Hey Ivanthomson!

Yes, the project is still active. Jumping back into it soon, so I'll keep you posted when an update is on the horizion (think sometime over the next few weeks).

Thanks!

No, it's just taking a while to get back to it. We jumped over to The Political Machine, which is still taking up most of my attention. In my (limited) freetime I've been getting a new build ready to go, but it's been a slow process. We'll update the forums when there's something more significant to report than "it's not dead" 

This game is dead. So sad Stardock went this way...

VGM is not abandoned. But we are all hands on deck for a big project right now. We are actively hiring but the combination of the pandemic and our studio location makes it difficult as people don't want or can move right now with ease.

https://www.stardock.com/careers

I brought up VGM at this week's meeting and there is impetus to get another update out soon. I can't be more specific than that though since it's not really down to me. But, as soon as I learn more I will pass it on to you guys

Any word on Alpha 2 Scott?

Yeah, thumbs down on the Covid front. Thanks for the info Brad! Merry Christmas!

BTW, we are hiring.  And people can work from remote.  Our biggest obstacle right now is just staffing.

But VGM is definitely not dead.  We learned a lot from the builds that have gone out.

VGM was in slow burn mode BEFORE this covid stuff hit, so the last year has been pretty devistating to my little project. I've put time into it where I could find it, but working remote meant most of my effort had go into our core projects.

I feel like a post mortem on the nature of remote work would be interesting at this point. Any extra time you get from 'not having to drive' is completely overshadowed by loneliness and a lack of that hard-to-quantify 'creative energy' that comes from working with awesome devs in the bullpen.

But as the creative lead on this one, I sincerely apologize for the lack of momentum and updates on this project. Now that I'm back in the office I promise to get the embers of VGM fired up once again.

Anything new? I was enjoying this game maker!

Awesome news! Good luck on fixing the DLL!!

Thanks for the info.

Thanks guys! Got the DLL issues worked out on Friday, so today we'll make the installer, put it through it's paces, then offically get Alpha2  released!!!   

Unfortunatly no - we have next week off, and I dont feel comfortable releasing it now then being out of the office for 7 days.

However, this does give me a BIT more time to squeeze in some low-risk goodies, so the final build will have some features I was saving for Alpha 3!

I'll jump in here when I know the offical release date, but it's looking like sometime in the second full week of July 

Side note: Scary temps over on the west coast - hope everyone is staying safe and cool!