Before I give money I need a clarification. On the Kickstarter it previously said December 2020 release then in the comments you say March 2021. Now here all the way up until December 2021. What is the actual target release date?
As you know we never deliver a crowdfunding reward late. We don't finalize the release date until we pull the trigger and actually start collecting money from people. At that time we assess what date we could not possibly miss without rushing the ending of the game.
When we started making the game back in August of 2019 a December 2020 release date looked easy. We had our great studio from Italy putting out beautiful art on a consistent basis.
When Corona hit Italy, our artist lost family members and went into shell shock. They stopped all work for two months.
We always have a 3 month buffer for possible events just like this, but with this disease we worry that we could have multiple events that delay the production schedule.
We're not taking any chances with the trust of our backers. We've chosen a date very far out from our internal schedule 'just in case'. It's the responsible thing to do. It ensures we never lie to backers or fail to keep our promises.