Posted September 19, 2024 by Tomcat
The disk died. It is especially cynical that it died during the creation of the archive. The piquancy is added by the fact that all diagnostic utilities (from proprietary to third-party) reported that the disk was perfectly healthy until the last moment.
Since the old archives were preserved, in principle, it is possible to restore the previous stage of work. But I don’t see much sense in it. Since the main tasks have been accomplished. Namely the workflow of the possibility of creating a game (demo scene) with the joint use of free programs and assets (including recycled shaders) was checked.
What is not done:
Unfortunately, unanticipated spending will severely slow down the work. And I have not been able to raise even a token amount of money yet.