So some of you are saying a lot of dumb crap, so I'm guessing I wasn't clear on a few things.
"Abandoning"
This has been a nice word to see that makes me feel good and I'm real glad how grateful some of you are. The game is not being abandoned, a game CAN'T be abandoned if its finished. Does a construction worker abandon a house when he's done building it? Ridiculous.
Valve and Minecraft must have unfortunately raised the next generation of gamers to be entitled because apparently some of you are convinced that a developer has to anchor themselves to update their games for eternity. I actually like to finish my games, so if you don't like that, theres a whole list of Steam games that are right up your alley, labeled Early Access games.
My involvement
I don't plan on interacting with the community as much when the update is out, but the servers will always be up as long as people are playing.
Sequel
I have no plans for a direct sequel. Maybe a silly spin off game on mobile or something, but I don't see a full fledged sequel being possible.
Until GM gets server/VPS friendly features, or i somehow have the energy to learn a new language, don't expect a sequel or any more multiplayer focused games from me in the future.
Rewrite
Some of you have also been rudely demanding I rewrite the game like its an easy feat. If I wanted to do that, I'd just make a sequel instead, but you just read why I don't want to do that. Secondly, the game isn't very popular and doesn't seem worth the effort. On top of that, the small community it has doesn't even seem to appreciate my efforts anyways, so whats the point?
Updating
If there is a game breaking bug discovered in the future, it's not like I won't be too stubborn to fix it. It's not a decision set in stone, so if you're worried about some exploit being found, I will fix it if I think it really needs fixing.
Premium
Really depressing how I have to mention this but Premium will never be free. It's not a thing I'm trying to keep away from 10 year olds without a credit card, its a thank you to those who support me. If you want to give me $5, then thank you, have some hats. Thats it. You don't need Premium to enjoy the game.
Anyhow thats all the explaining I'm going to do. If you're still not happy after this, then you're probably not the kind of player I want following my work anyways. Stay gold.
edit: I know there are plenty of you out there who do support my work, and thanks, I know you're there. This game has just made me pretty grumpy the past year and I don't mean to lump you in with the others.