The game is officially banned from Steam.
I don't understand - why, what sins? There's no incest, no characters of questionable age, it's a pretty vanilla game. I don't know, is using a real map of Moscow a copyright violation? But most importantly, I can only imagine what a blow this was for the developer, who was really looking forward to the release on Steam. Especially since it's the work of many years, few projects are completed after 7 years of development. How's Summertime Saga doing, by the way?
But in any case, since this project is practically complete (there will still be bug fixes), I hope that this incident with Steam will not cause the developer to give up, but will make her redouble her efforts to continue working on her new project. In the last days of September she wrote: I’ll keep supporting Bright Past with small, self‑contained updates. That includes not only new bits, but also fixes, polish, and finishing work on existing content.
In parallel, I’m moving forward with a new project — Esterium Project. It gives me energy and a sense of forward motion.
Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese have been added to the game. Thanks to FloRDA.
Editing of the English version is actively ongoing. Currently, the translation of the ENTIRE main storyline has been corrected.
New pregnancy-related ending. Alex can now become pregnant from more partners (10 in total). The number of abortions will be limited. If Alex exceeds this limit or ignores her pregnancy for too long, an alternate ending will occur. The game also now remembers who exactly was the potential father of the child.
A revolutionary change in the appearance of the coffee machine. An image of coffee drinking in the kitchen has also been added
The names of some of the most generous patrons in the game's history have been immortalized in the rock bar.
Release for $10+ patrons - June 20
Release for $5 patrons - June 25
Release for $2 patrons - June 30
Itch Release - July 05
In my opinion, it's a purely cosmetic update, which makes no sense to download, especially considering that pregnancy is not my fetish.
What's so amazing about that? The project is completed, and the announced new update adds almost nothing to the game and its plot. The previous update was released on 2025-01-27. On February 9th, the theme was updated here and nothing has happened since then.