The target moved to the end of August or beginning of September 2023. Renders and animations were expected to be finished by the end of August, but coding, sound, post-processing, final corrections and testing still needed time before release.
Most of the episode had already been tested, and the remaining scenes were moving through the same beta process. The update also explained the early-access structure for Patreon tiers, with higher tiers receiving the episode several days earlier.
Race of Life had also been submitted for Steam review. The update showed the game's planned Steam library artwork and marked another step toward bringing Act I to the platform.
Joshua described Episode 2 as being in the final stretch and said Episode 3 was already about one-third scripted, with Jake increasingly relying on the people around him as the story accelerated.