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Steam News21 January 20206y ago

"The Investigation" Canceled - Here's Why

Hey everyone, I've been meaning to write this post for a little while now. Some of you may have noticed since my last announcement about a planned expansion that nothing has yet to surface.

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Hey everyone, I've been meaning to write this post for a little while now. Some of you may have noticed since my last announcement about a planned expansion that nothing has yet to surface. Over the last year or so since I made the announcement, I had struggled to finish writing the expansion in a way that felt satisfactory for the tone/humor of the original game.

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addedBetween not being able to find a direction I was happy with, and the prospect of a free expansion looking less and less like it will ultimately be able to pay for its own development costs in giving the game new exposure given the lack of timeliness, I have decided to cancel the expansion and move on to other projects.
changedUltimately I'd rather put out something I'm happy with, and I hope you'll understand. If you liked Doodle Date, I still hope you'll consider following me to see what projects I'll have in store in future. You can follow me on Twitter or my developer page on Steam.
addedWith that said, while Doodle Date will remain a standalone one-off entry, I am in the process of adding Steam Badges , Trading Cards , Emoticons and Backgrounds ! They are all finished and ready to go, I'm just waiting for Steam's approval before I set them live.

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addedBetween not being able to find a direction I was happy with, and the prospect of a free expansion looking less and less like it will ultimately be able to pay for its own development costs in giving the game new exposure given the lack of timeliness, I have decided to cancel the expansion and move on to other projects.
changedUltimately I'd rather put out something I'm happy with, and I hope you'll understand. If you liked Doodle Date, I still hope you'll consider following me to see what projects I'll have in store in future. You can follow me on Twitter or my developer page on Steam.
addedWith that said, while Doodle Date will remain a standalone one-off entry, I am in the process of adding Steam Badges , Trading Cards , Emoticons and Backgrounds ! They are all finished and ready to go, I'm just waiting for Steam's approval before I set them live.

Between not being able to find a direction I was happy with, and the prospect of a free expansion looking less and less like it will ultimately be able to pay for its own development costs in giving the game new exposure given the lack of timeliness, I have decided to cancel the expansion and move on to other projects.

Ultimately I'd rather put out something I'm happy with, and I hope you'll understand. If you liked Doodle Date, I still hope you'll consider following me to see what projects I'll have in store in future. You can follow me on Twitter or my developer page on Steam.

With that said, while Doodle Date will remain a standalone one-off entry, I am in the process of adding Steam Badges, Trading Cards, Emoticons and Backgrounds! They are all finished and ready to go, I'm just waiting for Steam's approval before I set them live.

Apologies and Thanks,

Nick Lives

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Steam News / 21 January 2020

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