Has this been abandoned?

[Martha Pepper]

Are there no more updates planned? Such a shame if so, it's really good :(

[Homiccus]

As far as we know, yes it has been abandoned, practically overnight, without as much as a comment. We know that additional features and fixes were planned and some of them were already "in the works". But something happened - we can only guess - and both developers switched to complete radio silience about Objects in Space, both here and on their social media. The publisher does not respond either.
For all intents and purposes this title is dead - as in "theoretically a finished product but with persistent bugs and unfulfilled potential".

[Rannepear]

^ What they said. Totally abandoned.
Devs exist on Social Media but 0.00% mention of anything OiS. 1.0 is an unfinished game. Tons of bugs. Hardly any content beyond the sandbox element. Its sad - could have been great.

[123]

Here is what you do
You remember the companies name and never buy a single thing from them again.

[Marv]

Lets start with removing this title from my wishlist. No more abandonware from hipster scumbags.

[NeoG]

I don't have social media but some shaming them about abandoning their project has a special effect on hipsters. Bonus points if you can swing an angle of "dev privilege over customers" or some such.

I have seen no dev engagement regarding this since the last couple of months it seems.

[123]

For those that do not know
Developer that scam you and left game to die https://twitter.com/leighformayor
"Designer" https://twitter.com/expectproblems
"Company" https://twitter.com/fegames

Those are the people if you want to hold accountable.

[NeoG]

Originally posted by DDopes:

For those that do not know
Developer that scam you and left game to die https://twitter.com/leighformayor
"Designer" https://twitter.com/expectproblems
"Company" https://twitter.com/fegames

Those are the people if you want to hold accountable.

Descriptions on their twitters:
"He/him", "she/her".

That's all I needed to know this would be a trainwreck, if I had known. Lesson learned for the future.

[The Black Baron]

This game wasn't abandoned, as some early access games may have been. The game is fully released and has received several patches after release, so I think the above is a bit unfair. When a game is done, it is done. You cannot expect it to be forever worked on after 1.0.

It would be unfortunate if there are still bugs. I haven't encountered any so far. But you can do what so many of us did after games were released, and it is no longer the developer's responsibility: unofficial patches.

Note: I'm stating this under the assumption that the game isn't some horrible buggy mess. If it was unfinished and rushed out as a fully developed product, I would be irate too.

That said, I'd love to see more content and features included as well.

[Homiccus]

Originally posted by The Black Baron:

When a game is done, it is done. You cannot expect it to be forever worked on after 1.0. <snip>

There are bugs. Not game-breaking as such, but they are there. Ex. autopilot goes mad with RCS in some nebulas, music player glitches out constantly, animation for airlock gets stuck in a loop...
Now before we go any further in this conversation, please read this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/824070/discussions/0/1843566500517710385/
This is an official post by Leigh, the main developer for the game, listing all the planned improvements (or "promises") to the game. Some of these he had already started implementing at that point in time... and then all of a sudden pulled out of the project completely, leaving some things unfinished.
How do I know this? One piece of proof is here:
https://steamdb.info/app/824070/stats/
This is where game "exports" some statistics to Steam for the purpose of Steam Achievements.
Steam Achievements are on the post-release list of improvements. Objects in Space already exports some variables, which only need to be put together and embellished with graphics.

I think the ire the devs had drawn on their heads is well deserved.

[Konscience]

Your entitled behaviour is what drive the developers to take an anonymous name, make a game and drop it support like here.
Because the pressure """customers""" are putting is this high, of course its better to escape your responsibilities rather than facing the brutal reality and spending years after release of correcting bugs, by getting insulted on an hourly basis instead of receiving well formated and useful bug reports.

Once I wanted to work on video games, I'm passionated by graphics programming, would have loved working on advanced rendering engines, but since players are so toxic I decided to work in the industry/scientific visualisation.

[Homiccus]

Heh.
"Devs, when will you honour your promises to us? It's been over three months with no sign of life!"
"Don't insult me! Hurr Durr!"

@Konscience:
1) In order to be "insulted" by threads like this one here on Steam, the developers need to actually show up and read it. The main dev has not been around for yonks.
2) The "toxicity" started in the last two-three weeks. Contrary to your dreamed-up statement, the gaming community was quite supportive when OiS was in development and even more so right after the release, when communication was still good on the side of the devs. Personally I have started voicing my "entitlement" two months after devs disappeared, and I feel I have given them reasonable "benefit of the doubt" before reporting on my findings to the rest of the community.
3) The "pressure" the customers (the definition of which is: people who paid good money for the game. There is no need for triple inverted commas) are exerting on the developers is not unreasonable. I can't speak for others, but *I* would just like Leigh and Elissa to honour the promises they made to us after release. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[123]

Originally posted by Homiccus:

Heh.
"Devs, when will you honour your promises to us? It's been over three months with no sign of life!"
"Don't insult me! Hurr Durr!"

bad devs typically pretend not be the people replying.
That was likely the one pretending to be female that likes females...

[Space Bear]

Originally posted by Konscience:

Your entitled behaviour is what drive the developers to take an anonymous name, make a game and drop it support like here.
Because the pressure """customers""" are putting is this high, of course its better to escape your responsibilities rather than facing the brutal reality and spending years after release of correcting bugs, by getting insulted on an hourly basis instead of receiving well formated and useful bug reports.

Once I wanted to work on video games, I'm passionated by graphics programming, would have loved working on advanced rendering engines, but since players are so toxic I decided to work in the industry/scientific visualisation.

Yeah how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dare customers get upset something they paid money for doesn't deliver what was promised let alone be functional for some people.

[Lord_William]

Eh. Yes it sucks that this game isn't getting the attention it deserves, but it is a full release. Reading this thread makes me cringe. Be civil, people.

[NeoG]

Originally posted by Lord_William:

Eh. Yes it sucks that this game isn't getting the attention it deserves, but it is a full release. Reading this thread makes me cringe. Be civil, people.

We all understand the game is "finished". That the developers decided to discontinue support given the promises made and extant issue, it just smears their reputations.

Just, for future customers, beware.