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[DryvBy]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/dreamsettler-has-131929898

Hi everyone, Jay here. This is a difficult time and I need to go to bed so I'm going to keep the text portion of this brief. I've decided to cancel Dreamsettler. I explain more in the video. Next week I'll write a text post explaining how I feel things went wrong with more depth and will answer any questions y'all have. Please watch the video before asking anything though.



Mark (Noble Robot) and Mike (TetroniMike) did excellent work and are brilliant coders and they'll need work soon.



We do want to release or at least show much of what was made, but there still wasn't any gameplay or even a fake internet to see so it's mostly minigames, music, and video content.



I am offering refunds for the most recent Patreon payment (sorry, I can't afford more than that) and will be pausing this Patreon after posting this. You can do this somehow through Patreon itself.



Goodnight everyone and I'm sorry I wasn't able to make this game for you.

If you're curious about Hypnospace Outlaw, I'd highly recommend it. It's a game that captures what it was like to be a late 90s/early 00s internet kid and be into PCs. The story is actually interesting too. Yeah, this game looks like crap. That's the point because so did 1999 lol

Hypnospace Outlaw

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department As the corporatocracy sleeps, outlaws are out there committing terrible transgressions all across our beloved Hypnospace, and these virtual streets arent going to police themselves Hypnospace Outlaw is a 90s...

store.playstation.com

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hypnospace-outlaw-switch/ (it's $6 right now)

Buy Hypnospace Outlaw | Xbox

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village.

www.xbox.com

FYI, mouse and keyboard is supported on console.

 

[Nocty]

damn that sucks. He seems like a good dude.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Damn, feels bad man.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Well, at least the message says he's offering partial refunds.

But kind of weird for a patreon fund to make a game, and the guy says in the message there was barely anything to show so no point even showing it.

Looks like according to the patreon page, he was getting funding $5,600/mth.

 

[Nvz1]

I'm actually gutted about this news, his next game was definitely something I was looking forward to. Please play Hypnospace Outlaw if you haven't...especially if you're a millennial.

 

[Bridges]

Yeah I'm crushed, I really loved Hypnospace Outlaw. It was an incredible experience. I enjoyed the weird DOOM clone spinoff too when that came out. I'm so saddened that this is the end because I feel like there will never be anyone else like it

Definitely go play Hypnospace, it might even still be on Game Pass

 

[LavitzSlambert]

This sucks to hear, I enjoyed Hypnospace Outlaw and that is exactly the wacky drug trip of a game I'd have thought couldn't be done. Considering the state of the industry and funding drying up, as well as the unique creative process, I am not surprised Dreamsettler was impossible to finish.

This seems like the posterchild for what kind of games we won't be getting in the foreseeable future due to the economy and businesses mitigating risks and cutting spending.

 

[Punished Miku]

Huge shame. I bought both Hypnospace and Slayers X and highly recommend both.

 

[StereoVsn]

Well, at least the message says he's offering partial refunds.

But kind of weird for a patreon fund to make a game, and the guy says in the message there was barely anything to show so no point even showing it.

Looks like according to the patreon page, he was getting funding $5,600/mth.

Sounds like there were 3 people working on this. $5,600 a month is not going to be able to support that.

They were probably trying to get funding and it didn't work out.

It is pretty sad as Hyperspace Outlaw was a great game and super creative. It captured that late 90s nostalgia amazingly well.