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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this is interesting. wasn't expecting that with the cup of coffee this morning lol.
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TimeFreeze 10 hours ago
Any publicity is good publicity? I prolly wouldn't have checked out the video otherwise. The video showed some cool vibes.
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. 😀
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. 😀
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Five year justical run for something that can put you in prison for three years?
That's... quite something.
That's... quite something.
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It sucks that the dev has to disclose some personal details to explain why he won't be able to continue work on the game, it invites unnecessary assumptions and judgement from online strangers who are in no place really to even know about such condition in the first place.
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That's a shame, I really enjoyed what I played of Fortune's Run so far.
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.
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.
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Linux_Rocks 4 hours ago
It's only illegal if you get caught. lol
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I am somewhat left wondering, are we talking "very violent" as in, gets into bar fights? Or, "very violent" as in abusive husband? Somehow it makes a difference to me. Not that I play FPS anyway.
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@TheSHEEEP; depending on the country, in some cases, it is a real defense strategy to delay the judicial process as much as possible. It's used a lot of there is concern they will lose the case on the merrits. Basically draw it out as long as possible in the hope that critical witnesses (like the victim) get tired of it and give up.
While not trying to imply anything to this specific case, I would see it a lot with domestics and traveling victims.
While not trying to imply anything to this specific case, I would see it a lot with domestics and traveling victims.
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Jail feels counter productive. That person has apparently found a way to live and work in society as a game developer. Placing them in jail feels like a risk to see them return to their old ways more than anything.
What was done shouldn't be forgiven unconditionally; but I believe there are more productive ways to handle the punishment.
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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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While I'm shocked that this of all things happened, as it's certainly not pleasant news, it does indeed feel like this game is a bit cursed. First time I heard about the game they were having issues getting Steam to accept the early access build (Apparently due to the Valve team having issues finding a level in the game and also disagreeing with the inclusion of a explicit content warning when the content didn't meet Valve's standards for explicit content? Very strange.), then one of the devs needed surgery which had severe complications, and now this. Not a game I'm particularly interested in, but I still respect passion projects like this, so I hope things go smoothly for the duration of their sentence. Perhaps they'll be released somewhat early on good behavior.
Last edited by JustinWood on 15 Jan 2025 at 9:34 pm UTC
Last edited by JustinWood on 15 Jan 2025 at 9:34 pm UTC
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