Some sad news to share today as Defiant Development, makers of Hand of Fate have announced they are "ceasing Development" and the team are "looking for new roles".
Shared on Facebook and Twitter, the Australian studio is going into what they call "caretaker mode" just to support their existing games with nothing new to come now. In the post, they mentioned how the games market has changed in many ways in the 9 years they've been around, sadly though they've not been able to keep up with all the changes.
They also shared a teaser of what could have been their next title, named "A World In My Attic" and it actually looked really good. Sadly, it will likely never be released:
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Very tough times to be an indie game developer. I've seen a lot of developers worried over the last two years about how they're going to stay in business, with more games being released every year the market is very crowded.
Such a shame, Defiant's Hand of Fate 2 is an excellent game and I've enjoyed a great many hours of it. Defiant moving on is a loss for us, since they supported Linux nicely. If you don't have Hand of Fate 2, you can find it on GOG and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
HoF2 is a very cool game that outstands easily above the majority of games, actually.
I agree that the market is someway very crowded nowadays.
Cheeseness 24 Jul, 2019
Today's been enormously hard. For the second time this year, I feel like I've lost a family.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 24 July 2019 at 12:11 pm UTC
So the choice of not getting HoF2 was an easy one for me.
I am not so sure if the current game market is bad from a consumer's perpective.
We have more Indie games than ever and they often cost much less than an AAA title.
SirBubbles 24 Jul, 2019
Last edited by garpu on 24 July 2019 at 3:39 pm UTC
Quoting: CheesenessOf all the studios I've worked with, they were the one I was most proud of. Their ideals and energy were an inspiration and I will be eternally thankful for the opportunities and friendships I found there.On the bright side, they're all still alive, right? So you haven't actually lost lost them.
Today's been enormously hard. For the second time this year, I feel like I've lost a family.
techieg33k 24 Jul, 2019
That game looked like it could have been great.
Good luck to them all!
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