What we were doing so far and the future of Relic Hunters Legend!
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Hey Hunters,
We’ve been quiet for a while. In fact, we’ve been quiet for longer than we have ever been since this community was founded in 2015 - the year we released Relic Hunters Zero.
Our silence was entirely due to good reasons, though, and today I’d like to share some of the good news with you.
So gather around everyone because we're about to reveal our plans
As you know, we’ve been pouring our hearts and souls into this project for 3 years now. It is a gigantic project for indie standards: a sprawling online game with several characters, deep storytelling and lore, and dozens of features and mechanics. It is our dream game, and dreams are not easy to achieve.
This year was supposed to be our deadline: we would have to release whatever we had into Early Access and hope for the best. If the game didn’t do well, our dream was in risk of being cut short. We’d have to let people go. We’d be back to our situation in 2017, before Kickstarter, when we had no money and just a handful of people trying to make this dream a reality.
What if we don’t find any partner? ;(
It was a daunting challenge, but one we were ready to face anyway. Rebels don’t need to fight alone, though, and sometimes being brave is being willing to accept that you need backup.
We’re happy to announce that we found the perfect backup, and our rebel crew has grown. We have just signed with a partner that will help us fund the rest of the game’s development, and help us bring Relic Hunters to millions of fans around the world!
For now, they will remain anonymous. Let’s call them “Mysterious Strangers”. This partnership will be fully announced and revealed next year, so stay tuned.
The Mysterious Strangers coming to help us develop an even better Relic Hunters Legend
Here’s how everything else is looking for the next 2 years of Relic Hunters:
So, if you’re a Founder, you haven’t seen a new Alpha update since PAX East in February. This is also for a good reason: we are finishing the entire first Act of the game, and we wanted to wrap it up entirely before presenting it to you.
We felt that releasing the first Act little by little would prevent you from having a fresh perspective on the experience as a whole. We want you to have a different point of view than we have, so we decided to hold off until a big chunk of the game is done before allowing you all in. We want feedback and we are prepared to make big changes in response to your opinions and feelings about the first act. It is between 5-8 hours of gameplay and it is coming this year.
Panzer and Biu are being developed and they’re excited to start their adventures in the Legend’s Galaxy!
As always, we still offer full refunds with no questions asked for any and all of our Founders. If you feel like this is taking too long, we understand and accept it. Just keep in mind that the Founders program will close to new purchases on August 31st at 12:00 Pacific Time.
We would never have gotten this far without you. We will be forever grateful for all the love and support this community has shown us through all the hardships and achievements of the past 3 years.
Keep following us on our Social Media and participate on our Discord Channel, we’re always there to talk and share some details about the development of our projects.
Thank you. The journey is only just beginning.
Cheers,
~ Lucy, Mark, Betu, and the Relic Hunters Team.
Hey Hunters,
We’ve been quiet for a while. In fact, we’ve been quiet for longer than we have ever been since this community was founded in 2015 - the year we released Relic Hunters Zero.
Our silence was entirely due to good reasons, though, and today I’d like to share some of the good news with you.
So gather around everyone because we're about to reveal our plansAs you know, we’ve been pouring our hearts and souls into this project for 3 years now. It is a gigantic project for indie standards: a sprawling online game with several characters, deep storytelling and lore, and dozens of features and mechanics. It is our dream game, and dreams are not easy to achieve.
This year was supposed to be our deadline: we would have to release whatever we had into Early Access and hope for the best. If the game didn’t do well, our dream was in risk of being cut short. We’d have to let people go. We’d be back to our situation in 2017, before Kickstarter, when we had no money and just a handful of people trying to make this dream a reality.
What if we don’t find any partner? ;(It was a daunting challenge, but one we were ready to face anyway. Rebels don’t need to fight alone, though, and sometimes being brave is being willing to accept that you need backup.
We’re happy to announce that we found the perfect backup, and our rebel crew has grown. We have just signed with a partner that will help us fund the rest of the game’s development, and help us bring Relic Hunters to millions of fans around the world!
For now, they will remain anonymous. Let’s call them “Mysterious Strangers”. This partnership will be fully announced and revealed next year, so stay tuned.
The Mysterious Strangers coming to help us develop an even better Relic Hunters LegendHere’s how everything else is looking for the next 2 years of Relic Hunters:
- The game won’t be coming out on Steam Early Access this year. We will announce the new release date next year;
- We are still in full control of the game and the IP. This is still a game owned and shaped by its community;
- The Founders program will no longer be available for new Founders. We will stop selling Founder packs on August 31st, at 12:00 Pacific Time. All of our promises, perks and privileges to pre-existing Founders will be kept.
- We have no exclusive platform or console deals in place. Relic Hunters will come out in as many stores and consoles as possible;
- We are still building the game as Free-to-Play;
- Our team size is almost doubling, from 17 to 30 people. This means more quality, more content, and more love being put into the game;
- We now have the resources to deliver our full vision for Relic Hunters on launch day, instead of having to rely on Early Access being successful;
- There are new Comics underway - we have 60 pages done and even more in development;
- Even more secret cool stuff coming soon!
New Alpha updates
So, if you’re a Founder, you haven’t seen a new Alpha update since PAX East in February. This is also for a good reason: we are finishing the entire first Act of the game, and we wanted to wrap it up entirely before presenting it to you.
We felt that releasing the first Act little by little would prevent you from having a fresh perspective on the experience as a whole. We want you to have a different point of view than we have, so we decided to hold off until a big chunk of the game is done before allowing you all in. We want feedback and we are prepared to make big changes in response to your opinions and feelings about the first act. It is between 5-8 hours of gameplay and it is coming this year.
Panzer and Biu are being developed and they’re excited to start their adventures in the Legend’s Galaxy!As always, we still offer full refunds with no questions asked for any and all of our Founders. If you feel like this is taking too long, we understand and accept it. Just keep in mind that the Founders program will close to new purchases on August 31st at 12:00 Pacific Time.
We would never have gotten this far without you. We will be forever grateful for all the love and support this community has shown us through all the hardships and achievements of the past 3 years.
Keep following us on our Social Media and participate on our Discord Channel, we’re always there to talk and share some details about the development of our projects.
Thank you. The journey is only just beginning.
Cheers,
~ Lucy, Mark, Betu, and the Relic Hunters Team.