12-05-2022, 04:33 PM
Hi everyone. Wow what happened? It's December?
I got my little computer center all set up in town at the beginning of the year with plans to work like crazy on the game. Life overwhelmed me like a tide and Hazeron was gone like so much flotsam. For the past few months my office has been completely inaccessible, filled with furniture from other parts of the house due to renovations. I only regained access to it last week.
Luckily the servers did pretty well during that time. I mostly ignored them. There were a few problems that required restarts but all in all they ran well enough all summer. I missed the uninterrupted power of the computer center. It seemed like every time a big thunder storm blew through town the servers lost power briefly, enough to reboot them.
When I set up the servers in town I paid all of the expenses for the first year. That year is nearing its end. It has become too expensive to operate them. I am going to shut down the servers, likely in January 2023. The rent on the office space is trivial so the servers will remain there, with only the web/email server powered on.
The game servers will be down indefinitely. If the Steam version brings in any significant amount of money I might consider reviving them, just for fun.
My efforts will now focus entirely on making a good complete Hazeron Starship game to release on Steam. The software is about 99% ready for that. I also want to add a little more story content and design more building and ship models. Those things take time.
I considered adding LAN play capability. It would not be difficult. It will take time to get it right and it isn't needed for the solo game. I decided to save that for a future update.
Some people already have access to Hazeron Starship on Steam. The about box will show Software Engineering, Inc. as the owner. That version will no longer receive any updates due to the change of owner to Hazeron Freehold LLC.
If you would like to continue getting updates to Hazeron Starship, or if you would like to become a beta tester, send email with your Shores of Hazeron account name. If you do not have a Shores of Hazeron account you are not eligible to be a beta tester.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Haxus
I got my little computer center all set up in town at the beginning of the year with plans to work like crazy on the game. Life overwhelmed me like a tide and Hazeron was gone like so much flotsam. For the past few months my office has been completely inaccessible, filled with furniture from other parts of the house due to renovations. I only regained access to it last week.
Luckily the servers did pretty well during that time. I mostly ignored them. There were a few problems that required restarts but all in all they ran well enough all summer. I missed the uninterrupted power of the computer center. It seemed like every time a big thunder storm blew through town the servers lost power briefly, enough to reboot them.
When I set up the servers in town I paid all of the expenses for the first year. That year is nearing its end. It has become too expensive to operate them. I am going to shut down the servers, likely in January 2023. The rent on the office space is trivial so the servers will remain there, with only the web/email server powered on.
The game servers will be down indefinitely. If the Steam version brings in any significant amount of money I might consider reviving them, just for fun.
My efforts will now focus entirely on making a good complete Hazeron Starship game to release on Steam. The software is about 99% ready for that. I also want to add a little more story content and design more building and ship models. Those things take time.
I considered adding LAN play capability. It would not be difficult. It will take time to get it right and it isn't needed for the solo game. I decided to save that for a future update.
Some people already have access to Hazeron Starship on Steam. The about box will show Software Engineering, Inc. as the owner. That version will no longer receive any updates due to the change of owner to Hazeron Freehold LLC.
If you would like to continue getting updates to Hazeron Starship, or if you would like to become a beta tester, send email with your Shores of Hazeron account name. If you do not have a Shores of Hazeron account you are not eligible to be a beta tester.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Haxus