Amazing art by arbitrarydelight on Tumblr as my Secret Santa for 2024! 🎨✨

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉

I’m excited to use this dev log to share my major plans for 2025 and give you a glimpse of what you can look forward to this year. 

But first, I want to say a big thank you for all your support, ratings, and comments after the Act 1 remake release. It’s incredibly heartwarming to see how the story has touched so many people, and I love that you’re as excited for Act 2 as I am ((꜆꜄꜆ ˙꒳˙)꜆꜄꜆

2025 Schedule

Here’s what I have planned for the year, broken down into quarters:

Q1:

• February: Launch the Steam page! (The promotional video is in the works, and I’ll open the page for wishlists soon.)
• February: Release Act 2! 🎉 (Everything is ready; just waiting for final proofreading.)
• February–March: Kickstarter campaign launch!

Q2:

• Begin work on the Deluxe Edition.
• Complete the outline for Act 3.
• Draft as much of Act 3 as possible.
• Prepare a demo for the Deluxe Edition.

Q3:

• Participate in Steam Next Fest (maybe)
• Finish Act 3’s story.

Q4:

• Wrap up any remaining tasks.
• Hopefully finish Act 3's final script

Looking Ahead

This year’s plan is more flexible, giving me the freedom to figure out how to complete everything as I go.

Once Act 2 is live on itch.io, I’ll dive headfirst into Kickstarter campaign, and after that,  developing the Steam Deluxe Edition. Soooo after that my monthly updates will mostly happen on Kickstarter, unless there’s something big to announce here.

That’s about it for now! I’m fully committed to making as much progress on TROT as I can this year. Thank you again for being part of this journey—I couldn’t do it without your support! 💖

Let’s make 2025 amazing! 🚀