i don't use twitter, is scrap mechanic actually dead or are the devs just not posting on steam

[DerpyCrafter]

i love this game, i think its awesome, i just wanna make sure its not dead
im not gonna like quit or anything i just wanna know

[sandifordbrian]

there are still a lot of people playing the game, but i think the developers have given up

[Sckribbik]

they made a somewhat recent post saying they were working on the physics but that's it, i feel like chapter 2 is gonna be in 2026

[Ced]

Local branch updates are small but consistent, last one was 3 days ago. They're probably tweaking small things to get it all ready. I suspect we'll see a release this year.

[Nightwolf]

the game is effectively dead. its not unheard of for inexperienced devs to not communicate with their steam player base but it also means that patching is a accurate measure of the games activity. when you see a game with a inexperienced dev team both not communicating with the steam player base AND not issuing regular patches.

it ALWAYS means dead game. whatever they come out with will be too little to bring in any meaningful player count. meanwhile all they do is burn cash and with nothing new coming in development dies.

mix in a full year of zero activity and its the last nail in the coffin. scrap mechanic was a real gem, sad it never got the backing it deserved.

had this occurred after the game was functionally finished it would have left some semblance of hope.

[spacekat43210]

Originally posted by Ced:

Local branch updates are small but consistent, last one was 3 days ago. They're probably tweaking small things to get it all ready. I suspect we'll see a release this year.

If you think that's what it means, then they must have been getting it ready for years.

[Ignatius]

It aint dead, younger players have a lack of patience for game development that is very unforgiving. Its a small team and it takes a lot of time for a game of this type to be developed. Their communication is simply breadcrumbs of what is going on so their frustration is understandable, but it is not dead. They haven't stopped developing it, and whats most likely is that on the next update the game will come out of pre-release therefore, likely, they want to wait until Christmas time and have it as polished as possible.

If you enjoy playing the game, play it and don't worry about it. if you are new, there is a lot of content for you to do and at the end of the day it is a sandbox game, so your imagination is your limit. If you're a working adult, the wait wont be as unbearable as a lot of the community seem to think it is.

There is a lot of backlash about the wait time but its the idiots who speak the loudest, specially on twitter (those mfs crazy).

I hope this gives you hope instead of the despair a small part of this community is trying to set on everyone else, due to their own lack of patience. (I've been playing since April 2017)

Have a good day :)

[sandwichlizard]

^

[DerpyCrafter]

Originally posted by IgNicus:

It aint dead, younger players have a lack of patience for game development that is very unforgiving. Its a small team and it takes a lot of time for a game of this type to be developed. Their communication is simply breadcrumbs of what is going on so their frustration is understandable, but it is not dead. They haven't stopped developing it, and whats most likely is that on the next update the game will come out of pre-release therefore, likely, they want to wait until Christmas time and have it as polished as possible.

If you enjoy playing the game, play it and don't worry about it. if you are new, there is a lot of content for you to do and at the end of the day it is a sandbox game, so your imagination is your limit. If you're a working adult, the wait wont be as unbearable as a lot of the community seem to think it is.

There is a lot of backlash about the wait time but its the idiots who speak the loudest, specially on twitter (those mfs crazy).

I hope this gives you hope instead of the despair a small part of this community is trying to set on everyone else, due to their own lack of patience. (I've been playing since April 2017)

Have a good day :)

ive been in the community for a while, since before survival, so im used to the waiting, i was just wondering if it was confirmed dead or not, i guess ill keep waiting
i mean, i am a TF2 player after all

[Aven]

Originally posted by DerpyCrafter:

ive been in the community for a while, since before survival, so im used to the waiting, i was just wondering if it was confirmed dead or not, i guess ill keep waiting
i mean, i am a TF2 player after all

You may have owned Scrap Mechanic for awhile, but if you had actually been a part of the community as you claim, you would have seen the near daily posts over the last two years asking your same question. Just scrolling through the 100 most recent threads on the forum, 20 of them relate directly to the lack of updates.

If the game had been confirmed dead by the developers, Steam would require they remove either the Early Access tag or the game itself, and you would have seen News feed activity on Steam saying as much. Since neither of those things have happened, you can safely assume that the game has not been confirmed dead. However, community opinion is that the game might as well be dead given the over two year lull in public releases and the over one year lull in Devblogs.

The developers have said 2024 will be the year the game gets its 1.0 update, but, given the silence, it's safe to assume the game will not be out before 2025. Regardless of when the actual release is, the developers will announce the release date on Steam when they have one. You will see the News story in your feed. Until then, you can safely go back to ignoring the community.

[Nightwolf]

5 years is the maximum for a EA title to hit a 1.0 release after dropping onto steams EA. while there is no "time limit" per say, its pretty much the gold standard. Almost all EA games that blow past that 5 years either release 1.0 half baked or DoA, there are of course, always rare exceptions to this. Scrap Mechanic in its current form falls well into the half done category. There will always be players who diddle themselves waiting decades for a EA game to release and thats fine.

But to gain any significant success in Steams EA you pretty much have to nail it in that 5 year period.

but as far as the publisher goes, players are learning the hard way nobody makes games for player to actually enjoy, just add another title to the media conglomerate, so their definition of success is more about recouping development cost which is a different metric of success entirely.

[priZm]

game is dead

[Xajar]

Originally posted by Aven:

Originally posted by DerpyCrafter:

ive been in the community for a while, since before survival, so im used to the waiting, i was just wondering if it was confirmed dead or not, i guess ill keep waiting
i mean, i am a TF2 player after all

You may have owned Scrap Mechanic for awhile, but if you had actually been a part of the community as you claim, you would have seen the near daily posts over the last two years asking your same question. Just scrolling through the 100 most recent threads on the forum, 20 of them relate directly to the lack of updates.

If the game had been confirmed dead by the developers, Steam would require they remove either the Early Access tag or the game itself, and you would have seen News feed activity on Steam saying as much. Since neither of those things have happened, you can safely assume that the game has not been confirmed dead. However, community opinion is that the game might as well be dead given the over two year lull in public releases and the over one year lull in Devblogs.

The developers have said 2024 will be the year the game gets its 1.0 update, but, given the silence, it's safe to assume the game will not be out before 2025. Regardless of when the actual release is, the developers will announce the release date on Steam when they have one. You will see the News story in your feed. Until then, you can safely go back to ignoring the community.

That is not correct, steam doesn't require canceled games remove EA, Look at Mechanica, confirmed dead and abandoned by the dev years ago and it still carries the EA title and remains on steam.

[Aven]

Originally posted by Xajar:

That is not correct, steam doesn't require canceled games remove EA, Look at Mechanica, confirmed dead and abandoned by the dev years ago and it still carries the EA title and remains on steam.

From Steam's Early Access Steamworks Documentation:

"Q: What happens if I don't complete my Early Access game?
A: Sometimes things don't work out as you planned, and you may need to discontinue development of your Early Access game before you are ready for a V1.0 release. If this happens, you can contact Valve to figure out the next steps. There are two options:

If your Early Access game is playable and well received, but you're unable to develop it to the point where you feel it warrants a full V1.0 release, then we can keep your game on the Store, but otherwise remove it from Early Access. This will remove the Early Access tag and Early Access Q&A displayed on your game’s Store Page, but not start the launch visibility that comes with definitively releasing your game out of Early Access. This would be a permanent change; we aren’t able to reenable Early Access again later, so please consider this option carefully before contacting us with the details. In this case, you should let your community know about your decision to leave Early Access via a forum post or news event.

Alternatively, we can remove your Early Access game from Steam. Before reaching out, you should read about the process of removing a game from Steam and take a moment to carefully consider whether or not pulling your game down is actually the right choice. Are you acting based on an emotional response to negative feedback, or is retiring your game the appropriate next step? We take our relationship with customers seriously, so if you choose to cancel development of a game and retire it from the store, we will not republish it again later and we may offer refunds to any users who purchased it. Treating customers fairly is the most important thing to us."

[MoleHazard☢]

Originally posted by Aven:

Originally posted by Xajar:

That is not correct, steam doesn't require canceled games remove EA, Look at Mechanica, confirmed dead and abandoned by the dev years ago and it still carries the EA title and remains on steam.

From Steam's Early Access Steamworks Documentation:

"Q: What happens if I don't complete my Early Access game?
A: Sometimes things don't work out as you planned, and you may need to discontinue development of your Early Access game before you are ready for a V1.0 release. If this happens, you can contact Valve to figure out the next steps. There are two options:

If your Early Access game is playable and well received, but you're unable to develop it to the point where you feel it warrants a full V1.0 release, then we can keep your game on the Store, but otherwise remove it from Early Access. This will remove the Early Access tag and Early Access Q&A displayed on your game’s Store Page, but not start the launch visibility that comes with definitively releasing your game out of Early Access. This would be a permanent change; we aren’t able to reenable Early Access again later, so please consider this option carefully before contacting us with the details. In this case, you should let your community know about your decision to leave Early Access via a forum post or news event.

Alternatively, we can remove your Early Access game from Steam. Before reaching out, you should read about the process of removing a game from Steam and take a moment to carefully consider whether or not pulling your game down is actually the right choice. Are you acting based on an emotional response to negative feedback, or is retiring your game the appropriate next step? We take our relationship with customers seriously, so if you choose to cancel development of a game and retire it from the store, we will not republish it again later and we may offer refunds to any users who purchased it. Treating customers fairly is the most important thing to us."

I think that might happen soon, since no new updates yet. So if the devs don't do something, Valve will remove the game, since it's says in the document.