version 0.3 already? This is a pretty new game isn't it, I thought I read stuff about the dev dropping the Covenent game because of motivation, are they a lot more invested into this it seems?
I wouldn't say that
Covenent was shelved due to a lack of motivation. Rather, the Dev started
Covenent in parallel with the final chapters of
MIST so that there'd be a seamless transition from one game to the next.
As it turned out,
Covenent wasn't to everyone's taste, including 395's tastes. About a year after its launch, 395 started expressing doubts about the project. It seemed like a great idea, but now that it was a thing...hmmmm. For a while it looked like he was going to attempt to overhaul it, but eventually he threw in the towel.
As someone that is involved in the creative side of things, I was really impressed by this decision. It's a cruel reality that sometimes you can have a really great idea and then see the thing fall apart before your eyes when you try to bring it to life. It sure isn't fair, but it's a thing that happens sometimes. While I was disappointed to hear about 395's decision regarding
Covenent's future, it was likely for the best. There's nothing worse than being shackled to a creative project that you no longer believe in. To some that decision may have seemed flaky, but I frankly think it was a high-integrity move. It takes a lot of courage to say, "You know what? I'm better than this and I need to admit that I was wrong."
Is it accurate to say that the cause of death for
Covenent was motivation? Yeah, in the same way that it's not wrong to say that pneumonia was the cause of death for the cancer patient.