2010 has been a busy year for Vacant Sky. At the start of the year, we saw the release of Act II, which was received much more positively than its now-dated predecessor. After a (rather embarrassing) series of delays, the final chapter in the Contention story, Act III, was released in October, managing to blow away the record number of downloads in a single week set by Act II.

In 2010, Act II received ~684,200 downloads whereas Act III received ~37,900, including nearly 25,000 in its first week alone.

In addition, the game received recognition in the form of a couple awards, including HBGames.org's Game of the Year award, RPGRevolution's Best RMXP Full Game, and 2nd place for RMRK.net's Project of the Year award (placing second to Valthirian Arc). The jury's still out on its Misao performance for this year, but I have high hopes. Considering that Act I alone consistently ranked in the top 3 in most categories last year and most players consider it to be vastly inferior to the latter two episodes, I'm hoping to see it place better in categories like Storytelling/Direction and Character Design.

I was originally hoping to have the Complete Edition completed in 2010, but a number of setbacks (including a total revamp of the battle system) have pushed it back for a while. Considering my track record for meeting release dates, I'm hesitant to announce one until it's close enough to completion that I won't hit another huge setback.

That's about it for now. Thanks to everyone who's played the game and double thanks to everyone who's supported it these past few years!

Merry Christmas!