Lost Spirits of Kael is scheduled to be released in 2015 instead of the end of 2014 according to their own website.

As you may have noticed, we delayed the release date of Lost Spirits of Kael from December 2014 to 2015. We are already almost half way through 2014, and we are still working on the playable demo that we want to present to you when we start our crowdfunding campaign.

It is unavoidable that we will need more time to make the game as good as we want it to be…  Please remember that up to now we have been working on the game without any funding, and exclusively during our spare time, which makes it difficult to stick to a precise planning.

 We apologise for this, but remain 100% committed to delivering you the best possible gaming experience that we can build.  We look forward to showing you the playable demo soon!

On that same site, you can also see what the current status of progress is for the game.

Early last year we've reported about Lost Spirits of Kael, which was showing a trailer of the game at the time and I added it on my list of games to watch for news. So now I've checked it again and there is some news indeed. First of all they mention that there will be a crowdfunding campaign in the next months. I hope they know that they need to do something about the marketing of the game before they start the campaign as I think it isn't that well known at the moment.

And as we like to offer some promotion for indie games, here is some news on Lost Spirits of Kael 2D sprites, which are used for animating the characters. You can check out the sprites that were made for the main character on their website. There are a total of 781 sprites for that character, so have fun watching some of them....

Besides that a new screenshot was released on twitter, so you get to see what one of those sprites look like in the mysterious forest.

A preview of the indie RPG Lost Spritis of Kael showed up on Independent Gaming.

Lost Spirirts of Kael tells the story of a artist who has lost the will to paint, so he sets off to explore the enchanted Forest of Kael in search of inspiration. The forest is a labyrinthine open world strewn with graves and populated by forces that don’t want you to leave. To avoid getting lost, you can mark your trail with your paintbrush–but you have no paint, so you must make do with your own blood, and at a loss of health.

There are monsters in the woods, and you’re an artist, not a fighter, so combat can be deadly–but it’s generally avoidable. Encounters don’t always end in violence, and some of the forest’s denizens are neutral unless provoked. You can become a more formidable opponent by finding  weapons in the forest, and you can power up your abilities by defeating bosses and taking their souls.

INDIEGAMEHQ has an interview with the developer of Lost Spirits of Kael.

Indie Game HQ: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Pablo: I’m 32 and am living in Brussels, Belgium. I’ve been passionate about video games since I was very young and always wanted to get into that business. So at the age of 18 I entered a visual art school in the animation department. I got my degree back in 2003 and since then I have worked in the Smurfs’ studio as a CG artist. In 2007 I started learning music composition very seriously, with the goal of making a career as a video game composer. Since early 2011 I’ve also been in charge of the musical needs of the Smurfs’ studio.

Indie Game HQ: How did the idea behind the Lost Spirits of Kael come to be?

Pablo: Before even knowing what type of game it would be, I defined the emotions that I wanted people to feel while playing. When the idea came to me, I was busy finishing the music piece “Wanderlust,” which was inspired by a recent trip to Ireland and expressed many different feelings such as loneliness, nostalgia, and mystery. This music piece is responsible for how Lost Spirits of Kael came into my mind, and I have chosen an extract of it for the second part of the trailer.

Indie Game HQ: What is your expected release date and price for Lost Spirits of Kael?

Pablo: I plan for the price to be around $10. The release date will depend on the success or failure of an upcoming crowdfunding campaign. More than probably it will be Quarter 4 2014 if it is a failure, and first half 2014 if it is a success, and we can set aside our day jobs for a few months.

Indie Game HQ: What do you hope gamers take away from their experiences with the Lost Spirits of Kael?

Pablo: Before anything I hope they will have a lot of fun, as this should be the primary objective of any video game. Hopefully this strange forest will also evoke feelings such as fear and nostalgia as well as sensations they’ve never felt while playing a game. In the best case they will consider Lost Spirits of Kael as a completely new experience, which will make me consider the game as being a success.

The Rablogames website offers a trailer showing off Lost Spirits of Kael. It's an indie ARPG coming to PCs next year. The site also announces their crowd funding campaign is underway. They are asking for funding for the project by selling its work-in-progress soundtrack on Band Camp.

Lost Spirits of Kael is an action-RPG with focus on atmosphere. You play the role of a young painter who has lost his inspiration and tries to get it back in the Forest of Kael. There, he meets a mysterious harpist who covers the forest with magical mist by playing her harp. Lost in this creepy forest covered with graves (but no zombies), he will have to find his way out. But the forest has mystical powers that makes finding one's way nearly impossible, and some of its inhabitants will try to stop him.