Its sad but true, burnout is showing. 10 months now they're still below the halfway. A release isn't likely for at least 2+ months maybe more. Also give what Luxee has said on Patreon , it doesn't bode well for the future of the game.
Originally the idea that was put forward, was they were going to work on the extra stuff for PL in the background and continue development of A69 so it wouldn't be slowed down, but somewhere along the line I guess they decided to do just the PL stuff and not touch A69 until it was finished.
I think the PL update was due in no small part because Luxee needed a break from A69. Maybe they felt that if they switched things up for a bit that they could come back to A69 refreshed. But instead it might be more a case of they've come back to the game and are even less interested in it. I suspect that's not going to change any time soon. I think that the game hasn't really gone the way that Luxee expected and they're not really sure where to go with it or to tie things together. Or they're just bored of their own creation. But unless something changes, this game would take several years to complete, if it finishes at all.
Well I hope they continue development of A69, I really like the game, the only gripe I have with it is the 2 forced choices with Nea, but other than that I really like it, would be a shame if it got abandoned.
I would hate for this game to end or be dropped, but I don't think that'll happen, and I agree on the Nea stuff, which is why I either avoid her or send her to where she can't come back from.
If memory serves, Luxee did say at some point that the change in style (from linear VN with choies to a more sandboxey type thing) was a new thing for them. So if you add the burnout and the absolutely trashy reception for Nea from some people, it's hardly surprising that all this put together would be quite deadly for Luxee's motivation/work capacity.
There's been multiple times people have tried to appeal to the tag with the tracker and stuff and the mod team decided the tag was to stay.
Ah, I see, oh well fuck it, time to switch to watching without emails than.
Sometimes I wonder if including the abandoned tag in certain games is really meant to count how many people come in to complain about it.
As long as Luxee doesn't do more work on PL or decide to start up a new game, hopefully they can get out two updates a year. As you said though, there's not much content in the updates, especially if you're not on the Nea path. It's mainly wandering around, triggering memories that don't last all that long. If people have to wait several months for an update and it's either mostly Nea content, or mostly not Nea content, alternative groups of people will be pissed off. Maybe it's knowing that he's made a game with two competing fanbases for that is draining the creativity out of Luxee. Certainly there's people who love everything in the game, but there's also definite Pro-Nea and only Nea people on one side, and other people who don't care for Nea but like some or all of the other love interests. We'll have to see how Luxee balances those out going forward or if he changes the focus of the game to make it a more unified experience.
You're supposed to use the report link at the bottom of the post and write in the text field that a download link is broken (and which one of course)
I was just checking the website. I hope it doesn't take too long to come out. It has been almost a year without an update.
Yeah I know but it still sucks. I personally wasn't really interested in playing PL again just for a few new scenes. But I am glad that stuff is out of the way now and he can focus on this game.
