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I'm troubled

3,666 ThatKindaWeeb  2 months ago

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Is it just me, or is Jundroo Trying to kill Simpleplanes by making Juno a free demo version?

Let me explain,
I feel like no one has actually picked this theory up, and it concerned me enough to make a post about it... I'm praying it isn't, this game is very much 'a diamond in the rough' and I'd hate to see it and it's community desecrated and disappointed like this.

This game has been growing such a large community, and it feels like a massive stab in the back for Jundroo to pay little to no attention to Simpleplanes to make it a better PC and mobile game, with all the issues that plagues its code, and I feel like this game deserves far more love and care than it's getting currently...

So when Jundroo announced their free version of Juno, after thinking about it, it really, really didn't sit right with me, after all this game hasn't had a major update in I forgot how long, (too long)
and it's making me worried that they may be trying to slowly convert people over to Juno so they can axe Simpleplanes for good...

I hope at least someone can provide an explanation to alleviate or confirm my suspicions, for all I know I may be over thinking this, but it just doesn't sit right with me...

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    I hope anybody other than me has actually thought about this already...

    Pinned 2 months ago
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    This game is really old, and its not like updates are a guarantee. Maybe Jundroo will make an SP2, maybe they won't we'll see. The game's only been updated once since I started playing, and it doesn't really bother me.

    +1 2 months ago
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    @HuskyDynamics01 sorry about the tag, I guess I'm just upset that this game is very much a one of a kind, especially in the current eye-strain that is modern apps, and I just want to see it... protected...? I guess...? Idk if I'm making any sence there lol...

    2 months ago
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    Short version:
    When you bought the game you did so with the full knowledge that development would eventually come to an end, as with pretty much every other game that doesn't follow the content-as-a-service model, and now that that time has come you're claiming you've been betrayed?

    +1 2 months ago
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    Have y'all not had games reach end-of-life before? They aren't trying to subconsciously convert everyone to Juno so they can axe SP, they're just finished developing SP and have moved on to their next project (and are showing it off here because... people that play both, I guess?).

    it feels like a massive stab in the back for Jundroo to pay little to no attention to Simpleplanes to make it a better PC and mobile game

    The game has been out for over nine years (December 2014 was the first launch, on mobile only; the Steam version came a year later), which is a fairly long time for a video game these days and a rather absurdly long time for an indie game, much less a studio's first truly successful game (sorry SimplePhysics and SR1, but it's kinda true), much less one that was originally just a mobile game. There is no backstabbing or desecration (whatever that would mean in this context); it's been public knowledge for a long time now that SP is built on spaghetti code and became more and more difficult to update over the years (a fate Juno will hopefully avoid now that they know what not to do).

    The game isn't being worked on anymore because it's almost a decade old and the developers decided it was time to work on something bigger and (arguably) better. That's just how it is.

    Also, please don't tag me on things I have not requested to be tagged on.

    +1 2 months ago
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    @Noname918181 lol

    2 months ago
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    Almost forgot
    Hi troubled!

    +2 2 months ago
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    @ThatKindaWeeb idk about juno new origin very much but its likely going to be the devs new focus, though there is already ksp2 for a rocket spaceship sandbox :/

    2 months ago
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    33.3k ShinyGemsBro

    @ThatKindaWeeb Yeah, SP2 is not a bad idea at all. But whether or not Jundroo will do that is entirely up to them. Asking for anything related to a game they left for dead won't really do anyone good. It'll just pester the devs when they have things that they're alot happier doing.
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    Again, just make do with what we have. Cause once it's gone there'll be no bringing it back.

    +1 2 months ago
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    @Noname918181 SP2 wouldn't be a bad solution though, rebuilding the game from the ground up seems like the only option

    +1 2 months ago
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    fcat@Noname918181

    2 months ago
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    @ShinyGemsBro Much easier to understand lol

    2 months ago
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    It's not really something you have to worry about, and yes, you are overthinking.
    I think it's far more likely that they have plans to make an SP2, but even that I'd say is far fetched for the time being, for now, don't overthink stuff, just continue enjoying the game that you enjoy, because at the end of the day, that's all that matters

    +3 2 months ago
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    Facts@ShinyGemsBro

    2 months ago
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    29.6k TriStar

    @BaconEggsfacts

    2 months ago
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    33.3k ShinyGemsBro

    @ThatKindaWeeb Just to reiterate what BaconEggs said in a far less ridiculous manner:
    Just enjoy the game while it's still here, and enjoy the community while it's still active.

    +1 2 months ago
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    Tap on a clip to paste it in the text box.

    2 months ago
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    @ThatKindaWeeb no its FUNNY HAJAJAJAJA also have you not read them specifically say the game is done for updates for the foreseeable future blud cant go 10 seconds without responding to any big or small interaction from devs with "waaa wa waw waaaa wa pleaes sp update" sp communiyt so annoying & ungrateful literally every 12 year old child whines abt sp not having update for the last year just have fun playing the game and if u cant either move on or take a break | i wont blabbleblrblebla on this any further caus its that shrimple

    +5 2 months ago
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    @ShinyGemsBro it's still one of a kind, I don't think anybody will make a game like simpleplanes anytime soon, (and no, flyout doesn't count in my eyes, since your not gonna convince me that that monstrosity can be made into a mobile game lmao)

    2 months ago
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    33.3k ShinyGemsBro

    You're overthinking things.
    SP will stay alive for as long as it can. Once time's up we can just move on to other games. It's already been said that SP won't be getting any more updates cause it's on an older Unity Engine. It'll be highly complicated to port the game to a newer engine version.
    If Jundroo wanted SP gone they would've done so right away. But for the sake of the community it built up over the years, they just left it behind. And it's all up to the playerbase whether or not to keep stuff running.

    +4 2 months ago
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    @DatTrainGuy19 I guess that still leaves one question, is there a chance they'll dump the game entirely?

    2 months ago
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    @BaconEggs at least be more civilized about it... jeez

    2 months ago
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    125k BaconEggs

    @ThatKindaWeeb idk what else there is to say the game isnt going anywhere just play it & enjoy it u freaking gnarp gnap

    +2 2 months ago
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    @DatTrainGuy19 honestly, if I knew how, I would ask.

    2 months ago
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    @BaconEggs Wow, "hostiles flank, hot..."

    2 months ago
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