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Chasing Sunsets Chapter 8 Release Candidate Complete!
🕑 Added 2023-11-20 00:14:53 +0000 UTC
Stone Fox Studios is excited to announce that our release candidate is currently under review. The sole remaining items barring any major issues discovered in QA are the creation of the Steam binary and updating the closing credits movie. As always, if you're a patron, and you'd prefer not to have your name in the credits, DM Stoya in Discord or reply to this post with your wishes stipulated.
This will be the "expansion chapter" since we were unable to close out the Tonalu arc in Chapter 7 as originally planned. Chapter 9 will pick up where the original Chapter 8 would have opened, in Boston.
Barring any surprises in QA, we anticipate launching within the next 24-72 hours, and we will create an updated post at that time with refreshed download links.
The final tally for Chapter 8:
- 1900 new individual static renders
- 6 new animations
- 1 Crossover
- 22 new original audio tracks
- 21 new achievements
Chapter 8 was bittersweet for us because we say farewell to a few characters (for now) and the next chapter effectively wraps up the pathing, with the final chapter being more of an epilogue that explores the consequences of the player's cumulative choices.
So, what's left to do?
A few more path deconfliction runs, rebuilding the closing credits trailer movie, and removing some of the beta tools we include so testers can change world state with the press of a button. My next post will contain links to the updated 0.9 binary, and then Kent and I go dark for a week or so to recover from our dev cycle (after I've put any gamebreaking bugs to rest).
Kentyrr and I want to thank all of you who support us during the dev cycle...We never for a moment thought we'd ever get a following, and here we are on the cusp of completing our first game.
Again, download links will be up in the next day or two and we push to ALL platforms same day.
Comments
Rellik6801
Dang Bob for some reason i got a wwe Funk vibe lol. Exyle69, Sadly the Bat man and Robin are going to move on, 9 10. ? Up to them i would love for the story to continue but, all good things must come to a end. At some point the story is over. i have heard there is more to come but no clue if this MC is part of it. I can see it but that would be a different story... Mixed feelings, on it personally. We will just to wait and see how it unfolds . could they of course but it would be a branching off of the tale told. Besafe all. and dont eat any old tins off fish eggs.....
Bob Fink
Awesome update, I'm looking forward to seeing where things go now that they are all back home.
Exyle69
Haven't played the update yet, but is v0.9 the end of the novel?
Polaxymer
We said goodbye to Alex's kidney, too. 🤣
The Greggen
Yep, sadness incoming but happiness at the same time. I don't remember which part hit me really hard, but I had to stop for a while and go for a drive to clear my head. I cried a lot on that first playthrough and still do every time. This story is so good. It'll be sad to see it end down the road, but at least we know they have a new game in the works. Anyway, that's enough of my thoughts and novels. lol Later everyone.
Rellik6801
Yes !
Callisto
Bitter-sweet describes it quite well, even looking forward to it, some sadness remains.
JosephH151
Awesome. Can’t wait 😵💫
Rhuarc
Dream Team right here
The Greggen
I can't wait either, I've been telling people to be patient on Steam repeatedly. We knew it'd get here eventually. This is also one of my favorite games. I wonder how long Chapter 8 will be, not that I expect an answer. lol
Adde91
So f'in excited for this! Gonna be great! 😃🙌
NinjaVSBear2167
I cant wait I'm checking every day until it releases
hisstoryman
Ah happy news on an otherwise dim day.
balboa2151
OMFG…I am soooo psyched…this is one of the best games that I’ve ever played ❤️
tonymack21
Def exciting to be coming down to the conclusion!
Shane Ducharme
Cannot wait to continue such an amazing story!
Kuke
It's been a wild ride boys. Looking forward to see what happens next.
BuffetPuma56
So excited to unravel more of the story behind this masterpiece!
Philip Desjardins
Awesome to hear. Looking forward to playing.
