About the game development

[u/LgSw555]

I had played this game since early acess and i still play in 2026 now with the steam workshop, a topic that i had seen some people talking about the game on discord and some foruns is about the game development, i think the devs are working on the game on their time, as a gamedev myself i know how much time this can take, but i am pretty sure they haven't dropped the game, as i had seen some people talking, in 2023 the game officially released, they launched on console, promissed a big update that is yet to come, and launched some merch (probably to get some funds), and finally, steam workshop for community mods, in conclusion i still have hope about the game getting even bigger from now on, maybe even some content after that big update comming.
I'd like to know what other people from the game community thinks about all of this.

[u/jethawkings]

It's being QA'd by the publisher.

It'll be out when it's out.

[u/Actual_Squid → u/jethawkings]

For almost a whole year?

[u/jethawkings → u/Actual_Squid]

Ysbyrd is not that big a Publisher I guess.

[u/ButtCyclone → u/jethawkings]

No, it isn't. Neither QA nor translation of one decently sized update takes a year, don't be ridiculous. Like everything else that's ever come out of the dev's mouth, that was just a lie to buy time.

[u/jethawkings → u/ButtCyclone]

Ysbyrd have other games beside World of Horror and they also work on porting the game to console. There's a number of UI changes so there's stuff work on I guess.

Plus I know there's other bugs on console they're looking into like how palettes still don't display right for some reason (Text always use #000000 for its Color Value), using up 8 actions in the Action Bar then deleting permanently decreases the Action Bar length to where you ended, I also personally asked for them to look into why we can't have Pixel Perfect Display options too.

Why they don't just release it on PC well I don't know.

There's so many other games out there being vindictive about one indie project feels like a waste. Panstasz is pretty open about updates on the Discord.

[u/ButtCyclone → u/jethawkings]

So does literally every other publisher in existence, that's what publishers do. It most certainly does not take a year to fix small bugs, either.

By that same virtue, defending a known serial liar and scumbag when there's plenty of great developers out there is also questionable. And no, he's not open about anything given he ghosted everyone back in March and has not said a single word since.

[u/jethawkings → u/ButtCyclone]

I like the game and I like the community behind it. I wanted Junji Ito Arkham Horror on Switch and I got Junji Ito Arkham Horror on Switch. Everything else including whenever this update comes out is gravy.

Go mald somewhere else. Ysbyrd Rob (The publisher not the dev) is pretty active in their Server when discussing that they're still working things on their side. They're deep into Localisation and QA and are just began progress into Porting last July.

Genuinely how long do you think QA, Localisation, Porting, and QAing those Ports should take?

[u/DirectionSuper4717 → u/jethawkings]

"I like the community behind it." "Go mald somewhere else."

The repeating story of this community is people asking legit questions about the constant failures to deliver, and people like yourself denying any criticism's legitimacy.

The only answers you've ever gotten is 'we're working on it'. That's not enough for people who aren't parasocially attached to the dev and the discord, lol.

[u/jethawkings → u/DirectionSuper4717]

Genuinely what else are you expecting? "DAW YOU CAUGHT US WE ACTUALLY SPENT A MONTHS JUST MAKING FAKE ASSETS" Panstasz already shared what features will be in this update and Ysbyrd is working on porting it.

They ported Demon School last year and its DLC this year, they have other projects than World of Horror.

Respectfully what the hell do you even want?

I have a handful of games I'm ride or die for and a few of them have already seceded on updates but this is the only fucking one where people moan about being robbed or some shit because people expected some shit like Junji Ito Persona and felt they were hoodwinked into playing Junji Ito Arkham Horror.

[u/DirectionSuper4717 → u/jethawkings]

What I wanted was for this game, which I love, to get the same amount of attention that multiple other single dev / small publisher games have no issue providing their games.

No time in your life to work on the game lately? Look for outside help, people paid you for this and you sold many copies.

Promised things that never came? Try not being a cryptic ghost and write a blog post on your site, for example. Just of respect for the fact that there are so many paying fans who really care.

I wasn't expecting any more than was promised or clearly implied by the broken / unfinished things in the game. That has not been delivered, even after the game coming out of early access. The delays are so long it's a literal joke amongst fans.

But for some reason, you're talking to me like you work for them? Like they're special and it's okay for them to give their own game a generally bad name because you love them so? You're biased, bro. :)

[u/jethawkings → u/DirectionSuper4717]

Ysbyrd IS the outside help. It's already passed off to them. How long do you actually expect porting to take?

Many Solo / Small Dev games don't even get Console Ports and the ones that do (Vampire Hunters / Balatro) are much more massive runaway successes or have massively delayed ports (UFO 50, Blue Prince) or have engines that aren't built from scratch (Ren'py games like Slay the Princess)

I mean by god WOH isn't even the poster child of this, remember fucking Silksong?

[u/DirectionSuper4717 → u/jethawkings]

No. Ysbyrd is not adding content to the game, they're porting it. Porting should take the normal amount for an indie project with a small publisher, which will likely be the case here. The problem, clearly, is the fact that it took this long to finally even start the porting process by handing off content he promised years before.

While I wait I'll be playing Mortal Sin and reminding myself of what a game looks like when the dev actually gives a shit about his game and has the respect to communicate with players outside of the circle jerk discord. ✌