The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Making of

Mini-FAQ on the Release of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

When will the game be released?

The plan was to release at 7pm Warsaw time (10am Valve time :). Doing what we can but we might be a few hours late. The game is 99.99% done, but that 0.01% is bothering us because it’s bugs we KNOW about it and we can’t in good conscience publish the game with that knowledge.

Why no pre-load yet?

It’s simply because everyone is 100% busy (not really sleeping for the last three weeks) with the core game itself, and preparing and launching the pre-load is not just a click of a button. As soon as the build is ready we will try to unleash the pre-load (although, again, being honest here, that may turn out to be a regular “load”, i.e. the full release).

I have pre-ordered through the widget, why didn’t I get the key yet?

I am sending the keys to Humble asap and will take down pre-order widgets too to make sure it all goes smoothly (for a few hours you’ll still be able to pre-order from Steam or GOG directly).

Where are my pre-order items?

The items are done and ready to be uploaded:

They will be released along with the game.

Now what?

If you have any other questions, we might not be able to answer right away, trying to make sure you get the game today. For any updates please follow The Astronauts or me on Twitter.

Fingers crossed, and thank you for your patience and understanding. We’ve been making games for a long time, but this is our first self-publish since …1997.

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    I like it when developers are this open and honest about what’s going on on launch day.
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