Hello everyone!

Esko here, the TAG Dev Team lead. 

I'm writing this quick devlog to update you all on TAG's development by recounting what has happened this year and giving sneak peeks of what is to come!

So...

What have we been up to?

Spring 2023

TAG's development originally restarted as an idea to produce a new "bomber" ship class into the game with entirely new upgrades and new mechanics. However, we were sidetracked from this idea as we got talked into making a physical arcade version of TAG.

Although the arcade cabinet was a very cool project, it was also insanely stressful as it was completed in only 1,5 months.

During the development of the cabinet we also won the category of "Best Technical Execution" at a local Finnish student game dev competition. This was a real wake-up call for the potential of the project as we competed against other very impressive games. This is where the plans of a full extended commercial release crystallized.

Summer 2023

The summer was spent recovering from the ordeal that was the arcade cabinet project and doing research/ideation related to markets and game biz while also slowly preparing for the rewrite of TAG's codebase.  

Fall & December 2023

The fall and December have been dedicated intensively to overhauling TAG's codebase. This decision stems from the presence of significant bugs in the old codebase, which are best resolved by rebuilding from the ground up. Although labor intensive, this has has begun to already pay immense dividends as we've been able to build internal tools and frameworks that help expedite TAG's development!

Sneak Peeks

We are still heavily in pre-production (so everything is subject to change) but here's a glimpse of what is to come!

The 2024 Demo

The next demo of TAG will come out June 10th of 2024 on Itch.io and Steam.

Make sure you don't miss it by Wishlisting TAG and and following us on Itch.io/Steam! 

Conclusion

What would you like to see in the in the upcoming demo? Are you excited to play it? Got any general feedback on the game?

Tell us in the comments!

Also, if you are an influencer, press, developer, publisher, etc. who is interested in collaborating or just want to chat about TAG, feel free to email me at esko.evtyukov@gmail.com, here's a link to our press kit!

Happy holidays everyone!

Best Regards,

Esko Evtyukov,

TAG Dev Team Lead