Hello everybody!
After almost 3 years of silence I wanted to be honest with you and let you know that Mech Marines has officially been abandoned and will be removed from the store soon...
There are multiple reasons for that. Some of them are personal but there has also been a lack of free time and motivation. Please keep in mind that we are just two guys who have made this in their free time after their full time jobs. And as life is, there are ups and downs. We have waited for so long because there was still hope that we could continue development one day.
Those who already own the game will still be able to play it and the multiplayer part will keep working because it's peer to peer and there are no dedicated servers involved. You may also request a refund via Steam.
Some have said that we just took the money and run. There was indeed a time where we were short on money and said that Mech Marines didn't make enough. That was because we were a little bit in despair. Apart from this, we have never really been after the money. But of course we also had that big dream of becoming an independent game studio..you need money to live, right? ;)
To give you some facts: We were working on it for almost 4 years, 3-4 evenings/nights a week (4-7 hours, after the full time job), of course with some breaks now and then. The price was 8€ for the EU but not for other countries because of the money rate and regional prices. Often, we only got 2$ per copy. The overall income is somewhere between 4000 and 6000$ I think (it's hard to tell because the ownership was transferred from one of us to the other and it was a different account with a counter starting from 0). Depending on the country this equals to 1-3 monthly wages. Divide it by 2 and this isn't really a fortune.
Having said that, we are really sorry that it had to end this way and we would like to thank you for your understanding and for your support (especially in the beginning)!
Best regards,
Michael
ByteTrail Software