Super Lesbian Animal RPG launches THIS DECEMBER! On STEAM, even! (Also, we have a website!)

And here it is! Our first big piece of news as we enter the buildup towards launch. I can finally, officially say that SLARPG will be released this December!! It's stretching my promise that SLARPG would be out in 2022 to its limit, but hey, it's happening. (More on that launch window below.)

That's not all!

STEAM! (And itch!)

After many requests, I can also officially say that SLARPG will be released not only on itch.io, but also Steam! The store page is up now. And hey, if you want an easy way to help us out, add it to your wishlist on Steam! Even if you plan on getting it elsewhere, or you're gonna be in on the Patreon Beta (which will now likely be happening in November!), letting Valve know that people want to buy the game really helps our visibility.

And for those who'd rather get it DRM-free through itch.io, that store page is also live! itch doesn't have built-in wishlists like Steam, but you can bookmark it or add it to some kind of "play later" collection.

A website!

In other pre-release promotion news, SLARPG also now has its own website! This was a long time coming. The game needed a nice little site to explain what it is and where to get it, instead of just using the Tumblr blog for that. Go take a look around! It's got a bunch of screenshots, character bios, an FAQ, and even a press kit! The trailer will go there, too, once said trailer exists. And I'll also make a page for the prologue comic once it's done, so it can easily be read in one place. (Pencils for said comic are coming along very nicely, by the way! We may share a small preview and announce who's drawing it relatively soon. I mean, I could've done so today, but look how much other news I already have to share in this post.)

The key art!

And, of course, all of this is decorated with the final key art for the game, which I recently finished. (You can get a better look at it without all the promotional text via the game's press kit.) In less inside baseball terms, it's basically the cover art, or the poster. I spent a lot of time deliberating over small details, but I'm really happy with how it turned out. Comparing it to my first drawings of these characters is also a trip lmao

And that's all the fun announcements for today! It's happening. The game itself is 99% done at this point, and I'm working on the stuff necessary to put it out into the world properly. Now to elaborate on a point raised above...

So, why December?

We're committing to a December release for a few reasons.

First, it's to avoid the rush of big games coming out in October and November. There are always other games coming out and competing for attention every week, of course, but releasing our humble little furry RPG Maker game between the first open world Sonic game and the first(-ish) open world Pokemon game is not a smart move. December is a much less busy time for game releases.

Another, bigger factor is just that I've slowed down a bit ever since I hit Alpha and finished the story. Once I finished making the ending I'd been envisioning for years, it's like the exhaustion from years of steady work on the same project finally started catching up with me. I wouldn't say I'm burnt out or anything, but it's been harder for me to stay focused five days a week and keep up the pace in the home stretch. Work has continued in spite of this, but this somewhat slower pace prevented us from releasing in Q3 like I had secretly been aiming for.

There's also just a lot of promotional stuff left to do beyond finishing the game. Like, you know, all the stuff shared in this post! And Alpha testing is still underway, and the Patreon Beta will take time, and on and on and on. There's a lot left to do, and aiming for December gives us a much more reasonable amount of time to do it.

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And that's all for now! That was a lot of news. We will continue to have a lot of news in the near future, because the game is out in less than three months. Get hyped! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell everyone! It's almost here!!