Hey everyone, this is Beeswax Games, the developers behind Spookware.
This is a joint statement we are making with DreadXP to clear up confusion about the last statement that was made here on Steam about the status of Spookware. Specifically, we wanted to be more clear about what happened with the game after some confusion started by comments we made on the itch page.
When we signed on with DreadXP for Spookware, the contract had funding outlined for all four episodes, but only the first two episodes had guaranteed funding, and DreadXP wasn’t obligated to fund the remaining episodes if it wasn’t viable. After the game didn’t sell as well as everyone had hoped, it didn’t make financial sense to keep the contract going. At that point, development stopped when episode 2 was done, and the contract was completed.
We were very fortunate that after we knew funding on Spookware would be ending, we were able to secure funding for our new game, No Players Online, and we have been focusing on that project since then. However, we want to make it clear that since late last year, DreadXP has returned the rights to us to work on the Spookware IP. Unfortunately, because we can only work on one project at a time, we want to make sure No Players Online is the best it can be before we start on anything else.
We are happy to see the outpouring of support for Spookware, but we are saddened to see that DreadXP has been getting harassed after the previous statement that we wrote together and the comments we made on itch. We’d like to say we do not condone these actions. What happened with Spookware was nobody’s fault, and we are very grateful for the support they have given us and the opportunity to make what we did. We have taken down our comments on the itch page, and we hope that this statement will finally settle the dust.
We really like what we did with Spookware, and we are very grateful to be able to make cool games and have cool people play them, so thank you for all your support over the years, and we hope you will keep supporting us!
Adam, Tibau and Viktor
Beeswax Games