However, I do have an update regarding when the game will be released.

Balloon Ghost will be released around Halloween season in 2023.

It feels best to release this game a year late rather than at the wrong time of year.

In the meantime, I'll be working on something else that is related to games, but not a game itself.

I'm going to be working on building a game editor for making games like Robot Ops. I understand that I said I'm "moving away from 2D" more than a handful of times by now, but it seems like the kind of project that I need to make. I'm treating this project as an exploration into game editors, level editors, animation editors, and character creation editors.

The end result will be a tool that allows me to make "complex" flat design characters and levels very easily, which would enable me to more quickly roll out something like a sequel to Robot Ops or Bad Blaster. I'm probably going to use it to make an entirely new game, though.