Unity Abandoned SuperPowered 2 [v0.03.00] [Night City Productions]

[nb8]

In a nutshell...
Loser was his first Unity project (because by the time he started it he'd figured out that Renpy is horrible for the complex sort of games he enjoys making).
SP1 got dropped a bit short of where he'd planned on finishing it because trying to make Renpy do stuff it was never meant to do was driving him up a wall.
SP2 starts in Unity.
He realized he's learned alot about Unity and has spent the past 2 cycles on Loser massively overhauling the code. (Ie, fixing his 'rookie mistakes')
But that overhaul's been a bit time consuming, so, the last Loser cycle took alot longer then usual. But... now it's got a much better save system, overhauled the UI, a lot of other QoL improvements, etc.
Loser's next release is in bug testing now.
So SP2 should be starting up again soon (if it hasn't already).

PS...
How TF did this thread get the 'abandoned' tag???
It's been 5 or so months since the last update. I thought F95 rule was 12 or 13 months?
And Baal streams his work 6 days a week on his Discord.
Anyone that's paying even a little attention can easily check in on his progress.

you are mistaken, the last update was in September 2024 - 6 months ago. Rule a95 - 6 months. Also, the author has not shown up on subscribestar since October 2024. And the update of his second game was as long as 9 months ago, it is strange that it was not made "abandoned"

P.S. about the nutshell. The author started making superschooler in 2013 or 2014, I don't remember, on the rags engine. A couple of years later, he said that this is a bad engine and I am switching to another one, we were then happy, began to wait to see what he would do. He made less content than there was in the rags version and said - this is a bad engine, I am switching to another one and started making superschooler 2. At one time, he released updates every 5 weeks. Now, six months is not enough. I am not accusing anyone of anything, I am just listing dry facts.

 

[pbam]

you are mistaken, the last update was in September 2024 - 6 months ago. Rule a95 - 6 months. Also, the author has not shown up on subscribestar since October 2024. And the update of his second game was as long as 9 months ago, it is strange that it was not made "abandoned"

P.S. about the nutshell. The author started making superschooler in 2013 or 2014, I don't remember, on the rags engine. A couple of years later, he said that this is a bad engine and I am switching to another one, we were then happy, began to wait to see what he would do. He made less content than there was in the rags version and said - this is a bad engine, I am switching to another one and started making superschooler 2. At one time, he released updates every 5 weeks. Now, six months is not enough. I am not accusing anyone of anything, I am just listing dry facts.

it's sad and a damn shame. superpowered's premise had the type of mind control that I actually liked, I didn't even care too much about the less than stellar models. the whole "dominate their minds and not really care what they think" instead of the pussy "make the girl fall in love with you crap" that other "mind control" games do. real monkey's paw situation for me. (get the mind control game that I like, but it's developed by this guy). I guess its par for the course with 98% of WEG games, but it still kind of hurts considering most of us who liked this game have been with it for almost a decade now.

 

[DarkLoki]

it's sad and a damn shame. superpowered's premise had the type of mind control that I actually liked, I didn't even care too much about the less than stellar models. the whole "dominate their minds and not really care what they think" instead of the pussy "make the girl fall in love with you crap" that other "mind control" games do. real monkey's paw situation for me. (get the mind control game that I like, but it's developed by this guy). I guess its par for the course with 98% of WEG games, but it still kind of hurts considering most of us who liked this game have been with it for almost a decade now.

Ditto

 

[OneKingMan123]

The original Superpowered in RAGS? I remember the first one was more text adventure heavy. Been a long road since then.

The second one in Ren'py. I didn't even know there was an even older and even more original version. So this creator spent the better part of over a decade on this and barely anything to show for it.

Wow.

 

[KingsRaiden]

The second one in Ren'py. I didn't even know there was an even older and even more original version. So this creator spent the better part of over a decade on this and barely anything to show for it.

Wow.

Already mentioned above but I remember the RAGS version of this game, then when it moved to Renpy and got renamed and redone it was fun, and I supported for awhile, but then delays with releases and the slow pace made me drop. Yet here we are years later with a just named completed version 1 and a new engine for a new version.

He's gotten a lot of mileage out of the idea, which is nice, if only they came to fruition.

 

[Rosen King]

PS...
How TF did this thread get the 'abandoned' tag???
It's been 5 or so months since the last update. I thought F95 rule was 12 or 13 months?
And Baal streams his work 6 days a week on his Discord.
Anyone that's paying even a little attention can easily check in on his progress.

The mods on this site don't like to spend too much time researching whether a game is dead, so if someone reports the thread as "abandoned" they just check when the last post on Patreon/Subscribestar was, and if it's longer than 5 months it just gets marked abandoned. And even if you can provide proof otherwise (like a highly active Discord server), the policy is to not change it back until a new update comes out. This is particularly annoying when a dev releases a demo for what will be a commercial release, meaning no Patreon early access update nonsense, and it gets marked abandoned for having a regular-ass commercial dev cycle.

 

[moonbaby]

So, is it the end for the game or?

 

[X Deimos]

Noooooooooooooooo,........why abandoned :/

 

[X Deimos]

at least give us the latest version :/

 

[LucaNatoli]

Any other games like this and superpowered?

Knew this would happen. The Dev comes and goes, and drags their feet.
All well.

 

[shuyguy1988]

what version is the latest game? and sad, i really liekd the old superpowered 1 and its char's, they new ones.. well i need to get used to em, xD

 

[pantherismytat]

i cant get the game to load

 

[Delcaris]

Any other games like this and superpowered?

Knew this would happen. The Dev comes and goes, and drags their feet.
All well.

like it as in with superpowers don't see any, but if you like free roam corruption types, you have corruption, dark magic, lab rats 1 and 2 (use the reformulated mod, the game was abandonned but is already more than playable.), Rogue likes, TakeOver, CollegeDaze.

bear in mind these are all fairly different but they all rely on free roam and corruption mechanics

 

[memelman]

So, is it the end for the game or?

Unlikely, unless the dev stops making games entirely. Which I don't think very likely.

The dev has been working on two games at the same time, this game and Loser. He had previously been trying to do 8 or so weeks of work on each game before switching to the other in order to prevent burnout.

But Loser's recent updates have all been super delayed and late, so he is spending pretty much all his time on that game for now. There is no ETA for when the next update is expected, but he should start working on Superpowered 2 again for a bit after that.


I personally predict he is going to stop work on Loser and declare it complete in the next year or so based on how difficult it is becoming for him to add more to that game. Similar to what he did with Superpowered 1. If that happens, we will probably start seeing a lot more of his time spent on this game and more frequent updates with more content.

 

[Dybbuk]

Just a heads up, Baal mentioned that the next development cycle for SP2 will start next week, going by what Baal has mentioned on the Discord. I take the abandoned tag will remain for a few months after that until something is released as per F95 rules.
EDIT Well, the bug-hunting on Loser is taking considerably longer... He is still working in Loser 3 weeks after my original post.

 

[Crel]

Man wish this one hadn't died in the water, was really looking forward to it at one point. Updated SP with smoother mechanics and updated models woulda been great.

 

[memelman]

Man wish this one hadn't died in the water, was really looking forward to it at one point. Updated SP with smoother mechanics and updated models woulda been great.

It isn't actually abandoned, it just has the tag. The dev recently finished the update for his other game, so should be working on the next update for Superpowered 2 now.

 

[Dybbuk]

It isn't actually abandoned, it just has the tag. The dev recently finished the update for his other game, so should be working on the next update for Superpowered 2 now.

The new test version has just been released yesterday, and it seems that there are still some bugs... sooooo now now not likely, but Soon™ ?

 

[MJ2000]

The new test version has just been released yesterday, and it seems that there are still some bugs... sooooo now now not likely, but Soon™ ?

I don't see it on his discord. Are you sure you don't mean his other game?

 

[Dybbuk]

I don't see it on his discord. Are you sure you don't mean his other game?

The new test version I meant was of Loser, yes. Once he finishes the development cycle of Loser, he will start with SP2.