Confirmation: The end of Gaslamp

For anyone who wasn't sure, or was just speculating: Yes. Gaslamp is no more. That "studio" broke up and went their seperate ways, as was told to me by a reliable source. The game devs have abandoned the game for undisclosed reasons (probably money) and as such, Clockwork Empires will never be finished.



It's a shame, but what could have been a simple tragedy is now a travesty. When devs do this kind of thing, it's a travesty. If devs have no problem taking people's money for a product that technically isn't finished, then if you ask me, then the least they can do is give some sort of explanation or apology for abandoning the project that they took your money for.



Sort of an unspoken rule, or at least there SHOULD be.... if a dev puts an early access title out there and accepts money for it (especially at the price this one was asking for on steam), then they should at least show some sort of commitment to delivering a finished product. And if they can't for some reason? These things happen. But you should owe it to yourself, and especially your community of fans, some sort of explanation as to why that product will not be finished.



You took our money without batting an eyelash. Whatever squabbles or infighting or financial issues you had would have been understandable. But just abandoning the game, and abandoning your fans? You shouldn't be allowed to sell/release any more games in the future.



If I order a burger from McDonalds, and they give me an unfinished product, then they either replace it with a proper burger or they refund it, less they face being sued. I don't know why the same is not true with game developers.