Hello. There has been no news about the game for a long time, as work has been suspended indefinitely. At one point, I felt that Deep Russian Depression is over, and I was even ready to sell all the assets and the game's Steam page for one hundred dollars, but fortunately, there were no takers. Recent comments from two users in the community prompted me to make this post.
I have bad feelings about my future. Although I have learned to endure and hide from adversity, I cannot hide from what is to come. I am, of course, talking about the blocking of the Internet and its content within the Russian Federation. The Internet and my presence in it are among the few things that still matter to me. It would also not be an exaggeration to say that I live on the Internet. The state is unhappy with this state of affairs and offers me "traditional values," the messenger Max, and a military slaving in exchange for access to the global Internet. I refuse, but it is futile, as the rule in this country is: "If you don't want to, we'll make you."
Although I still have full access to the global Internet thanks to three magic letters (VPN), I see where our country is heading. Just a few years ago, we couldn't have imagined things would be as they are now, which leads me to conclude that it will only get worse. Undoubtedly, sooner or later, we will lose access to Steam. Whether it will be a partial block or a complete absence of the foreign segment of the Internet remains a mystery for now.
Therefore, I no longer want to work on Deep Russian Depression—it is not only pointless but also counterproductive: the hours and effort spent will never pay off, because the money from the game's sales simply won't reach me due to the events of recent years. I have no intention of working for the idea anymore, nor for donations, because I have learned to scrape together small amounts of money for the bare necessities.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I have no like-minded colleagues or advisors left—they all betrayed me over a sum of one dollar and sixty cents, which one of them refused to return. It's not that this is directly related to the game, but before these scoundrels revealed their vile nature, I believed I was making the game for them, too.
I see no point in continuing Deep Russian Depression. I would be glad to release the game for free for those interested, but I have no content to fill it with in order to pass Steam's moderation. If any of you are willing to provide your story and illustrations for it, I will carefully adapt them into the software code of Deep Russian Depression, but don't expect anything more from me, because, apparently, for me gamedev is over.
Deep Russian Depression is Available to Purchase!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1858710/