Is there some kind of record for longest game in development?

[WakWak]

Hi, waiting for Build 42 and am bored of most of the other games. How many days till it comes out?

And anybody knows any other game that is so long in Early Access with actual having the potential to still be good when it comes out? Is there a Record set by some other game?

[Puppers]

UnReal World i think has the world record for 24+ years bunch of other games too , i would just google them, there is some good games

[maeharaprojekt]

World War 2 Online is fairly high in the "ranking" for longest development time, along with Dwarf Fortress. There are others, of course, but PZ is about middle-of-the-road.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

probably runescape?

[wawawiwa]

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probably runescape?

MMO doesn't count

[Khergit Horse Archer]

i think the longest was kenshi at 12years and i rmb seeing that title on desura or w/e its called when i was a youngun lul

actually starsector at 15 years, according to this post, also it is still being worked on and not released just like pz

https://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=28656.0

[Wilson]

Regarding the first question, they want to get the unstable build out before Christmas.

The second, not really, most other games around this long in early access stagnate and/or get abandoned.

[LeNi]

This has been discussed before and zomboid is now in early access longer than 7 days to die...
Link to post: https://steamcommunity.com/app/251570/discussions/9/6647940033451439691/
But I am unsure if he is talking about development in general, or just early access.
zomboid has been on steam early access since 2013... I think it hold that title for the longest game on steam early access but I'm unsure.
Still, its been 11 years since then and 13 years since it first appeared online (the web version). Its been too long.

[maeharaprojekt]

Kien was 22 years in development as of this year.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 is floating at 16 years and going. Their original creative director died in 2023, and the dev team only replaced him this year, 2024.

Duke Nukem Forever was cooking for 15 years before it released to v1.0.

Metroid Dread was at 16 years in development by the time it went "gold-master" in 2021.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 is floating at 16 years and going. Their original creative director died in 2023, and the dev team only replaced him this year, 2024.

dang boi that game might not even survive the ubisoft implosion

[LeNi]

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Kien was 22 years in development as of this year.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 is floating at 16 years and going. Their original creative director died in 2023, and the dev team only replaced him this year, 2024.

Duke Nukem Forever was cooking for 15 years before it released to v1.0.

Metroid Dread was at 16 years in development by the time it went "gold-master" in 2021.

At least hey are not asking money for Beyond Good & Evil 2...
same with Duke Nukem Forever, Metroid Dread and Kien. They did not sell until it was released.
Zomboid has been for sale for 11 years now and still years away from being finished...
I don't understand how there isn't a law that limits the period of time on which a game can be in early access for... Its insane how long it has been...
The only other game that got updates and didn't have major issues along the road and was actually selling was Unreal World, which is still receiving updates to this day (selling since 1992 btw).
Zomboid dev team been selling this game for 11 years...... They almost have the longest record for actually selling a game while it is not finished.
All the other games that were mentioned, did not ask for money before the official release and they had terrible development cycles.
Its just looks like zomboid devs just like to cower behind the legal shield of an "early access" title.
I really wish there was a law or something about this... At least a limit...

[maeharaprojekt]

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 is floating at 16 years and going. Their original creative director died in 2023, and the dev team only replaced him this year, 2024.

dang boi that game might not even survive the ubisoft implosion

:wince: I hope that Ubisoft Montpellier can somehow "abandon ship" and reform as an independent studio. They made some bangers over the years; however, if that office is suffering from the same brain diarrhea that afflicts Ubisoft HQ in Saint-Mande', then yet another veteran game studio (Ubisoft Montpellier started in 1994) will have died-off.

[maeharaprojekt]

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Kien was 22 years in development as of this year.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 is floating at 16 years and going. Their original creative director died in 2023, and the dev team only replaced him this year, 2024.

Duke Nukem Forever was cooking for 15 years before it released to v1.0.

Metroid Dread was at 16 years in development by the time it went "gold-master" in 2021.

At least hey are not asking money for Beyond Good & Evil 2...
same with Duke Nukem Forever, Metroid Dread and Kien. They did not sell until it was released.
Zomboid has been for sale for 11 years now and still years away from being finished...
I don't understand how there isn't a law that limits the period of time on which a game can be in early access for... Its insane how long it has been...
The only other game that got updates and didn't have major issues along the road and was actually selling was Unreal World, which is still receiving updates to this day (selling since 1992 btw).
Zomboid dev team been selling this game for 11 years...... They almost have the longest record for actually selling a game while it is not finished.
All the other games that were mentioned, did not ask for money before the official release and they had terrible development cycles.
Its just looks like zomboid devs just like to cower behind the legal shield of an "early access" title.
I really wish there was a law or something about this... At least a limit...

Could be worse. Imagine the screaming if The Indie Stone had taken players and VC's for $750+ million USD.

[hardy_conrad]

Ah, Beyond Good and Evil was such a neat game... I actually worked at Ubisoft in Vancouver for a (very brief) while. And just as a security guard, not a developer or anything. Seemed like nice people though.

[Lokaror]

Was duke nukem forever actually in development for that long? Iirc they stopped and started a few times.

[WakWak]

Good Games are rare to find. If they make it through the barricades...

Makes it relativly good to know this is not the only game. I just don'T want to wait anymore. It's like a Zombie that you can hear, but can't find to slay.