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A Short Hike dev halts work on unfinished RPG, saying, "I might never finish this, so I'm releasing the demo!"


The developer behind A Short Hike has shelved development on an RPG but is releasing it as a demo, allowing players to …

I might return to this project someday, but I've been working on other things and don't see myself making time for this RPG in near future." It already has so much of the personality, humour, attention to detail and innate Nintendo-esque playfulness that defined your work on A Short Hike - and this was first! That includes an action aventure game, a "micro-RPG with a claymation asethetic", and an online platforming roguelike.

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