Lust Arcanum News

[p]We just hit the release button — it's live!🎉[/p][p] Thank you to everyone who followed along during development. We're so proud to finally put this one in your hands. It's our longest game yet, and we've poured everything into it.[/p][p]We hope you love it as much as we loved making it.[/p][p]As always, we'll be keeping a close eye on the release to squash any bugs that pop up, and then we'd love to hear your feedback too.[/p][p]— Gigi and Karne[/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We're still polishing and adding final touches, but Lust Arcanum is close to hand now! The full game is releasing soon, but before that happens, we'll have a demo available during the upcoming Steam Next Fest - 24 Feb - 3 Mar![/p][p][/p][p]If you want to try it out, your save progress will carry over to the full version—and the demo will stick around after Next Fest ends, so no rush if you do miss it.[/p][p][/p][p]At launch, we'll have the usual -10% discount for the first week.[/p][p][/p][p]We're also putting together a supporter pack with some tiny visual changes as something small for anyone who wants to help us out and support the games we make! Plus, we're looking into creating some bundles with our other games if you're looking to grab more than one.[/p][p][/p][p]Wishlist if you havent already, that helps us out a lot too![/p]

[p]We have just submitted the build for Steam Approval!
[/p][p]We're hoping it will be approved, and we'll be keeping an eye out and adjust for any feedback we get.
[/p][p]Right now we have entered a mostly polish stage, making sure the game is fun, clearly understandable (for instance, as above, these tutorial panels) and looks good! Lots of internal testing too.
[/p][p]To be fair there are a few things that still need to get done - Sound Effects (like button clicks, menus, or environmental noises) is looking like it's next up, but there should not be any blockers or delays at this stage.

[/p][p]We will keep you posted![/p]

[p]Where the games development is at:[/p][p]Level design is done! Every area now has its core ideas in place. We’ll still nudge things around as we play test, but the heavy lifting of area design is done.[/p][p]With that locked in alongside the narrative and exploration loops, the most time consuming chunks of content design work are finally out of the way!
[/p][p]Next Up:[/p][p]What’s left is more fiddly stuff: environment dressing, sound effects, a few technical bits like cloud saves and achievements, plus the usual art, animation, and gameplay polish :)
[/p][p]The main news you're probably interested in: Release Date![/p][p]Right now we’re aiming for the early-2026 Steam Next Fest, this feels like a good amount of polish time and also a good window to get the game in front of as many players as possible.[/p][p]A demo is also on the cards, most likely once the audio is in and everything feels more complete.

Addendum:
We thought it's high time to start cross-posting updates here, but as a reminder you can find our very latest updates on Patreon
After a while they become public on Discord (and now, here!)[/p]