Beyond the Bet releases in just 5 days. How time flies when there's babygirl content on the way...
Today, I've come to tell you that DLC keys are beginning to go out! You should get an email from Backerkit soon that includes a key for Beyond the Bet. You will also be able to use your survey links to access the key.
If you have not completed your survey, you will not receive a key. Please make sure you complete your survey ASAP so you can claim a key.
Depending on if you picked itch.io or Steam will change how you redeem your key and whether you can access it yet or not. Please read on for more information!
Steam Key
If you chose to receive a Steam key, your key can be redeemed ahead of time. Please follow this handy guide by Steam on how to redeem your key.
Once redeemed, Beyond the Bet will be ready to go upon release. Please keep in mind that the DLC will NOT be accessible early - you must wait for release to actually download and play it.
Itch.io Key
If you chose to receive an itch.io key, it will come in the form of a link. This link CANNOT be redeemed ahead of time.
Please keep your link handy until Beyond the Bet is released. The minute the page goes live, you will be able to use the link to add the DLC to your account.
If you already have the A Date with Death base game installed, you will also need to redownload it upon Beyond the Bet's release. If you don't do it, and you try to use Beyond the Bet with an old build of the game, it will not work.
How do I access the new content?
Beyond the Bet is best experienced after completing the main story at least once, as it builds upon the events from the original pathway.
There's a few ways to start Beyond the Bet.
If you've already finished the game once:
1. Main Menu: Select ‘Start’ from the main menu, and you’ll be prompted with the option to jump directly to Beyond the Bet.
2. In-Game: Play through the game normally, and when you reach the end of Day 5, choose the options marked with a flower to branch into the Beyond the Bet storyline.
If you haven't finished the game yet, or you've lost your save files, then you can unlock Beyond the Bet by:
1. In-Game: Finish at least one original ending.
2. Settings: You can also toggle Beyond the Bet on in the settings menu at any time, instead of playing through the original game.
We have the monthly update coming out on the 6th, so keep an eye out there for even more news!
November 2024 Monthly Update
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 03:25:06 PM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
The Grimmy Vinyl Figure is now available on Makeship !
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 06:00:14 AM
Hey everyone!
A super quick update to tell you that Makeship just released a Grimmy Vinyl Figure on their website!
Grimmy comes in his signature outfit with a flower for you in hand. Keep him on your desk, on your nightstand, or wherever you'd like him to watch over you!
(No promises he won't take your soul, sorry.)
He'll be available for 21 days only, and produced if they reach the minimum orders!
Welcome to our monthly update where we update you on all things Beyond the Bet. These will come out every month on the 6th (AEST).
We'll also be showing you some small updates about our other games, announcements, and Patreon previews at the end.
Now that we've hit September, it's only 3 months until Beyond the Bet releases! It's coming up on us really fast, and we're working to have everything ready by release.
This is actually the shortest development time we've had on a project of this size. We expect the DLC to come out at roughly 60,000 words or so, which we're making very good progress on and we'll talk about a little more below.
Overall, we're in the home stretch now, but lets jump into our monthly update to get more into the nitty gritty.
Art
Artwise, we're working on the final CGs of the game - four of them total. We went into this DLC expecting two extra endings, but we've expanded that because we're just full of ideas, haha.
On top of that, we're working on the backer outfits for Casper. There's six of these total, and we'll be showing some sketches for these next month.
Other backer art rewards, like the couple colored sketches, the custom accessories, and the custom outfits will be completed after the Beyond the Bet releases, likely. We need to put all of our time, for now, into art that is needed for the DLC to release. Once those are all done, we'll move onto the rest!
In other art news, we started working with the wonderful Endy on a new hoodie design! This is just a sketch, but we're excited about it!
Writing & Editing
The first four days of Beyond the Bet are now completely written and edited. We've also just wrapped up writing on the DLCs new bad ending, though we still need to do an editing pass over it.
This leaves just the three new good endings to write. One of them is nearly complete, and we anticipate that it'll be finished in the next few days.
The other two endings are fully planned out, so we're hoping that writing and editing will be wrapped on the DLC by this time next month.
Japanese Translation & Voice Acting
Our lovely friends over at Kakehashi Games have let us know that the first pass translation of the original game (and expansion DLC) is nearly complete! We expect to receive it late September, early October. Once we've implemented the translation, we'll be sending it back over for testing.
Once writing on Beyond the Bet is complete, we'll also be passing over the script to them for translation.
Once all of it is complete, we'll then be working with Kakehashi Games to choose a Japanese voice actor to go along with the localisation.
None of these things are very fast, but we're hoping that we'll be able to release the Japanese translation & voice acting by or before mid next year. This is still a little up in the air, but we'll see how we go.
On the Engish voice acting front, we're making progress with the original game, but it is likely that the English voice acting will release alongside the Japanese voice acting, though it could be beforehand. When it does all release, it'll all be added to the base game for free.
Programming & Beta
We released a brand new beta that encompasses the first three days of Beyond the Bet last month!
If you missed out on grabbing the tier here on Kickstarter, you can still grab it on Patreon to play ahead of time.
We're now working on the final beta, which will be the complete DLC, including all endings. It's likely this won't release until shortly before the actual release date, since we're always fiddling with things in-game until last minute.
For now, how about a few new testing screenshots?
We've been carefully combing through the new backer created DM profiles to make sure everything aligns with the rules we laid out. 600+ submissions later, we've now started implementing them!
You can see a few of the newbies here (the refresh contacts is just for testing)!
This is a task that is going to take some time just because of how manual it is, but we hope to have it done soon.
BackerKit Surveys & Merch
Backerkit surveys have now locked. If you haven't yet completed yours, please do it quickly so we can get your rewards to you - we can't ship anything or send out game keys to those who haven't completed their surveys.
All paper merch (prints, postcards, bookmarks) have now made their way to us. We're still waiting for other merch to get to us, but we're hoping it will be here in the next 2 months.
When it all arrives, we'll be working on shipping out physical rewards likely into next year. Once we're done, we'll put up any leftovers we have into our store.
Other News
In the other news section, we'll update you a little on our other projects and general business of Two and a Half Studios. This includes updates on games we're publishing but not developing ourselves - we hope you can show them some love, too!
Astralis Publishing
At Two and a Half Studios, we love stories. We've begun working with other developers to help bring their games to life in the form of publishing - helping with marketing, funds, and more.
The Inn Between
We helped to hire two brand new hands to help out with The Inn Between... please welcome Joy and Noobie to the team, who will be assisting with writing and editing respectively.
Two of three routes are now in production, and we're hoping will be complete before the end of the year for a release in Q1 2025.
For now, here's some more art previews. Gosh, we're always so impressed with the art for this game...
Cage of Roses has had huge progress in the last month!
With the demo releasing next month, the developer Ebi has implemented most of the games UI, and also coded/edited the first act of the store (the first of four!).
This first act will likely make up the demo, around 25% of the game.
We'll be releasing a trailer closer to the demo release, so keep an eye out for that!
