im so confused i either need a hug or need an explanation lol. Poppants, did Dawnfolk steal your art style and game code etc. The game is identical to yours...well it was..till DF added so much new content it overwhelmed the game. So was thinking they need their knee caps busted for this. And also I saw on your Steam page this game but its now in 3d? So there are 2 versions now of your game right? This original finished minimalistic and then the new version coming? Ok well lemme know if you want me to take care of the guys over at Dawnfolk. I GOT YOU BRO
I think a hug is a panacea for everything, so here is one in either case 🤗
Darren, the developer of dawn folk and previously Lueur, said that Lost Lands did indeed inspire him to make those games. At first I thought it was a blatant ripoff, so I asked around my friends and other fellow developers. The majority said that this would fall under the category of “heavily inspired by”. I still believe it is the latter, but I dusted it under the “you are just being paranoid” carpet. I will try Dawnfolk to see which one is true, but for now… yeah, I don’t know man.
Onto your other question - I am indeed working on the successor for Lost Settlers called Lost Lands which relies on the same philosophy of making a minimalistic, exploration and discovery based city builder (just in 3D). Hopefully it will be as good as the first one ^^
ps: thank you for posting, makes me feel less alone in my camp :D