Hi there everyone, the following is a rather important announcement. I find myself in a situation where I'm looking at the not-so-far future and it seems to me that it's quite possible that the Kickstarter funds will run low. I know that in the past I've said that this campaign made enough and I still think that's true, but it's likely I'll have to cut down on features, content and contractor work like music and animations. To offset this I originally planned to release it on Steam's Early Access, and hopefully get some sales for the remained of development, however, Early Access is something that I want to delay as much as possible, it can become quite a stinky process specially if development drags on. I've seen projects pile up negative reviews from long time fans that have turned on the developers because either updates don't come quick enough or come out buggy. So, in order to provide a quality experience, the closer to actual release this happens, the better.

So, I have a little plan, I want to spend a maximum of 2 months working on a different game that I will release on Steam, unrelated to Sorceress. As some of you know, after the KS last year I took a little 2 week vacation in which I participated in a gamejam and made a different game called FlyKnight, it was a 30-40 minute long game inspired by the first person dungeon crawlers from From Software like Kings Field and Shadow Tower Abyss, this game caught a lot of buzz online and even appeared in a youtube video that has now 2.6 million views (Sorceress also appeared on it and it literally doubled in Wishlists). Plus, each time I have shown that game in twitter it has received a lot of attention ranging from posts with 1.5k likes to 4k which shows people are very interested I think.

So, over the past few weeks I've used my spare time to work on FlyKnight to add some key features to it: inventory, loot system, online coop functionality and fishing, and I think that if I were to release a version of this with these features that lasted for a few hours and was valued at like 5€ it would bring a lot of dough into my arks which then would help speed Sorceress up and not sacrifice on key features and content, all that while bringing even more attention to it.

So, in short, I'll spend the next 2 months working on it and release the game, these 2 months are a hard cap and if I need more time to work on it I will just chip away at it in my spare time, I won't sacrifice more time away from Sorceress for this.

If you want to check out the progress I've done on it these past few weeks I've compiled a few videos in this website: https://wabbaboy.dev/FlyKnight_Development.html

And if you'd like to Wishlist it you can do so right here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3108510/FlyKnight_Prelude/

And now with actual Sorceress news, it has barely been a month since last update so there isn't as much to show as usual but lets jump into it.

A few more elements have been added to Workshop but they will used in many other levels as well, like these permanently electrified wall pieces:

These will act like spike walls, a constant hazard you can use in combat but they will have many other uses depending on the enemy type or the elements that interact with it.

Speaking of elements, electricity has been reworked to be a bit less chaotic, it still needs some adjustments and visual clarity but it now acts in an "area" around an electrified object, in this video is still lacking some kick against these enemies (although they are made of wood and thus not weak to this element) but it's certainly shredding through their weapons.

Btw you can briefly see these workers peacefully doing their thing until you come in, here is a closer look at that:

If you bother them they will get distracted but as long as you are not aggressive or they don't get an order from a superior, they won't attack you.

So, with these updates and the level design I've been doing I'd say Workshop is at 80% completion but I'm going to leave it aside and work on a different level when I come back to the project. There are some features missing that will be needed to complete this level and others but I'm spacing out my tasks to avoid burnout so in the next Level Design update I will be working on something else which likely will be that open style level you saw on an earlier update, get hyped!

Currently the bulk of my time is spent in Workshop, both populating the levels with art and programming the little exclusive systems that are in the level like conveyor belts and machinery, have some screenshots!

Keep in mind that this is just a first art pass and the levels will get more populated with stuff later on in the polish phase.

I'm not here to show you still images though, it's more exciting to see it more in motion. This is a little snippet of the level, in this room some workers are in the assembly line hammering away at some scrap that comes their way, when this scrap has been hammered a few times it's considered complete, and some sensors that monitor the conveyor belts will decided if they let the scrap pass or not, which might lead you to secrets and new areas.

Also, in this video I'm in God mode flying around just to show this off but, in-game, normal workers will ignore you unless you get spotted by the surpervisor/s of the room, so, if you get in a situation where you're forced to kill these NPCs you won't get more completed scrap on the conveyor lines, but, being this an immersive sim, there are ways to fool the sensors to let you through 😎👍


This is kind of a minor thing but it's the first step towards making a loadout/equipment system, this is how it looks like when you shop for items:

All work in progress of course.


One key feature present in Workshop but not exclusive to it is Big Electrical Magnets which are super fun to use. They can disable robots and armored enemies as well as disarm any enemy that's carrying metallic weapons.

It has some more uses but they will be revealed some other time.


This is a first peek at the second area in the game, which is themed around a botanist/geneticist Witch. And The Fields are the first level in said area, so far we've been looking at levels from the first area which are themed around an inventor/mechanist Witch and thus action happens in small enclosed spaces, well, The Fields are very different.

In this sprawling open area the denizens of the castle work the fields and harvest the produce, once again this is a blockout level designed by co-developer Yorke, and even though it has graphics these are being used from existing assets and final looks will be vastly different, still, it has a nice sunset going on which is very cool.

Even though I might be biased I had a lot of fun playing this blockout, the openness of the area allows for a lot of options and emergent situations, and there are a lot of systems to mess around with, check out some screenshots:

Some of you out there might be worried that traversing this environment might take too long or be boring, but worry not, you'll be able to use those lanterns to travel quickly, how? Well, let's just say that it's a system inspired by Mistborn, those of you that have read it know what's up 🤭


This is kind of random but I've picked up Web Development as a hobby recently and after doing a couple of personal websites I did one for Sorceress, I'm having trouble with the domain I usually use so atm is only visible on my personal domain, but you can check it out and learn a thing or two about the game and us:

https://wabbaboy.dev/Sorceress/Sorceress.html

That pretty much does it for this update, remember to check out the Twitter[x.com] and Discord[discord.com] for more frequent updates and Wishlist the game if you haven't, of course.