Announced originally during the Realms Deep event in 2021, and later released into Early Access on Steam in 2023, Fortune's Run is a highly rated immersive-sim FPS but now its future is uncertain. The game is playable on Linux with Proton and is rated Steam Deck Playable by Valve.
While a brand new update is out now adding in quite a lot, this looks like it may be the last update for quite a long time. The developer posted an announcement on Steam, noting they've been "sentenced to prison for the next 3 years". This is not some recent development as their case is "about 5 years old now". They don't go into specifics other than mentioning they were "a very violent person".
Since "Dizzie" is the only developer on the project, it's not clear what will actually happen to the game now. They're clear they want to finish it though, once they get out of Prison that is.
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TimeFreeze 8 hours ago
I am curious though what country they are from. Because prison can mean severely different things depending on the country. I wouldn't be surprised if one could continue developing their game while in a prison in a Nordic country. 😀
That's... quite something.
If I were a superstitious man, I would swear someone put some kind of hex on anyone that makes an Immersive Sim-type game. Something always goes wrong during development.
Linux_Rocks 3 hours ago
While not trying to imply anything to this specific case, I would see it a lot with domestics and traveling victims.
What was done shouldn't be forgiven unconditionally; but I believe there are more productive ways to handle the punishment.
Last edited by hell0 on 15 Jan 2025 at 8:36 pm UTC
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