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SU Isn’t Gone. But We Need To Talk About Frustrations.
🕑 Added 2025-09-29 20:57:57 +0000 UTCWhen we first talked about pivoting, we weren’t in the best spot. Frustrations were already piling up and the pressure was real. At some point you either keep patching the same leaky boat or you rip the band aid off and start building the thing you actually want to sail in. That’s what we did. We went forward with what we wanted to make, hoping some of you would ride shotgun and see what we’ve been cooking up.
And before we go any further! SU isn’t cancelled. It’s still alive! The next Themyscira update is on deck after Evo drops.
Here’s the part that stings. A lot of you came here for SU. For 10 years that’s been the core of what we do. And then out of nowhere we hit you with, “Guess what dudes, we’re pivoting.” No warm up, no warning, just straight Lex pulling the strings behind the curtain while everyone thought it was business as usual. You’re right to feel frustrated. We hear you, and we get why it feels like you've being hoodwinked.
But here’s the other side of it. Something wild has been happening since we made the switch. Many have been sticking around longer than ever. Our old average support length was 5.97 months, about three SU updates. Now it’s over 10 months. Last year we had to grow 13–15% every single month just to outpace pissed off folks leaving. Now it’s 9–10% and we’re aiming to push it down to 5%. That tells us the path we were on before wasn’t healthy for us or for you.
We also know this doesn’t erase your frustration. SU’s pace and style was always a balancing act that kept just enough people happy while driving plenty away. Go look at the forums, there are dudes with over 2000+ complaints about SU over the past 8 years. That’s on us. We should’ve pivoted a long time ago.
Where does that leave us now? Project Evolution is basically at the finish line. SR7 is wrapping art touch ups and final Rogue writing. He says he’ll be done tomorrow. Henshin’s already implementing. I’m not going to tell you it’ll be out tomorrow, but we’re very close, and we will keep you informed.
I know this doesn’t magically make you less pissed about the pivot. But you’re being heard. You haven't always been heard, but be assured you are now. And we’re trying to build something that doesn’t just limp along, but grows into the kind of story-rich, character-driven chaos you actually deserve
Talk soon,
Gunsmoke Games
Comments
MustardFan
Question, so is SU main title getting reworked or kind of a finished product state with these side mini games like the gala event and Themyscira taking the main hold of the DC universe side.
IceStar
So what I'm hearing is you're not leaving you're just building your brand you haven't stopped building trucks so to speak you're just going to build electric vehicles too but you're still going to build trucks I know the metaphor is horrible but I hope you get what I'm saying
iuw23
kinda interested if this is going to happen
Joinning46
Just hoping that you guys be considering add animation to SU in the future, the art is wonderful, it just need a little "moving"'
MatthiasTheWanderer
I feel like the overall tone of what's happening right now is good for BoB2. It's tangible proof that they can put serious work into more than just the one project without losing their livelihood. Even if they don't have anything new for it in the wings right now, if this goes well, it shows them that they can rely on support for more than just SU.
Victor Kane
Hello! :) I need to ask, what about BoB2? Has this project been abandoned? I remember you saying last year that this should be finished at the end of this year but I haven't seen any updates and then you started writing about new Evo game ;/ Ngl, was really hoping for that BoB2 game ;/ If it happens no to be abandoned do you have something planned with releasing it like next year?
Newdori
Hey man you making more content is still more content. Im just waiting on the cheat menu to finally be in the android version of s.u so I dont have to redo all my progress. Give me that and ill be fine with whatever you wanna work on lol
