Obviously it's been a while since the last update. Sorry. Even though it's hard working as a one-man team, I really love this game, I love working on it, and I would love nothing more than to keep sharing it and other games for the rest of my life.
Unfortunately, as I've said before, life gets in the way sometimes. I've been putting off this announcement for a while and tried to keep my personal issues out of it, but I have to be realistic.
Dash Blitz won't be updating for the foreseeable future. For the past year now, I have been wrestling with some serious pain in my hands that's proved difficult to diagnose and treat. Much as I've wanted to keep developing and putting this crazy game into new players' hands, that passion and enthusiasm has proven to be my downfall and made my condition a lot worse.
On top of that, I sank a lot of time into developing Dash Blitz, which really ate into my finances. It reached a point where I had to return to work full-time. Luckily I'm still able to work, but I need to make sure that I stay that way, and frantically coding during my downtime is no longer an option. I'm actually writing this message with a speech to text program just to keep my hands away from the keyboard, which is every bit as frustrating as you can imagine.
I'm not saying any of this to look for sympathy. I'm doing fine, and even if it's been hard, there's not a single thing I would have done differently. I just want to set the record straight.
To reiterate, Dash Blitz v0.6 is not in development right now, and there's no current plans to return to it. The game currently on Steam Early Access should be considered to be the full game. If you still think it's worth your money, there's nothing I would love more than to have somebody enjoying this game as much as I've loved it. It's still my favourite fighting game, I know I'm biased but I truly believe there's nothing else like it.
Of course there's so much more that I want to do. All those promised characters, mechanics, more items, single player content, refined graphics and more. But I can't make that promise anymore. Maybe someday in the future, but right now I need to be honest with you.
Happy Blitzing, everyone. Sorry I have to dash for now.
I'm not leaving you without a little something, though. On the character select screen, try choosing #1 and pressing Swing, Jump, Jump, Up, Down, Swing. Make sure you do it quickly, or else the game might have second thoughts.
I hope you continue to enjoy Dash Blitz.