OK so the dust has settled a bit since the Next Fest started and here are my stats: I gained 103 wishlists. To me that's a lot but at the same time it's not exactly what I was hoping for. Frankly it got to me quite a bit. Cat's out of the bag now so I'll try to focus on next things I can control. Well, the good news is that it seems that the people that do play the demo seem to really enjoy it. So that's awesome. In addition to that, 1450 wishlists is actually quite a lot to me. Bravest Chicken launched with only 578 wishlists so I've already improved as a game developer. I came to the conclusion that I need to course correct and figure out what's next. The underwhelming Next Fest combined with the simple fact that the game is just not yet ready made me decide that postponing the release is the best thing both for me and for the game. At this time, I've changed the release date from November 25 to Q1 2027 and I'll try to figure out the exact release plan when I get closer to actually finishing the game. I might also have to reassess how to approach game dev but I haven't figured that out just yet. #indiegames #gamedev