Some fun stats on Crown of Exile
This isn't really a sneak peek, but I thought it would be nice to share how big the game has gotten (and I'm not really that far in to Chapter 10).
As you can see, the word count doesn't differentiate between word count with or without code, however, there's approximately 680K words without code based on the average code per passage count.
The game is far from completion. Chapter 10 branches out into two separate paths and then there are still the final revelations and big battle scene to go in the final two chapters before I start tackling the endings and epilogue.
I estimate the game will be well over a million words when it's finally complete with edits as well as additional dialogues and scenes. Will I ever finish it this year? Probably not. Will I finish it next year? Also very unlikely.
For now, expect a very tentative 2026 release on Steam which is a while away but we're already halfway through 2024 so it's not too long a wait 😊 As always, you can show your support either by engaging here on Tumblr or if you have some spare change and would like to get early access to the demo, consider joining my Patreon.
Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me on this game development journey!