hello everyone!

it's been a little while since night watch 2 has received any news.
night watch 2 has been very difficult to develop, with me still learning Godot, and especially developing the A.I alongside free roam. with episode 2 entering full production, and with its eventual release last week, night watch 2 was placed on hold. since then, I've had quite a bit of time to reflect on a couple things, and have made a few decisions.

looking back on it, night watch 2 was over scoped to hell and back. adding in a full-on free-roam game mode was NOT a good idea. i wanted night watch 2 to be a massive improvement over the original, however, it's obvious to me now that I overdid it a little bit.
with that said and done, however, I really do not think scaling back is a good idea, what i have in store is still really great, and I’m determined to release this, but i obviously need time to work on this. so take this as the official announcement.

night watch 2 no longer has a specific release window, the game will now be releasing sometime in 2026.

this is probably obvious, considering spring is all but over now and the final trailer hasn't even been dropped yet.

additionally, something else is changing.
I've always felt weird about the title of night watch 2. it's worded as though it's a sequel to the original, however, the original has been completely ret conned, and the first part of this game, which is what will be released this year, is a re-imaging of the first. so, to make things less confusing, night watch 2 is splitting into 2 separate games:
VoidSMP: Night Watch - the original game, re-imagined, with brand-new free-roam gameplay, and a new story to match
VoidSMP: Night watch 2 - the sequel, and original intention for what would've been before things were overdone. the story will wrap-up, and finally tie-in to the animated series. coming in 2027.

with this said, the content of nightwatch will not be changing. only the title is. the game will still contain the free-roam sections, and everything else I had originally intended.
episode 3 of the animated series will remain my focus for the next few months, after its release, the series will be put on hold so nightwatch can be finished, and finally released to you all.

thank you for reading, and i hope you look forward to VoidSMP: night watch, and the eventual sequel next year!