Ship Us Mars and Ship Us the Moon developer KeokeN Interactive has introduced that it is laid off its whole staff, having exhausted all of its choices for funding. The studio mentioned that it is “heartbroken” to have needed to resort to such measures, including that it is the now KeokeN’s “utmost precedence” to search out its workers a brand new dwelling elsewhere.
“It’s our private mission to rebuild KeokeN brick by brick like we’ve executed earlier than, within the title of our folks and to proceed the legacy of our video games,” CEO Koen Deetman and Managing Director Paul Deetman wrote in a submit to X/Twitter.
Having been in a position to safe funding at GDC, KeokeN can be taking to Kickstarter for third ‘Ship Us’ entry Ship Us House. “That is one small step for KeokeN, one big leap for Delivering Us House,” the submit provides. “A sport we are going to construct for you and with you”.
Ship Us the Moon kicked off the sci-fi collection in 2018, with sequel Ship Us Mars touchdown in 2023.
Heartbroken, we have needed to lay off our staff at KeokeN due to nothing substantial materializing straight after our go to to GDC. We’ve sadly exhausted all our doable choices for publishing, work for rent, and co-development.
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— KeokeN Interactive🐧 (@KeokeN) April 30, 2024
