The Murder Hotel News

[p][/p][p]It's very unfortunate, but it appears the Steam Review team has not finished their review yet, as I apparently have not given them enough time, despite my best efforts to finish the game as soon as possible on the 28th August.[/p][p][/p][p]It is completely my fault, and I feel absolutely horrible that the launch does not start as planned. And please trust me, it's not because of Silksong also releasing. I already have several media outlets mentioning the game releasing today at this hour, and this just feels like a nightmare to me now.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The moment Steam greenlights the current build. It could be later today, it could be on Monday. Again, this is all my fault, as it clearly disclosed to give them enough time to review it. And the game is quite long, with an estimated playtime of over 15+ hours.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I really, really want to apologize for this inconvenience.[/p]

[p][/p][p]If you want to continue with your savefile or bookmarks from the Demo, please go to your [/p][p]"...\\steamapps\\common\\The Murder Hotel Demo\\The Murder Hotel_Data\\StreamingAssets\\save" folder amd copy everything into the[/p][p]"...\\steamapps\\common\\The Murder Hotel\\The Murder Hotel_Data\\StreamingAssets\\save" folder.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]With the 1.0 patch on release, it will wipe all bookmarks which had been unlocked for testing purposes.[/p][p]If you were using a beta test build, please consider making backups if you rely on them.[/p][p]If you lose a bookmark that you desperately need, you can contact me on Discord to provide you with replacements.[/p][p][/p][p]Normal savefiles should be unaffected by this.[/p]

[p]Hey everyone![/p][p][/p][p]Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to finish the game in time. The endings are laid out, the court is structured, and the investigation phase is almost finished.[/p][p][/p][p]Still, I'm afraid I won't finish it in time. My motivation is like a roller coaster, constantly going up and down from the pressure of the final push.[/p][p][/p][p]I really don't want to botch the game's finale, the most important and memorable part.[/p][p][/p][p]That's why I'm delaying it one more week for a final time.[/p][p][/p][p]The new, final release date is September 4.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you again for understanding.[/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]I know you hate seeing it, but I've decided to push the release back another month, to the end of August.[/p][p]The reason is that I simply don't have enough time to finish the game properly. I want to make sure that the most important part of a murder mystery isn't rushed.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]On the bright side, I promise it will be worth the wait.[/p][p]-Wegenbartho[/p]

Hey everyone o/

It has been a long time since I started working on Chapter 3, and I am happy to announce that it is finally "almost" finished, except for some polishing that will be done over the next week.



Next on the agenda is a proper finale for the game, where you finally get the chance to expose the true culprit behind all the crimes. And I promise, it's going to be pretty nasty for Ilmarinen to do what no detective has ever done in this hotel before.

Meanwhile, our publishing partners at Mayflower Entertainment are also working tirelessly to translate all three chapters into Korean and Japan, while I make sure that the complicated sentence building system is compatible with those languages.



I hope you're as excited as I am to finally see the finished game in the store in just 2 months. That is, if I don't make any more delays like with every other chapter. But I'm positive, as I've already implemented over 1500 lines for chapter 4 while working on chapter 3, so this one gets a big head start.

That's all for now, cheers.