Garden of Witches News

Greetings from Team Tapas!

We’d like to start this announcement by expressing our gratitude. We sincerely appreciate everyone who has played our demo and shared their valuable feedback.

Previously, we announced that the demo would be taken down. However, instead of shutting it down, we have decided to update and maintain it!

For this upcoming update, we have implemented new systems and difficulty adjustments that we were planning on releasing for the Early Access version, but the playable content of the demo will remain the same. Only the early portion of the game will be playable.

• Playable Content: Just like the previous demo, players can only progress up to the second boss.
  
• Operational Period: The demo will remain available until the game’s Early Access launch. After that, it will be discontinued.
  
• Update Details: We have improved various systems and made sound and visual enhancements.
  

[h2]Important Notes[/h2]

• Save data from the previous demo version will be reset.
  
• Save data from the updated demo version will also be reset when we release the full version of the game.
  

To end, we’d like to express our appreciation one more time. Thanks to your valuable feedback and ideas, we have been able to improve the game beyond what we could have done alone.

We look forward to hearing more of your thoughts as you play the updated demo. Your feedback plays a crucial role in helping us refine our game to perfection.

Stay tuned for the demo update coming soon! 🔥

Thank you!

Greetings from Team Tapas!

It’s hard to believe a month has already passed since the start of the new year! How has 2025 been treating you so far? We have just returned from a successful Taipei Game Show!

Meeting so many of you in person and feeling your excitement and support firsthand was an incredibly meaningful experience. With heartfelt gratitude, we’d love to share some photos capturing the vibrant atmosphere of the event! We promise to keep improving and delivering even better gaming experiences. Thank you for your support!

Additionally, we also have some main schedule changes, so please check them out below!





[h2]STOVE Early Access[/h2]
To ensure a more polished experience, we’ve made some internal adjustments, resulting in a slight delay. We sincerely apologize to those who have been waiting. We truly appreciate your patience.
Rest assured, we are working hard to bring you the best possible gaming experience!

※ Key Information

• The release schedule of STOVE Early Access has been rescheduled to mid-March.
  
• The exact date and further details will be announced as soon as they are finalized.
  

[h2]Demo Play Period[/h2]
The current demo version available on Steam & STOVE is expected to be taken down in mid-March.
This is part of our preparations for the official STOVE launch, so please take note!

※ Key Information

• The existing demo will be removed in mid-March, and access may become restricted.
  
• We are also considering releasing an upgraded demo version before the official launch if necessary.
  
• We will confirm whether players who have already downloaded the current demo will still be able to access it. Further updates will be provided.
  

We will continue to share detailed schedules and updates, so stay tuned!


Thanks to your incredible support, we had an amazing experience at the Taipei Game Show.

Every moment was made possible because of your encouragement, and our development team is deeply grateful. We will keep doing our best to deliver an amazing game.

Thank you always!

Hello everyone! Garden of Witches will be participating in the Taipei Game Show 2025.

Come and play the latest version of the game in person and receive exclusive souvenirs!
We hope you will support us and continue to show interest in our game!

[h2]Event Information[/h2]

[h3]Official Website[/h3]
Taipei Game Show

[h3]Official Summary[/h3]

• Event Name: Taipei Game Show 2025 – B2C ZONE
  
• Duration: January 23 ~ January 26, 2025 (9:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM, GMT +8)
  
• Location: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (TaiNEX 1)
  
• Organizer: Taipei Computer Association
  
  

[h3]Booth Location[/h3]

• L130 - located within the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) booth
  

Rims & Berry – a new boss that has never been revealed – will make their debut at this year’s Taipei Game Show. Look forward to an exciting battle with a new witch not featured in our Steam demo version!




We will give exclusive commemorative goodies to everyone who completes our missions!

Missions

• Play the [Garden of Witches] demo (Receive 2 pin badges)
• Complete the [Garden of Witches] demo survey (Receive 2 pin badges, 1 photo card)
• Share the entire [Garden of Witches] Facebook post (Receive 2 pin badges, 1 photo card)

Exclusive Goodies Set (6 pin badges, 2 photo cards)
We are working hard preparing for this event so that you will have an enjoyable and memorable experience at our booth. We look forward to meeting you at the event, and as always, we thank you for your support!

Greetings from Team Tapas!

We know each of you will celebrate the coming of the new year according to your time zone, but we would still like to send our personal message to you so that we can share in the celebrations together.

Happy New Years!

Thank you so much for playing our demo, giving us your valuable feedback, and showing us your love and support.

We hope 2025 will be a year of joy and fulfillment for you and that our game will be a part of the joy you gain in the new year.

Please look forward to it!

Thank you again and happy New Year!

Team Tapas

Greetings from Team Tapas!

It’s hard to believe December is almost upon us. We’ve been so immersed in development that we didn’t notice how Christmas carols have already crept into the streets. We know you’ve been eagerly waiting for us to give further updates, so before the year ends, we wanted to share our current plans with you.


We have been carefully reviewing all the feedback you have given us from the demo, and we are currently developing the Early Access version. Our target release date for the Steam Early Access is May 2025.

The demo version of the game you played only had two bosses and was only a part of Chapter 1. The Steam Early Access version will expand the game with three more bosses and complete the game’s story with four additional chapters (total of five story chapters).

In each chapter, you will face the same bosses, but their attack patterns will change and the overall difficulty of each stage will increase. On top of that, each chapter will introduce new systems for you to strengthen Sil, so we hope you will enjoy experimenting with different builds and find strategies to defeat the increasingly challenging bosses.

Below is a detailed outline of our roadmap leading up to our Steam Early Access in May.


[h2]Taipei Game Show Participation (January 2025)[/h2]
For the Taipei Game Show, we will have an updated demo that includes all of Chapter 1. Players will be able to fight against five bosses and see how the story progresses. This will be a valuable opportunity to receive direct feedback from users in person.

To prepare for this event, our entire development team has been fully committed to perfecting this demo version of the game using all of the feedback that you have given us. Further details about the game show will be shared later.

[h2]Stove Early Access Release (March 2025) [/h2]
※ The schedule has changed from February to March.

Initially, we planned to release the Stove Early Access simultaneously with the Steam Early Access. However, as this is our first PC platform release and because we are a small indie development team, we thought that we would face a lot of challenges in terms of staffing, localization, and other issues. So we are planning to first release a partial version of Garden of Witches (up to Chapters 2-3) in Korean on the Stove store.

Our focus for this release will be on testing and gathering feedback from Korean users, so that we can refine the game for the Steam Early Access. Since the Stove Early Access release will be a partial version of the game, we will offer the game at a slightly discounted Early Bird price.

※Please note that even if you do not live in Korea or do not speak Korean, you can still purchase the Stove version from the Stove store, but only the Korean version of the game will be available until the Steam Early Access launch. Once the Steam Early Access is released, the same content and multilingual support will be updated on the Stove store.

[h2]Steam Early Access Release (May 2025)[/h2]
For this version of the game, we aim to release the game with all five story chapters and proper localization for multiple languages. This version will allow players to experience most of the game’s content. During this time, we will gather player feedback and address bugs and other issues so that we can further polish the game.

[h2]Official 1.0 Release (TBD)[/h2]
After leaving Early Access, we will address remaining issues (if any) and work towards including additional endgame content that will follow the conclusion of the story.

[h2]Closing Remarks[/h2]
We’d like to end our post by sending our sincere thanks and gratitude to you and everyone who has been involved in our community. Thank you for being patient with us and showing so much interest in our game. We will do our best to match the amount of patience you’ve had with us, so that we can deliver a polished and enjoyable experience based on your feedback.

We will organize and share additional updates as soon as possible.

Thank you!