I’m not sure where the impression that we are replacing our website for marketing purposes came from. The current website dates all the way back to May 2017. This was the same month as the creation of our first concept art and us writing our first lines of code. Back then the team was much smaller than it is now and was completely self-funded. The goals for our website, and the resources we had to invest in it, were markedly different than they are today.
Our website has received significantly more traffic this month than throughout the entirety of 2017. While we have been able to scale it up to meet the additional demand, we are approaching the limits of what is possible. Quite simply, there is nothing optional about us transitioning to a new tech stack. We cannot release 1.0 (and, likely, even multiplayer) with our current website. It simply could not deal with the increase in traffic it would see when we do.
I’m sorry to hear you’re disappointed. As previously announced, we’re presently preparing to completely replace our website, and also plan to replace our launcher. We released a content patch last month, and will be releasing another next month. There hasn’t been any significant changes to our release cadence. We’re busier than usual, which means less time for talking.
We’re being featured in the Indie Showcase by the International Game Developers Assocation! The Indie Showcase begins at 2020-09-18T19:00:00Z. Expect to see us around 2020-09-18T20:30:00Z.
They’re streaming Last Epoch on Twitch, and we’re participating in an AMA if you’ve any questions about Last Epoch or Eleventh Hour Games. Catch us at https://www.twitch.tv/igda.