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"Nearly everyone" laid off at Hyper Light Drifter devs Heart Machine after publisher drops unannounced game (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GamingBot@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well that fucking sucks. Looks like we'll probably never see a HLD2. Damn shame.

[–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It was one of my favourite games I played the past few years. Yet I feel not every great game needs a sequel, here the story is pretty finished.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Same for me, this game made had some impact on me and made look into game development. I have not created anything but the ideas started to flow.

Adding that to my personal professional experience have showed me that you need to have some ambition but be grounded in reality, fund your next game without expending the budget limit and such.

But, I think a spinoff or side story would be better than a direct sequel.

PS. I also recommend no reading or viewing the video about the history of the original developer.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed, but I would play the hell out of another dozen unique games in the same style. Heart Machine was onto something here.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sad news. HLD is incredible.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

A bit of a dick move...

I guess I shouldn't ~~buy~~ pay for HLD then?

[–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You could get it via other means

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yup. That's sort of my point.