French indie Studio Black Flag has shut down, declaring chapter.
In an announcement posted to Steam, the studio mentioned that following a dispute with its writer, it had been „exploring smaller, secondary tasks,“ however the previous few months have „dried up all of [its] funding,“ resulting in the „imminent closure“ of the studio, as instructed by French legislation.
The workforce mentioned that while it couldn’t „get into the specifics of our contract with our writer,“ it didn’t personal the Orphan Age IP „in a means that might permit us to buy it to a different writer,“ and „the market can be closely dried up for indie publishing.“
„In the end, we seem like one other casualty of the present downturn within the online game business,“ the studio mentioned.
„Even when we may re-secure publishing rights, it may very well be an extremely troublesome, prolonged course of to search out somebody open to supporting our venture.
„It’s doable that improvement will proceed underneath our writer, however right now, that’s completely out of our arms.“
Black Flag mentioned that as the cash contributed by crowdfunding campaigns „had lengthy since been spent,“ it couldn’t return monies to backers, however did hope to finally launch an unfinished construct of Orphan Age to the neighborhood.
“At the moment marks the top of Black Flag in a fairly brutal means and in sluggish movement on the identical time. I am undecided if it signifies the top of Orphan Age because the venture could find yourself in different arms, however it’s my hope that it lastly sees a launch,“ mentioned studio founder and sport director, Adrien Forestier.
„I am alternating between shock and numbness, and it is simply too early for me to handle what’s subsequent and why we’re on this state of affairs.
„It is heartbreaking to finish this journey on these phrases and to consider all our supporters we’re letting down. As I mentioned earlier, whereas it is the top for Black Flag, I will do no matter I can so it is not the top for Orphan Age.”