There have been two indie sci-fi games that amazed me the moment they were revealed and these are: Reset and Routine. Unfortunately, though, these two titles are missing in action and we may never see them.
Let’s start with Reset. Developed by Theory Interactive, Reset is a first person puzzle/walking simulator game that was meant to come out in 2016. The game was delayed to 2017 and we haven’t heard anything from the developers other than that the project is still being developed. The latest developer update was posted on its official website in February 2018 in which the team admitted that it has yet again failed to meet its deadline and that they are working on it. However, it’s been more than six months and we haven’t heard anything at all from them.
As for Routine, the latest developer update was back in March in which the developers announced a small delay. Aaron Foster claimed that the next update would give us a clear release date with a game that the team is proud of. Well, it’s been more than a year and Routine is missing in action and the developers are nowhere to be found.
It pains me to say this, but it appears that both of these games have been quietly cancelled. Yeah, these are indie games we’re talking about – meaning that development is slow – however both of these developers claimed that they were very close to releasing their games and here we are today with no update whatsoever. And while Reset may finally see the light of day, Routine is most likely dead (or may get released in a really unfinished/unpolished state).
So yeah, don’t expect these two sci-fi games anytime soon!
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Reset reveal is around 2015. Eww…. no suprise really. R.I.P
Well, this was a cheerful article
Two interesting projects, although Reset gameplay is beta was questionable, but anyway…
another day another walking simulator, squeefy and his friends must be jacking off to this.
Visage has gone dark too. What happened to that game?
but cyberpunk?
Oh hell no! Not this time!
You’re not getting away from us so easily this time.
Perhaps you failed to read the EULA when you signed up for your latest account.
You are stuck here on DSOG with us forever now.
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There have been updates on Routine since then: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/mb5qpx/routine-release-date-space-horror-alien
“Thank you for remembering Routine,” said the developers in a statement. “It honestly means a lot to us considering we have been very quiet for a long time now. We are indeed still working on Routine but things have been a bit rough on the personal side, the team is good and well though and we are going very strong!”
“We just need to make sure that the game is at least 99% complete before we do that as we don’t want to miss a release date again,”
Speaking about unfinished indie games, anyone remember Little Devil Inside? Got kickstarted sometime in Spring 2015, was supposed to come out late 2016. Devs still update from time to time but man is it late on schedule.
Its been so long that I totally forgot that I even helped to fund Reset. Last newsletter I received from the team was back in 2016. If finance is one of the biggest problems they’re facing it shouldn’t prevent them from giving Indigogo or Kickstarter another shot. Sure it may not leave a positive mark but it’s better to own up about these things, especially when you’ve been relying on the public to allow you to achieve your vision in the first place.
Man, I remember that Routine game. Back when it first announced was around the point when I was getting back into PC Gaming. Back when there wasn’t as much negative news in the press. Really sucks when some of the most unique or most intriguing games never seem to make it through. Reset sure has some striking imagery, quite surreal looking in some screenshots.
Did you contact them?