Originally posted by Paul01:

I haven't seen any news or updates about this game. i rely enjoyed playing it but can we get confirmation from the devs if it is over for this game

People are stupid, as soon as they see you on a server, they go after you to kill you. Yes the game is not bad but the players are worthless. Yes the game is dead, for me and for many.

game was dead 6 years ago

Hey, I jump on one of the many threads asking if the game is dead to let you guys know that we are working on a complete remake of the game from the ground up since about 2 years now. It takes a lot of time to develop considering the level of quality and content we are aiming for and we chose to not communicate extensively about it until it is almost ready. Yes at this point I do not recommend anyone to buy the game as it is, but just follow H2o on Steam and stay tuned :) I'm not gonna lie however, the remake is still gonna take many, many months to complete, and once again, facts matter more than words so this message is just to let you know that we did not give up just yet.

Originally posted by Neist:

Hey, I jump on one of the many threads asking if the game is dead to let you guys know that we are working on a complete remake of the game from the ground up since about 2 years now. It takes a lot of time to develop considering the level of quality and content we are aiming for and we chose to not communicate extensively about it until it is almost ready. Yes at this point I do not recommend anyone to buy the game as it is, but just follow H2o on Steam and stay tuned :) I'm not gonna lie however, the remake is still gonna take many, many months to complete, and once again, facts matter more than words so this message is just to let you know that we did not give up just yet.

Myself, and a friend of mine were helping you test the game out before you released it on steam.

You killed the game when you allowed people to build on the land, and killed any real underwater action because you added in the shark.

You did destroy this game Dev, and I know I am not the only one who thinks this way.

The whole point to the game is that you were to only build on the water, and you allowed those people who whined, and cried because they couldn't build on the land so you go, and do exactly what killed the game.

I personally could care less if you are revamping the game. The game is already garbage since land building was allowed.

You know what? Your game was far better before you released it on steam. I, and my friend still have footage up on our youtube channels of the old closed alpha you were working on.

Sad to see a game which started off great before the alpha release to turn so far off course from what the game was suppose to be.

I really thought that you had it together Neist, but you saw dollar signs, and destroyed what took you years to build.

Well I'm saddened to be considered greedy while my only wish is to make a game that is great for everybody to play and enjoy. Nevertheless, I take your critics into account and will seriously try to understand your position on some aspects of the gameplay, feel free to elaborate on what exactly went against a core aspect of the game and why. Even if you do not care about it as you mentioned, I do hope that you will appreatiate the remake at least for what it is, and know that we are working on it without any means but a burning passion for making games. If I was after money I wouldn't be risking it all and leave my comfortable job in a crazy gamble to work on a game that effectively died many years ago. Maybe I'm a fool to believe that I can turn things around, but I can't help it I gotta try once more :)

и правильно нечего унывать, в свое время я наиграл в эту игру немало и немало нашёл новых знакомств, идеи и потенциал есть и были , не обращай внимание всегда будут недовольные !!! я точно буду ждать игру еще и старых знакомых подтяну !

and that's right, there's nothing to be discouraged, at one time I played this game a lot and found a lot of new acquaintances, ideas and potential are and were, do not pay attention, there will always be dissatisfied!!! I 'll definitely be waiting for the game and I 'll pull up old friends ! (I'm sorry I'm not an expert in English (translator))

@Vitaliti Thanks for the kind words but it's okay, I don't feel discoraged from messages that clearly state something that aims at making the game better, and I can understand the frustration after many years of the game being dead, I can't defend myself there.. I appreciate your optimism though, and you're english is very fine :)

the only thing i felt was bad in the game befor it went down was the speed of gathering was very slow and grindy. if you could speed up the gathering speed that would be awsome. apart from that i loved this game and wish i could still play it today

Maby even get rid of land altogether and make it is a water world where you salvage metals from old ships or even dive into the depths to salvage from the ocean floor for better quality resources.

@Paul01 Many things were not very well organized in the old version, while I do think that gathering resources and stuff is a big part of the game, I agree that it should rather be like an expedition where one can gather a lot of things, eventually fight to get the best of it, and return home with enough to move one. Does that makes sense?

Then for the water only, as I explained in a different post, the ocean won't be a flat surface in the remake, depending on the weather waves can be huge, and it's not possible to build structures on a surface that moves up and down, also if there is only water a ship could logically shell the hell out of a structure without having to get close to it, that's why we settled with a reef / rocky island approach, were there is shallow water where waves are smaller, and some rocks to provide a minimum of cover.

In the old version people could settle just next to one another and that was a big issue as well in my opinion, because it took no time or struggle to attack someone else, now there is much more distance between places where people can build, so going out for resources or to attack somebody else should be more of an expedition :)

i supose. having land dose make it easier to build in a safe place. maby having an off line safe zone around structures would be good as everytime i loged back in someone had broken my gates open and stolen all my stock and vehicles.

i am very interested in getting back into this game as i can see it has potential in becoming a very good game

let me know if you need people to run tests with you on this game. i am more then happy to help out were i can

When we are ready i'm gonna let everyone know :) thank you for the kind words. We have plans to limit offline raiding. I don't find it very interesting to have to worry for your stuff when you're offline although it can make it more intense to know that your things are never really safe, anyway with the system we are going for now, it would take too long for anyone to loot everything from someone else, even if they destroy everything, you would be able to rebuild pretty quickly from the rubble. What they would steal would be the high-end manufactured items.