Sidenius

Update on upcoming build (part 2)

Added 2025-01-27 01:29:40 +0000 UTC

Now it is less than a week until the first early access build drops! As explained on the website and in previous posts, each new build (including the first) is rolled out to patrons biweekly in batches based on tier, with the highest tier getting first access. The first build will be available to tier 5 (Guardian) on Friday at 16:00 CET (UTC+1) and then the same day and time for the next tier every two weeks. I will make another announcement with additional information on Friday some time before the game can be downloaded.

The game will be uploaded on the indie game platform Itch as a free download but requiring Patreon verification in-game as shown in a previous sneak peek. A new version of the build is uploaded with fixes, tweaks and potentially additional content every time a new tier gets access. For now it will require re-downloading the game to get the new version, but it's a pretty small file size (less than 3 GB). When it gets larger I'll look into the custom launcher and patching system I wrote about in a previous post.

All the required parts are now in place and next week I'll be polishing, tweaking, bug hunting and potentially adding some more settings or a few bonus things. Unfortunately the new dragon model won't make it in time for this version of the build since the modeller has been hit with some setbacks (mainly California wildfires causing power outages), but it will most likely be added in the coming weeks!