it sure has been a while... i apologize for the lack of updates as of late. my lack of communication has mostly been to me not having anything to update you all on (besides my life but that's not HNR related). that changes very soon. keep an eye out for the coming weeks!

now id like to be transparent and explain my thought process for the future. before all else, i am very aware of the current state HNR is in right now. and i understand the decisions i made that led to it's current state. as you probably gathered, 1.4 was very rushed due to my leaving as well as me getting overzealous with how much stuff i wanted to pack into it. my original thought was "ill release 1.4 and then when i get back ill fix any bugs it has in 1.5" as you all know, that didn't end up happening. this is mostly due to a lack of motivation which led to me having to dread working on my game. i hope you understand it should NOT be that way.

during my break i began to question if continuing work on the project was even worth the trouble. i was considering abandoning the project entirely. but then i remember how many people were looking forward to this game coming to life, and i couldn't bring myself to let everyone down. i couldn't let my project be known as "a fangame that started out good and became a buggy mess".

now, make no mistake, bugs are to be expected during an alpha, but the amount of bugs present in 1.4 made me realize several things. 1. continuing to build off of old code i wrote when i was highly inexperienced will spell the end of this game. and 2. rushing updates with the intent of fixing them later is not a viable development strategy. with the project being restarted, i intend to not make the same mistakes. im still very new to game developing as a whole, and especially making a game for a fanbase this big is still a learning experience for me.

i know a lot of you are probably worried of HNR becoming an entirely different game due to the project file being completely different, but i assure you, barring the "alpha" naming style, it will be the same concept but way, WAY better (and most importantly, more optimized lol) the game itself will still be the same game it was meant to be, so don't worry. when the next version finally comes out, it'll be WELL worth the wait, i promise you.

which leads me to a question i have for all of you. im stuck on how to proceed when this new version DOES come out. what would you guys prefer? would you want it to be released with only the first floor to basically just show off the differences and the progress. or would you like it to be released when the second floor is done so it's about on par with where 1.4 is? im leaving this up to you because if it releases with one floor, you would have an updated game, but with less content. but if you wait till the second floor you guys would go longer without a game, but with more content. let me know!!

thanks for reading. feel free to ask any questions you may have, and ill do my best to answer. ill have some more info to share with you very soon. keep a look out! and have a good one