{"id":40574,"date":"2023-11-07T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/?guid=7f64072f16d3900ccc30409ffa54efe4"},"modified":"2023-11-07T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:59:00","slug":"night-in-the-woods-follow-up-revenant-hill-canceled-due-to-developer-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/night-in-the-woods-follow-up-revenant-hill-canceled-due-to-developer-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Night In The Woods Follow-Up Revenant Hill Canceled Due To Developer Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Revenant<\/p>\n

Revenant Hill, the next game by the makers of Night in the Woods<\/a>, has been canceled. The reason is that the game’s narrative designer and artist Scott Benson is battling a severe illness that has forced him to step away from the project.<\/p>\n

Benson reveals on his personal X account that he\u2019s been suffering severe heart failure over the past 12 months, which has greatly limited his ability to work. You can read his post below. <\/p>\n

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So. Over the past 12 months or so I got very sick and it didn’t go away. Eventually I was diagnosed with severe heart failure, most likely from a virus. It will continue to greatly limit me for the foreseeable future and as such I’ve had to stop working in the manner I once did.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Down Here For Your Soul (@bombsfall) November 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Glory Society, the studio making Revenant Hill, posted a statement on Twitter<\/a> (which is now the sole image on the company\u2019s website<\/a>) explaining that Benson\u2019s absence requires the team to not only cease development of the game but also to suspend operations entirely. The indie studio was founded by Benson and his wife, Bethany Hockenberry, who also stepped away from the project to support him. The statement explains that with such a small team of employees, losing two key staff members was too much of a blow for work to continue as planned. The Glory Society’s statement reads in part, <\/p>\n

Making anything complex poses challenges along the way. Games take a while to make and usually require a good team working together. We\u2019ve been lucky to have one such good team. Unfortunately, recent serious health issues have necessitated two key members stepping away from the project indefinitely. We are a small team and we each wear multiple hats. This is a loss of several hard to replace hats in an environment where all hats are needed. Given the realities of schedules, budgets, and the fraught task of reworking the whole project within those parameters, the team has amicably decided to suspend operations. For all intents and purposes, this is the end of the development of Revenant Hill.<\/p>\n