Hello all!
As you have already noticed, the "buy" option is not available. This is something I decided to do for a few reasons, and if you have been following the game for a while, you know about the different problems the game has faced during development. Long story short, this is what has happrned:
- I was the lead of an 8 people team working on no salary until we got some funding.
- Due to the way the game was funded the game suffered from a lot of development troubles.
- When funds were gone, people abandoned the project so the game became a single person game.
- The game ended on an extreeeeeeme early access against my will.
- I tried to find alternate ways to fund the game so development could continue, but after one year and a half, no luck.
- Profit!!!
After taking a break from The Nightmare (mostly to finish The Dreamlands: Aisling's Quest) I was able to take a completely objective look at the game with "fresh eyes" if you know what I mean. Basically this is what I saw: 1. It is impossible to make the game on my own, since was originally supposed to be made by 8 people; 2. Parts of the current game and are not "fun" and need fixing, but I am not a jack of all trades so I can't fix everything on my own; 3. There's not much I can do without funds.
Basically, what I decided to do is to completely and start fresh from the ground up. This means I'm going to work on a new game with a new premise, story, characters, world, creatures, sound... Basically a new game, while keeping the "core" of the game.
So, that is the reason why the game can't be purchased right now. However, I didn't want the store page to be completely removed because I didn't want to give the impression that I was just leaving you people out in the cold, with no explanation.
I'll keep you posted. Right now I have to start working on a new design and plan, because right now I only have a really basic idea of what the game is going to be, but I need to have a really clear plan. I also plan to use the good parts of The Nightmare's design. This means it would be really useful if you told me what elements you liked about "The Nightmare" when you played it!
You know I post updates on games on every store page I have here, so I will keep you people updated on the status of the game and post news as they become available.
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