"Nearly everyone" laid off at Hyper Light Drifter devs Heart Machine after publisher drops unannounced game

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• ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Sad news. HLD is incredible.

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• technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well that fucking sucks. Looks like we’ll probably never see a HLD2. Damn shame.

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  • FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It was one of my favourite games I played the past few years. Yet I feel not every great game needs a sequel, here the story is pretty finished.

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    • ogeist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same for me, this game made had some impact on me and made look into game development. I have not created anything but the ideas started to flow.

      Adding that to my personal professional experience have showed me that you need to have some ambition but be grounded in reality, fund your next game without expending the budget limit and such.

      But, I think a spinoff or side story would be better than a direct sequel.

      PS. I also recommend no reading or viewing the video about the history of the original developer.

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