Sabotage Studio, the independent team behind the famous The messengerhe has postponed to 2023 his next title, the Japanese-style RPG sea ​​of ​​stars. The studio planned to release this winter this prequel to its previous title on PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. However, the Quebec firm has decided to postpone the launch date of employee well-being and improve the quality of the full game.

“According we closed a huge goal [del desarrollo]the path to launch has become clear, and head over here with great body text and our logos below,” the social media release begins, very similar to many others from a host of games that we’ve seen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.” Given our two main priorities (the well-being of our team and the quality of the finished game), we can already confirm that sea ​​of ​​stars It will be released in 2024.”

Sea of ​​​​Stars will be released in 2024 pic.twitter.com/S7U71G1oWh— Sea of ​​Stars (@seaofstarsgame) June 30, 2022

The text ends with the announcement of a demo of sea ​​of ​​stars for this year“We understand that the wait is very demanding, and we would like to sincerely thank our community for their tremendous support and positive environment. In the meantime, we are reviewing options for a small portion playable for all this year.” Sabotage Studio released a demo in August 2020 for patrons of the project.

A Kickstarter hit that aims to modernize the classic JRPG

The Canadian study reported sea ​​of ​​stars in March 2020, the same day they started the fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. Within a day, he had already obtained the 133,000 Canadian dollars needed for the development. In two weeks, the patrons financed all the objectives set by Sabotage by collecting more than 1.6 million Canadian dollars. In December 2021, they announced the version for Switch, although they don’t have a publisher yet.