The Coffin of Andy and Leyley News

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley has now entered Early Access.



The Early Access has both episode 1 and 2 in their complete state. Episode 3(s) will be patched in once they are complete, at no additional cost. This will happen sometime in 2024.

Please use the Bugs, Issues, and Support board to report any problems you may find.

There is also a forum for fan translations where one may post their translations for others to find.

The game provides a translation tool. Guides and information about it are posted on the translation forum.


Monthly devlogs will resume in December. Not November. December.

Hope you'll enjoy episode 2!

Some good news.

Everything will be cleared for the launch a week sooner than expected.

[h2]The new date is the 13th of October 2023.[/h2]


Hopefully an earlier release is a pleasant surprise.

See you on Friday the 13th!

After much consideration, The Coffin of Andy and Leyley will enter Early Access on the 20th of October 2023. Thank you everyone who weighed in with their vote.

Here is some information regarding how Early Access will be handled:

• Early Access launches with Episodes 1 and 2 in their final state. (Minus bug and typo fixes.)
  
  
• You do not pay for the new episodes after purchasing the game once. The new episodes will be patched in as major updates. Each are likely to take many months to complete.
  
  
• The final number of episodes will be 4. Two of which are different routes of episode 3.
  
  
• Localization tools for fan translations are planned to be included. Details will be announced later.
  
  
• Full release will be in 2024.
  

Devlogs will continue to be released once a month.

For those who want to wait for the full release, the devlogs will not assume you've played episodes 1 or 2. You can continue following the development without getting spoiled any more than before.

October's devlog will be a brief release announcement with some additional details. So these will be the last screenshots before the Early Access launch:

Today's devlog is more of a question than an update.

Starting next month, I'm going to be saddled with real life responsibilities for the foreseeable future. Development of the game is going to slow down significantly. (Stop boo'ing! I'm way sadder about this than you are!!)

[h2]My question to you is...[/h2]
[h3]Would you rather wait until the game is fully complete, or would you like to play episode 2 as soon as possible?[/h3]

I could finish up episode 2, and release the game in Early Access. Depending on how it goes, I might be able to do other content updates between then and release.

Much like episode 1, episode 2 has its own arc and a conclusion, without ending the whole story.

If there is little interest in this, I will just press on and release the full game whenever it's ready. Which is sometime in 2024.



I don't have or use social media, and the only discussions I periodically check these days are the ones on Steam. So if you want your opinion to be heard, you'll have to post it here. I'll read what you write, weigh the interest, and share my decision in the next dev log.

[h3]So Early Access, yay or nay?? Comment your input.[/h3]

Alternatively, you can leave your vote using the awards:

For Early Access: Gotta Have It For waiting until full release: Poetry


Thank you!

Anyway, screenshots.



Now let me know if you want Early Access or not.

The game has now been in development for five months. Five months!!! Good god......

Nothing too special to share this time, so here are some details of the story format and its progress.

I'm fairly confident the full game should include three new episodes. Two of which are going to be different branches of episode 3.

• Episode 1 - Finished
  
• Episode 2 - Semi Finished (playable with some placeholder art + missing audio)
  
• Episode 3A - About 10% done.
  
• Episode 3B - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  

*NOTE - This doesn't mean episodic release. The full game will include all episodes.


I intend for both branches to have two endings each. And no, I'm not counting game-overs as endings.

Episode lengths vary greatly, so a release date estimate is still impossible.


[h3]Here's some screenshots:[/h3]



[h3]This month's promo piece is a comic:[/h3]



Dialogue text for those using a translator:
- Aw yeah! Harder, Andy!
- What the f**k is going on over there!?
- Oh, it's mom...


Until next time!