I hope this post doesn’t violate any rules, but I wanted to shed light onto a developing situation.
Cart Life is an indie game developed by solo dev Richard Hofmeier. It won the IGF Grand Prize in 2013, and received an iPad port in 2021. In 2023, it was announced that Hofmeier was essentially remaking/remastering the game and releasing it on Steam, with an initial release date of 2023.
I’ve been following the game since the announcement, specifically the Steam discussion forums, and Hofmeier’s posts have become increasingly depressing and erratic since the beginning of the year. Just recently, he seems to have confirmed the project is dead:
H̶o̶f̶m̶e̶i̶e̶r̶ Jun 26 @ 1:28pm
Hello again. Sorry I wasn’t clear. Happens a lot.
This project is DEAD now. Nobody is going to “play” it because what we made isn’t suitable for SELLING or BUYING. The FAILURE is mine; this is the BAD ENDING.
Thank you for your interest in Cart Life.
Nobody seems to …
I still remember a month ago I struggled playing Tetris Effect on beginner and got instantly mentally paralyzed on speed level 10. I almost exclusively play on Steam now after getting a swanky gaming rig in 2022.
Recently, I beat Tetris Effect on Expert mode and last night with the confidence I beat expert mode I went into multiplayer. I lost a match of attack mode with Zone on, but then I went into classic attack and I scored over 10k more than the other guy and got a nearly effortless win.
With my confidence surged again I went back into the final stage where you have to clear 90 lines, with the speed starting at 16 and going up to 20 (which is when the Tetris pieces spawn at the top of your stack immediately, they don’t fall down at all), and beat it again.
I never really understood the appeal of falling bricks but now, I do think it’s one of my favorite games of all time. I love it, and I want to play more and more!
So, has anyone else had the epiphany I had? I …
Inspired by another post, I will give away two copies of Disco Elysium on Steam. I won a free copy from ZAUM dev when the Final Cut came out and would like to pay it forward.
Guess a number between 1 and 50 and the closest two guesses by 12:30 pm est today will get a copy.
EDIT: Giveaway has ended and the two winner’s have been messaged.
Or another example could be carry-over from MWII to MWIII. what is the reason why you need to start from scratch in ports/remasters - could the save file not be decrypted or something?