There's the possibility that we might do an expansion for that where they get the royalties for the expansion, though the expectation there isn't that that would be super financially successful either at the moment. Despite its financial performance, it's a really good game and one that they in particular feel really close to and want to see succeed. All of them have other jobs or general life circumstances that meant that contracting with Arcen was not remotely their core work anyhow, and they have a passion for the game. A lot of the contractors who had been working on that have opted to stay on as volunteers and have made some amazing post-release updates to it. Starward Rogue was the game that flopped in January and led to our financial woes (or rather failed to save us from the woes that began with Stars Beyond Reach going waaaay over time and budget, but that's another story).

That's been a tough road for him as well, but he's come up with some things that seem promising. Keith LaMothe (our other programmer/designer) has been working on Stars Beyond Reach as his main project since the layoffs, with me having withdrawn from that project after failing to get a design that any of us were truly happy with. We have not reached financial equilibrium yet, but we have pulled out of it well enough that we've been able to work on new things. Did you manage to pull out of this, and how is your team structured these days? You wrote about having to let go staff and possibly shelving some projects. Earlier this year, Arcen faced a fair bit of financial trouble.

Stars beyond reach total biscut