Hellurei!

I came across this comment recently:

And… why not? It’s about time for a tiny update on how’s EMUUROM development going. Let’s get the big news out of the way first: I’m giving a talk at ThinkyCon 2025 this week—to be exact, at 22:30 UTC! So, tomorrow!

The talk’s titled Using a fantasy console for serious gamedev, and I’ve already presented it at two events—the next one will be the definitive edition (so watch it even if you’ve seen it)! I wish I could present it live, but I will be attending the Finnish Game Jam Awards in Kotka earlier same day (I’m actually travelling there right now!), so it will be a prerecorded one.

The talk isn’t my first cooperation with the Thinky Games community: In May, the newest EMUUROM trailer was showcased as a part of Thinky Direct 2025. Check if out if you haven’t yet, ya doofus:

obligatory when’s release section

Despite the inevitable passage of time, I’m still delusional enough to think I have a shot at releasing the game this year. Development has progressed swiftly, and there’s not much left anymore. Ever since Thinky Direct 2025, I’ve pretty much focused on going through the playtest issue lists, and doing all the necessary bug-fixing and polish.

And there has been a lot of that! Most recently, I did a complete overhaul on the binary save format. This should make sure that post-release updates don’t break the saves. In the old format, it was way too easy to break everything!

Actually, I’ve fixed so much stuff now that when I’m done writing this blogpost, I’ll playtest the game from start to finish. And then, when there’s nothing to fix anymore… maybe it’s time to…

No, I’m not saying it out loud yet!

You just gotta wait a bit more!

….and now… go watch ThinkyCon already!

UPDATE: Oh about that playtesting… NEVERMIND