So, production on Rhukaat II has gone on a hiatus because real-world priorities are taking up most of my attention for the time being. Also, working on the game has become more work than fun and I feel like I need a little break to recharge my batteries, so to speak. However, this will not be one of those never-ending hiatuses, as I totally intend to resume work on this game when time allows. I care about it too much and have worked too long on it to let it become yet another unfinished project. Anyway, as always, thanks for your support and I hope you keep watching for new progress.

Shaboba

Hi all,

I just wanted to let everyone know that due an error in the installer, the download for Updated Demo 2 will be down until I can get a new link up. I plan to get a new download up over the course of today, so please be patient and I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused anyone. Anyway, keep your eyes peeled for the new download of Updated Demo 2 - you can see what features this new demo will contain as explained in the previous blog post.

Thanks,
Shaboba

Hi all,

I know my presence here has been scarce over the past several months or so, but for anyone who is still paying attention to Rhukaat II, I have updates.

First off, I want to say that Rhukaat II is still very much in production. The game is between 40%-50% done, I'd say... closer to 40% than 50%. The game's length right now is around four hours. But it's plugging right along. Things like everyday life and my very short attention span keep me from giving Rhukaat II the attention it probably deserves. However, the bottom line is that I have not lost interest, I fully intend to finish this game and it is by no means on any kind of backburner. Granted, I can virtually guarantee that progress will be on the slow side - which is why I haven't and probably never will set a specific release date - but there has been and will continue to be concrete progress nonetheless.

Second, and I realize it may be a bit soon to think about this, but when I finish Rhukaat II, I've been floating the idea of releasing a modified "Hard Mode" version of the game, since I've been hearing from testers that it's a bit on the easy side but making it overall harder would be a big task this far in development and I really don't want to do that. So, I figure a good solution would be to release a separate version of the game with the overall difficulty raised significantly. I'd love to get people's thoughts on this.

Third, I may possibly decide to release a new demo since, frankly, the current public demo is pretty obsolete now as far as gameplay is concerned. If I did release a new demo it would be about 3-and-a-half to 4 hours long, and it would consist of pretty much the whole game so far. Feedback on that idea would be much appreciated.

Finally, I could actually use some more beta testers, so if anyone is interested don't hesitate to get in contact with me and we'll talk about it.

I appreciate the fact that people are still interested in this game - there's nothing quite so disheartening as when you work so hard on something and nobody is paying attention. But anyway, that's all. I just wanted to provide those updates, and hopefully get some feedback in return. Have a nice day.

Thanks for reading,
Shaboba

So here's the story:

I've been working on Rhukaat II lately, hoping to get it done and maybe release it here. But come to find out, the files got corrupted and I can't recover them. So unfortunately, Rhukaat II has been canceled. If anyone wants me to re-upload the demo version, I suppose I can do that. But it will never get beyond a demo. I'm sorry if this lets anyone down, but it's out of my hands.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Shaboba

So the long hiatus is over. Rhukaat II is officially back in production! =D

~Shaboba