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DEMO OUT + STEAM LAUNCH !!!!

Backstage: murdered sleep
A downloadable nightmare for Windows

The game is out on Steam!

None of y'all have bought it here, so I expect y'all to pretty please with sugar and gore on top GO BUY IT THERE!

The game will be $9.99 during the Early Access period, up until the final release currently scheduled for July 14th, just three weeks and change from now!!

There is now a proper up to date demo!

It stars Marlowe & Chambers and is a tight vertical slice taken from the game's Interlude chapter. Anyone that wants to check out the game for free now can!!

It's probably the most carefully polished chunk of the game that exists as present, and introduces a brand new enemy, the Voidborn Mooncalf!  I hope to have the demo up on STEAM too by this weekend, latest.

As you can see, there is also some brand new Key Art to highlight and celebrate the new release!

Minor book-keeping notes: 

  • I think at least seven people have downloaded the beta, so I'm going to start reaching out to playtesters over the next week, starting as early as tomorrow, to get feedback and thoughts and quotes. 
  • I noticed an error where Marlowe's new face graphic wasn't actually appearing the places it needed to, namely the Actor HUD and the Save/Load game menu, and I've fixed that in the local build, but the next build (v0.203) won't be released until I find and fix the next bugs and broken/missing things.  
  • While I still don't rightly have a budget for it, I do find myself thinking more and more about adding voice acting, and have even recorded some voice lines myself.

Files

  • DEMO - murdered sleep - DEMO.rar 414 MB
    Jun 20, 2024
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