Ye of so much faith…

Welcome to our first regular Developer Log, from July these will be a monthly feature and you’ll be able to look forward to them on the first week of the month!



We’ve wanted to be more active in the community for a long time and to give you more insights into the game but as a two man team, development takes up nearly all of our time!

Why we’ve got a publisher

This moves into why we’ve signed up with Team17, our publisher. If you missed the announcement, you can find it here a long with some new screenshots and a slightly tweaked trailer.

Firstly, development assistance, the game has become a lot more ambitious than we originally planned! Team17 aren’t just a publisher, they’re also a developer and having gaming industry veterans on hand is going to make sure the game is the best it can be when it reaches your hands!

This includes help to improve design, UI, art and testing - all of which will make the game better.

Secondly, publicity, Team17 can get the word out about HIJAC in ways we could only dream of. As a new studio working on our first release, this is obviously a big draw!

Community Engagement

Again, we apologise for not being the best at updating the community but with Team17 assisting, we’re now going to be much more active on Steam, socials and wherever discussions come up.

Some of this future engagement is a monthly dev log, which you can expect on the first week of every month from now on. These will focus on the development, what’s happening with the studio and should give you previews of features we’re working on. There will be a chance for you all to get an early first look but also to give your feedback and help us to shape the game.!

We’re in the process of putting together an FAQ of regularly asked questions which we’ll keep updated as questions come in and we know what everyone else wants to know about HIJAC! Feel free to respond to this news post with any questions you would like answered and think should make it into this FAQ!

On this note a regular question is release date, whilst we aren’t ready to share a release date just yet, we’ll be looking to update you more on when you can generally expect the game. Please understand that the game is coming, development takes time, and we’ll keep you updated as soon as we are certain we can deliver the best possible game! 😊

We’ll have hypnotising social media content every week on our accounts, video clips, screenshots and more! You can find these here: Twitter
Facebook

We’ll also be more active in these Steam Forums and will be checking back regularly to make sure we can respond to your questions and feedback!

Next Month’s Dev Log

Some of you may have noticed in the last news letter that some of the visuals in the game have already been updated! We can’t wait to share with you more of this art overhaul, which that is coming to the game and will be the focus for the next developer log!

Thank you all for gathering for this sermon of new information! Again if you have any questions you think deserve to make it into the FAQ, any feedback or are just looking forward to the next log, be sure to let us know in the comments below.!

We’ll see you in a few weeks for the first regular monthly Dev Log! 😊

Simon & Ed