Abandoned?

[=7Cav=PVT.Melk.J]

have the devs forgotten about the game?

[xHAWGx]

Originally posted by Grace1957:

I think his site is called Shining Rock Studios.

http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/

[Grace1957]

I was close :)

[Goweigus]

An attempt at Banished 2 would be a waste im sure he feels with how far things like the ~Colonial Era mod have gone, and like xHAWGx may have been mentioning - other games that have released since Banished which were obviously inspired by it to take things further

[xHAWGx]

Originally posted by Grace1957:

I was close :)

Yup, just putting it up there since I already spent the time Googling it :)
Thanks for reminding me of the site, that's how I followed the early development of the game and he was good at communicating with everyone there.

[xHAWGx]

Originally posted by Goweigus:

An attempt at Banished 2 would be a waste im sure he feels with how far things like the ~Colonial Era mod have gone, and like xHAWGx may have been mentioning - other games that have released since Banished which were obviously inspired by it to take things further

Yeah, that's the thing is the author states on his page he tried to capture the feeling of older style "shareware" games. I grew up on shareware games that came in the mail on CD (because I couldn't get dial up in my area yet) and imo were the precursor to the 'early access' style of dev. You would mail money to the dev to support the game and he'd send a code back to unlock the full game or floppies/CD to install the full game. Those are something that if you didn't do much pc gaming in the 80's and early 90's you may not be very familiar with, but it's a different look and feel (budget and time constraints of course) and he did a good job at it.

So, with that concept in mind, a Banished 2 would be pretty far from what the dev originally dreamed up, or what he even wants. But, in my opinion, Banished has become a pretty popular game and has a good fan base. If he were to come up with some kind of sequel, I just think it would do well.

[ebrumby]

To find out what the developer (it's just one person), Luke Hodorowicz, is doing, go to ShiningRockSoftware.com. He's apparently working on a new game. Since he's designing his own game engine, instead of using something like Unity or UnReal, it will take a while. Any changes he's made to Banished since it was released was to fix bugs and to grant requests by various modders. To check out the great mods that are still being made, go to BlackLiquidSoftware.com and WorldofBanished.com.

[Goweigus]

any word on what the other game could be? i didnt see anything stand out

[=7Cav=PVT.Melk.J]

tbh im surprised he has not commented on this post