RaliivDev has officially confirmed on the discord that the game is abandonware and is now focusing on the next project, so don't expect any updates.
44 days ago (+9)(-3)
If this is true, that is incredibly disappointing... still, I wish him the best and hope that whatever project he pursues is something he enjoys if he is no longer working on 1.0.
44 days ago (+1)(-2)
Honestly, now that I've had longer to think about it, I'm not really sure. It's hard to know what's real and what isn't when the discord isn't public, and there isn't another source to receive update information.
44 days ago(+8)
They have abandoned their last two games counting this one. Chastity catastrophe got an update just big enough to not get the abandoned tag. No content though. That burned my trust.
44 days ago(+7)
that really sucks... hopefully they can finish projects. I usually love supporting independent works, and I dont mind waiting until they are finished as long as they are being worked on. Really makes me feel like I wasted money on a project that was never gonna be completed. I understand you, that would burn my trust too.
44 days ago(+14)
If that's true I'm certainly not buying anything else they make until it's complete.
43 days ago (+6)
It's true. Here's a screenshot of what got said in the Discord, that got shared with me. I really wish Raliv would've said something publicly. It's not helpful to keep it behind a paywall.
43 days ago(+8)
Can someone explain to Raliv that if he wants funding that he needs to do some marketing? I would assume him abandoning Archipelagates is going to have him lose subscribers, starting a new project just is just going to have the same outcome without anything to fix the problems he ran into.
43 days ago (+12)(-1)
You are 100% correct. People subscribed and supported him because they enjoyed the game he created, and even I was thinking about throwing some more cash his way if he was going to continue development. All this does, and rightfully so, is cause people to doubt he can ever finish a project he starts. Not to mention, making the discord and the games update announcements exclusive to patreons alienates his fan base. Marketing is vital for independent projects like these, and not commiting to it or even keeping your community up to date is a major red flag. Hope Raliv can realize this. I wont deny the obvious fact that the game not releasing on steam hurt the launch, because im sure it did. However, at that point I think Raliv either needed to cancel this version of the game, rebrand it, and try to get it on steam again, or they needed to scrap the project and move on to a new game where it could get a steam launch. I think why people are so upset is simply promises not being delivered, and majorly, a lack of communication.
33 days ago(+1)
I did, I walked him through the process and even offered him a large sum of money to finish. at this point I think he just doesn't want to finish it.
42 days ago(+7)
That's true enough, but it doesn't remove my (or others) feelings on that they should've said something.
43 days ago (+12)
Aaaaaaaaaand there goes all trust for Raliv to complete any project now. He has worked with Naelstrof, could they not work together to advertise about Archipelagates and get funding to complete the project?
43 days ago(+3)
hmm looks like I was right and downvoted for no reason, I knew he will focus on next project, this game was failure since the very beginning because he couldn't sell it on Steam, but also the most annoying thing for me is that he didn't said anything, only on Discord and also after quite a while now.
also to anyone who doesn't believe, Raliv really decided to move on, this game is really dead, there will be no updates unless he will decide to focus on the game again but this is unlikely now.