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Peacekeepr
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There was a game (corrupted world I think?) which the dev had to flee from Russia due to the war. Game didn't escape from the abandoned tag. A few months later dev managed to resettle and posted a small, like REALLY SMALL update.
Game is no longer marked as abandoned in F95.
It's all up to dev in the end of the day.
PS. Right now, no updates should be expected, and the tag reflects that accurately: Even if the developer is still working in the game, you shouldn't expect an update, which is functionally the same as an abandoned game (except you get to keep your hope in the end, but hope unfortunately doesn't play in Windows/Linux/Mac/Android/whatever).
He posted in December he was aiming for 1st of jan for release. But before that he wouldnt give us backers a eta before that post. i think it a great game but it been over year since the last release on patreon. I dont think he from russia.
so I noticed some new subs. I doubt they know he had over 700 at one point. was over 560 just like a month or so ago. I hate say it, i think he gone.
For saying that he was working on it according his Dec 24. post he edited it it said the 1st of Jan not he was working he change it.
Well on the one hand you can look at it like a big mystery and on the other hand it perfectly fits the pattern of so many creators who lose all motivation to continue the endless grind of working as a solo game dev, but who want to keep that sweet, sweet patreon cash flowing on a monthly basis. So they bug out, go radio silent, drop off the grid and ghost everyone including their team members for extended periods. Devs with integrity who intend to disappear have the option of pausing patreon billing. It's truly unfortunate that Atemsiel didn't man up and take that route.
so sad to see this abandoned, I loved the story.
starkj
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- May 17, 2022
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Hope it's not really abandoned because i was really enjoying it but man, it feels like so many games nowadays either get abandoned, on-hold or take 1+ years for an update.
It's this but also that these devs really want to make their games a second income stream. There are plenty of games that are released finished or nearly finished, but most of them never become big on patreon because they're usually small, self-contained projects that most players think are just short little diversions that they play once and then never touch again.
The process of becoming known on patreon, to the point where you can really monetize on your work, often comes from this really toxic process where you promise something big and then drip feed the content over many successive updates. If they wanted to just finish a game, most of these devs could, but it wouldn't be the big, epic sagas that get thousands of supporters on patreon.
The problem with this approach is that, unless you already know exactly how your branching paths go beforehand, you quickly get stuck in feature creep and discover the issues that come with exponential growth of branching outcomes. If you have 1 branching path per update, after a few updates you now have hundreds of potential scenarios. You need to really learn to start folding paths onto each other in an organic and satisfying manner, otherwise you'll be lost in the weeds. Less experienced developers often reach this hurdle and simply give up.
A mod on the discord said that contact with Atemsiels pretty much stopped a while back and that he's been MIA for a bit now.
Really don't see this one coming back unfortunately
Really don't see this one coming back unfortunately
Or not. I read that he wrote on patreon before the new year that he doesn't read what they write to him everywhere because he doesn't want to be distracted from creating the game. In fact, we really just have to wait.
Hopefully the dev would be back. The game was good.
Absurdity
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From what I understand they were in private communication even during those times though, now he has really gone MIA. We can still be surprised, but I don't think this is coming back.
I get the feeling we'll get this update, though probably in a month or two at the earliest. After that? Who knows, but likely not for another year if we even get one.
Meiri
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- Nov 1, 2019
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Well it seems you were right in calling it abandoned...
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Well, again, it remains only to wait. I really hope that nothing serious has happened to him. Maybe something happened in the place where he lives, maybe not. We can only hope for the best. Of course, I don't know him, but the opinion that he is an honest man still remains.
filipskyi
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It's ironic that I was recently called a troll for being skeptical about the future of this game...
Black Orchid
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it's funny how a lot of these honey select games that would collab with each other are now either getting abandoned or soon to be abandoned. this is the third one that officially got the tag.