Testers are putting the epilogue through its paces and final sound and music integration are underway for the final content update of Chasing Sunsets, with a release to all platforms just days away!
What was originally planned as a mini-update to flesh out the endings in Chapter 9 quickly gained steam (see what I did there?) and became a fat full-fledged chapter. In fact, the total inventory of art and dialogue in the epilogue makes it the single largest update by a significant margin!
This update's goal is to show the player what prizes were waiting for them behind the door they opened at the conclusion of Chapter 9. It explores how the consequences of choices made during the game will infuence the present, near future, and events further down the road.
As we began stitching all of the loose ends together, it quickly became apparent that a full farewell to the central characters was warranted, and so we got to work building a conclusion that brought meaningful closure to each path, while leaving a few doors open to subsequent stories waiting to be told in this universe.
While this announcement will remain spoiler-free (minus the teaser images) I will take a moment to give players an idea of what to expect in the final chapter.
The relationship outcomes for each of the player paths (Single/Jaye/Mallory/Poly/Lisa/Mallory-Amanda Throuple)
The lawsuit going to trial and its outcome
The future direction of Polygene
The further adventures of the player living his best life
The shape of the player's family to come
What ever happened to that wolf the player (might have) rescued?
Did Christian really have a change of heart (if he survived?)
Did Amanda's treatment have any unanticipated side effects?
Whatever happened with that woman from the prologue who tried to set up the player for kidnapping (or worse?)
Have we seen the last of Fiona?
If that ring was on Jaye's finger at the end of Chapter 9, how did it get there?
If you cloned him, does Bandit get his happy ending?
The update will also contain a number of bug fixes from previous chapters, and by popular demand, trading cards will roll out to Steam with this patch!
Additionally, players can look forward to nine new achievements to finish off their collection.
Will this be it for Chasing Sunsets?
I'm happy to say the answer is no! Once the final content update is out and any emergent bugs have been squashed, we will focus on revamping the Prologue and at least Chapter 1 to our state of the art before moving on to our next project.
Kentyrr and I apologize for the length of this development cycle, but in the end we'll hopefully deliver the more substantial conclusion we felt the story merited.
So, keep a weather eye on the horizon..."Update Queued" is days, rather than weeks away!
For those who have been patient, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. For those who haven't, well...We certainly understand and apologize for the wait.
It's nearly over!
