Posted 12 hours ago
welttraumhaendler: Wieso zum Teufel ist ein Spiel wie Helium Rain, für das ich mal Geld bezahlt habe, auf einmal kostenlos? Das ist nicht mal ein GiveAway.
https://www.gog.com/de/game/helium_rain
In Kürze: Der Entwickler Deimos Games hat dichtgemacht und seine Spiele vorher frei / open source gestellt. https://www.gog.com/de/game/helium_rain
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/helium_rain_is_now_available_for_free_db1f9/page1
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/deimos-games-shutting-making-helium-rain-and-astral-shipwright-free-to-play/
It's been about a decade since I first started prototyping a space game - one where you'd start off with a small ship and trade resources. Two games, three game engines and 15,000 copies sold later, here am I with a new life where I don't quite have the time for such work anymore.
Deimos Games will be shutting down this year. Both Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright will be going free-to-play, so that new players can still experience them in the future. As a reminder, both are also open-source, so if you were going to build anything based on these projects, you now have access to free content too. It's been refreshing to see game developers reuse code for their own projects, and I hope that will continue.
I want to thank all players who supported me on this endeavour. I'm truly happy that I was able to share my work with you.
Stranger
Post edited 12 hours ago by g2222