During the past years there have been some affirmations by users on-line about the old version of the game being canceled "because of criticism about the characters and pressure by the fans in 2021".

First I heard about this rumor on someone’s post trying to explain the disappearance of the game’s old page and me from Gamejolt as well. Then a YouTube short, then a tweet and finally a video that might have caused this rumor... So I thought it was important to clarify what exactly happened in 2021. Allow me to explain what exactly happened and why the initial version of TCOM was “canceled”.

First of all... it was never canceled, actually. I said it myself multiple times that I have paused the project. If it was canceled, I’d have said that and I would have leave it forever. But I knew I would return to this project some time, I just needed more time.

I must mention that at the time, in mid-2021, I was going through a phase when I was kind of depressed over school and education opportunities being closed to me because of my eyes’ health condition. I felt bad for months and even years later. I was always being irritated by the slightest thing said to me, and this kept happening for the next two years. The point is that I felt a little bad and anxious about my life and how the game wasn’t progressing after almost one year and half, and some trolls bothered me because of it and I exploded a few times. I never had control over my emotions to be honest.

And when I tried to make the 5th version of all the in-game models I felt very exhausted and I decided to pause the project. Probably this was the moment I knew there was a hell development going on. I deleted the old game page because of my mental peace, sadly. And I guess that was enough for people to believe I canceled the game back in 2021.

People still believe that rumor and I thought it would be good to clarify it myself, this is the truth.

And during the past years after that, I've been researching and learning, making better plans to deliver a much better version of this game, something well served for all the amazing fans. The new version of The Curse of Maggie's is proof of that. I now have a vision of what I want to do with this game, and I promise to deliver this amazing game with the collaboration of amazing people behind it.

Hope this post works for people who research and inform about fangames now. :D