Shrunken At Home: Secrets Unveiled (Status & Release Plan)

Here is an elaborated status of the DLC, which is now called “Shrunken At Home: Secrets Unveiled”

I’ve decided to give the DLC a proper name and not just “Sharon & Jerald” since it actually has far more than just a new apartment, and there are some really dark secrets to unveil and hard choices to make.

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Progress:

Currently, the DLC is being finalized, I went over the texts, the options, the images.

The DLC has 152 new steps and 34 endings, there is a special route being worked on that will add an extra ±10 steps and ±2 more endings, but it will be added later.

Meaning that the game including the DLC is going to be the size of 350 steps and almost 100 endings.

How crazy is that? I remember when I published “Shrinking In The Mall” (88 steps and 30 endings) some people told me it’s vast, now Shrunken At Home is around 4 times its size, with 2 amazing paid models and far more complex and elaborated storyline, can’t express how proud I am for this game.

Also, out of those 152 steps, only 11 doesn’t have an image as I’m waiting for some customs from Dakotafade.

And around 100 steps have amazing customs from Goddess Rose, who did an amazing job and surpassed my highest expectations! (And actually played the DLC already and loved it 🙂)

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New Features:

There is a whole new system to support the DLC, its own endings counter, “Unlocked Endings” page, and a separate ticket for it.

You can also change how the images are being rendered now (both in mobile and desktop) to ensure there are no missing parts and everything is seen properly, that’s on top of the existing feature to see the image in full quality and size when clicked.

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Rollout:

This time it’s going to be different than last time, with 4 release stages that especially rewards consistent legacy patrons:

• Early Access - going to start this weekend
  • 50$+ in lifetime support patrons will get a personal invite with a ticket to the game. Why 50$? Because it includes tier 1 Patrons that have been with me since the first month I opened Patreon all the way up to the freeze day. This is my way of thanking you all.
  • During the early access, Dakota’s customs will be missing, and a secret deep branch will be blocked and under construction. I don’t want to spoil it, so I won’t give more details.
• Alpha Release
  • All 40$+ Patrons (only on the day of the alpha release announcement) Will get a personal invitation with a ticket to play the DLC.
  • The DLC will be complete, but still tweaked and fixed like the previous Alpha Release, this time as it’s far more complex than the main game, I do expect finding more meaningful bugs during this release.
  • A playable demo will be added to the website.
• Beta Release
  • As promised from the beginning, all “Shrunken At Home” ticket holders up to June 1st will get access to the DLC, but this time you’ll have to manually claim it either by a personal message or in the “request-access” channel in Discord.
• Full Release
  • There will be a DLC ticket in the website’s store for 20$.
  • There will also be “Shrunken at Home: Ultimate Edition” ticket that includes both for 35$
  • Therefore, in the first week of the full release I will give a 5$ off coupon for the DLC to current players and site members.

My main goal here is being fair, but you should know that when I first announced to include the DLC for legacy ticket holders, it was when I thought that it will be around 70 steps without a paid model, and although it wasn’t a smart “business” decision, I’ve decided to get the amazing Goddess Rose (@misstrixxfeet) as a model and invest a lot in order to create what I see as a true masterpiece and conclusion for this beautiful game. I hope you will appreciate it when you play and see what I’m talking about.

Thank you all for the support and feel free to ask me anything both in the comments here or in the Discord Server.