"Maisie in a maze made of maize"

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Holiday! For this month's update, instead of showing off a random scene from the game on my Twitter/Tumblr, I will be giving a text update on ARCADEA.

So, first thing's first, I would like to apologize for how long development is taking. I know it has been quite a while (understatement lol) but please know that I am diligently working on the game and trying to release it ASAP.

Currently, ARCADEA is (by my estimate) about 85% done. The breakdown is listed below:

First Isle  - 100% COMPLETE

Second Isle  - 100% COMPLETE

Third Isle  - 100% COMPLETE

Fourth Isle  - 100% COMPLETE

Fifth Isle  - 20% 

           Maps - 3/?

          Cutscene - 0/?

King Quetzal's Castle (Sixth Isle) - 10%

           Maps - 4/?

          Cutscenes - 0/?

Ending/Bonus Room/Credits - 0%

The majority of the game is completed, and I'm at the point where the end is in sight. Isle 5 and 6 will take less time to complete than the first 3 Isles due to a variety of reasons. The main time sink from here on out will be polishing the endings (making sure they are perfect), as well as beta-testing and fixing bugs.

I am incredibly pleased by what I have accomplished so far and really excited to show what the game has in store. (I'm especially proud of the new title screen design~!) However, I will be patient and continue to take my time with development. I don't want to stress myself out or rush out the game in an incomplete state. Ultimately, this is a free game made as a hobby passion project by a solo dev with a full time job and personal obligations, and I want to give it all the time it needs. It is an extremely long game (so far, it has 4-6 hours of gameplay) with lots of little details and easter eggs, so it does take quite a bit of time. 

Another thing of note is that it will be difficult to show new progress updates from here on out, as the game is nearing completion, and more and more things are going to be too spoilerly to show. I might be doing more text updates, or possibly miss some monthly updates until the release date. Rest assured, the best, most exciting parts will all be kept secret until the full release.

Also, I will be updating the demo to include the entirety of the First Isle, both in English and Japanese (Thank you Yuri Tanaka and Eufree for the JP translation!). This will be the last update before the full release of the game. This was something that I intended to do years ago, but was unable to until now for various reasons. Hope you enjoy! The updated demo is about 2 hours if you play it leisurely.  It will give a better idea of what the full game will be like, and there are a few changes that I hope players will appreciate. I also included a folder especially for livestreamers and let's players. Please read the document if it pertains to you. 

Finally, I just wanted to say, thank you to the people that have been patient with me for all these years. It makes happy to see your support, and I hope the full game will meet your expectations. If everything goes as expected, the release date will be next year: 2025.