It looks interesting, but the way Star Renegades was quietly abandoned without a word, leaving so many bugs in it was very disappointing. Wasn't DLC supposed to be in the works for it too?

Originally posted by AndyTheBrave:

It looks interesting, but the way Star Renegades was quietly abandoned without a word, leaving so many bugs in it was very disappointing. Wasn't DLC supposed to be in the works for it too?

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Originally posted by AndyTheBrave:

It looks interesting, but the way Star Renegades was quietly abandoned without a word, leaving so many bugs in it was very disappointing. Wasn't DLC supposed to be in the works for it too?

+100

They openly communicated why they "abandoned" Star Renegades. It is 100% relatable. You can't run a company without money.

What bother's me though is why they decided to develop so much stuff after release without monetization. I would had rather spent 5-10 bucks for additionaly Game content and then get much more content then the way it was done.

This new game looks pretty cool can't wait to check it out

Games look good but after reading about all the bugs people are running into for Star Renegades and how they were told there be more content etc I am really hesitant to try this game on release or before. I understand the money aspect but having 1 or 2 people who slowly still make sure the bugs etc are gone. Also honestly with the DLC I am sure you woulda been more money that it woulda costed. Either way best luck on it but I think ill wait to buy it since the previous experience hasnt been the best.

Originally posted by vukotlak:

They openly communicated why they "abandoned" Star Renegades. It is 100% relatable. You can't run a company without money.

What bother's me though is why they decided to develop so much stuff after release without monetization. I would had rather spent 5-10 bucks for additionaly Game content and then get much more content then the way it was done.

Last I heard they were making DLC. If they made some forum or Twitter post about I did not see it. Also the Roadmap topic still mentions future updates.

Make a second part of star renegades plz

Originally posted by Mr. Beast:

Games look good but after reading about all the bugs people are running into for Star Renegades and how they were told there be more content etc I am really hesitant to try this game on release or before. I understand the money aspect but having 1 or 2 people who slowly still make sure the bugs etc are gone. Also honestly with the DLC I am sure you woulda been more money that it woulda costed. Either way best luck on it but I think ill wait to buy it since the previous experience hasnt been the best.

its not just star renegades. same studio did the same thing with their previous big title, halcyon six - game was maybe 75~ done cooking and they dropped support, capping it off with a 'lightspeed edition' that addressed few if any of the major problems with the game

they're a studio in the business of producing tech demos to show off to investors, not the business of producing finished games

Don't mean to grave dig, I was just reading these replies after seeing the game featured in some media article. Thanks everybody for pointing out some obvious red flags, seeing the game as it currently sits today it is tempting to purchase yet still feels like it's "missing something"

A big disappointment with a lot of these survival games, at least to me, is the absence of modability. Using Cities Skylines as an example, I have played that game for thousands of hours and probably will play it for thousands more since modding allows users to create nearly infinite custom content. I bought most of the paid DLC purely to show support for the company.

Games like Frostpunk get fully finished and haven't had their support dropped, yet for some reason they also feel as unfinished as Palworld. It could be that using the same buildings over and over and being limited to the game mechanics the developers intended wears out some of the playerbase, myself included.

Originally posted by President Jyrgunkarrd:

Originally posted by Mr. Beast:

Games look good but after reading about all the bugs people are running into for Star Renegades and how they were told there be more content etc I am really hesitant to try this game on release or before. I understand the money aspect but having 1 or 2 people who slowly still make sure the bugs etc are gone. Also honestly with the DLC I am sure you woulda been more money that it woulda costed. Either way best luck on it but I think ill wait to buy it since the previous experience hasnt been the best.

its not just star renegades. same studio did the same thing with their previous big title, halcyon six - game was maybe 75~ done cooking and they dropped support, capping it off with a 'lightspeed edition' that addressed few if any of the major problems with the game

they're a studio in the business of producing tech demos to show off to investors, not the business of producing finished games

I don't think this is a fair judgement. For both Halcyon 6 and Star Renegades, we continued to make free DLC content for about 1.5 years after the initial launch. Both games are considered complete and finished. The final DLC for Star Renegades is finishes the story in a very obvious manner.

If you look up Steamstats for our Star Renegades, you can see the esitmated revenue, now take 30% off of that as Steam tax, then divide the remaining by 50% as that goes our our publisher. The remaining was what we paid our team to continue working Star Renegades until long term sales died off.

Keeping a team of 23 people paid is no easy feat. We make maybe $15K-$20K a year with Star Renegades right now. That's barely 1/5 of one person's salary. The rest of the money we get from funding from investors and publishers and of course they're not going to pay for Star Renegades development, they want that money to be used for the projects they are funding, like Fera.

You're allowed to have your opinion of course, but I wanted to make sure you understood all the dynamics in play when it comes to running a game studio.

-Ken

Star Renegades was great. Just except for big balance issues on E5 or high entropies which were untested. This new game looks like it has a lot of potential. But it needs a lot of animation polish. I'm not personally a fan of the tribal village aesthetic or the generic name, but if it's fun it's not a deal breaker so I hope they release a demo to get the feeling across. I'm usually skeptical of building things and to make generic NPCs critical is tough. The grapple seems fluid and interesting, until you snap onto a monster designated grapple point. If they can make it so you can kinda land anywhere, it would be more organic, better looking, and most importantly fun. A player wants to be stylish and free (or at least the illusion of it). It's no small feat to challenge Capcom's Monster Hunter because of the sheer money Capcom puts behind it in presentation or graphical fidelity.

I appreciate the response about game dev and a little behind the scenes. More information is always helpful and I approve of what was said. I wish them well. Man it sucks how little money goes to them when they make the product and without them, there would be no money at all.

new game looks good but honestly came here hoping for development or expansion of Star Renegades. Has so much replay value and so much opportunity to grow. too bad

I understand both sides: The Devs, which are in need to create the next big hit. And then the players, who feel betrayed, as they hoped for more content. I just can talk for myself but I won't buy it, not even for 9 Euros. It's not my cup of tea, would rather play Star Renegades.