Hello all.

I'll just get right to it and say it: Untold Story will not be releasing in June.

It was my goal, as that is the ten year date from when I began development on it. But the reality is that I've made something far larger and packed with content than I ever imagined I could. I have underestimated just how long this game will take me to playtest. I'll waste no time and get right into how that's going.

1st Full Playtest Stats

I am not done with my 1st full playtest. 

Currently, I just finished Chapter 8.5 with a total playtime so far of 56 hours. Again, I want to reiterate that the time includes doing everything in the game; a 100% playthrough. 8.5 is easily the largest chunk of the game w/ the most content (for reference, I spent 15 hours alone on 8.5).

What's left: 

Chapter 9, which should take about 2 hours give or take.

Chapter 10, which previous playtests were around 10 hours, but that was before everything was done, so it may take a bit longer.

Epilogue, which I don't have concrete time on, but I'd say is no more than a couple hours.

Basically, I'm estimating this playtest to take close to if not more than 70 hours. Which is just incomprehensilbe to think about considering I made it.  I've said this before, but I don't want to do one playtest and call it. I want to do quite a bit. And quite a bit times 70 hours is a whole lot of time spent playtesting. That's not even including the 30+ pages of fixes I need to take care of, from typos to small softlocks, to slight changes in progression. 

June just isn't possible, not if I want to actually release something I can be proud of. To be honest I don't even know if July is doable. But one thing is certain: Untold Story will release in 2025. I don't care how I have to do it,  but it will. 

No More Monthly Updates

It's been a fun ride, but this update marks the end of the regular monthly updates. That's not saying I won't update often, but that this structed, every month, each month update won't be around. It'll be more "I finished a playtest, here's what I can share." I've enjoyed putting these out and sharing the development of Untold Story, but at this point I don't know what else to say other than I'm playing the game and you're not, which isn't a great message. 

Something New

That also means the end of something new, which means no more spoilers from me! To end off these updates, here's something:

This is the equivilant of the game's airship, whose name will not be stated in this update. Don't worry about those black boxes by the way. I'm sure they aren't hiding anything uh huh.  Just a graphical error or whatever.

Anyway, this is the airship. It's not in the sense of like your typical one. You will not be flying around the world landing wherever you want. Think of it more akin to FFX's airship. You pick a destination and fast travel there. In the meantime, it acts as a hub for the player to talk to party members, rest up for free, and all that stuff. To get somewhere, simply select which are you want to go, and then select your landing point. Like all the other Inn areas, dialogue here changed each story section, so there's always stuff to read!

That's All

I guess that's all I have to say. I'm working day by day to get this finished and good to go, I'm just asking for a little more time. Since day one I've wanted this to be a game that people can play forever, so I want to give it everything I can to ensure it is that from the get go. Thanks for your understanding and for coming along with me.

There will be no more monthly updates, but you'll hear from me again with some more sporadic and smaller updates. Thank you everyone.

Until next time!