The studio behind Humble Video games‘ newest recreation, Bõ: Path of the Teal Lotus, says it „misplaced entry to the pipeline of important techniques with out warning“ when Humble Video games „made the tough however crucial resolution to restructure operations“ two weeks in the past.
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In a statement posted to X/Twitter, Squid Shock admitted it had been „a busy two weeks since [it had] launched [its] first recreation Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus“, and introduced it had turned to Patreon to assist finance the sport after „exploring each attainable choice to ship the longer term content material we had deliberate.“
„Our launch was not with out its challenges, our writer shutting down has meant we now have missed out on important post-launch help which can put our studio’s future in danger,“ the staff defined.
„We need to make it crystal clear that this was on no account the fault of the Humble Video games staff we labored with. It’s only a unhappy time within the trade and finally, we perceive.“
The staff added that while it had managed to push out an replace on Steam, it had misplaced entry to its console variations, and „porting and QA Assist was tied into our cope with our writer and on the time of writing we nonetheless do not need that pipeline restored.“
After former Humble Games staff said the company abruptly shut down last month, Humble Video games launched an announcement saying while it was present process restructuring, the corporate is „not shutting down“ and „upcoming releases will not be affected.“
Former Humble employees, nevertheless, disputed the corporate’s assertion concerning the restructuring, claiming it underplays the affect on the staff.