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9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game
Planet Centauri suffered a bug that's affected less than 100 game releases since 2015.
Despite making over 100,000 sales and earning spots on more than 130,000 Steam users' wishlists in over 10 years of early access, indie developer Permadeath watched as Planet Centauri's full release day came—and the world barely noticed (via Polygon). Lechat told Polygon that Permadeath's efforts are now focused on a roguelike being built with the same engine as Planet Centauri, as its financial situation makes further support for its failed launch unfeasible. On Reddit, Lechat wrote that he shared his story as a "way of expressing my anger," but also to bring attention to "the problems that a platform holding 99% of the PC gaming market can cause when the cogs don't work as they should."
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