📰 Dev Update #05 – Final Demo Preparations

This week is all about final checks.

We’re in the last stretch before the demo release, and right now our focus is simple: making sure everything is stable, polished, and ready. We want to be confident that when you press play, the experience feels smooth and complete.

Here’s what happened this week.

All animations required for the newly added story scenes have now been completed.

• Animations tied to expanded scenes — including first-meeting moments and cinematic character introductions — have been refined and adjusted.

• All necessary animation corrections and improvements have been finalized.

• Every animation has now been fully rendered and integrated into the demo build.

Visually, the demo is now in its most complete form yet.

The demo is now structurally complete.

• With the latest gallery update, we now have a dedicated Events Gallery system.

• Aside from one or two minor elements that may receive small updates, the demo is fully ready and functional.

• Approximately 6,000 new lines of code were added specifically for the demo phase.

At this point, we’re focusing on stability and final testing rather than structural changes.

All music planned for the demo has been completed.

• Work continues on finalizing the file that determines music placement and which tracks play in specific scenes.

• We’re approaching the final stage of launching our Discord server — you’ll be hearing more about that very soon.

• Originally, the demo was planned to be English-only. However, thanks to faster-than-expected progress, it now looks like we’ll have time to include additional language options. Work on this is ongoing together with Asteria.

The demo is no longer in development mode — it’s in preparation mode.

We’re checking, polishing, and reviewing every detail to make sure it delivers the experience we envisioned. It’s incredibly exciting to see everything finally coming together.

We’re almost there.

— The Drift on Destiny Line Team