SCKR Games announced on September 7th, “Only Up!]announced that it will end distribution. This work is being distributed for PC (Steam) at the time of writing this article, and distribution will end soon (soon). According to the developer, there were many failures in this individual development work, and he had a lot of stress to deal with after the release.
“Only Up!” is a 3D action game in which you climb up a structure that extends into the sky. Jackie, the main character, escapes poverty and climbs a structure that rises above the slums to embark on a journey to know the world and herself. There are various objects and facilities in the structure, and they are combined and floating in the sky, creating a mysterious sight. The player will proceed carefully so as not to step off and fall.
The game will be released on Steam on May 25th. Since the beginning of June, the number of live broadcasters playing this work has increased rapidly, and it has become one of the popular distribution titles on Twitch (related article). Perhaps due to the popularity of such distribution, the number of players of this work has increased steadily since mid-June. The number of concurrent players has exceeded 9000 at its peak so far (SteamDB). Reminiscent of “Uncle Tsubo” “Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy”, it seems to be popular as a frustrating action that is simple yet addictive.
This time, the developer SCKR Games is in the official news of this work on Steamstatementposted. He announced that he will be discontinuing distribution of this work soon. This work is the first independently developed title that SCKR Games worked on, and it is said that there were many failures. The developers have been under a lot of stress over the past few months and have decided that they want to put the game behind me. It looks like this show will be discontinued soon.
SCKR Games is currently working on a new title, Kith, and will be focusing on this in the future. The film emphasizes realism and cinematic expression, and is said to be made with a completely different genre, setting, and concept from “Only Up!”. It is also revealed that the development will not be done by an individual, but by a small team.
By the way, “Only Up!” was suddenly deleted from the Steam store page around June 30th, and it was in a state where it could not be purchased (related article).Just before this, artist Aboulicious said on X that the commercial-only 3D model assets he created and distributed appeared to be included in the Only Up! game.pointing outWas. The developer replied to this pointed out tweet. In addition to apologizing to Mr. Aboulicious, he said that he would confirm why his 3D model was implemented in the game.
After that, the screenshot in question was deleted from the store page of this work on Steam, but soon the store page itself was deleted and sales were stopped. It’s unclear if the developers took it down themselves or if Valve took it down after confirming copyright infringement. However, as a result, about 6 hours after the store page was deleted from Steam, the store page was released again and sales resumed. There was no explanation from the developer about this matter, but it seems that the sale has resumed after completing the deletion of the assets that were confirmed to be used without permission from the game.
In addition, some users have pointed out that there are various materials in this work that may raise concerns about rights, such as 3D models and voices. Also, due to the large number of bugs, the evaluation of user reviews has been sluggish. Due to such various issues, it may be decided to end sales and support, and focus on new projects.
At the time of writing this article, “Only Up!”Steam) is being delivered to. Delivery is expected to end soon.
