End of development, removed from store.

[Craneballs]

Craneballs is ceasing to exist as an entity. It is my unpleasant duty to inform you that after months of searching for possible options for further solutions to the problems surrounding the PLANET nomads project, we must announce the end of the entire project as well as the existence of the company. Believe me, the development of this game cost us a lot of energy and financial resources, however, due to the coincidence of events and procedural solutions, we are unable to continue. I wish you all the best of luck and may gaming keep you cool.
All the best
Jan

[Menzagitat]

All the best to you too, Jan.

[ymrich]

Thank you Jan for this great game, and good luck. Is there any chance for us fans to somehow obtain/buy the development resources to continue development, or at least a bit of tinkering, on our own? I've tried to contact you about this several times, but I never got a reply.

[Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.]

Great game! nice!

[Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.]

We want Nomadic Planets to revive!

[Sticky Wicket]

Thanks so much for making this wonderful game.

I'd like to second ymich's requests. Any chance this could be turned over to the players/community so that it could be developed some more? So much potential.

All the very best to you Jan and the Craneballs developers. I hope that somehow we will get to see future gaming projects from the people that were involved.

[headmonkeyboy]

One of the best games Steam ever seen but it went somewhat unnoticed, what a true shame. Thanks so much for the fun I had for well over 1000 hours building ships. The only game I ever put anything on the Workshop. Good luck to you all :)

[Luminary]

Great game, seriously!! Good luck and for all of us, we hope you are working on something else.

[headmonkeyboy]

I have a second comment, Thank you everyone at Craneballs. Because of your game I met some really wonderful people that I am still friends with. Many have posted here, without Planet Nomads I would have never met such great friends, so Thank You so very much!!

[ymrich]

Originally posted by headmonkeyboy:

I have a second comment, Thank you everyone at Craneballs. Because of your game I met some really wonderful people that I am still friends with. Many have posted here, without Planet Nomads I would have never met such great friends, so Thank You so very much!!

Very true. Cheers!

[glabifrons]

I have to say that this is one of my all-time favorite games, and I think it's 3rd in my playtime on Steam. The unique build-system and functionality the components provide are something I've been hoping other games would pick up.

A few last requests, please:
1. Please consider open-sourcing the game, and if that's not possible, please consider the request from @ymrich and put it up for sale. There have been multiple discussions over the years in the forums about extending the game (including attempts to reverse-engineer parts to facilitate this).
2. Please sticky this thread.
3. Please put this game up on one last sale... it would both give more exposure to this great game and hopefully provide you with one last batch of funding that I'm sure you need (considering the announcement).

When will it be taken down from the store?
I was considering creating a video comparing Planet Nomads with Space Engineers. Each has strengths over the other, so it's not a "this is better than that", but more of a "if you like this type of game, you'll like this one" type of comparison. It may actually push some sales if I could get it out in time. I don't have a huge following, but maybe I could help generate a bit of traffic for you.

[wasabi™]

Damn that sucks to hear, when are you planning to have the game removed from the store?

I also agree in having a final sale if you have the capacity to do so, it would be a good gesture for the community and also help you in your future endeavours.

[ymrich]

I wonder, will the removal from the store mean that we lose the access to all the shared blueprints and the ability to share new ones? Or will this stay, for the people who have already purchased the game?

[entuland]

Best of luck with your jobs / life, thank you for Planet Nomads - the moment I read the game was going to get removed from the store I immediately gifted a copy to a dear friend of mine.

I definitely hope the workshop and the ability to publish / subscribe blueprints will remain available (and goes without saying, I hope the game will remain available for download to players who already have it!)

[GraVe23623]

Originally posted by Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.:

Great game! nice!
:voiddice:

Originally posted by Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.:

We want Nomadic Planets to revive!

You Not Even Own it. lame.

and btw:
Last Update
1 Feb, 2021 (1098 days ago) 3 YEARS.

Well Done.

See You ♥

[Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.]

Originally posted by GraVe23623:

Originally posted by Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.:

Great game! nice!

Originally posted by Alex Blues! Pesquisando O.V.N.I.:

We want Nomadic Planets to revive!

You Not Even Own it. lame.

and btw:
Last Update
1 Feb, 2021 (1098 days ago) 3 YEARS.

Well Done.

See You ♥

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