Roadmap to release, and information on new achievements
Development of The Profane Barrier, an expansion for Dawnsbury Days, is nearing completion.
Here's the release roadmap:
Some things still need to be done or implemented, and I still need to add voice acting to all the Profane Barrier cutscenes, but we're rapidly approaching a time when the major prerelease playtest of the expansion will begin.
I expect the playtest to begin in March. It will be a larger-scale private playtest. I will announce here on Steam when registration for the playtest opens.
If the playtest reveals no major issues, then a release would follow afterwards.
[h2]On achievements[/h2]
At the beginning of the playtest, I will introduce new Steam achievements to Dawnsbury Days. Some of these will be for features that will be added to Dawnsbury Days base game with the expansion — such as the Bard and Oracle classes — but most of these will be for achievements in the Profane Barrier campaign.
Steam does not have the capability to track DLC-specific achievements separately — they must be added to the base game.
That means that from the beginning of the playtest until the release of the expansion, it will not be possible for players outside the playtest to collect all Dawnsbury Days achievements.
I'm sorry for that. I recognize it's not ideal to have a game in a state where you can't collect all the achievements. I am postponing the publishing of the achievements as much as I can to minimize the time when Dawnsbury Days isn't 100%-completable, but ultimately the new achievements need to be playtested as well, so I need to publish them for the playtest.
There are currently 52 achievements. Until Profane Barrier is released, then, please consider that if you have 52 achievements in Dawnsbury Days, you have the trophy and you 100% fully completed the game.
Thank you for understanding, and I'm excited to begin the major playtest and share the Profane Barrier and higher-level gameplay with everyone soon!
Here's the release roadmap:
Some things still need to be done or implemented, and I still need to add voice acting to all the Profane Barrier cutscenes, but we're rapidly approaching a time when the major prerelease playtest of the expansion will begin.
I expect the playtest to begin in March. It will be a larger-scale private playtest. I will announce here on Steam when registration for the playtest opens.
If the playtest reveals no major issues, then a release would follow afterwards.
[h2]On achievements[/h2]
At the beginning of the playtest, I will introduce new Steam achievements to Dawnsbury Days. Some of these will be for features that will be added to Dawnsbury Days base game with the expansion — such as the Bard and Oracle classes — but most of these will be for achievements in the Profane Barrier campaign.
Steam does not have the capability to track DLC-specific achievements separately — they must be added to the base game.
That means that from the beginning of the playtest until the release of the expansion, it will not be possible for players outside the playtest to collect all Dawnsbury Days achievements.
I'm sorry for that. I recognize it's not ideal to have a game in a state where you can't collect all the achievements. I am postponing the publishing of the achievements as much as I can to minimize the time when Dawnsbury Days isn't 100%-completable, but ultimately the new achievements need to be playtested as well, so I need to publish them for the playtest.
There are currently 52 achievements. Until Profane Barrier is released, then, please consider that if you have 52 achievements in Dawnsbury Days, you have the trophy and you 100% fully completed the game.
Thank you for understanding, and I'm excited to begin the major playtest and share the Profane Barrier and higher-level gameplay with everyone soon!