Hello everyone

It's been almost a year now since the last Devlog. I was originally planning to release a new demo release in Q3/Q4 2023 as some on the Discord may have heard but wasn't satisfied with the progress I'd made so I didn't post anything. However, I've decided I want to give a general update to everyone who's still following the project.

I originally made the first prototype for this game in late 2018 when I was 13 years old. In mid 2019 I then started work on the actual game after I'd planned and prepared everything, when I was 14 years old.
Today, in 2024, I am 19 years old and I have spent more than 20'000 hours, the vast majority of my freetime, on this project while still being away from finished by quite a bit.
The reality is that after the first 1-2 years my productivity per hour started significantly declining.

This became increasingly clear to me in the last few months where I could barely do anything on the game anymore. Respectively, I have decided to take action and pause the development of this game for at least 4 months.

What will I work on now?

I have decided to start working on a new smaller game called "My Drug Cartel". It is a mix between Stardew Valley (except with drugs) & RimWorld. You build your own drug plantation base, can hire employees, research new drugs and defend against police raids.

The game, as you will notice, is mostly based on the things I've made for Citizen Life (Elimination City). I will also be able to use many of the things made for MDC in CL such as items, furniture, plants, AI scripts and other art assets.

Additionally, CL will also benefit from this project because I may be able to already register a corporation for this game, contract some of the work such as lighting/shadow engine & multiplayer netcode to professionals which I also need for CL and gain some experience in game publishing/ marketing in general.

If you're interested about the development of the game you can check it out here on Gamejolt and please wishlist the game here on Steam.

And as mentioned, this game page will be quiet for a while again but I will return in the second half of this year.