Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale - An item-shop role-playing game for the PC

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Forward Movement - August 31, 2010

Well, from the outside I imagine it looks like it's been a quiet couple of weeks. We've been slowly but surely getting the game ready to ship, and now we're essentially done. And not only that, but we have a little more news.

I think this piece of music should match the situation quite well. Because lord knows it feels like it's been a journey.

Quite simply, we're pleased to announce two more distributors for Recettear.

Yep, that's right. Steam has decided to carry Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. You'll be able to get the demo via Steam very soon, and they'll carry the game on September 10th. We're basically pleased as punch at this development since it means Recettear will be reaching millions more people than it was originally. We might actually not be stricken with poverty at this rate!

GamersGate has also been excellent enough to agree to carry the game - they'll be alongside everyone else on September 10th. Those of you who want to make sure you get a perfectly DRM-free copy of Recettear, here's your chance!

Along with this, the game is basically ready. We'll be going to release in two weeks, and god as my witness, the game's ready for primetime. We've sweated for months to make this happen, and now it will. And we've got all the heavyweights of digital distribution in our corner now.

We've also made a few updates to the FAQ, to reflect the situation and a few other things.

After so long, this is going to happen. Now it comes down to you guys.

With that, I'll close with the following words:

Gold.

September 10th.

We're making this happen.

Upward Movement - August 12, 2010

So to start with, this bit of news needs something. A backbeat, if you will. Something appropriate for the occasion.

This should do nicely.

Carpe Fulgur and Recettear have received a lot of great press. We've now got a legion of fans who are pretty much howling for the release of the full game. We even have cosplayers, which is a little bit staggering.

And yet, it's been something of a struggle to get distributors to take us seriously. An indie game from Japan, localized by a pack of nobodies? Are they for real? Why would we want to carry their game that nobody would want to buy?

Well. Ten thousand demo downloads in under a month don't lie. Quality, we hope, doesn't lie. And now one distributor has said: "Yes, they're for real. And we'll help them."

After a month of hand-wringing, we are pleased to announce that Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale will be sold on Stardock's Impulse platform. Stardock has been a supporter of independent software development for over a decade and we're thrilled to be going up on Impulse.

Recettear will be available for purchase on Impulse for the price of 20 USD in North America, 15 Euros in the European Union and 13 GBP in Great Britain, and is tentatively scheduled for release on September 10th, 2010. This date may change slightly depending on certain factors involved with the QA process for both Carpe Fulgur and Impulse, but that is the current target date.

We couldn't have gotten this far without the support of our fans. You guys allow us to seize the lightning, and now it has been seized. We may announce more distributors in the future, but either way, Recettear is coming!

Updated Demo, Site Improvements - July 31, 2010

Well, it's pretty fair to say that the response to the demo so far has been tremendous. Counting our mirrors, we estimate that the demo has been downloaded nearly 7500 times since it first went live. For a group coming out of nowhere and trying to get press, that's pretty impressive!

The first demo did have some wrinkles, though... a situation which we finally got around to rectifying this week. Check the demo page for a link to the new demo, now in auto-installer format! No more fiddling around with silly unzip programs!

This demo essentially fixes all of the problems listed in the old "outstanding issues" thread, save for the problems with the DS3D GX mode of ASUS Xonar cards. This may take a while longer to fix, if it can be fixed; ASUS Xonar owners should disable DS3D when playing Recettear for now, and plan to do so in the future.

Other than that, though, new demo! Shiny demo! Demo with bugs and typos and exploits fixed! Enjoy!

We've also improved the website layout a bit - no more pesky tearing, a short bio for Caillou is now on the character page, and now you can get an RSS feed of the latest news posted to the site and sign up for a mailing list that'll keep you updated! Expect improved screenshots soon, too!

We've been getting quite a bit of coverage, too:
RPGamer
Interview with Rock Paper Shotgun
Jay Is Games
and a whole lot more that'd make this news post too big to read! Keep spreading the word, guys!

Oh, and if you're curious about when we'll announce distributor(s), or a definite price?...

Well, you might want to keep an eye on that RSS feed and mailing list in the next week or two.

Demo Response, Demo Wrinkles - July 21, 2010

Well, so far, response to the demo has been tremendous. We've been heaped with praise, and several websites, including Rock Paper Shotgun, Siliconera, GameSetWatch and ANN have done large pieces on our little project! We're pretty humbled by all this, but the task of spreading word about Recettear has just begun and we intend to get in touch with many more places!

Unfortunately, there are always a couple gremlins in every first project, seemingly. A list of all known issues with the Recettear demo is available here, including mostly very minor issues... and one slightly-less-minor issue that owners of ASUS Xonar soundcards may want to be aware of.

We'll hopefully have a shinier, even more polished demo out next week. Until then, keep enjoying the Recettear demo, and let us know what you think!

And We... Are Live - July 18, 2010

Well, here we are. Carpe Fulgur's first project is now out in the open for the world to see! Be sure and download the demo to see what all the fuss is about! Alternately, read up on what Recettear is, and see if you have any questions.

More download sources for the game, along with digital distributors for the full game, will be announced soon, so check back often!

Oh, we are aware of the minor "tearing" problems that appear on some pages with large images on them. We'll correct this as soon as possible.