Secrets of Grindea » Weekly Recap #592: Release Week

First of all, I want to thank every single one of you for your messages in response to the release date and release trailer. I don’t have the proper words to explain how touched we are by your overwhelming support, your kind words, and the wonderful stories of how you came to find our game many years ago, and who you’ve played it with.

Thank you for sharing your stories and for supporting us through this adventure. Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

Now, this is the final week of development before the release. What that means is pretty much that Teddy has been fixing bugs while I’ve been sending out mails to the streamers, youtubers and press we would love to see play the game.

Fred finished up the trailer last week and has since then been working on another small video we hope to share on release.

There’s also been some minor graphic details I’ve needed to take care of, but for the most part we won’t make any bigger changes to the actual game before release now.

Speaking of the actual release, it will begin at 7PM CET (10AM PT) this Thursday, at which point the game will offically leave early access with a small release discount. Teddy and Fred will also host a live stream on the Steam store page around this time, so be sure to drop by! :)

Again, thank you so much for your support. This game couldn’t have been made without you guys ❤️

Posted by Secrets of Grindea at 2024/02/26. Tags: None.

zolointo wrote at 27/02/2024 00:23:

Pre-congrats on this. I hope the gamedev community recognizes how immense your devblog is and follows suit for their own projects. It is an incredible resource for other devs, and I’m certain kept everyone aware that the project was constantly in motion.

Game is great so far!

Bruhmoment wrote at 27/02/2024 06:41:

Not gonna lie I will miss the moments where I remember this games existence throughout the years and decide to come here to check in on the progress and stuff as this has become somewhat of a tradition for me for more than 7 years. Congrats on the release!!! Can’t wait to boot up the game on the release day!!!

alfonzo wrote at 27/02/2024 13:23:

I’ve been playing this game since I was 15 (7 years ago) its crazy to think its finally coming out! Just wanted to thank you guys for all the work you’ve put into the release and can’t wait to do a start to finish playthrough with all the content complete :D

Jognymon wrote at 27/02/2024 17:53:

2014 is when I found and started following this game. It was the exact type of game I would love, similar enough in combat to one of my favourite games “Sword of Mana”, and with a gorgeous art style and vision. All elements of the game just clicked with what I wanted/needed. I just want to thank all of you so much, for following up on this game, and for all that you’ve done for the community. I can’t wait to finally give the game a playthrough, as I’ve refrained from playing more than the roguelite mode since I found it.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Juan wrote at 29/02/2024 02:40:

I can’t believe this! In 2012 I requested a demo to you guys got my YouTube channel (in that time was a closed beta).
Now. 12 years (and two sons) this game will be 1.0.
Finally.
Thank you, guys.

Jeremy wrote at 29/02/2024 05:37:

I originally found this game when YouTuber Connorthewaffle played the demo on his channel, he unfortunately delisted the original video. I have been following this ever since back when I was in 6th grade, I’m now in college studying Biotechnology and can’t wait to play this game with my friends. I must confess that I have been pirating the game but will buy the game the moment it releases. Not only that, I’m buying 2 copies to play with two of my best friends who have watched me play and also wish for its release. Your game has always been on comfort for me, with the beautiful story, music, graphics, and even the mechanics. This game will go down in history as a masterpiece that will not be forgotten anytime soon. It has touched the hearts of many fans and future fans to come. God bless for making a truly one of a kind game. Thanks, Jeremy

NekroJokey wrote at 29/02/2024 14:33:

I love the game, I’ve been following it on Steam for a while, I do it live but as I didn’t have the game, I couldn’t even do it, but with this update I think I’ll save up my money and buy it, it’s one of the best RPGs of this style!

Hawke wrote at 29/02/2024 16:33:

Thank you for your hard work. o7

-Hawke

kekich wrote at 29/02/2024 17:43:

Thank you guys for your work <3

Moobus wrote at 29/02/2024 18:55:

Going to echo an earlier comment. I’ve been dropping in to watch the blog and track progress a few times each year and its always been a genuine pleasure seeing your team constantly chip away at the games progress. Bought it last night and am really looking forward to diving into 1.0. Congratulations on the milestone and I wish you much success!

Volodymyr wrote at 02/03/2024 09:56:

Hard to believe you managed to keep up the hard work since 2011…