Sin Spire - Dev Log 42

Hello everyone! I hope the new year has treated you all well so far. I’ve been… not-so-busy. At least not with game development. Mostly getting over a bit of the seasonal blues and the post-new year hangover. That said, I feel like I can afford the luxury, as the game doesn’t have much left to do (famous last words).

I’ve now been given all the translation files for Chinese and Russian, and I’ll be getting those implemented this coming week. There are still some other bits and pieces to touch up, but that kind of thing is endless. Generally speaking, the game is more-or-less in the state it will ship in.

Which brings me to my big announcement.

I said in my last post that the game would release in January of this year. Well, now I have an exact date: January 23rd, 2026. That’s right – a little under two weeks away. For good or ill, the game will release on that date regardless of its state. Undoubtedly there will be things that need fixing or adjusting post-launch, but I’ll most likely be taking a break from Sin Spire once it releases.

Alongside this, I’m planning to release a demo over on Itch.io, and I’ll also be looking into potential ways of getting the game to people who can’t access it through Steam. That’s a trickier conversation overall, as I’m not entirely sure who does or doesn’t have access – I know that Germany is restricted, but beyond that things get a bit murky. People have mentioned GOG as a good option, though I haven’t pursued it yet. There are also newer storefronts that cater to adult games, though I don’t yet know how reliable they are.

I’ve also briefly touched on whether the game will receive post-launch content beyond fixes. To reiterate what I wrote in the New Year’s post: if Sin Spire is successful, then absolutely – just not straight away. There are other things I want to work on, some big and some small, and I’ll probably get started on those as soon as I have the energy to do so. As nice as it’d be to make promises or provide a roadmap, none of my ideas are concrete yet – some are just more developed than others.

What I do want to work on in the immediate future is something either very cheap or completely free – a short experimental project, acting as an in-between for my bigger ones. There are a couple of ideas I have in mind already; I just need to decide which one to tackle first.

Finally, as this will likely be my last Dev Log before Sin Spire’s release, I’ll soon be updating my socials with new images and information, as well as revisiting my subscriber tiers. I don’t plan on overhauling the existing tiers beyond giving more concrete descriptions of what they are – just adding new ones with additional benefits. I’m also likely going to put together an updated Q&A / FAQ to address some of the more common and important questions I see pop up. If there’s anything you’d like answered now, feel free to ask – anything I think is important enough will be added to the FAQ.

Anyway, that’s about it. There isn’t much left to discuss as we’re really in the final week of actual development, followed by another week of preparation and extras. Thank you all, as always, for the continued support – and I’ll see you all when Sin Spire releases!