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Boomerang X studio Dang! is shutting down

Dang.

Itā€™s a sad day for the indie gaming scene, as Boomerang X developer DANG! has announced its imminent closure via ašŸ™ˆ .Ā 

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The announcement was made via a screenshot of a notepad document, causing some to wonder if this was a joke in poor taste, but the studio confirmed in the replies that it was really closing down. In the announcement, the team said the closure is primarily due to ašŸ’ lack of resources for its next game.

ā€œWeā€™re not writing off thšŸ“–e possibility of working on some small stuff together in the future but for now weā€™re all going our separatšŸ”Æe ways,ā€ the post said.

In the replies, one user askeź¦d about crowdfunding, to which the account responded that ā€œweā€™ve discussed it before but itā€™s never quā–Øite made sense for our situation, unfortunately.ā€ 

As for the rather crudešŸ”œ means of conveying this message, the studio said no one on the team wanted to make ā€œa professional-looking closure announcement with the logo on it and everything.ā€

Boomerang X launched on July 21, 2021 for PC via both and the , as well as the . It currently has an ā€œoverwhelmingly positiveā€ review score on Steam. In the replies of the announcemą¼ŗent, it was confirmed that the game will continue to be sold despišŸŒ„te the studioā€™s closure.


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