Delvers Inc Development Update

Hello friends! This is a quick update even though it has been almost 2 months since the last update. Mostly this is just an explanation of why there has been a lack of updates.

In a nutshell, I have had to pause development on the game for a little while. Development is not stopped, I have not quit, it's just a pause while I deal with the simultaneous tasks of both selling a home and buying a new home...plus all the packing, purging and moving that goes with that.

You see, the tech industry in general and the games industry in particular is in a very bad state right now. I originally started Delvers Inc because, despite 31 years of experience as a software engineer, I couldn't seem to land even an interview much less a new position somewhere. Every week, heck every DAY we were hearing about new mass layoffs and studios shutting down. Frankly we are STILL getting those layoff updates and studio closures. Just recently Hypixel was shutdown and Hytale was cancelled. I had interviewed with them last summer and, while I didn't make the cut, the game they were building looked like it was going to be amazing. Now they are gone as well and everyone there has been let go. It's a bit apocolypitic to be honest.

Anyway, that was a long winded way of saying that I am going on a year and a half unemployed and my severance ran out 6 months ago. So my family and I are moving and downsizing to a place more affordable in order to get the time needed for me to finish Delvers Inc (see, I told you it wasn't cancelled, just a pause screen).

There is a lot to do when buying a home. Legal paperwork, scheduling movers, packing, purging junk, getting utilities and internet setup, it's seems like a list that never ends. Selling a home is even worse with all the cleaning, painting, repair jobs that you left too long, getting out of the house for open houses and showings, negotiations, more lawyers... it's another list that never seems to end. So that has been consuming my time and leaving precious little for Delvers Inc. work. By the end of July we should have it all behind us and be in the new place where we can leisurely unpack all our belongings and I can get back to work on Delvers again.

So...not cancelled, haven't given up, just had to pause while I deal with some life stuff and I look forward to giving you more substantial updates with real changes after the dust settles from the move.

Thanks for reading and bearing with me. Talk to you all soon!

-Arakiel