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Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 7 months ago by Jeffool@lemmy.world to c/gamedev@lemmy.world
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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

"It's either a passion project you spent ten years on, or you just need a bunch of money to be able to hire people and resources."

[–] breakfastatmidnight@quokk.au 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Canceled, or stopped developing?

Gilbert's untitled RPG was announced in 2024, and had been in development for several months. It was slated for release later that year or in early 2025.

It looks like the game was published back in October.

Steam page: Death by Scrolling

[–] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Death by Scrolling is a different game than the untitled RPG.

Source: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer/115657740122347206

[–] breakfastatmidnight@quokk.au 1 points 7 months ago

The Game Industry Biz article reads like it's confusing my old RPG game with my newly released game. It talks about a year old game being canceled and they makes no mention of my new game.

Ok, so I'm not the only one who was confused by that.

Thanks for the light.

[–] shram86@mastodon.gamedev.place -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@Jeffool Ron Gilbert can't do what thousands of independent devs do every day.

Fuck him.

[–] troed@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Try reading the article?