Hello everyone,
Well… you’re probably wondering “The next update was supposed to be the full release, right?”
Yes, it will be … Moved 😉
Yes, we wanted to feel like the big development studios and delay our release for a while.
But for us it’s only 1 month.
Planning for the full release is now 25.01.2025
The reasons for the shift are as follows:
1.there were more bugs for the last release than expected (I would like to apologize to everyone for the bugs and thank you for your help).
2.the day job requires more “overtime” in the next few weeks and another exhibition in mid-November and the XMas madness comes right after that.
3.the strongest reason is: The release number of further games in December is enormous. Let me explain that a bit.
Whoever publishes their game on Steam usually has a goal to make their game better known. This doesn’t always have to be the case, but there is a high probability that this applies to most games. The goal is to be recognized by the Steam algorithm and to get on the Steam front page. You don’t even have to be visible on a large banner. No, just the several columns below “New & Hot”, “Coming Soon & Popular” or something like that are enough. The goal is to get there!
That’s why we talked to several friends at Polaris and checked out the situation. Our result is a shift from the end of December to the end of January. For us, this means not only the chance of more attention on Steam, but also several weeks more time.
For you, this is a delay of 5 weeks. I know, I know…most of you have already taken vacation for those days and planned big release parties. I hope some things can still be canceled or moved, otherwise it went a bit badly. I’m really sorry about that.
In summary, the original release plan lasted exactly 1 week and so I used the last few days to fix the most serious bugs here with this version.
For this version there is therefore “only” this announcement about the shift to 25.01.2025 and some bug fixes.
Thank you for your support, feedback and patience.
P.S. If you ❤️ Summer Islands, we would be very 🤩 about a 👍 Review.
Have fun