• Malix
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    19 days ago

    TIL that actual game studios sell their games on itch.io. I thought it was just solo/indie devs’ place :o

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        19 days ago

        What happened? From what I read they did a kickstarter, raised money, then fired the entire dev team?

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          18 days ago

          I initially bought into the game because they were pushing it as the early stages of a space Dwarf Fortress clone. I’ve been playing DF since forever and usually hop on any clone that gets hype. This one started really well and then, basically out of nowhere, they say they’re totally done, leaving the game at basically a demo stage. Gnomoria and Towns both had more features for a lot less. It was just so underwhelming that I haven’t bought Double Fine since. According to Wikipedia (cited source didn’t include the version number), the production 1.0 release was a retagged Alpha 6e and it fucking feels this way.

          Another reason I was irked was that Double Fine was supposed to be reputable. At this time, you also have Castle Story in the news a lot absolutely fucking everyone. Spacebase DF-9 was from Double Fine and there was no way a company with that pedigree would pull some Sauropod shit. But they did. I get it; companies have to make money. Call a spade a spade don’t lie.