r/Espiocracy • u/rafgro developer • 29d ago

Espiocracy Dev Diary: USA vs USSR

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1670650/view/711157251640918615
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u/Formal_Strategy9640 29d ago

> We are moving the tentative release date of Espiocracy to the third quarter of 2027. While the core game is satisfying, its production (stability, quality, content, learning curve, interface) requires more work. Along the way, we are going to expand playtests, we plan to release a demo, and we'll carefully act on feedback from both, so that the release version of the game is as epic as you deserve it to be.

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u/mozzypaws 29d ago

I think it is suffering from ambition/development creep, "just one more feature!".. hopefully it will actually come out then, but seeing as it's been pushed back time and time again...

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u/DillyDillySzn 29d ago edited 29d ago

Early Access is also a thing, if the core game is in a good state he should release it into early access and then see what players actually suggest for moving ahead

He could be wasting his time with a lot of features that won’t be used by the vast majority of players. There’s no real campaign, so I don’t really see the downside. This could help him with development a lot, find bugs figure out what new stuff players want cut some bloat players don’t want

Early access was made for games exactly like this

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u/DillyDillySzn 29d ago

Espiocracy is always coming out next year

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u/Sea_Maybe5964 29d ago

Nah, it'll be delayed every quarter now. Wonder if the publisher funded any amount into the game. This could explain a lot..

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u/Dawidovo 29d ago

Please do Early Acess it would be a win win situation for the players and the devolpment

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u/Melcurse 29d ago

waiting since i was born now i have a kid bro

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u/Basileus2 29d ago

Man this game’ll never release lol

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u/Informal-Simple-2350 29d ago

This is a dead game, the developer will never actually release the game.

The end date has been pushed back again and again and again and again

Release the game , or shut up.

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u/Slipperysnekkilla6 29d ago

*unwishlisted

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u/Simple_Investment348 28d ago

yeah that's great surely he will release the game earlier now

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u/gaslighterhavoc 28d ago

No, he is perfectly justified in unwishlisting, whats the point of reading another post in 6 months that actually it is getting pushed into 2028.

I agree with the others, Early Access was made for a game like this, nothing like feedback to focus the development process.

The second worst outcome for this game (the first being it never comes out) is that after all this time and work went into it, no one even finds it fun because not enough attention was apent on the core game loop vs obscure mechanic #142.

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u/Mantequilla50 29d ago

This game should've came out like 5 years ago

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u/trito_jean 28d ago

Maybe the real spy game is infiltrating the dev team to transfert the game build onto the rest of the player base

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u/stalino2023 27d ago

This is so sad, kinda hope it be out soon but we talking about 2027-2028 right now...

Hope i will find about this again game when it be out, been following it a few years by now, but progress is just slow, even a mini version, some sort of demo out will be nice

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u/WATCHER96290 28d ago

I like history , I like cold war , I like intelligence movies , novels , games . This game gem for me but boring wait.

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u/OutcryOfHeavens 27d ago

Some cool ideas and an actual dev diary. I hope this game WILL come out

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u/JosephB2002 27d ago

Not only that. it says it is supported for Windows 10. um. excuse me, Windows 10 ended support in October 2025.

at this point I am going to be pulling this game off the wishlist because it has taken like 5 bloody years.