What happened to this?

[Josquius]

I've been following this game since I saw an announcement last year. It looks very ambitious and interesting. But I notice lately the studios twitter has gone dark and there's no word anywhere of what has happened....

I suspect its something to do with the Putin regimes invasion and this being a Russian studio - but what? They've cancelled development since overseas sales would now be impossible? They were arrested since it could be interpreted as anti corruption?

Any ideas?

[Josquius]

Originally posted by AvrorA:

Originally posted by kakaze:

They were arrested since it could be interpreted as anti corruption?

Stop demonising Putin and russians. He doesn't drink blood and eat yongsters for breakfast.

Demonising Putin?
He has done a good enough job of that himself.
He doesn't quite eat babies but he has shown he fully supports bombing them. The guy is a coward with zero respect.

As to Russians in general - I have no issue. I hope the problem at the top can be sorted soon and we can have peace again. I am sad I never got around to visiting Russia before the government went full rogue state and made an epoch defining mistake.

Game itself isn't about corruption its sorta ironic parody. And militsioner is an USSR times enforcer (russia has police nowadays). Yes, there probably would be difficulties to sell games for russian developers since most banks are off SWIFT. But life goes on and this game will see release eventualy.

I saw reporting that it was already getting some controversy even before the current mess went down. I really hope the devs are safe. The sudden incognito has me worried.

Do you know anything tangible?

[Shizoyoshi]

They write this in diskord:
Guys, we’d like to update you on the situation, because we’re constantly being asked about the status of the project and the team. Since the beginning of the war, we’ve not released any material on the game. Making usual updates as if nothing had happened is wrong.
We haven’t left Russia yet. The team is fine, still working on the project, albeit in a depressed state. Work is keeping us sane in this mess. There’s a lot to show and hope soon we can share it with all of you.
You can join and track any new information, if you still interesting in this.