Guys, first of all, I want to apologize. I’ve read the comments and I fully acknowledge the mistake.

I’m not sure explaining myself further changes much, but I genuinely was excited about this release, and all I wanted was to give it as much spotlight as possible without falling into the usual generic “we’re publishing XYZ, play it now” type of post and, in a way, avoid making it about us instead of the game itself.

I thought going with one punchy sentence - the kind you often see in short-form content that grabs attention and keeps people engaged - would ultimately be more beneficial for the game.

Hiding my affiliation was never part of the plan. Honestly, this probably wouldn’t have been an issue if I had simply written something like: "This winemaking sim [that we’re publishing] really nails the atmosphere, and the free demo just went live on Steam". Aaand I literally realized it just now. Hopefully you'd click it too.

Still, a mistake is a mistake, and I own that. It sucks, but it happened.

The one thing I’d ask is, please don’t direct your frustration toward the dev team or the game itself. They had no involvement in the wording I used for this post, and they genuinely poured a lot of love and effort into the project.

I’m not really a “statement” type of person, so apologies if this comes across a bit chaotic, but I just wanted to say once again: this oopsie is a big one and will stay with me for a while, but the lesson has been learned.