• Blog
  • About
  • Games
  • Press
Logo
  • E-mailEmailEmail
  • TwitterTwitterTwitter
  • FacebookFacebookFacebook
  • YouTubeYouTubeYouTube

Menu

  • The Red Stone
  • UnrestUnrestUnrest
  • Will Fight for FoodWill Fight for FoodWill Fight for Food
  • Good RobotGood RobotGood Robot

Pyrodactyl, Paused

January 31, 2019 · Arvind

This is a bittersweet post to write. For the past decade, Pyrodactyl has been not just what I do, but who I am. Things were roughly the same throughout, but that changed about six months ago. In short:

  • The college I was teaching at shut down very suddenly (😢)
  • A couple of other opportunities didn’t quite work out (😒)

In the backdrop of all this, I was working on The Red Stone as much as I could. Unfortunately, a couple months ago, I entered a stage where I was working but not really making any progress on The Red Stone. I tried pushing through the rut, but that only made things worse. Having read approximately fifteen thousand indie game postmortems, I realized what was happening. After a lot of pondering, brainstorming and thinking twice, I decided to step away from Pyrodactyl for the near future.

While this is not goodbye forever, this is a goodbye for now. I hope the games we made had a positive impact on you, even if it was just making you smile for half a second. Perhaps we’ll meet again!

As for the future, I have a great opportunity to join the team at Ubisoft Abu Dhabi. I’m really excited to be working on I’M NOT SURE IF I CAN REVEAL THIS INFO SO I WON’T SAY IT and I can’t wait to get started!

Before I sign off, it must be said: Pyrodactyl and I won’t be where we are today without the help of a lot of kind and amazing people. My family, friends and colleagues have given me way more love, support and patience than I deserve. I can’t thank you all enough.

P.S. Special shout out to my students for being the best performing better than expected! (jk I love you all)

Feel the power of social media!

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Posted In: Misc
Tagged: announcement

  • © Pyrodactyl Games 2009-2023
  • Thank you for supporting us ❤
  • RSS Feed
  • Facebook
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
%d bloggers like this: