I'm joining the question... me too wondering why you guys creating a mod instead of your own game?
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We've tried our own game before, but on clickteam it had very similar mechanics only it was graphically more complex but somehow it did not go too well and in the community we had maybe 10-15 people who were active and we do not care that the game is ours and that the community had a good time.
All in all, I'm curious if anyone from our game went strive and if anyone remembers the game that was withdrawn a few years ago. :D