Our goal with the first few builds of the Cyber Rift Reboot was to fix up many of the issues that we had with pacing and story wise, as well as improve the art and overall direction of the game. With the help of our amazing patrons as well as some vigorous work on our end playtesting and fixing up issues, we've made some very large strides. After a month or so of major progress we've managed to get the build in a stable and very workable condition. We've managed to get almost all the features we've intended for the build as well as some features we were hoping to implement later in even earlier than expected.

The current build that's released so far is Chapter 1 Part 1 of the game. As we continue development we will be releasing the polished version of this build to public across all our various platforms, as well as give patrons early previews of what's to come. For our non paying fans you can expect the build to be ready for public in the next 2-3 weeks. Patrons can expect an early preview of a new scene for Part 2 as well as access to our newest pinup soon as well. Here's our new up to date roadmap as well!

As we continue through the development the roadmap each of the planets/locations will be revealed as well as chibis for the new characters. We wanted to convey where we were going in a fun and interesting way, so keep an eye on our roadmap for new changes as we get further into development.

In terms of features we already have implemented:

-20 CG backgrounds

-5 Unique character sprites with different poses and facial expressions

-2 NSFW scenes

-Whole new introduction and story with the characters

-Wire minigame

-Cleaning minigame (will be expanded to whole ship in first update)

-Brand new custom soundtrack with several tracks and sound effects throughout

-NSFW CG gallery

Progress wise we're deep in development on the next part, but we still wanted to polish up the build before we release it fully publicly. This includes things such as more transitions between planets, more sound effects throughout, better camera usage in scenes between characters. The build is in a good state and we're happy with it, but we do think we could improve even more by expanding on existing features and potentially implementing more quality of life enhancements throughout. Once we're fully happy with the build we'll be giving people options in how they want to experience it. What this means is you will be able to download the first part like normal builds, or even just simply play it through your browser! We're still figuring out how to do this, but the plan is to let people experience the first part of the Cyber Rift Reboot through Unity's webplayer option on our Newgrounds and Itch pages. 

As always we love to hear feedback and what you guys think of what we've done so far, so feel free to let us know here or on our discord!

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