About a week ago, I tried to download one of their games but for some reason, every single game/app they ever released is completely missing from the Google Play Store. I can’t even download them through my library. I tried sending them an email but they never responded. Both their social media and their website seem to be abandoned and mention nothing about their sudden disappearance. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a developer just completely disappear like that, does anyone know what happened to them?

Also, because it’s relevant to a recent movement* and I feel like mentioning it, the game I was trying to download was Lophis Roguelike:Card RPG game. I bought this game a few years ago but it didn’t work on my tablet, so I added it to my backlog of android games, thinking that I could eventually try it on a different device. Seeing that this game is no longer officially available, this is a game that I payed for but never got to actually play.

*The movement I’m referring to is stopkillinggames.

  • astanix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 months ago

    As someone that lost a developer account due to not uploading anything for a year I can confirm the app I uploaded a couple years ago is no longer in my history.

    Google closes your account for not updating or uploading apps.

    • vortexal@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Also, something else that is interesting, there was a developer named DeNA Corp. They were the developers for Final Fantasy Record Keeper*. Despite the fact that the game has been EOL for about 1 and a half years now and the Developer’s account seems to have been deleted, I can still download the game. I don’t think it works anymore but it’s something interesting I thought I’d bring up.

      *The link works for me when I’m logged in but it doesn’t work when I’m not logged in, so it might not work for you if you’ve never downloaded that game before.

    • vortexal@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I’m not sure why your comment is just now showing up in my inbox but I’ve looked into it and there are developers who haven’t updated or released any apps in the last 5 years and I can still see and download their apps. An example I can give is mkrupczak3, who has only released one app and it hasn’t been updated in almost 5 years.