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A Successor is on the way!

After many ups and downs, I'm pleased to announce that Alien Bugs Invade Earth has a successor that will be coming out soon! Sometime at the end of December 2024, look for "2024: Aliens Are Coming" in early release.

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addedThe company for both 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth and 2024: Aliens Are Coming shut down earlier this year, but I was successfully able to transfer these games to a new company. Despite this significant hiccup, development has successfully transitioned away from the Unity Engine to the Godot Engine.
changedUnfortunately, this means that 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth will remain feature and story incomplete, as I will not risk activating any of Unity Engine's license agreements by updating the game, but the story and gameplay will live on in 2024: Aliens Are Coming as well as other games that are further down the pipe.
changedI'm sorry for the delay, but since this next game is based on open-source software, I can promise this time that the story will continue to move forward!
changed(Also, I learned my lesson from this game, and it's not going to be nearly as text-heavy. It turns out reading is less painful if there's less of it and you have voice-acting to go along with it! This does mean, however, that development is *far* more complex and time-consuming than it used to be. That's fine though, because I figured quality over quantity was the right way to go.)

2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth changes

addedThe company for both 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth and 2024: Aliens Are Coming shut down earlier this year, but I was successfully able to transfer these games to a new company. Despite this significant hiccup, development has successfully transitioned away from the Unity Engine to the Godot Engine.
changedUnfortunately, this means that 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth will remain feature and story incomplete, as I will not risk activating any of Unity Engine's license agreements by updating the game, but the story and gameplay will live on in 2024: Aliens Are Coming as well as other games that are further down the pipe.
changedI'm sorry for the delay, but since this next game is based on open-source software, I can promise this time that the story will continue to move forward!
changed(Also, I learned my lesson from this game, and it's not going to be nearly as text-heavy. It turns out reading is less painful if there's less of it and you have voice-acting to go along with it! This does mean, however, that development is *far* more complex and time-consuming than it used to be. That's fine though, because I figured quality over quantity was the right way to go.)

After many ups and downs, I'm pleased to announce that Alien Bugs Invade Earth has a successor that will be coming out soon!

Sometime at the end of December 2024, look for "2024: Aliens Are Coming" in early release.

The company for both 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth and 2024: Aliens Are Coming shut down earlier this year, but I was successfully able to transfer these games to a new company. Despite this significant hiccup, development has successfully transitioned away from the Unity Engine to the Godot Engine.

Unfortunately, this means that 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth will remain feature and story incomplete, as I will not risk activating any of Unity Engine's license agreements by updating the game, but the story and gameplay will live on in 2024: Aliens Are Coming as well as other games that are further down the pipe.

I'm sorry for the delay, but since this next game is based on open-source software, I can promise this time that the story will continue to move forward!

(Also, I learned my lesson from this game, and it's not going to be nearly as text-heavy. It turns out reading is less painful if there's less of it and you have voice-acting to go along with it! This does mean, however, that development is *far* more complex and time-consuming than it used to be. That's fine though, because I figured quality over quantity was the right way to go.)

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Steam News / 6 December 2024

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