The dev seems to be working on another game called Dawnchaser
It seems Prometheus took inspiration from NiiChan, or he really wants to 1-up him (I jest, I swear!).
), then I doubt we'd go for longer than a year without seeing the next update.
It's not quite the same as Nii's games, though there are some similarities. Evermore and Dawnchaser are related, but in a very different way.
Of course not, why would you think so? Evermore will continue and the updates most likely be alternating between the two, there has been no indication whatsoever that this game is getting abandoned. Don't know where slick97 has their info's from, but...
...seems like a realistic thing if Dawnchaser gets released soon~ish.
Because starting something new without even finishing the actual project is a sign of a lack of determination. The probability that neither the one nor the other project will ever be completed is very low. The players of both projects will be dissatisfied due to the long waiting times. Most of the time this turns around and the audience becomes toxic towards the dev, which then leads to devs giving up. Good devs avoid this. Exceptions prove the rule. Why should Prometheus take the risk of ruining his hobby?
Let's agree to disagree.
There's nothing wrong with a sequel, prequel, or spin-off once the first project is finished. The problem is that (unfortunately) experience speaks for itself. Prometheus is by no means the first dev to get bored with a project and want to start something new. Take the time sometime and go through all the projects here on F95 that have the abandon tag just for fun. Read the threads from when the projects went down the drain and how it happened. A dev is not doing himself any favors. On the contrary. As a rule, the number of supporters on Patreon explodes when a dev has successfully completed a project and then releases a follow-up project.
The release date is just pure speculation on my part based on trends from other devs with similar workflows.
Oh, I am perfectly well aware that these failures exist and that there even is a higher chance for failure when multiple projects are involved. I just think there is a difference between prometheus trying to give extra context and content and these half-abandonments where devs in all honesty just didn't want to continue at all. The latter is the "lets have a kid" in a failing relationship to fix things. That is at least my view on why there are so many devs failing with multiple projects. It's not that they had multiple projects, they were giving up before that already and then started a new one to try and bridge that somehow. Don't know if that makes any sense, at least that's what I think.
Exactly, bear in mind that Evermore had an abandoned tag for a good while because it had gone for quite a while (I think over a year) without an update because the dev was busy (I think with University obligations). To his credit he kept strongly expressing that he wasn't abandoning it and came back with two updates. However, given that he has had this problem in the past, why put test yourself further with developing two games at the same time.
Hopefully without risking the ire of the mods here I'd like to add that the context behind why an update took so long matters as well. AnonW123 pointed out it was due to university, which is honestly a more than acceptable reason for the hiatus. Additionally, transparency is key if an update is going to take longer than 12 months (i.e. Is it a big update? Are IRL obligations getting in the way?).
I understand where you're coming from. The truth is that when Evermore was labelled as abandoned (even before that) Prometheus would often respond that it wasn't and that he was slowly working on it. Hell it was kind of like Candyman, say abandoned on the Evermore thread and he would pop up like "nuh uh". When the game returned he dropped two quality updates in quick succession, so I get why you want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
So... if we say PrometheusEVN 's name three times (PrometheusEVN, PrometheusEVN), he magically appears?
I don't think it's a bad idea for fans to be skeptical of his workflow, especially if they were around during the first delay. Tiur game some great examples of devs who managed to balance 2+ projects. However, Prometheus isn't relying on AVNs as a sole source of income, or at least that's what it seems like from his posts on Discord. In all honesty, these seem like passion projects, which is the main reason why I doubt Evermore would ever be abandoned - it just doesn't guarantee consistent update schedules.
Now why would you go and do that? He's gonna crawl through your computer screen like the girl in The Ring.
