Hello everyone!
While the development of Ananias is frozen, and the version that was promised hasn´t happened, that doesn't mean we aren't working on stuff! :)
Long story short, we were working on the announced update to happen in a couple of weeks; it was going to be small. But when we started working on it we noticed so many areas we wanted to improve, that the backlog grew and grew until it became too big to be feasibly done in two weeks... To be honest, too big to be called "Ananias".
To make things worse, some elements of the pipeline of technologies to pack Ananias as an executable has become unstable or require an additional investment of work to make them work again, making producing even minor maintenance released not viable.
The current plan is to make a sequel, and we have already worked a LOT on its narrative and gameplay design. That being said, there is no ETA for said sequel, and nothing is set in stone!
Our priority as a studio right now is releasing Novamundi; and then pushing forward our Emerald Woods and another secret project in pre-pre-production. So, unfortunately, this sequel is going to take some years to happen.
We are extremely happy to know people enjoy Ananias so much that they want to see it developed still, but it's not economically feasible right now, and we don't want to release a half-done update with few visible and unimportant changes.
That said, we would love to hear your opinions on what you think needs updating! Maybe it's different from what we think needs work.
Hit us up on Discord at https://discord.gg/u8aZDw9
Thank you for adventuring!