Lake Ridden er et historiedrevet puzzle-eventyr i førsteperson, som jeg gledet meg veldig til, og som jeg hadde litt blandede følelser for da det faktisk kom ut. I spillet er du på leting etter søsteren din, og må løse puzzles til den store gullmedaljen for å nøste opp i hennes forsvinning, og andre mystiske hendelser.
Nå har Sara Casen, CEO hos utviklerstudioet Midnight Hub, gått ut på Twitter og avslørt at hele gjengen nå er på utkikk etter nye jobber.
"I'm looking for a new producer job in the games industry. The whole Midnight Hub team is now unfortunately looking for new jobs :/ I'm sad to share this with you, but this is the case," står det i den første tweeten.
"'Lake Ridden' released in May, and we had the best launch imaginable; 5 days on the Steam front page, 96% positive review score, major coverage with streamers and we worked with two good PR firms. But the game has simply sold way less than anyone of us could ever have expected," legger hun til.
"In fact, I still have a lot more Twitter followers than copies sold of Lake Ridden. This is very sad news ofc. The studio will technically continue to exist (the game will still be up on Steam and players will get support), but we have been forced to let everyone go </3
Selling games on Steam (and GOG + Humble) in 2018 with almost 200 new games launching each week (and growing) while the average Steam user buys 8 new games/year is...hard. We're cleaning out the office later this week. Thanks all for the <3 I'll be OK!"
Lake Ridden var ikke et perfekt spill, men det viste at Midnight Hub hadde masse potensiale, så det er synd at de nå må legge ned.
Har du prøvd Lake Ridden? Hva synes du?
