Development of Fortune's Run is 'imploding' as its sole remaining developer announces they've been sentenced to 3 years in jail: 'What I did was wrong and that's all you need to know'
Fortune's Run launched into Steam early access in September 2023, and quickly became a favourite on the PCG team. The game is like an immersive sim on fast-forward, with lightning fast melee combat, deep stealth mechanics, and immaculate dystopian vibes. Unfortunately, as good as it is, development is now «imploding.»
The game was a two person project, but has apparently been a one person project for a while now, and solo developer Dizzie has posted an update titled «Extremely Sad Depressing News.» The main thrust of which is that they're off to jail.
«I have some stuff going on I need to make public as it's going to interrupt development,» says Dizzie. «I've been sentenced to prison for the next three years. It's a long story, but I've lived a very different life before I was a game developer, and I wasn't living very well. My case is about five years old now, I have been going through the legal process the whole time I've been working on this.
»I have finally been found guilty and sentenced, and I'm going away next month. It's a shame, but it's the consequences of my actions. I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life. Unfortunately, the sentence isn't going to help with that at all, but I guess we all know that."
Asked for further details, Dizzie refuses to go into the specifics though does clarify this is not a sex-related crime. «What I did was wrong and that's all you need to know.»
Well, that'll certainly slow down your update schedule. Dizzie says «the game isn't TOTALLY dead, but it's unclear what will happen.» On top of this news, Dizzie's fellow developer has left the project. She is not linked to the crime in question. After recovering from surgery, she lost interest in the project and no longer works on it.
«It's been very difficult to do alone but I actually managed, by basically not sleeping, to complete all of the work in time so that it could be released before I'm sent away,» says Dizzie, referring to what may be the final
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