Update on late December, 2020 release
Wed Nov 25, 2020
Posted by VRS Varmint (developer)
Highly unlikely wouldn't even be the right phrase unfortunately. More like "no freaking way." I hope my "excuse" will be worth something as I definitely owe people an explanation, so it's probably time to get it over with...
In a nutshell, COVID really put the kibosh on the time line and here's why: I have a daughter with a genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome. There is a trial going on right now with Roche for an actual cure in the form of a series of spinal injections that activate a normally dormant paternal gene that will produce a protein that her brain needs to function normally. We were fortunate enough to get in the trial, but it's taking place 1000 miles from where we live here in Spokane. The catch is that due to COVID, we can't fly, because my daughter will not wear a mask and the airlines don't make any exceptions. So we've had to rent a place in San Diego at great cost for several months and I've been flying back and forth.
I'm working as much as I can (primarily doing what I can on my laptop), but this is going to add another 3 months minimum to my estimates. To be honest we really didn't sell many preorders, but If anyone would like to be refunded, I'm happy to do it (just email support and request it). However I will say that the pre-order discount will definitely be worth it, so if you can hang in there I think you'll win either way.
Hope it helps!