Hello Everyone,
Im gonna do my best to answer questions, and also to let you know where we are and what we are doing.
First off, where have I been?
Around the mid summer of 2019 I started experiencing some pretty major abdominal pains. After having dozens of tests run and seeing all kinds of doctors, the best anyone can tell me is that my intestines are swollen (this swelling goes up and down even within a single day), but no one can tell us/me why... The good news is the pain has gone down quite alot, and I have been able to work more as a result. I tell you this, not to complain but to be as transparent and honest as possible.
Next financial issues took hold, both due to medical bills and the fact that I was unable to keep pushing this game which lead to a pretty big hole. From there I had to dig myself out of that pretty massive financial hole. Again there is good news here, that hole is filled and things are moving forward well.
Is this game dead?
NO!
I promise that I will not release anything ever again on steam until this game fulfills what I have promised. This game is one I have very high hopes for, even if it never makes another penny. I have not run any sales on the game due to not wanting to push a game while I couldnt work as much on it as I wanted to.
What does the future hold?
The total hours on this project are increasing over time. Why? Well since the last update I re partnered up with my old business partner, and we are forging forward together. Both of us will now be working on this game moving forward. Next we have hired back my artist/graphics designer but rather than being part time, he will now be back with me/us full time. All 3 of us will now be able to get hours put into the game. It will take time for us to ramp up, but we are 100% committed to finishing this game.
When it comes to the game itself we are looking to expand on it in every way. More mobs, more skills, more levels, more features, more upgrade systems, etc... Right now I am building a socket/gem system that scales "infinitely" (nothing is ever truly infinite in programming, but for the purposes of the game it should be impossible to max out) through combining gems. This system will first appear in the 2nd town, and will be available for the rest of the game.
The current plan is to have the first few towns to each add a new system to the game. I think this will result in a good flow for the game, and allow gradual advancement. However it does require reworking pretty large parts of the game, which in turn is why this update has taken so long (that along with not getting many hours each month to work on the game).
After this next update gets out, you should see MUCH MUCH MUCH more regular updates there after. Please bare with us while we finish consolidating our position and get this project flowing :)
If you have feedback, feel free to let us know what you think!
Also, I am pretty much always on discord as well:
https://discord.gg/t4YDByx