Dreamsettler Cancelled

A video from Jay Tholen announces the cancelation of Dreamsettler, a spiritual successor to Hypnospace Outlaw announced in 2022 as an addition to the "Hypnospace universe." In the video Jay seems to be overwrought over what he describes as a "mutual decision" arrived at with publisher No More Robots. "I didn't want to make a video like this, but I'll cut to the chase - Dreamsettler has been cancelled," he explains (thanks Eurogamer.net for the transcription). "It means it's not coming out, it won't be finished. This was a mutual decision between the publisher and I. They didn't pull support or anything, and they tried what they could to keep it going, but it's just time to stop it." He thanks supporters, and says the most recent pledges on Patreon are being refunded. He takes full blame for the situation, suggesting he may be suffering a case of burn out:

"Maybe I've been burnt out this whole time. I don't know. I was able to do Slayer X, though I would like to do kids' stuff. Stuff for children. I don't know if it would be a video series, or an app for kids, or something. And it's not because I think this is a great market to get into, but it's because there are things I've searched for and they don't exist, and I want to make them, just for my own kids.

"I'm sorry, everyone. This just stinks. Again, I want to emphasise the publisher did a great job, Mike and Mark did an excellent job. I think I'm a hard person to work with. On a normal team, where there wasn't some guy who needed to work a weird way, they would have finished this game, and it would have been great, but I just couldn't get it going, you know? And it's too late. Hopefully you all stick around, and don't hate my guts, and hopefully we'll talk soon."