Hi patrons!
We hope this February brought you lots of love, money, and chocolate 🤭 And if it didn’t, we hope this update sparks some joy to make up for it! 🫶
Even though the year’s just begun, we’ve been busier than ever. We’re definitely feeling the nerves and excitement build up as we check off more boxes on our journey to release 🥳
We’ve got some fun stuff to cover in this update, so let’s dive in!
💘 Valentine's Day Shenanigans
We couldn’t resist doing a little Build-a-Blind-Date series on our socials for Valentine’s Day and had a blast seeing your responses!
In case you missed it earlier this month, screenshot these GIFs below to build your own date with one of our Love Interests! Just be warned, in true TOUCHSTARVED fashion, there are some romantic and cursed options thrown in 🫣
Let us know what you get in the comments! The team had a great time reading some of your date combinations already 🤣
🛠️ February 2026 Dev Snapshot
Narrative
Chapter 1 – Writing | ⚒️ Dialogue locked
Full Game – Writing | ⚒️ 95% Drafted, 76% through final passes
Full Game – VO Prep | ⚒️ In Progress, scene + line selects underway for remaining characters
Voice Acting
Full Game – VO Recording | VO recorded for 3 characters so far
Art & Implementation
Chapter 1 – CG & UI Art | ⚒️ 91% Complete, final polish in progress
Chapter 1 – Implementation | ⚒️ 81% Complete, final art in progress
Full Game – CGs & BGs | ⚒️ ~67% Complete
Systems & Testing
Full Game – Systems/Code | ⚒️ 70% Complete, revamped UI in progress
Chapter 1 – QA + Bug Fixes | 📅 Testing Phase Complete, Fixes Underway
Localization Planning | ⚒️ In Progress, negotiating with translation partners
Release Plan
Chapter 1 – Early Access | 🔓 Launched December 5, 2025 for qualifying backer tiers
Chapter 1 – General Access | 🔓 Launched December 12, 2025 for all other backers
Full Game – Public Release | ⏳ Targeting 2026 (exact quarter TBD)
It’s been so surreal for us to hit some of these new milestones while reflecting back on where we started. I wish I could paint a better picture for you all with more than just numbers, but trust me, we’re saving a lot of the juicier things for good reason!
We’re at an exciting stage where the Marketing Team is shifting towards bigger campaign planning for the full game release, so it’s important for us to keep our Dev Snapshots as spoiler-free as possible. Which brings me to this quick community heads-up…
⭐ A Little Social Media Update
As we lock in even harder, we just wanted to let you know that we’ll be temporarily slowing down regular posts on our social media. Rest assured though - as our beloved patrons, you’ll still get the usual previews and BTS dev content with our routine Monthly Updates and Community Spotlights! Any big important announcements will be shared publicly as well.
Our little slow-down just means you’ll see less silly memes per week. Not because we don’t like doing them (trust me, it’s my personal favourite part of the job 😂), but because we need to focus more of our time and resources into higher scope marketing assets and opportunities (eg. perhaps some new perks for patrons? 👀) to give you the best experience!
We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we adjust our posting pace ❤️ And fret not! The memes will pick back up once we’re past some more intensive beats.
Now that that’s covered, let’s get to the fun stuff!
🎨 Art Previews
Is it just me or did it suddenly get really hot in here? 🥵 Looks like Valentine’s celebrations got the Art Team feeling a little spicy with some sketches 😏 Here’s a certain someone in a delightfully low-cut shirt.
Is it really a TOUCHSTARVED update if there isn’t some angst thrown in? I think not! Here’s a colour flat preview of a pretty intense illustration 😱 Any guesses on what’s happening here?
Finally, sink your teeth into another rough animation! One thing about Red Spring, we love a pair of fangs and we’ve got no shame about it (no complaints on the cheeky tongue action thrown in there too 😉).
Every day I’m grateful my job involves being professionally down bad with y’all for our characters, and our animation partner consistently delivers. Knights of the Light Table’s combined force with our Art Team has really brought our thirsty visions to life and we hope you enjoy these animation previews too!
💌 Till Next Time
That’s a wrap on this one! We hope the year continues to bring you all good health and wealth ❤️ See ya next month!
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With love (and leftover mooncake crumbs on my keyboard lol)— Sofi @ Red Spring Studio