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Forager scraps multiplayer because it’s too buggyMultiplayer was “unfixable”, creator says after beta
Multiplayer was “unfixable”, creator says after beta
The creator ofForagerhas scrapped plans to add multiplayer to the explore-o-crafting clicker game, explaining that the feature was too buggy to reasonably fix. So it’s off. The update is cancelled. If multiplayer was why you bought the game or backed its Patreon, the creator encourages you to seek a refund. A shame, because the game’s an interesting one, but it sure does sound a big task.
“As many of you have noticed, the quality of the Multiplayer Beta was really low,” Mariano Cavallero said ina Patreon postyesterday. “The update was a year late, crashes would happen all the time, most features weren’t working, and some people wouldn’t even be able to start the game at all!”
He noted that many of the prior updates, after he handed development to other people, were “very poorly made” too. The game got into a sorry state. Cavallero went on to explain, “After the first week of the beta, I looked into finding a new team of programmers to fix this buggy mess but nobody professional wanted to take on the project due to how poorly coded and bloated it became since the game released in 2019.” Ultimately, he deems multiplayer “unfixable” and encourages people to seek a refund if they bought Forager expressly for it.
While disappointing cos, y’know, it’d be nice to have nice multiplayer, it’s understandable that he’d change his plans when the game turned out not to be in a fit state to support it.
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Cavallero said he would still like to add to Forager, and notes he has another “Forager-related” game in the pipeline. But when it comes to larger updates to Forager, he says “for now, I think the best is to take a step back and come back to it later on with a fresh mindset and ready to add a ton of actually good content, perhaps in the form of a polished sequel in a few years.” Would make sense.
Game’s good, though. Or was? Cavallero sounds less than thrilled with some of the changes since launch. But it was good!
Katharine called it one of the bestfarming gamestoo.
