Release/launch news and info!

[p]Hey folks! Got some Big News plus some supporting Other News Components![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]It's happening! I said 'this fall/winter' and 'Q4 2025' and I meant it![/p][p][/p][p]I finished up the launch build the other night, and review keys are going out I think basically around the time I post this? So we're into the final stretch of this five-and-a-half-year-and-counting project, with Marketing-Mode Jake taking the last baton pass! Yes, there'll be Acts 2 & 3 to come, but we only get one 'real' launch, yknow? It's exciting![/p][p][/p][p]What time of day are we launching? ...Dunno yet! Something reasonable, surely. You'll hear about it before actual launch![/p][p][/p][p]Scroll for info on pricing and related launch timing. But first![/p][p][/p][h2]Metroidvania Fusion Fest[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p]We're in Metroidvania Fusion Fest on Steam all week! MVs are a favourite genre of mine, especially ones that play with the format - plus, there's a bunch of games from friends of mine in the fest with us, like Bio-Gun! Lots of reasons to go check it out![/p][p]Metroidvania Fusion Fest[/p][p][/p][p]Okay, back to Scrabdackle announcements![/p][p][/p][h2]Launch pricing[/h2][p][/p][p]Scrabdackle will launch selling for $14.99 USD for Act 1, and the Act 1 OST (about 40 tracks and 90 min) will launch selling for $9.99 USD barring any discounts and so on.[/p][p][/p][p]Don't use USD as your local currency? No worries, we've got you covered! Here's the full planned international pricing set we're doing. (We know USD conversion rates don't always reflect local currency purchasing power - we tried to take that into consideration for these rates.)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Answering some potential questions quick before I talk timing![/p]

• [p]Will the game price ever change in the future?[/p]
  • [p]If you don't buy Act 1 and wait for a later act to release: Yes![/p]
  • [p]If you do buy Act 1 now: No![/p]
  • [p]Basically, the sale price of the base game will increase slightly during both the Act 2 and Act 3 launches (which are still a good long ways out), but once you've bought it, you've bought it. You'll get the best deal if you want to buy now and play Acts 2 & 3 as they come out.[/p]
• [p]Will Acts 2 and 3's OST be the same price?[/p]
  • [p]No! Act 1 easily has the largest soundtrack since it introduces a bunch of character and combat themes that recur throughout the game. I'm not pre-announcing those prices, but in our planning, they're scaled to the number of tracks on them.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Other timings & launch FYIS[/h2][p][/p][p]The public demo will be taken down on Nov 18th, two weeks before launch. The end of an era! There's been a Scrabdackle demo available in some form or another for over 5 years now, but it's time for me to start encouraging people to actually buy the game and uh, try and make a viable career out of this whole thing 😅[/p][p][/p][p]Within the community, we're also enforcing a spoiler lockdown for the first week after launch, which is also when we'll do the next reveal round of our "game theory" story/lore betting game. More about both of those topics on the discord server! Please do join if talking about the game with folks or checking out fan art and memes sounds fun, it's a good gang.[/p][p][/p][p]If you're a Kickstarter backer, check the latest Kickstarter update on the topic of key delivery and pre-launch access![/p][p][/p][p]Okay! That's it for me, for now - I'll be back with some minor announcements etc between now and launch.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]