Development abandoned?

[Teamw0rk]

So whats the skinny? has the devs dropped the game?
Open source?
I havent heard anything from the devs in ages.

[facciola007]

Not abandoned finished,

[Teamw0rk]

Originally posted by facciola007:

Not abandoned finished,

They finished adding magic and finished crushing the "forgetful Brickton" bug, and added metal work?
The bricktons were having pathing issues last time i checked. But that was a while ago.

[Teamw0rk]

Oh wow that blueprint system is very nice.

[Teamw0rk]

Wow its actually looks polished I guess its time to re-install it and give it another go now that its finished :D

[facciola007]

Originally posted by Teamw0rk:

Wow its actually looks polished I guess its time to re-install it and give it another go now that its finished :D

Yeah they have a discord, they moved onto a new game but have stated its finished. Less bugs if they arise or something. :)

[Measure]

The studio may have finished this game, and maybe their other game, but their social media is pretty sparse, no youtube or facebook posts in all of 2021. Twitter shows some evidence that they are doing the bare minimum to support the games still, but that's really not saying much.

If I had to hazard a guess, they didn't make enough money to keep paying staff and probably one guy is running the whole show in his off time from a day job.

[Snax Headroom]

Originally posted by Measure:

The studio may have finished this game, and maybe their other game, but their social media is pretty sparse, no youtube or facebook posts in all of 2021. Twitter shows some evidence that they are doing the bare minimum to support the games still, but that's really not saying much.

If I had to hazard a guess, they didn't make enough money to keep paying staff and probably one guy is running the whole show in his off time from a day job.

This game also took YEARS longer than anticipated to finish. They were part of the early wave of Kickstarter games (that I backed...7? years ago) and they're now just finishing it? lol

[facciola007]

Originally posted by Snax Headroom:

Originally posted by Measure:

The studio may have finished this game, and maybe their other game, but their social media is pretty sparse, no youtube or facebook posts in all of 2021. Twitter shows some evidence that they are doing the bare minimum to support the games still, but that's really not saying much.

If I had to hazard a guess, they didn't make enough money to keep paying staff and probably one guy is running the whole show in his off time from a day job.

This game also took YEARS longer than anticipated to finish. They were part of the early wave of Kickstarter games (that I backed...7? years ago) and they're now just finishing it? lol

Erm where do you get your info?


April 28, 2009
Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009.

Developer(s) Ironclad Games
Publisher(s) Stardock
Composer(s) Paul Schuegraf
Engine Iron Engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
NA: February 4, 2008

This dev cares about there game annd has been upporting it 13 years....

[Teamw0rk]

Originally posted by facciola007:

April 28, 2009
Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009.

Developer(s) Ironclad Games
Publisher(s) Stardock
Composer(s) Paul Schuegraf
Engine Iron Engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
NA: February 4, 2008

This dev cares about there game annd has been upporting it 13 years....

crap 13 years? I cant believe its been that long since the kickstarter.

[facciola007]

crap wrong game my bad

[Teamw0rk]

Originally posted by facciola007:

crap wrong game my bad

what you ment to post was:

27,060 backers pledged $702,516 to help bring this project to life.
Created by
Sauropod Studio

Estimated delivery Aug 2012
for Beta access

Funding period
Jul 27 2012 - Aug 26 2012 (30 days)

9 Years

Which is actually a decent time frame, most games take between 6-10 years depending on the crew and the game.

They were demoing the project before the kickstarter, for about a year or two though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwZdXRPeYrc

[Wenstay]

didn't they want to develop the game like Minecraft? In my opinion, the game still has so much potential.

[Teamw0rk]

Originally posted by Wenstay:

didn't they want to develop the game like Minecraft? In my opinion, the game still has so much potential.

I'd rather they create a second version of the game. That way they can improve on their previous engine etc. Maybe aim for some more complexity, like planet wide mining or more progression into things like magic and building

[gloopyou]

Sauropod Studio went bust in 2018 I think, so there will (probably) be no more updates/new games, Although the CEO did say that the studio still exists (even though all the employees were laid off) and the current games will still be supported.

[Paralax]

Originally posted by Teamw0rk:

Originally posted by facciola007:

Not abandoned finished,

They finished adding magic and finished crushing the "forgetful Brickton" bug, and added metal work?
The bricktons were having pathing issues last time i checked. But that was a while ago.

that is not finishing. GTA is finished but the community stay together because the devs actually worries about how can improve a game, no game is finished, it will always have something to improve or add to become better, this game is absolutely beautiful but I stay very sad because it will always be the same like it dont have new updates, new troops, nothing, thats abandoning I wish they gave the game to a new office that could make my dream of tower defense come true, that is really the peak of tower defense for me I can't imagine other game that pass castle story. It would have really been a banger of a game if they stayed working on it. I wish there were another game exactly like this that actually had updates.