Swan Song News

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]Production for Swan Song is in full swing! We have behind the scenes stuff to show you, as well as info about the 5 year anniversary giveaway at the end of this post! 🥳 [/p][p][/p][h3]Voice Acting 🎶[/h3][p]We recently started on the next parts of the voice acting parts for Swan Song with the wonderfull Emily Kolm (who also made our reveal trailer for Gamescom 2025) and Matt Harris. Below you can check out a small vlog and some behind the scenes footage of Rick recording the second letter![/p][p][/p][p]There will be a lot more Voice Acting that will be added to the final release, but the 2 letters are currently the two things you can check it in the revisioned demo we will be releasing for Steam Next Fest.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The group of wonderful people helping us bring Swan Song to life![/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]
Behind the scenes of Ricks recording session (apparently youtube shorts links don't work here) -> [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3][/h3][p][/p][h3]Business Goose turns 5! 🥳[/h3][p]Business Goose Studios recently turned 5 years old! During this time we worked on tons of projects for amazing partners all over the world, and developed (and co-developed) 3 games, with Swan Song being the most recent one and releasing this year! [/p][p][/p][p]To celebrate, we are currently hosting a giveaway on our community discord. We are giving away 20 keys for Sizeable, as well as 5 keys for Swan Song when the game releases! Just follow the link below, accept the rules of the discord, and go over to the giveaways channel to see how you can enter! Winners will be chosen this friday 06/02 in the afternoon! 🤩

Join our community discord here -> https://discord.com/invite/hyEhfENBQN[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for the continued support, and untill the next dev-log! 💾[/p][p][/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Sander, Jonathan & Beau of Business Goose Studios[/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We just wanted to make a little post about the current stage of development and talk about our Gamescom 2025 experience![/p][p][/p][h3]Swan Song is now in Beta![/h3][p]Yes! We have now officially entered the beta stage with Swan Song. That means we are currently hard at work making content (levels, new platform types, implementing the rest of the story,...) after getting all systems set up during alpha. Because of that, we have some screenshots to share with you all! These screenshots showcase the updated environments in the first 3 chapters and some new mechanics that are slowly getting introduced in the next couple chapters! Can you guess what all of the new mechanics are and what they do? [/p][p][/p][p]We will be sharing more stuff in the coming weeks/months now that the behind the scenes stuff is mostly done and we can truly show all the cool new puzzle things we are implementing![/p][p][/p][p]Updated environments[/p][p][/p][p] Can you guess what each new mechanic does?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Gamescom 2025[/h3][p]In short we can tell you that our Gamescom 2025 experience was absolutely fantastic! It was wonderfull to get to talk to so many of you who where excited about the game, hear your feedback and get to see people's first hand experience with the game![/p][p][/p][p]Although it were 5 very tiring days, we got a lot of valuable feedback from showcasing the game at the Indie Arena Booth! We are very very gratefull that we got the opportunity to showcase Swan Song there, and it defenitely motivated us even more to deliver the best possible version of the game to all of you next year.[/p][p][/p][p]We uploaded a little after movie a few months back, but now only got around to really post about it just now.
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]We also got our first piece of fan art! Which was very exciting!! ♥♥[/p][p][/p][p]That's it for now! We want to thank you all again for wishlisting the game. checking it out during Gamescom 2025? Happy holidays from all of us here at Business Goose Studios! 🎄🦢
[/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Sander, Beau & Jonathan[/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We just wanted to update everyone that the new demo is now live! This demo includes:[/p]

• [p]3 chapters + the tutorial chapter to play through. Note that these chapters have a reduced level count because it's just a demo! more levels will be available in the full version.[/p]
• [p]The complete story up to chapter 3 (there will be 9 in the full game).[/p]
• [p]4 music tracks written by the fantastic Jamal green![/p]

[p][/p][p]Please let us know if you do encounter any weird bugs or have any feedback in general! Do also let us know if you enjoyed the new demo! :D

Cheers and thanks for all the support 💖,[/p][p]Sander Ambroos & the Business Goose Team[/p]

[p]Hi everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We just wanted to post something to announce that we just released the reveal trailer for Swan Song!

You can check it out by clicking the link below:
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Like we previously said, we will be attending Gamescom 2025 at the Indie Arena Booth. We would love it if you could swing by to play the new demo and have a chat! We are located in Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13. [/p][p][/p][p]Ofcourse, the new demo will also be playable during the steam event of Gamescom 2025. Make sure to tell people about the new demo and make sure they wishlist! 💖[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for all the support, and see you at Gamescom![/p][p][/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Sander Ambroos & the Business Goose Team[/p]

[p]Hi everyone,[/p][p]We have been hard at work to get the vertical slice/new demo of Swan Song ready. Here are a couple things that we have done and are planned for this year.[/p][p][/p][h3]New Demo[/h3][p]We have been hard at work to rebuild the whole game to make it more stable compared to the Gamejam demo version. The new demo that has been uploaded to steam now has the following features:[/p]

• [p]New "shorter" tutorial.[/p]
• [p]New levels & pacing in chapter 1.[/p]
• [p]new levels & pacing in chapter 2.[/p]
• [p]Environments change depending on what chapter you're playing.[/p]
• [p]Added a lot of SFX & VFX.[/p]
• [p]Added more player feedback.[/p]
• [p]Updated a lot of models & textures.[/p]
• [p]Lots of bug fixes (but do report any you find).[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Work on the vertical slice continues[/h3][p]Like we said in the previous part, we have been hard at work to get the vertical slice of the game ready! This means the whole back end, internal level editor,... should be finished so we can start adding more levels & more story objects for the final version more easily. Here are some examples of story objects, new environments & the internal level editor. Some of these objects will be present in the final demo that will release during Gamescom 2025. [/p][p][/p][p]The environment will also change depending on what chapter you are playing. It serves the purpose to give the look of the game a bit more variety, but also to set the mood for the part of the story you are currently experiencing! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Gamescom 2025[/h3][p]And then, some big news! We will be attending Gamescom 2025 at the Indie Arena Booth. We will be presenting the full vertical slice of Swan Song there, so this means:[/p]

• [p]Chapters 1 - 3 will be playable.[/p]
• [p]The first part of the story will be present and playable.[/p]
• [p]We will be doing some giveaways to win a copy of Sizeable OR a copy of Swan Song for the future![/p]
• [p]Some merch will also be given away when you drop by and have a chat with us, play the game and wishlist! :D[/p]

[p][/p][p]That's it for now! We hope you are as excited about Swan Song as we are, and that the new demo gives you a better look at how the game will feel in the final version/demo (tho the pacing and difficulty still needs some work). Make sure to join our discord if you would like to participate in the playtests we are currently hosting! [/p][p][/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Sander Ambroos & the Business Goose Team[/p]