If you've read my review on Project Zomboid you know how much I love this game (like this much <-------->) and I was so excited for their latest soon to be released update. This update was finally going to elevate PZ from a pre-tech game to an actual alpha with features like modded maps and most importantly of all SAVE ON QUIT!
However the Indie Stone crew are no strangers to adversity with piracy problems and checkout issues and the hits keep on coming as today, no more than a few hours ago the Indie Stone offices were robbed.By offices I mean the Newcastle flat where two of the three Indie Stoners, Lemmy and Binky worked and lived. It is unclear yet what else was stolen, but the most important and heartbreaking thing was their two computers with just the days away update data. Gone, just gone.And whilst they back up between the two computers all the time external back ups are rare, which means most of their data will never be recovered.
I really feel their pain, not just as avid PZ fan waiting even more time for their update, but as someone who's also experienced random crime. It's a horrible, disorientating experience and my heart goes out to Lemmy and Binky whilst they try and sort their life and their flat. It should also be said that no personal customer information was on those computers so that's a sigh of relief to paying customers and their credit card details.
And whilst this is a severe set back and a very personal tragedy I do believe that in a short while Indie Stone will be bounce back better than ever before. In spite of all the things that have gone wrong so far Indie Stone has never let it get them down (too much at least) and when you put it into perspective that there are just three people trying to make something special, what they've achieved so far is incredible.
From all the people at Squarecrank (the whole two of us) good luck and we hope they catch that arsehole!
P.S To bring up the mood I'm sharing my favourite comic of the day enjoy!
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