So we got some very good news to announce today and we wanted to go into detail on what to expect, as well as what we've been up to. But first of all the Cyberia Update will be releasing on the 27th of September. This update has definitely been a long time coming, and we wanted to go into a bit of detail on what's really caused this to take so long, as well as give a detail on the future of the game. Originally when we had released the rebooted version to Newgrounds things had actually been going very smoothly. We had a plan on how we were going to approach Cyberia, but due to unforeseen circumstances (not to go into too much detail but they were pretty significant IRL events for our team) we had to push stuff back a lot longer than we had originally wanted. During this period of time we did put a lot of effort into really figuring out the direction for the game, and also what really made it tick and where we could improve.

One of the new backgrounds we're adding in the Cyberia Update.

This update when fully stable will actually be Cyberia Part 1 of 3. Our goal is to release the updates in a faster pace than what we were doing before, but we had to get the groundwork done in order for it to work. Our new dialogue tool now allows us to instantly code interactions through raw scripts, and will end up saving us an enormous of time getting new scenarios into the game. The new sprite system we've developed is also going to allow us to switch out outfits very easily, and we're aiming to have a lot more outfits/accessories for all the characters. We'll also allow patrons/fans to vote on new outfits to earn in game in the future!

Concept of our brand new Elsie character we're introducing in this update

To give a bit of detail on what to expect in the Cyberia Update:
-New planet Cyberia
-3 New backgrounds
-3 NSFW scenes
-Brand new character: Elsie
-All character sprites redone in new sprite format
-New panning backgrounds
-New dialogue system that's more responsive
-New sprite system (blinking sprites as well!)
-Tons of new interactions throughout (double if you use DD-9 on them!)
-2-3 New music tracks
-and much more...

Everie's new sprite is complete and has a bunch of new poses and expressions!

Once this update is released and stable we'll be updating our public/Newgrounds build with the updated experience. This will not include the Cyberia update since we want to make that waas Patron only for now, but when Part 2 of Cyberia is released we'll be updating accordingly. Our plan is to keep each version with fresh features at least until the end of Chapter 1. Chapter 1 will be split into 4 parts, and Cyberia is going to be parts 2 through 4. Our overall plan for Cyber Rift is for the game to be a full 7 chapters, so you guys are going to have a lot of content to look forward to! We've already got all the events planned for the next two updates, so hope you guys are excited for some brand new content!