Each week, we scour the internet for all things indie MMO-related, so you don’t have to. This week, Ember Sword announces the end of its development, Corepunk teases Prison Island, and Ember’s Adrift has payment problems. Plenty of other stuff is also going on, so let’s quit wasting time and get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
Corepunk
Corepunk gave everyone a quick glimpse at the Prison Island story in a new teaser video that was released this week.
Ember Sword
The developer announced that development on Ember Sword has ended. Failure to secure funding was the reason given for the shutdown. Steven Weber takes a deeper look at what happened in this article on MMORPG.
Embers Adrift
Due to an issue with Steam’s payment processing system, full refunds for all eligible subscriptions during the affected period have been issued. As a gesture of goodwill, all subscription perks are free throughout the holiday weekend.
Eterspire
The latest update introduces a new endless mode, a new quest, and more.
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore
A new build is live on Steam. The update includes a new tutorial, along with some performance improvements, world design tweaks, and a bunch of other minor updates.
Foxhole
The devstream for Update 61 is set for Tuesday, May 27th at 1pm ET. You can watch the update preview on the Foxhole Twitch channel.
Fractured Online
A new blog post has answers for some of the community’s questions, including topics such as crafting and resource systems, group play, and core mechanics and economy.
Once Human
Two new game modes made their debut in the update this week. The new PvE map, Endless Dream, has scenario-unique areas that players can explore. The new hardcore PvP map: RaidZone, is a hardcore experience where all players start on the same footing as they enter an unrestricted PvP survival experience in an open world.
Open Perpetuum Project
Two patches were released this week, 34.7 and 34.8. Both patches were minor updates.
Palia
If you are reading this on Sunday, May 25th, you have until midnight to enter to win a Steam Deck OLED. All you have to do is follow the steps in this Discord message before the deadline to be entered into the giveaway.
Prosperous Universe
Following up on a player comment, Michi discusses the numbers behind gateway capacity, pricing, and the next market maker adjustment for IDC/EDC in Development Log #484.
Screeps
Version 0.4.0 has been posted on Steam. The update introduces a new crafting mode: Disintegrate and Materialize, which allows you to disintegrate any unwanted items to receive a new resource called Dust.
Villagers & Heroes
Patch 5.46 is now live. The patch includes the new Gear Loadouts feature, the addition of a Faction Reputation GUI for mobile and PC, and several bug fixes.
