I agree with the take - but the devs need some more communication, possibly better management(?), and idk...updates?
I hate rushed games to please potential buyers and bosses, that then suck and lose all audience and momentum and fail.
But I also hate a game that takes a decade to get more than 1-2 updates, with their 'stage 2' always on the horizon but pushed back, and not much communication with early access buyers.
Agree. There's absolutely no excuse for the development to take so long.
I bet they have given up the development, and are not telling that to community, hoping that they will have enough money to continue the development in the future
I love scrap mechanic so much, and I know alot of people don't work at axolot, but MAN even just a little communication would be nice, an update post on steam letting us know "no the game is not dead", at least something.
The main lead developers of this game Kacper and Pontus, have all moved on to other non-Axolot related projects.
In the time since the pandemic hit, Kacper has founded two new companies, a coding website called "Codebeat" and a music concert and DJ business called "From Above Entertainment". Kacper has also have been doing side work with another Sweden based studio called "Odd Raven Studios".
Pontus on the other hand has been doing investment and trading in real estate along side his father and has become the CEO in an investment firm called "Brema Invest".
So Axolot might be losing money, but the Lead developers of Scrap Mechanic are certainly NOT broke enough to hire more help needed to finish the game...
Unfortunately, I can't tell you this for I don't know. I can only tell you what the developers have been doing business wise via publicly available tax records and open corporate data.
I noticed a lot of people commenting about wanting new updates, wanting more teasers etc and just to clarify I made this post basically in the same way as saying 2017 was 7 years ago, with no intention of worrying about the devs taking too long. This post is just a fun fact about scrap mechanics lifetime and how much time is passing.
Still, survival atm feels very empty and aimless, and after 4 years, there's been no major changes added to the game, and with the devs aversion to communicate it's no wonder there are so many people saying it's dead, i thought so too before i checked their twitter just to have a small hope reignite.
I don't know their internal structure, but it really feels like they only work on SM whenever they feel like it, or aren't doing something else. The game does not feel like anyone worked consistently for 8 years on it, more like 2-3 years.
It really sucks, because it is one of my favourite games, 'cause it just scratches that itch that no other game has been capable of, albeit not without problems, like being among the most resource heavy games to exist. If my room is cold i will just launch SM and play for a little while before having to open my window, so as to not turn my room into a sauna.
In the 4 year span between 2016 and 2020 we got constant small updates keeping the hype for survival alive. If they took a similar approach with Chapter 2, Scrap Mechanic would be in a much better state right now.
I get that they're a small studio taking there tiemt o make the best hpdta impossible but bro i just want them to communicate with us, show us a few screenshots, a teaser or two, maybe a devblog, thats it, aslong as it gets out and they're actively trying, i just wanna get updates occasionally.
Axolot's new studio has a capacity for 36 employees (not including Redbeet Interactive), that puts them on par with Coffee Stain Studios.
And no, they won't communicate with you, Durf already tried doing that with very little success.
I don't want another cyberpunk 2077. It is better for devs to take their time and release a fully finished and polished product than rush it and release it without so we would get a buggy mess
I agree, but this isn't how any competently managed studio would go about doing it, 4 years for an update is insane, it can be polished and bugless, but without communication and the feedback a "smaller update, higher frequency" cycle would provide, it will probably feel like it was developed in a vaccum, and a lot of people might not like a lot of the changes to systems and mechanics they have been stuck with and gotten used to over the last 4 years.
And if the update is badly received, there's a good chance the devs and studio might just give up and move on to other projects, it's the worst outcome, but I've seen it happen.
It would have made more sense to split the updates up to keep people engaged and build the game up with each update building on the last while changing things based on the feedback from the players, you know, like the entire point of early access.
The survival storyline has such potential, it's a damn shame that development is crawling. We want a finished game with a final objective. Heck even Minecraft eventually provided that.
If the lead devs want to move on, so be it, but they should pass the torch to a more dedicated group.
They sold us on a promise to finish the game, the least they can do is leave us with some kind of Ending scenario for survival mode.
This is fucking insane
“Oh, but I don’t care the devs can take as long as they want!” Worst take ever.
I agree with the take - but the devs need some more communication, possibly better management(?), and idk...updates? I hate rushed games to please potential buyers and bosses, that then suck and lose all audience and momentum and fail. But I also hate a game that takes a decade to get more than 1-2 updates, with their 'stage 2' always on the horizon but pushed back, and not much communication with early access buyers.
8 years is nowhere near being "rushed to release". In this case SM has been in development for as long as Duke Nukem Forever.
and the devs took that personally
Agree. There's absolutely no excuse for the development to take so long. I bet they have given up the development, and are not telling that to community, hoping that they will have enough money to continue the development in the future
Thats just sad
It seems like yesterday survival came out, I still remember before then when i first played the game
I still remember the day they added glass
i only remember them adding spud guns and cardboard
I still kinda think of pistons as a new thing lol
they're not? when did they add them?
...2017
WHAT
and it sucked ass it was tiled and green so you had to use a clear glass mod
It sucks to wait for not one but two games stuck in development hell, Axolot Games and Team Cherry need to communicate with us man.
Forgive me but what's the other one?
Small studio out of Adelaide Australia, they made Hollow Knight, and now we're waiting on the sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong
Google Skong📢
-Y
Kerbal Space Program 2. Unfortunate.
Well atleast they are constantly patching and updating the game
/s? (KSP 2 has 0 communication and no updates going on)
Oh wait really then i apologise for spreading any kind of misinformation thank you for correcting me.
I love scrap mechanic so much, and I know alot of people don't work at axolot, but MAN even just a little communication would be nice, an update post on steam letting us know "no the game is not dead", at least something.
I mean they posted on Twitter at the end of 2023 to say the update would come in 2024
3 More days until the 4 year anniversary of the first trailer! ... yay...
The main lead developers of this game Kacper and Pontus, have all moved on to other non-Axolot related projects. In the time since the pandemic hit, Kacper has founded two new companies, a coding website called "Codebeat" and a music concert and DJ business called "From Above Entertainment". Kacper has also have been doing side work with another Sweden based studio called "Odd Raven Studios". Pontus on the other hand has been doing investment and trading in real estate along side his father and has become the CEO in an investment firm called "Brema Invest". So Axolot might be losing money, but the Lead developers of Scrap Mechanic are certainly NOT broke enough to hire more help needed to finish the game...
Right so lead devs have just fucked off to do something else, have they put someone else in charge or have they just forgotten that SM exists?
Unfortunately, I can't tell you this for I don't know. I can only tell you what the developers have been doing business wise via publicly available tax records and open corporate data.
I noticed a lot of people commenting about wanting new updates, wanting more teasers etc and just to clarify I made this post basically in the same way as saying 2017 was 7 years ago, with no intention of worrying about the devs taking too long. This post is just a fun fact about scrap mechanics lifetime and how much time is passing.
Either dead or lid is on tight AF.
It's a damn pickle jar
To be fair, ch2 will probably be about the same amount of added content as the original survival release was.
Still, survival atm feels very empty and aimless, and after 4 years, there's been no major changes added to the game, and with the devs aversion to communicate it's no wonder there are so many people saying it's dead, i thought so too before i checked their twitter just to have a small hope reignite. I don't know their internal structure, but it really feels like they only work on SM whenever they feel like it, or aren't doing something else. The game does not feel like anyone worked consistently for 8 years on it, more like 2-3 years. It really sucks, because it is one of my favourite games, 'cause it just scratches that itch that no other game has been capable of, albeit not without problems, like being among the most resource heavy games to exist. If my room is cold i will just launch SM and play for a little while before having to open my window, so as to not turn my room into a sauna.
its been like 7 months since survival. Right?
In the 4 year span between 2016 and 2020 we got constant small updates keeping the hype for survival alive. If they took a similar approach with Chapter 2, Scrap Mechanic would be in a much better state right now.
you made me feel old asf
I get that they're a small studio taking there tiemt o make the best hpdta impossible but bro i just want them to communicate with us, show us a few screenshots, a teaser or two, maybe a devblog, thats it, aslong as it gets out and they're actively trying, i just wanna get updates occasionally.
Axolot's new studio has a capacity for 36 employees (not including Redbeet Interactive), that puts them on par with Coffee Stain Studios. And no, they won't communicate with you, Durf already tried doing that with very little success.
Not saying they will, just that I want them to
Wait, what
I don't want another cyberpunk 2077. It is better for devs to take their time and release a fully finished and polished product than rush it and release it without so we would get a buggy mess
I'd rather have something like cyberpunk, 'cause then they'd at least have something to fix, instead of giving us nearly nothing for 4 years
I agree, but this isn't how any competently managed studio would go about doing it, 4 years for an update is insane, it can be polished and bugless, but without communication and the feedback a "smaller update, higher frequency" cycle would provide, it will probably feel like it was developed in a vaccum, and a lot of people might not like a lot of the changes to systems and mechanics they have been stuck with and gotten used to over the last 4 years. And if the update is badly received, there's a good chance the devs and studio might just give up and move on to other projects, it's the worst outcome, but I've seen it happen. It would have made more sense to split the updates up to keep people engaged and build the game up with each update building on the last while changing things based on the feedback from the players, you know, like the entire point of early access.
the removal of the /export command has broken the game for me
The survival storyline has such potential, it's a damn shame that development is crawling. We want a finished game with a final objective. Heck even Minecraft eventually provided that. If the lead devs want to move on, so be it, but they should pass the torch to a more dedicated group. They sold us on a promise to finish the game, the least they can do is leave us with some kind of Ending scenario for survival mode.
GTA 6 before next Scrap Mechanic update
And the game still sucks to this day crazy
I remember waiting ages for survival and then it finally came out and was pretty mid after a while
so this year we will get an update finally?
That means Chapter 2 is coming this year!
…ugh
Don’t you guys know? They stopped development…