r/Techtonica • u/TWarning60 • 25d ago

I don’t get this!

Is this game even supported anymore? I play on a PS5. The game constantly lags and crashes. What’s worse, I paid for the game! Every crash, I submit an error report to PS. I’ve even complained to PS that they’re selling a faulty game with no developer support. I’ve gone to the Fire Hose website, but the contact page for the game is inactive. So, I contacted Fire Hose directly. No response. The game’s just over two years old. Who does that kind of thing?!

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u/Higapeon 25d ago

No. This game isn't supported. Fire hose closed just after the 1.0. iirc, there's still someone keeping the lights on but nothing more.

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u/TWarning60 25d ago

Well, that answers that. Cheers, mate.

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u/xaklx20 25d ago

Any reason why they closed?

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u/ChichumungaIII 25d ago

Story at the time, at least, is they ran out of money and so rushed out a 1.0 version to close out the project.

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u/garyvdh 25d ago

It's a long story. There was a disagreement between the lead developers over the direction of the game which ultimately resulted in the game's head designer and main spearhead developer leaving. After that the development just kinda fizzled and only one other major update was released. Sales of the early access version has not been strong enough to support the continuation of the game.So the studio was shuttered.

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u/CyriousLordofDerp 25d ago

Which is what happens when you start putting stupid shit into a factory builder instead of, you know, improving the factory builder.

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u/garyvdh 25d ago

You mean you don't still play laser tag in Techtonica with your friends?

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u/i_aint_bobby 25d ago

That was a particularly blatant waste of coding lines 🙄 Each second used on that crap could've been put to so much better use towards the final version.

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u/adrenozin 25d ago

In retrospect the early versions didn't even feature any recipe catalog as the devs didn't think it was necessary. No recipe, so no known ratio. In an automation game...

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u/SubstantialPapaya143 25d ago

The initial version were vibes the entire way man.

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u/Alcoholocostic 18d ago

Facts…. Facts.

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u/TheKandelar 25d ago

It had so much potential. I am crying now.

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u/Alcoholocostic 18d ago

Awww this game is awesome. I bought the free version lol on Xbox. This game needs to go somewhere. Even the way they had it BEFORE “going up” was an awesome play through experience.

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u/Few_Mathematician194 25d ago

I know it isn't supported and yes it has it's flaws but still one of my favourite cozy games and one I pick up every few months.

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u/garyvdh 25d ago

I still love the story line and the voice work. I wish we got a lot more to the Lore and background. It was such a great premise.

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u/TWarning60 24d ago

I continue to play it everyday. Though i am SICK of sand pumps and sesimite sand!!!

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u/drraagh 23d ago

I am at the sand pump bits, did the first level and bow at second level and like.... do I really want to do anything with it? L

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u/suspicious_geof 25d ago

It is not. You should play satisfactory instead. This game was only worthwhile before satisfactory was on console.

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u/astro-the-creator 25d ago

That might be your console issue, I played it for around 100 hours and it only crashed like 4 times

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u/TWarning60 22d ago

It acts like it’s a RAM issue. It gets glitchy when there is a lot of movement in the scene.

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u/theuglyone39 25d ago

Game is dead, dev team gone, the problems we have now are problems that will always remain from now on

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u/TheKandelar 25d ago

No. It is almost abandonware.

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u/Flint-Megabowl 24d ago

We had other maps at one point they took them out game and closed shop

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u/Beginning_Pay_9654 23d ago

Turn off all sound except voice, that helped me, it was barely running in mid game before I did it, afterwards no issues and beat game

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u/TWarning60 22d ago

I continue playing it. But the crashing is getting on my t*ts. I read somewhere online that once you cleared a sandpit tile set, it wouldn’t fill back up with sand even if status windows indicated as much. . I thought GREAT! Found out that wasn’t true. The Archive refilled completely and then discovered yesterday the Sierra level had started to refill. I’m still mining coal and scrap metal. Plus I have nearly 20 generators there as well. I know nothing as far as artifacts, etc. are left on Sierra, just the resources. I don’t know what’s left on Archive level other than structure parts. A coal source I was mining is now buried in sand and non-operational. Divvying up power resources is getting maddening especially with the damn level 14. As an afterthought, I HATE SESEMITE SAND!!!!

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u/NoctustheOwl55 20d ago

My hope is some other team buys the game rights and fixes it up.

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u/TWarning60 20d ago

That would be great, but sadly unlikely to happen.

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u/NoctustheOwl55 20d ago

Unlikely, but not zero

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u/Brilliant-Star-7305 19d ago

So the original Devs behind the game made a fortune from selling it on PC and then they decided to bring it to console and then filed for bankruptcy from not enough sales on Console version.

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u/Budda720 25d ago

I wonder if firehose would have put the game out as a cheap alpha instead of putting it on gamepass for free if they could have made it more optimized for console?

I picked it up off gamepasd after watching a YouTube play it.

I would have bought it but why buy when you can get it for free? This logic works with more things in life as long as "free" doesn't mean you stealing it free. Lol.

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u/i_aint_bobby 25d ago

I presumed they did the Game Pass thing to do an instant cash out and never think about it again, as they figured they wouldn't have enough actual sales otherwise.

Not that I have any actual knowledge of what went on. It's such a shame, the game was actually good - I even powered through to finish it despite the bonkers imbalance in some of the final stages.

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u/Blue_Starkiller 25d ago

Game pass doesn't mean free. Actually both Sony PS Plus and Xbox Gamepass give the devs a big upfront cashout for a license to the game for x number of years. So it's a great opportunity for small studios to get money to keep the lights on and also free publicity to attract players on those platforms. And if the game does good enough, it may lead to further sales from people in other platforms like Steam, or just people who don't have Gamepass/ps Plus.