DreamWorld sandbox MMO, which was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, is now being closed... after 3.5 months of early access!

The game was apparently a slightly twisted scam: Kickstarter + tons of free assets + cheap workers with zero experience + early access in a barely playable state and no servers protection. Not a pure scam, they didn't simply ran away with the money but a complete mismanagement.

It peaked at 56 CCU on Steam and the number of reviews was also about that number. Then online plummeted to just a couple of people.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3103280/eventcomments/572668060971995750
#Sandbox@GameDEV
#MMO@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Stop giving money to all these "best MMO ever" on Kickstarter. It's a scam every single time!

The cringiest premiere of the recent months was supposed to be made for XBOX, but they abandoned the deal. Wise move! 😉

- When everything was ready as Agnes requested, she came out of the bathroom!

A narrative game with exceptionally odd writing. Not even like a whole plot and characters but rather moment to moment choice of words and such. Then mix it with poor animations, odd and not very engaging story, and well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWupmlgnlo

The demo if you want to is available on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3949550/1666_Amsterdam/

It seems that XBOX placed most of the new Game Pass deals on hold for now.

#XBOX@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

Godot Foundation has to adjust to the new AI-reality where thousands of vibe coders flood their GitHub:

- They need more hands
- They need more minds
- AI shall not pass

https://godotengine.org/article/contribution-policy-2026/
#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Kind reminder for all YouTube channels' owners to disable these three toggles. They can be found in a YouTube studio (bottom left corner, settings).

PS. I already posted about it but a lot of people missed it somehow.

#AI@GameDEV
#YouTube@GameDEV

Wait, do Asha plan to shut XBOX down or what? (the shot from The Verge)

#XBOX@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

Let me guess, starts with Micro ends with soft? (via)

#IOInteractive@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

Turok: Origins - Gameplay Trailer

It doesn't feel like Turok, but I it might be good. At least Saber is a competent developer.

Chat, is this for real?

#Roblox@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV
#Movies@GameDEV

Damn marketing!

#meme@GameDEV

Entertainment Software Association is getting more and more ridiculous during Stop Killing Games hearings by the way.

Guess who isn't in these? Valve! Guess who is in all of these lobbying groups? Epic Games.

But how many steps? (via)

#Fallout@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Here's what they've had upstairs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nELm3FnJwk

Morning, my precious depressed friends!

Serial Experiments Lain artwork by Yoshitoshi Abe

NVIDIA (the most expensive company in the world) doesn't care about its workers health like every other big tech company do. No free meals are offered in its offices, they are partially subsidized.

Literally a free coffee twice a day like in your low paid office job.

#Nvidia@GameDEV