Riftsletter 1 - 2026

[p]Um... Hi! With the year coming to an end I wanted to do some sort of announcement to keep you all updated since I feel I'm rather bad at all this social media thinge. [/p][p]Also, before we start, thank's a lot for all the wishlists! It feels surreal to have people interested in my sillies.[/p][p][/p][h3]A Demo of a Demo[/h3][p](Now for real) First and foremost, there is a very small Movement Demo (as I like to call it at least) that I have almost completed. However, for the actual Official Demo of the game I'd like to have at least all of World 1 ready so there's more meat on its bones, so the release schedule, so to speak, is to release the smaller Movement Demo on my Itch.io on January of next year; While I'll aim for summer's Next Fest for the complete/big Official Demo, although I can't make any promises, since as a novice and mostly solo dev, my pace can be rather inconsistent, so apologies :< Still, hope you look forward for these demos![/p][p][/p][h3]Say that again about World 1?[/h3][p]On another note, yeah, I'm making World 1! I've been taking this slowly and carefully since it's my first time constructing a full on world, and especially with December's festivities I've been slower than usual, however, despite it all being yet in an early prototypal phase, I am content with what I've got so far![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]World 1 will be set on a lunar archipelago, where both the islands and culture are all centred around a huge Moon-like asteroid, to the point of naming the islands after its phases, which are static and dependant on the perspective where each island sees this central rock. You will be able to uncover its secrets for free when the Official Demo launches, but for now, have this screenshot of prototype New Moon Village :>[/p][p][/p][h3]The Youtuber Bit[/h3][p]As a final note, if you want to support me financially during this journey, I do have a Patreon I will shamelessly plug now! Being a member will guarantee you the opportunity to test out beta builds of the game, as well as a special channel on the game's Discord server. You can still participate on beta testing if you're not a member however, especially now that we're still building up a community, but you do need to be on the Discord for it, so be sure to check out the buttons at the bottom of this post.[/p][p][/p][p]That's it for me then, thanks for reading to the end, happy early New Year and late Christmas, hope to see you in the Rift! (Wait, wasn't that someone else's goodbye message? I'll have to work on that...)[/p][p]- Vikku (Mahou Boshi)[/p]