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Turbulent Times & Upcoming Changes
🕑 Added 2021-08-08 19:00:07 +0000 UTCHey everyone, I hope you are all well, I have some important news I would like to share.
TLDR;
Game going to be self-published
Leaving current network
Upcoming changes in coming weeks
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Sequoia State
Recently, I have been putting in a lot of work and time into my upcoming game, Sequoia State.
It is a game I started in collaboration with Hizzacked in 2019 as a fun project and a first time game for both of us, using her IP and characters from her comic of the same name.
This was something we have always done in our spare time, no funding, no help.
Only until the beginning of this year did we receive any assistance, in the form of the network I was part of.
We hired a writer and paid out-of-pocket for their services.
The network provided a programmer and voice actors within the last month, paid for by the network.
The main thing the network would provide is a publisher.
However, in these recent months, things have been turbulent and toxic with the network.
I may elaborate further in the near future, but for now I will leave it at that.
The long and short of it, is that the network and publisher wanted to remove Hizzacked from the game so that she would not receive any compensation or credit.
Due to these toxic reasons and creative differences, I am walking away from this network and will self-publish the game alongside Hizzacked as originally intended.
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Status & Changes
By leaving the network, I will relocate my main website to new hosting in the coming week.
As part of this exodus, I have not been able to calmly work on new comics for the last week, and I apologize for the delay.
I will do my best to get new art to you all as soon as possible.
I'll be moving the archives to Dropbox soon as well until new accommodations can be secured.
Also, if you are a part of this network's Discord server, I will not have any presence there anymore either.
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That's the most I can say at the moment, and can elaborate further for those who want clarifications.
Thank you all for your patience, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Dsan
Comments
Dsan
Thanks dude. it is what it is, all i can do is move forward with good people alongside me. ;)
Dsan
Thank you for the advice scorp! I'll get my ass moving too haha!
Kenno Arkkan
Shit, man. Sorry to hear that π wish ppl weren't so terrible sometimes. These network ppl dont deserve you.
scorp29
That's sure wan't a wise move to try to kick Hizzacked out of it's own project.. Hey if that can reassure you, self publishing is quite easy, I myself have a slot to publish a game on steam; but I still need to move my big ass to continue working on it x) My only advice would say to not wait the last moment to create your account on any publishing platforms as they require some documents check wich can take some weeks to a month; and that before you actually have to pay something to get your game up on them (wich then again require another check since it will be your first game)
Dsan
Thanks man, I appreciate it a lot. <3
aabsurdity
Jesus. Removing Hizzacked from a Sequoia State game when it's clearly her IP? She'd have sued them to pieces. Anything else I could put down to terrible decision making, but that's all kinds of scarily incompetent. I'd always wondered why the network never seemed to manage to grow even though it seemed in a perfect time and place to do so. I guess I have a much answer there as I care to know. Congrats on getting out of that mess, Dsan, even if the circumstances suck. Hopefully it will allow you to begin opening some opportunities of your own.
