The State of Apocalypse Cow

Where have you been?

I have struggled with this post for over a year now. This update is LONG overdue.

Our game has some of the best fans and followers - seriously, how long have you been following us patiently? Some of you have even birthed tiny new gamers.

Was that your plan all along?

To wait until our fans multiply by procreation? Ha! Sadly no.

The truth is, the game has been on hiatus for a few years now ːsteamsadː. Please, please don't cry. It's not cancelled. But it isn't being worked on, by anyone. Which I guess you realized with the word hiatus... duh.

We have been actively working on an amazing new game, one that we'll announce soon. It shares DNA with Apocalypse Cow - think of it as a spiritual cousin, or that weird uncle. I think you will love it. We took the parts that worked from Apocalypse and made something wonderful.

As for the adventure with Penny and the gang... I simply don't know.

I love the characters we've built and I want to eventually bring them to life. I honestly don't know when that could happen. It could be in 6 months or in 600 years from now. All we ask is that you wait for 600 years. Please, stay alive. Do it for this bright face.

But... why is it on hiatus?

Ah, you're still here... okay. The truth is, Apocalypse Cow had great moments, but also many flaws.

Additionally I was unsure about many things. Do people still play linear platformers? (seriously, do you???). Should the story be mostly epic or mostly comical? Those were foundational questions that caused many reworks.

But if we want to drill to the bottom of it, we were inexperienced. I was inexperienced. We have a high bar for quality and I couldn't push the game up there. Eventually we decided we needed a break from Apocalypse Cow, to clear our minds.

So for now Penny is basking in a digital sunset, waiting for her time to come.

Until then, stay tuned for our upcoming reveal. It will make up for everything, I promise.

-- John K, Game Designer and the one to blame