Next Patreon Release & New Full Version Release Plan (Patreon)

Hi, everyone!

First, I want to get the bad news out of the way. Kemo Coliseum will be delayed to 2026. While we've made a lot of progress to the game, we all believe that Chapter 8 will not be as good as we want it to be if we were to rush it and finish it in its current state.

Our original plan was to release the game at the end of Chapter 8 while completing all the romances required for Volga to continue romancing the characters in Chapter 9. Then, we would release Chapter 9 later as an update, so people could experience the main story, and enjoy the post-game content afterward. With the game currently in Chapter 7, we believed that it was possible to finish Chapter 8 by the end of this year. Even though many unexpected things happened that cost us some development time, such as accidents and hospital visits, we tried our best to stay the course and focus on finishing the game.

Unfortunately, we underestimated how much work would be required to finish the end of Chapter 7 as well as Chapter 8. Testing everything also takes much longer than expected. We've done a playtest from the beginning to the end of Chapter 6 with all the side content, and it already takes around 40 hours. With Chapter 7, 8 and 9, as well as all the optional content, the game could hit 50 hours or more, which I would consider substantial for an indie RPG.

As of writing this, the game already has 258,558 words, not including the description of items, equipment, skills, armor bonuses and quests. For comparison, Final Fantasy IX is 170,000 words long, and Final Fantasy VII is 344,000 words long (https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_longest_video_game_scripts). We knew that Kemo Coliseum would be long, but it's definitely much bigger than we thought.

We could rush and release the game, but with a game this big, it would surely be a release full of bugs and typos, which would definitely hamper the experiences of people playing it. And we don't want that to happen, not for something as important as releasing the finished game to the public.

Because of this, we believe it's best for us to move the release date. We understand that this decision may disappoint some of you, but we need more time to finish the game properly so that your experience will be as good as it can be.

Next Patreon Release

Even though the finished game is delayed, we still want to release something this year to show our supporters our work. In December, we'll be releasing the next Patreon build for our supporters. The next build will feature the following:

Main Story

• Chapter 6

• Chapter 7 (up to the final coliseum match)

Optional Content

• Maximus's romance

• Cyrus's romance

• Aquilo's romance

• Lambert's romance

• Aoba's romance

• Blacksmith job (max rank 6)

• Merchant job (max rank 6)

• Tavern job (max rank 6)

• Bathhouse job (max rank 6)

While it's possible to use your old save file to continue, some characters require you to complete certain requirements before Chapter 4 or Chapter 5. If you'd like to romance Lambert or Cyrus, in the upcoming build, please make sure to get as close to them as possible before certain points in the story.

As always, there's no need to keep supporting us on Patreon. You only need to support and gain access to the Patreon version once, and you'll receive all future updates, including the upcoming one in December. The finished game will be available for free to the public.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting us and has supported us. We've come really far, and the end of this project is near. I can't wait to share the game with you all.

-Punipen