did they stop working on it?

[Flo]

sad :(

game needs so much more polish, balancing and content and they just do a fake 1.0 release and leave.

It should be possible to report games like this to steam so they get removed from the shop. im SO tired of early access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scams. 80% of early access devs just leave or release their game unfinished (like guild3).

[ffets]

Originally posted by Flo:

wow so they really abandoned it ....

Wrong, they are still working on it. Only one company, that was included in the development left.

[Flo]

Originally posted by ffets:

Originally posted by Flo:

wow so they really abandoned it ....

Wrong, they are still working on it. Only one company, that was included in the development left.

"As mentioned in DevDiay #32 beginning of August, this is the last patch in collaboration with the Purple Lamp team. The development will continue with a small team that will work on the editor! The release date is not set so far, please be a bit patient.
Regarding the ipv6 support we sadly have to say that the developer of the multiplayer library is still working on that issue. We will bring out a patch after we receive the new library and were able to test it properly."

To me that sounds like abandoned. They want to fix 1 mp problem and bring an editor, no word about more content / bugfixing / balancing / anything.

Also last patch was 2 months ago.

[NeoX]

Originally posted by Flo:

sad :(

game needs so much more polish, balancing and content and they just do a fake 1.0 release and leave.

It should be possible to report games like this to steam so they get removed from the shop. im SO tired of early access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scams. 80% of early access devs just leave or release their game unfinished (like guild3).

That is incorrect. We are still working on the game and improving its flaws. Right now the MP IPv6 bug and later the level-editor.

Please just ask or join us at the official discord server if you believe in too few activity on our end:
https://discord.gg/theguild

[cx2325]

How long do people expect developers to work on a single game anyway? This studio has been working on the game for years, it's not like it's a quick cash grab (which I'll admit some Early Access games are, but this is not one of them). I've been noticing this trend where people expect developers to work on one game literally until the end of time. Games have to be finished at some point. Whether you enjoy the game or not, that's a different story, but it's unreasonable to expect any game to be worked on forever.

Customers rightfully criticise the "Games as a Service" model, but on the other hand, they've come to expect every game to follow that model. It's a contradiction.

[ffets]

Originally posted by cx2325:

How long do people expect developers to work on a single game anyway?

You are right. At a certain point, you've got to regard a game as finished. For me, it's the time, where most of the serious bugs are ironed out. And this point is definitively not yet reached in my opinion.

If you promise, that a game can be played in multiplayer mode, this stuff must be working. I can't understand , why they took out purple lantern so early, but maybe, they had to keep another timeline for another game. One or two more months of them working on it, would have been very beneficial to the game.

That's somehow sad, but all in all, I'm quite happy with the game and enjoying it very much.

[Flo]

Originally posted by cx2325:

How long do people expect developers to work on a single game anyway? This studio has been working on the game for years, it's not like it's a quick cash grab (which I'll admit some Early Access games are, but this is not one of them). I've been noticing this trend where people expect developers to work on one game literally until the end of time. Games have to be finished at some point. Whether you enjoy the game or not, that's a different story, but it's unreasonable to expect any game to be worked on forever.

Customers rightfully criticise the "Games as a Service" model, but on the other hand, they've come to expect every game to follow that model. It's a contradiction.

I expect people to work on their game until its at least 1.0 ready. Which is not the case in guild 3 lets be honest.

I really like that they worked on it for so long, they could have just let it die after the golem labs desaster, they luckily didnt. but its still not a finished game in my eyes (and a lot of others i think). I just dont understand why they put in so much effort to save it just to then suddenly randomly release it.

[GetUrAssToMars]

Originally posted by Flo:

Originally posted by cx2325:

How long do people expect developers to work on a single game anyway? This studio has been working on the game for years, it's not like it's a quick cash grab (which I'll admit some Early Access games are, but this is not one of them). I've been noticing this trend where people expect developers to work on one game literally until the end of time. Games have to be finished at some point. Whether you enjoy the game or not, that's a different story, but it's unreasonable to expect any game to be worked on forever.

Customers rightfully criticise the "Games as a Service" model, but on the other hand, they've come to expect every game to follow that model. It's a contradiction.

I expect people to work on their game until its at least 1.0 ready. Which is not the case in guild 3 lets be honest.

I really like that they worked on it for so long, they could have just let it die after the golem labs desaster, they luckily didnt. but its still not a finished game in my eyes (and a lot of others i think). I just dont understand why they put in so much effort to save it just to then suddenly randomly release it.

Money. Lol

[ozz]

Originally posted by Flo:

sad :(

game needs so much more polish, balancing and content and they just do a fake 1.0 release and leave.

It should be possible to report games like this to steam so they get removed from the shop. im SO tired of early access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scams. 80% of early access devs just leave or release their game unfinished (like guild3).

very un educated about status about gAME might wanto research before posting

[Flo]

Originally posted by ozz:

Originally posted by Flo:

sad :(

game needs so much more polish, balancing and content and they just do a fake 1.0 release and leave.

It should be possible to report games like this to steam so they get removed from the shop. im SO tired of early access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scams. 80% of early access devs just leave or release their game unfinished (like guild3).

very un educated about status about gAME might wanto research before posting

I was a bit mad yeah. But i read the devs post and i see the duration since last update so my point more or less stands to be fair. maybe abandon is a hard word but im pretty sure the game wont receive the input it needs anymore to become a good game, which is sad in my eyes.

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Originally posted by cx2325:

How long do people expect developers to work on a single game anyway? This studio has been working on the game for years, it's not like it's a quick cash grab (which I'll admit some Early Access games are, but this is not one of them). I've been noticing this trend where people expect developers to work on one game literally until the end of time. Games have to be finished at some point. Whether you enjoy the game or not, that's a different story, but it's unreasonable to expect any game to be worked on forever.

Customers rightfully criticise the "Games as a Service" model, but on the other hand, they've come to expect every game to follow that model. It's a contradiction.

I'm fine with them stopping development when the game is finished.

This game is not finished.

Originally posted by ozz:

Originally posted by Flo:

sad :(

game needs so much more polish, balancing and content and they just do a fake 1.0 release and leave.

It should be possible to report games like this to steam so they get removed from the shop. im SO tired of early access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scams. 80% of early access devs just leave or release their game unfinished (like guild3).

very un educated about status about gAME might wanto research before posting

The way people would research is to review dev diary updates right? Dev diary updates that haven't come since August. It is now November.

[115Vvinny]

Huge mistake from Purple Lamp to abandon the game at this stage. Still so many issues left to fix (interiors *cough*).

I think at this point, Guild3 will just disappear into oblivion and will only be remembered as an as unfinished game hardstuck in "EA".