Hello everyone, I wanted to let you guys know, that I haven't forgotten Yosemite Forest Ranger, however...

I did have issues with the state of the projects.. Most days it felt like I had to work against the Engine instead of with the Engine..

This compared with a new day job and a bunch of negativity from people about the game, made me feel burnt out...

So it's been a long while, since I've put the project aside, let it rest, few weeks ago I picked it back up and tried to recover it from all the Engine issues I had..

I've been wrestling through the issues as much as I can.."

And there is only 1 conclusion I could take..

Start over, mostly..

This mostly means the whole code base needs to be replaced and adjusted..

I have done this before at the time of the Reboot. I really liked the way and direction the Game was going. However It became more and more of a struggle then a cool project.

Long story short, it drained more energy then it could ever replace,

and usually, when people are enthusiastic and enjoying the game that is a good replacement. for said energy. But that has faded a lot as well..

I'm gonna try to restart one more time, I'm trying to stay positive, but if it fails again, I might have to cut my loses..

Hope y'all understand. Feel free to respond in the Steam forums, or in the #🌲-discussions section on Discord and start a conversation about this! <3

Also please express if there is even any interest anymore..

Cause reading through the reviews again, kind of makes me question if the time and effort is even worth it to the players..

With warm regards,

Thursten

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