Telepath Tactics Release Planned for March

The latest monthly update from Telepath Tactics’ mastermind Craig Stern brings some heartening news on the game’s development cycle: the game is now playable from start to finish, and is on track for a March release. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty of work to be done, but for now, things seem to be moving at a brisk pace:

first and foremost, Telepath Tactics is now playable from beginning to end! This meant writing a ton of cut scenes and new battles. There are presently 24 battles in the main campaign, including a highly challenging, very large final battle for you to beat. I’d like to add in one more battle before release to get the game’s number of battles to 25, but I’m reasonably happy with what’s in there now. Even without it, I estimate that the game should take an average player (that is, one who restarts battles after losing characters) at least 20 hours to beat.

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As of right now, I plan to release the game in mid-March 2015 (i.e. before winter ends). This means that I have about a month-and-a-half to accomplish most of what’s on this list before I send out review copies to Youtubers and the gaming press. I’ll then have another month or so to intensively focus on fixing any final bugs that snuck through into the review build prior to release. This should be eminently doable especially if all the game’s early access backers help out by posting bug reports!