Where Is Aztez?!

As you can tell, Aztez did not release in 2014, like our promotional material from the last year and a half has been suggesting. We're very sorry! But with just a few moments left in 2014 I wanted to give those of you who have been patiently waiting an explanation on why exactly Aztez has yet to be released.

1. We're Just Two Humans!

We have two amazing humans writing jams for us, and we had another amazing human model and texture a -huge- amount of the enemy equipment for us, which saved me an enormous amount of time. But everything else is Matthew and I! That's not a complaint and it's not for sympathy; we like it that way. We're compulsive control freaks. Games like this should have larger teams, but despite this, we're pushing this massive, Indiana Jones-style boulder as fast as we can ourselves. It's getting there! But it's slow.

2. We're Financially Equipped!

Team Colorblind has the profound fortune of having angel investors. As of this writing (3 years of full-time work into Aztez), our angels still believe in us. They see what we're building and feel good, and the support they've given us has sustained us far longer than we ever imagined it would. And we've still got some lining in the coffers! So of course we're jamming as much content into game as we possibly can while we still have a runway.

3. We Have Very High Personal Standards!

We have re-designed, reiterated, re-produced, re-worked, and re-polished this thing at every stage of development many times over. It's just how we do things. We're the kind of people that refuse to hand you something that isn't beautiful and polished and meets the standards of today's sophisticated action gamer. Aztez will be competing for your attention in a space full of absolute giants, and there is no point in building what we're doing if we aren't fully committed to making sure it can stand in that space. I'm sure you all appreciate that, but hopefully you all understand this means prolonged development.

So What Now?

There is no release date, and I'm done trying to tell you when I think it will be. It's not fair to either us or you guys. What I can say is that there isn't a lot of production left to do! Most of the large-scale combat experience I originally envisioned has been built.

• Many of the game's environments are constructed.
• All of the game's character assets are built (thanks, Andrew!).
• Most of the game's music has been roughed out and only needs final passes (and we've got a rad music announcement happening soon!).
• Most of the game's enemies are designed, with only bosses left to design (which I'll begin once we started the beta and have a better idea of what type of action gamers we attract).
• 6 of the game's 8 weapons are completely done. We haven't revealed weapons 5 through 8, but you'll love them.
• And etc.

Bear with us a little longer! And when we have a release date, we will officially announce it and it will plastered all over the blog, website, FB, and Twitter. We promise. Thanks so much for hangin' in there with us and in case you missed the live stream of the most recent combat build of the game (the one we took to the Playstation Experience), here it is. :)