Mega Man inspired action platformer Mighty No. 9 was originally set for release this month, but developer Comcept USA chose to delay it back in August.
Backers were disappointed, but the studio tried to keep them happy by announcing that a playable demo would be released in place of the full game. Then that got delayed as well.
Comcept has now posted on the game’s Kickstarter page, laying out its reasons for pushing back the demo, which are mainly to do with how best to distribute it. Here’s what they had to say:
”Although the demo had been finished and was ready to go, we ran into some very last-minute and unexpected complications with distributing the demo exclusively to all our backers through Steam. We’ve also been listening to your feedback about preferring to have a demo that is not time-limited. Given the complications with giving you the demo, we came to the conclusion that it would be better to make the demo DRM-free without any time restrictions.”
”Because this demo is exclusively for you, our backers, we still needed to have a way to get the demo to each of you individually and we’ve been looking into all the options. We’re currently working with our partners at Humble Bundle to prepare the demo for delivery through their service.”
Comcept says the team is working hard to get the demo in backers’ hands, and promises to keep them updated on the latest developments. No time frame is set for its release.
