Future of Sweet as Magic

Hello!

Thank you for your patience and continued support for Sweet As Magic! We'd like to deliver a long overdue status update on the project.

After lengthy discussion regarding the future of Sweet As Magic, we have made the difficult decision to place Sweet As Magic on an indefinite hiatus.

Why did we make this decision?

There are three core issues that factor into our decision: scope, time, and personal circumstances.

Sweet As Magic was originally intended to be a short and sweet submission into Yaoi Jam 2019. We ended up biting off more than we could chew, resulting in the inability to develop a complete story within the time span of the game jam.

This meant that there were expectations to deliver routes for each character to flesh out the plot and build out the ambitious world we created. While we originally intended to give each character a route, we were unable to do so as our personal circumstances changed.

We have been unable to devote the necessary time, effort, and resources into developing Sweet As Magic. Additionally, COVID-19 has made a considerable impact on our lives, making it financially and personally challenging to continue working on it. With only one or two active team members at a time, it will be difficult to give the game the attention it deserves.

For those reasons, we have decided to suspend any further expansions on Sweet As Magic.

Future Outlook

Even though we are putting the project on an indefinite hiatus, we will be releasing an updated build of Sweet As Magic in the near future.

The updated build will feature revisions to the script based on the feedback everyone has been giving us on the story. Such revisions have already been completed, but have yet to be implemented. The highlight of this update will be a few CGs, which were not featured in the original build.

We are unable to provide an estimation of when the updated build will be released, except that it will be sometime this year.

We are uncertain when or if we'll pick up Sweet As Magic again. This was an especially difficult decision to make because Sweet As Magic is one of the most popular titles we have, and we continue to receive a lot of love for it. Not only that, but we love what we've created.

We adore Ryuu, Zo, and the rest of the Sweet As Magic gang, and we want to see all of the fantasy-packed action come to life. It's hard to let go of something we've worked on, so we hope to revive this project further down the road.

All donations we received from Sweet As Magic on itch.io, as well as Patreon, have gone and will continue to go into the development of Sweet As Magic's updated build.

We thank you deeply for your generosity, and we're sorry to be the bearer of such news.

Final Thoughts

Working on Sweet As Magic has served as a wonderful learning experience for us, and we're grateful so many people have enjoyed our work. 

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to make the game even better, and we hope you can still enjoy Sweet As Magic as the short and sweet experience that it is. 

Stay safe and healthy, and thank you again for everything!