In the last update, we were force to upgrade the Runtime Engine on which ClickRaid is written. Behind the scenes, this is has been a long time coming, and we have been delaying as long as possible, as we have already identified that much of the initial code is written in a way which is incompatible with current runtimes. Unfortunately, a bug in the runtime being used prevents us from making any further changes to the game. We cannot even recompile on the old runtime with the old code!
Thus we spent extra time attempting to ensure full compatibility with the new runtime, so that we can continue updating the game. However, when we released the latest update, we found for a small percentage of cases, game breaking compatibility issues remained. We have rolled back to previous build, and have worked with players individually to restore them.
With this effort complete, we will now create and maintain a new App branch where we will publish future updates. Thus, any fixes or new features will be applied only to this branch, however, we also understand that this branch still contains some runtime incompatibilities, and we hope to leverage this to work through the remaining incompatible code so that we can get to the point where we can once again push a stable version to default App branch.
Alternatively, there has also been some work begun on a Unity-based rewrite. There are a significant number of benefits of pursuing a Unity-based rewrite, namely community driven recreation or even complete changes to mechanics and balance. The maintenance team has worked closely with Slikey on this project, and gained support and blessing for taking it in a community-driven direction, mobile-first support, Steam/Discord/Kong integrations, etc. As with any such project, the trade off of pursuing it would be the continued slow down of work on the current version.
We are quite interested in hearing your opinions on the matter, please comment so we can make informed decisions!
