Vapourware Fortune's Run - retro FPS inspired by Quake, Deus Ex and E.Y.E - now available on Early Access

[HoboForEternity]

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Extremely Sad Depressing News, Act III
In which Dizzie explains why the development is imploding and what will happen with the project in the near future

Hi everyone! I'm Dizzie, as of recently the sole developer of this game.

First of all, I have some stuff going on I need to make public as it's going to interrupt development. I've been sentenced to prison for the next 3 years. It's a long story, but I've lived a very different life before I was a game developer, and I wasn't living very well. My case is about 5 years old now, I have been going through the legal process the whole time I've been working on this. I have finally been found guilty and sentenced, and I'm going away next month. It's a shame, but it's the consequences of my actions. I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life. Unfortunately, the sentence isn't going to help with that at all, but I guess we all know that.

So the game isn't TOTALLY dead, but unfortunately due to even further bad things happening, it's unclear what will happen.

The other developer has left the project. Once she recovered, she decided that she was no longer interested in game development. She was in charge of QA and a few level segments, all of which has been abandoned and I've been forced to get by on my own for the past while. It's been very difficult to do alone but I actually managed, by basically not sleeping, to complete all of the work in time so that it could be released before I'm sent away.

Since we decided to part ways, development will be completely interrupted until I'm released. I know many of you will be upset and disappointed but please understand that there's absolutely nothing I can do, these wheels were in motion long before I started making this game and it's just been slowly unraveling in my face the whole time. I want to underline that I'm no longer in financial dire straits since our game actually sold OK, so I should be able to afford rent once I get out, so there's a chance that if you wait a few years I'll be able to cap off the release. In fact, there's not very much content left to work on, I've been making stubs and prototypes of the missing levels in my spare time.

I am extremely passionate about this stuff and I'm never going to stop making games. I'd like to finish this one, but I don't know what will happen. I'm going to do my best, because I love this game and I want to finish it. Seriously, I just want to finish it. Finish it already, Dizzie!

Big thanks to the Discord community, to the people on Patreon, and finally to all the people here who gave us their money to pull us out of the darkness and into frankly the best job anyone could ever have, to tell awesome stories, write crazy code, draw beautiful things and record sweet music all day from the moment I wake up until I fall asleep. You guys are the best and you don't know how much of an impact you made in my life. I just wanted a chance to do something I was good at! Well, I did that, I did some of it at least, and I hope you all enjoyed it. Let's do it again sometime.

Please note that I do not currently have access to the Patreon. If you sub right now I don't know what will happen.

Oh yeah. What about the update, huh? I'm going to put that in the next news post, because it feels weird to uh, put patch notes at the bottom of this.

See you in the next thread,
-Dizzie

well, shit

 

[Roguey]

She was recovering from a botched surgery. It was the previous update, which is why development was suspended. I was taking care of her during that time.

SRS claims another victim.

 

[CowboyLou]

tl;dr game is indefinitely suspended due to the lead dev going to prison for three years and the co-dev leaving the project (and him, I think?). Well this has been a roller coaster huh?

 

[Jenkem]

Be Kind Rewind you okay lil bro?

looks like your Fortune's Run out....

 

[udm]

I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life.

 

[orcinator]

This is going to become the Mein Kampf of boomer shooters, just you wait.

 

[lightbane]

Welp, that's depressing and hilarious at the same time. Hard to get worse.

 

[Jenkem]

"BACK" to prison...

 

[Fargus]

That's one hell of a way to abandon development i guess.

Glad i didn't buy this shit but when i see a female protagonist game i ignore it. Very simple and reliable rule that never fails me.

 

[Gandalf]

Latest patch notes (before going back to prison):

The Long Awaited Update

The update is finally done! This was an incredible amount of work and I hope you all love it.

It's going to be weird this time, there's a lot more story content and quests and such, but there is also a huge combat level with new enemies and lots of new mechanics. Depending on what you're interested in, you can now launch the game directly from any level from the main menu while still preserving story choices!

On this note, savegames will be invalidated! Sorry! I really tried not to do that but we added so many features that at one point it became impossible to maintain the old save file architecture. Thankfully you can use the launcher. If you were in the middle of the level when the update happens, post on the forums! I'll help you set yourself up with console commands so you can resume from where you were.

Here is a quick list of changes. It's not comprehensive, because we added so much, but here it is:

-New mission in 3 sections, same size as the last one! More stealth focus this time.
-Section one is an abandoned metro tunnel with a focus on stealth, section two is a fortified ramshackle village and section three is an incredibly over-animated factory with interactive puzzles that involve using the machines to progress
-Optional objective mission structure with rewards based on objective completion
-Finally implemented briefing shop where you can buy passive buffs that enhance things like attack and movement speed
-Vending machine system to load up on items and weapons mid-mission
-Hub level with quests, voice acted NPCs and meaningful story choices
-A restaurant in the hub where you can eat to receive buffs!
-Two story sequences with puzzles and more lore
-New enemy faction with abilities such as energy shields, leaping attacks and fixed machinegun turrets
-New stealth systems like security cameras, proximity drones and moving laser tripwires you have to dance through
-New AI which can search, reinforce patrols and respond to the player more dynamically in general
-New environmental hazards like grinders and molten metal pits to throw people into
-Knockback mechanics that allow you to juggle enemies and bounce them against walls to do damage
-New 3D boss with the possibly the best moveset we've made yet!
-New weapons that deal elemental damage which interact with the environment
-Barrels that leak fluid of different types to use in conjunction with the new weapons
-Environmental puzzles you need to use physics manipulating tools to solve
-New water mechanics that interact with props
-All missing audio added to the earlier levels, including cutscene sounds and new music for some segments

That's the highlights. There are also hundreds upon hundreds of bug fixes, of course!

Sadly, there is no longer a QA person, so I've been doing it myself while also developing and bug fixing at the same time. This means I probably missed a lot of stuff. I'm sorry, dear players, but you are now the QA team D:! I've fixed everything I could find and we all got together on the Discord server to try to push through the build as much as possible to catch everything, but I am 100% sure there are still issues. The good thing is that I think there are no game-breaking issues and I'll be here listening to you guys as you run into stuff, and live-patching it, like I always do.

I'll be making another post in the near future about what I'll be doing for the next month. I'm going to focus on fixes first, of course, but I have some other ideas too.

Okay, go play now! Have fun! I'll be in the Discord and on the forums.

See you all, space cowboys!
-Dizzie

 

[Infinitron]

I have finally been found guilty and sentenced, and I'm going away next month. It's a shame, but it's the consequences of my actions. I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life.

Least masculine autogynephile

 

[orcinator]

VA says "It will be really sad to see Diz go back to prison"

Oh no I'm slow

 

[udm]

But will xe be going to a male or female prison?

 

[Fargus]

Lol the dev is troon? What is it with troons infesting FPS genre lately? Ah, yes because it's a male genre.

 

[gongal]

What a filthy troon could have done to get those 3 years. Probably something pdf related.

 

[Valestein]

Lol the dev is troon? What is it with troons infesting FPS genre lately? Ah, yes because it's a male genre.

Boys will be boys.

Looks like i need to remove this from my wishlist now.