Hello, fellow netrunners.

Great news! We’ve finished the end of our assets development cycle for chapter 2, and are in the process of putting together an alpha build for final tweaks/testing. This means the beta should be ready for patrons either this weekend or next week. We’re looking at a 2-week delay for public release after that.

As mentioned previously and discussed at length on patreon, we’ve also heard your critiques on the introduction. Some of you like the obtuse and opaque imagery and poetry, some of you find it impenetrable and confusing; it’s been a fair 50/50 split. However, we’re certain we can find a compromise: maintaining mystery while clarifying language. To that end, a revision is already in process, though likely won’t be ready until chapter 3 (maybe public release of build 2–we’re waiting on a new asset).

We look forward to seeing how you feel about the changes (they’re substantial).

As a project in active development, your feedback is important for this reason. We do monitor feedback here, in public forums, reddit, and so on to get a broad consensus on what readers are and are not understanding or enjoying. While we won’t compromise on the central thrust and themes of the game, there’s an enormous space beyond that for adjustments, polish, and so on to craft a story the majority of readers can comfortably engage with (while still feeling challenged when appropriate).

Even (and sometimes, especially) if the game is not your favorite, we still appreciate good faith reviews and feedback so we can learn and improve our writing, design, direction, you name it.

Our next update will come once the public release is ready.

Thanks everyone!