Vessel

Vessel launched on August 5, 2026 as the debut title from a small indie team (OJStudio). The launch was rocky — the developer openly acknowledged a buggy 1.0 release and immediately began an intensive patching campaign, shipping 21 patches in the first ten days. On August 6, 2026, the team posted a public apology and committed to rapid bug fixing. On August 13, 2026, the developer posted a detailed retrospective acknowledging design missteps and laid out specific future plans, including: adding a checkpoint-based save-loading feature so players don't have to restart from the beginning, continuing to improve in-game guidance and puzzle hints, and adding more dialogue prompts and map icon guides. The developer explicitly stated they "will keep optimizing this game until it becomes something that both our players and our team can be satisfied with." The launch letter from August 5, 2026 further confirms that the team views this release as "only our first step" and commits to improving the game in an "organized and steady manner." This is a game that has just launched and is in the middle of an active, intensive post-launch improvement campaign with clearly stated future work still underway.