I understand why some people are upset or surprised by the somewhat sudden closure of the game. Obviously we wanted to game to be successful and for it to be played by as many people as possible. We are very sorry it had to be closed.
The main reasons for closing it are basically: 1) Very technical and complex server-side problems, causing server to crash etc. 2) The amount of returning players has been rather low after 1 day, and extremely low after more than 1 day. This was true even when there was a good amount of people to play with. 3) As a company we have a pretty small team and we have decided to focus our resources on other, somewhat more promising projects.
It is possible once we have resources (=programmers/artists/designers) available again, that we will take another look at the game and see if we can turn it around into something awesome. At this point though, we cannot promise anything.
Thanks again to everyone who played the game! It was fun while it lasted :D
Unfortunately the game has been discontinued because it has not attracted enough interest for us to continue developing it. We are very sorry for this but want to sincerely thank everyone who played OPP!
We are aware and very sorry of the lack of players. We are discussing ways of getting some more players on but it is pretty difficult. We are also starting to work on an AI for Bots, so even if no one is online you could still play and have some fun. For now, if you get the itch to blow up some seabirds again, please ask a friend or two to play some matches together!
We are extremely sorry for the downtime. We had an error on the server side which caused it to crash.
We want nothing more than to provide a stable and fun experience for everyone so that you can log on whenever you want. Our server guys will do all they can to fix this problem as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding and patience. Hope the wings of war favor you! (Basically meaning, hope you get lucky and Stalingrad is on your team ;D)
HIRODENIRO, by lobby do you mean the "Garage" where you see a ship floating around in the middle? Clicking the big blue Play button on the top should automatically find a match for you to play.
Thank you for the comments everyone. We are trying to get more users into the game as it's definitely boring without at least 4 ppl in the match.
Firstly, thank you for all the valuable feedback! Right now our team is doing their best to fix the lag/desync problems that are occurring.
Our thinking is that instead of adjusting turning/other values for a particular ship, those are determined by the ship class and ship you choose. Eg Spy is fast but easier to kill, bomber is slower but more sturdy, and so on.
Why is the camera horrible? How should we change it?
Please let us know your thoughts/ideas here and we will do our best to address/implement them asap. Thanks again, and hope you enjoy the game!
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Oh, and just in case I wasn't clear: SERVER IS UP AGAIN and the game should load normally. Enjoy!