January 2026: Imirt AGM & 2026 plans

The Surgeon is ready to stitch you back together for 2026

We did it!

We delivered the Deathwish Bloom playable Prototype. Our main Deliverable as per IndieDev 2025 Fund contract with Northern Screen Ireland. A big milestone for our wee game. But also - one of the many planned for this year.

Let’s quickly jot them down….

January

🌸🌸🌸 Imirt AGM 2026: As part of the IndieDev closing ceremony, we presented our pitch deck at Imirt Annual General Meeting. The deck has been refined since our application for IndieDev program, and we learned to talk about the game without major spoilers. 🌸🌸🌸

Ardan has done an incredible job at getting the news out there - as featured in articles by Silconrepublic | Belfast News Letter | Irish Tech News | The Effect.net.

Thanking Imirt AGM 2026 for giving us a stage to talk about about Deathwish Bloom

Steam Page: our Steam Page was submitted for review on the 31.01.2026, shortly before midnight. A neat way to wrap the first month of the year!

The chance of showing your game pitch deck on two massive screens is low but never zero

February

🌸🌸🌸 12-13 February RENDR Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland: we got a spot! Come playtest the DWB prototype or watch an art time lapse video of how our art assets are created. 🌸🌸🌸

Steam Store Trailer: where is the fun in launching a Steam Page without one? Making the trailer is our number one priority in February.

itch.io prototype playtest: will be available to all who signed up towards the end of the month.

Script review: there’s still a debate on whether we should keep certain script quirks stemming from the writer not being a native English speaker… or have them weeded out by a native speaker. Time and playtests will show.

British Film Institute Cultural test for video games: is this more admin? It is more admin. Has to be done as part of being a Video Games Company.

March

🌸🌸🌸 😱😱😱Steam Page launch 😱😱😱🌸🌸🌸

🌸🌸🌸 ? possibly Dublin Comic Con ? 🌸🌸🌸

April - October

Demo work: bringing it to an approx 1 hour gameplay length.

🌸🌸🌸 ? possibly Belfast QCon ? 🌸🌸🌸

November

🌸🌸🌸 😱😱😱Demo launch on Steam 😱😱😱🌸🌸🌸

Demo player support & work on Early Access chapter begins

December

Hopefully a retreat in a hut in the woods after an intense but gratifying year!