What happened to this game?

[TnT_Funky]

hasn't been any updates in forever...did they abandon it??

[fiber]

to be honest, thats most probably what happened. if not, thats whats gonna happen. havent seen a patch in a long time.

[Aven]

The only current source of news is the official Twitter:
https://x.com/scrapmechanic?lang=en

[BentoFox]

And you gotta ask yourself *why* they post on Twitter instead of the place where their game, store and community are. :)

And whatever they post anywhere is meaningless unless it's actually pushed and a new version for steam is built that puts it into our hands. We've not been edged for this update one year. We've not been edged for this update 2 years.

It's quite literally been ages since the last *real* update and since then we got a carrot on a stick with an update that never came and the carrot has since rotten so there's no devblog to show it off as engagement or sentiment from the community over seeing stuff they never get probably didn't improve. :)

[DSK||Măcko]

They working on a new game too but they give some info on twitter/X that they preparing some update for better performenc and reducing lag.

[Aven]

Originally posted by §Măcko§:

They working on a new game too but they give some info on twitter/X that they preparing some update for better performenc and reducing lag.

You read too much into that post. The only statements the devs have ever definitively made is that the next update will be 1.0 and that it will be out this year. They said nothing about releasing a performance update prior to that point, only that they have basically been sidetracked the last 6 months trying to squash a performance bug.

[comrade elmo]

just a big update prob, i know from expecience coding in lua can be tricky, and its a massive update.

[GraveRob]

Originally posted by comrade elmo:

just a big update prob, i know from expecience coding in lua can be tricky, and its a massive update.

this. from what i understand its a smallish team, and this is an ambitious update with a whole lotta physics and new mechanics involved. im no game dev, but that kinda stuff cant be like changing batteries in a remote lmao, this stuff takes time, depends on manpower and what youre going for. scrap mechanic is an insane physics/sand box building game with all kinds of whacked out blocks that do insane stuff that im sure is incredibly frustrating to code

[Mintentia]

Originally posted by DOUBT:

Originally posted by comrade elmo:

just a big update prob, i know from expecience coding in lua can be tricky, and its a massive update.

this. from what i understand its a smallish team, and this is an ambitious update with a whole lotta physics and new mechanics involved. im no game dev, but that kinda stuff cant be like changing batteries in a remote lmao, this stuff takes time, depends on manpower and what youre going for. scrap mechanic is an insane physics/sand box building game with all kinds of whacked out blocks that do insane stuff that im sure is incredibly frustrating to code

agreed

what i think happened is over time this update turned from just chapter 2 into an absolute unit of an update. not only are they trying to introduce new content but also rework much of what already exists, such as lighting, physics, and really the entire engine. iirc they're also going to be porting the game to consoles/other devices.

if there are to be more updates after this, which can be assumed from former devblogs, they will most likely take substantially less time.

i think what should've been done instead is this being broken up into several smaller updates. there is definitely enough content for 4 years worth of work, but to go this long with little to no major updates is ridiculous.

[Angelus Mortis]

Originally posted by Captain Astro💫:

They deiced to work on another game project, while Scrap mechanic sits there with no new update. Like I said, they started a new project without finishing a project that's need to be finished, which is Scrap mechanic. What I think they should do is, finish one game at a time. Once you started a project, you have to finish what you started.

No you dont... Look at EA and Anthem... you dont have to finish it or support it or anything... just release it for 60$ add some micro transactions promise the community something wait 2 years then say naw its not worth it and dont give refunds or nothing for the alpha garbage you released charging Triple A prices for...

[MoleHazard☢]

Originally posted by Angelus Mortis:

Originally posted by Captain Astro💫:

They deiced to work on another game project, while Scrap mechanic sits there with no new update. Like I said, they started a new project without finishing a project that's need to be finished, which is Scrap mechanic. What I think they should do is, finish one game at a time. Once you started a project, you have to finish what you started.

No you dont... Look at EA and Anthem... you dont have to finish it or support it or anything... just release it for 60$ add some micro transactions promise the community something wait 2 years then say naw its not worth it and dont give refunds or nothing for the alpha garbage you released charging Triple A prices for...

Sorry for what I've said, but many devs have there own way. However small devs groups take too long to finish a game, I understand they want to grow there business. But the community has been waiting for something to happen, also some devs have poor communication skills. I used been an actual game developer and I had to learn and communicate with others and it's tough.

[TnT_Funky]

I can appreciate that it takes awhile to do an update...but how hard is it to throw out the every once and awhile...hey we're still here, we're still working, sorry for the lack of movement...to just go dark and not have any info is kinda crap...

[NimrodAbsolution⁧⁧98]

Originally posted by TnT_Funky:

I can appreciate that it takes awhile to do an update...but how hard is it to throw out the every once and awhile...hey we're still here, we're still working, sorry for the lack of movement...to just go dark and not have any info is kinda crap...

the 10 teasers on twitter:

[guillermoelnino]

Originally posted by NimrodAbsolution⁧⁧98:

Originally posted by TnT_Funky:

I can appreciate that it takes awhile to do an update...but how hard is it to throw out the every once and awhile...hey we're still here, we're still working, sorry for the lack of movement...to just go dark and not have any info is kinda crap...

the 10 teasers on twitter:

I haven't kept track, but I believe it's been well over a year since their last dev blog. Most of those gifs they could have either done with mods (like the fire mod) or pre-rendered (like that particle effects one).
I'm counting it as abandonware. If steam verification wasn't required for multiplayer I'd have no qualms with yo-ho-hoing a copy just so my family can play this together without further funding these artists that can't be bothered to deliver the product they promised.

[seb]

it will be revived when chapter 2 comes out tho witch should be this summer hopefully

[Cassian]

Originally posted by BentoFox:

And you gotta ask yourself *why* they post on Twitter instead of the place where their game, store and community are. :)

And whatever they post anywhere is meaningless unless it's actually pushed and a new version for steam is built that puts it into our hands. We've not been edged for this update one year. We've not been edged for this update 2 years.

It's quite literally been ages since the last *real* update and since then we got a carrot on a stick with an update that never came and the carrot has since rotten so there's no devblog to show it off as engagement or sentiment from the community over seeing stuff they never get probably didn't improve. :)

exactly!