Development of Captain Dynamite and the Fallen Hero was supposed to be done back in the spring.  That was the initial plan, at least.  But I was a big slacker for the first few months of the year and did next to nothing on the project, so I delayed the release to this fall.  And now, I need to delay again, to the first quarter of 2012.  But at least this time it’s for a better reason.

Composer Chad Seiter has an amazing opportunity — arranging the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony — and it’s going to keep him booked for the next few months.  He won’t be able to focus on Captain Dynamite until late this year.

Chad was ready in the spring and would have composed the rest of the game then if I had been ready for him.  But I wasn’t ready, and he had to wait on my account.  So, this delay truly is my doing.  If any of you were anxiously awaiting a fall release, please accept my apologies!  It will be done eventually… just hang in there. 

But, this is where we are now, and we’ll make the best of it.  Luckily, there is some good news too…

• Before the delay, my schedule to finish the script, record the VO, and edit the scenes together was very tight.  It was feasible (just barely!), and I’m confident I would have gotten it done on time, but there would have been little time for iteration and polish.  Now that the schedule is more relaxed, I can take a bit more time on each of these aspects, which will surely improve the quality across the board.
• I’ll be able to start sooner on porting the game to the PC.  I plan to release a PC version of the existing demo sometime in September, to help tide fans over until the full game is done.
• In the few days since I’ve found out about this, I’ve come up with the concept for my next audio game.  I wouldn’t have come up with this idea otherwise, and I think it’ll be a fun game that people will really like.  I’ll give more details on this later!

And even with the delay, I’ll still have lots of interesting info to share over the next few months.  So please keep an eye on our progress!