the new demo yet, you can do that now and your progress will carry over into the full game when it's out!
I won't say much else, but here's a quick peek at a new weapon I added recently.
So excited for everyone to play it, shru (U・ω・U)ノ
Play the New Demo!
Gamer Greetings!
Today I have a short but very exciting update! I've just released a new Vacant Kingdom demo for you all to play!
Just to manage expectations: The demo mostly contains the same areas that you've probably already played in Prologue For A Vacant Kingdom. However, these areas have received 3 years of polish and improvements. So I think you'll still have fun fighting new enemies, exploring new rooms, collecting new items and weapons, and hearing all of the bumpin' new music.
Also, whatever progress you make in the demo — you'll be able to import your save file into the full game once it's released.
Consider making a donation to your local gamers' shelter, shru (≧ω≦)ゞ
New Demo On June 13th
Gamer Greetings! I have a couple things to share!
First, I'm happy to announce that there will be a new Vacant Kingdom demo that you can play at Steam Next Fest on June 13th!
Just to manage expectations: The demo will mostly contain the same areas that you've probably already played in Prologue For A Vacant Kingdom. However, these areas have received 3 years of polish and improvements. So I think you'll still have fun fighting new enemies, exploring new rooms, collecting new items and weapons, and hearing all of the bumpin' new music.
Also, whatever progress you make in the demo — you'll be able to import your save file into the full game once it's released.
Second, to go along with this announcement, I've made a new trailer for the game! I'll let the trailer speak for itself, it shows off a fair amount of content that I haven't shown before.
I'm sure you're all wondering about the release date of the full game as well. I'm not ready to share that until I truly have everything sorted out. But rest assured that the game is super close to completion. I believe I'll be able to release the full game shortly after the demo goes live.
Remember to thank a retro gamer for their service, shru ฅ•ω•ฅ
Dev Log XI - Gameplay Footage
Happy March, Gamers!
I've been quietly working on the game and it's getting closer and closer to completion. I thought I'd check in quickly and share a video of some uninterrupted combat and exploration.
[previewyoutube="1dfGV-X67bA;full"] There's at least a couple of little gameplay elements that I don't think I've shown off before, so see if you can spot them.
This video is also the first time that I've shown off any of the new music for the game. Vacant Kingdom's development is no longer a one man show, for about a year now I've had a musician helping me out. (Their personal project is Me and My Kidney, I'll recommend checking it out if you like harder electronic dance music, especially the kind found in Japanese rhythm games and such.)
There's a ton of awesome original music in the full game that I'm really excited for everyone to hear. If you recall from Prologue, all of the bosses shared one song — in the full game each and every boss has an original song all to themselves. So there should be a lot more variety all around this time.
Stay in school and game responsibly, shru *.ﾟ+ヽ(○･▽･○)ﾉﾞ +.ﾟ*
PS: Things are progressing nicely towards a closed beta, so it shouldn't be too much longer before I start reaching out to some of you who commented on the first post. Please wait warmly.
