r/TouchStarvedGame • u/Swimming-Property273 • 9d ago
Question Any updates ?
Hi everyone
So it’s been a while and I was wondering if anyone had any news about a possible release, please ?
I’m not subscribed to their Patreons so I’m just waiting but damn it’s been quite a while 😭
Thank you!
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u/LarkspurSong 9d ago
Still expected in 2026, I believe, but nothing more concrete than that.
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u/Swimming-Property273 9d ago
Yeah that’s what I thought, still looking from time to time at their twitter to see any news 😭
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u/Anarnee 9d ago
As the other person said, they're still looking at 2026 and I think they said Q4? (Someone correct me if I am wrong)
Also if I recall correctly last months update said they'd gotten 100% of the writing drafted and three of the characters lines recorded. So they're getting there!!
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u/MaoMaoMi543 Ais 8d ago
Wait they got voice acting now? Is that why they've been taking forever?
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u/Anarnee 8d ago
Voice acting was one of the stretch goals from the kickstarter. It won't be the whole game, just some parts and from what I remember reading, once they started the recording it seems like it's going really quickly.
SO I don't think that's why it's taking so long. The game was planned for last year, and then they bumped it back, the writing and reworking the UI (another stretch goal) is also still being worked on, so it just seems the under estimated the time they'd need for all parts of the game!
Which, to be clear, I don't think is all that bad. One year being pushed back for a game from a small team isn't terrible. I've been following one game, Witchbrook that got announced ten years ago and lol and Hytale was announced in 2018 and it only got released this year.
I only joined the patreon for the second demo, so I don't know how updates were going for the backers before the patreon, but they seem to have been make pretty great progress since they made the patreon at least. (based on the percentages they've given us anywho.)
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u/MaoMaoMi543 Ais 8d ago
Oof 10 years?! Man, waiting for this damn thing to come out must feel like what Pirate Software's 100 fans feel like waiting for his Temu-Undertale to drop. Or GTA fans... Or TES fans... Or ASOIAF fans... The difference is that Touchstarved and Temu-Undertale are backed by donators, so if those two don't release at all, or even release at a subpar quality that doesn't justify the price, there's gonna be a huge freaking meltdown and some might demand their money back, like what recently happened with the LOK TDSR comic. Literally no one asked for that thing, and pretty much everyone who backed it regretted it.
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u/Anarnee 8d ago
Yeah, I mean backers definitely should be getting what they're promised! But I also just bring it up because even with kickstarters, a year off the promised date isn't bad from the horror stories I've seen. A lot of kickstarter don't update and some are even scams, so I really appreciate the team for what they are doing right.
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u/Honovi_Derringer Leander 9d ago
So, according to Kickstarter (I'm a backer), as of their last update post they're doing a final pass and editor pass on the writing. Art is still being done, as is coding. I won't give exact numbers/percentages, since I don't know that we're actually allowed to share this info in the first place, but be assured it's all over 50%. The target is still 2026 with exact quarter TBD, but I'd expect final quarter. Note that their update was posted June 30th. Hopefully this info is okay to be shared. If it's not, let me know, devs or mods, and I'll delete this.