I'm happy to say that after 2 years of being in limbo...

Cryptid Camp is back in development!

This time as a 2.5D Camp-Life sim! Rather than a visual novel game, players will be able to explore a world as well as interact with the camp counselors.  

Why the Change in Genre?

To put it simply, I am not a writer. I realized this too far into development of the visual novel to be able to pivot easily. So instead of forcing myself to struggle through something I knew wasn't going to be well written, I set the game aside and worked on other projects to learn and better my game dev skills.

Are the Characters going to Change too?

Fret not! The cast of camp counselors are going to stay! Not only will this game take place in the exact same world, but their stories will remain the same as well. 

In fact, I'm going to be using all of the character art that I had made previously. The only difference is now you have to interact with the character/building in order to bring up the dialogue screen.

Where can I follow the process?

Right now, I have been updating on my game dev twitter(x) which can be found here . Updates come twice a week (usually Wed. and Sat.) so be sure to follow so you don't miss anything!

I will be creating dev logs for here too but only once per month which will generally cover larger updates on where I am at in my timeline.

How long will development take?

Unlike my past smaller test projects, I have mapped out in a GDD (which I may touch on in a future dev log) 2 major milestones in my timeline: Alpha Testing and Kickstarter Demo. 

I would like to have the Alpha done around Winter 2024 so that after testing, I can launch my Kickstarter in Spring of 2025. 

If the Kickstarter is a success, funding from that will jumpstart the development of the full game.