Is Project M dead?

[The Toaster]

As a long time smasher and quite the PM player, it saddens me to see the game "dying."

The development team is no longer updating the game, so most people equate this to the game's end. But is it? Now there can be a concrete teir list, and no more bothering to relearn your character after an update. How do you think this will effect the community?

Which version do you think should still be played in tournaments 3.6 or All Stars?

[The_Stig]

Whats Project M?

[minibois]

Well.. Nintendo has been pushing tournaments not to play Project M anymore since the release of Smash 4. This makes me think Project M will have less prevalence in (big) tournaments. Now the big tournaments mostly have Melee and Smash 4, whereas in the past they had Melee and Project M (and before PM they had Brawl.. But you know..).

 

It really depends on what you consider dead. But there probably wont be any new updates that will be considered the official updates by everyone. Thus I don't see anyone finishing the Knuckles, Isaac and two more characters.

[minibois]

Whats Project M?

It's a mod for the Wii game "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" that makes it a lot more fast paced, less luck based and more like its predecessor "Super Smash Bros. Melee".

Recently (like two weeks ago) the site of this mod says development is seized and there is no download for it available anymore (there are some mirrors out there though). This is likely because legal actions by Nintendo (the site has a contact email on the page, which is to a lawyer)

[LogicalDrm]

Major streamers dropping it from tournament coverage does much also. But that too falls down to Sm4sh and Nintendos policy towards streaming their games. And modding them as seen with that speedrunner controversy.

[Tylo]

In the long run, maybe. In the short run, no since it got a lot of coverage of them stopping the development which got more people to hear about it.

[CarterDavison]

Whats Project M?

There's OPs answer..

[EscalatorBoy]

Project M is alive and well, and 3.6 will be the main version from here on out.

 

My local scene still has a lot of support for the game, and despite it having less online visibility with regards to streams and whatnot, the game is still played and loved by a large contingent of Smashers and isn't going away any time soon.

 

The PM streams are now primarily found on hitbox.tv, and hopefully Nintendo doesn't bring the hammer down on those.

 

The bright side of all this is that now that the game will no longer be patched, a proper meta can be developed.

[foxhound590]

from the project m website

 

Hello friends, 

 

Six years ago, we started a journey born out of our shared love for competitive fighting games. Eventually, the electrifying passion that coursed through us arced out and drew in more people until our small circle of friends grew into a team, and that team grew into an international community. Project M and its community have grown larger than any of us ever anticipated, and it’s truly heartwarming to see all of the unforgettable connections and friendships that have been forged through this project. 

 

Unfortunately, we’re here to say that we’re at the end of that road. 

 

We’ve learned so much in the process of making Project M—accumulating life-changing lessons in communication, team work, professionalism, work ethic, and more—but there’s only so far we can take those skills in a volunteer project. With this in mind, we’ve made a difficult business decision: We’re ready to finish development here and move on to bigger and better ventures. 

 

We realize that this will come as a shock to many of our fans. Please, forgive us. Again, it’s been an excruciating call to make, but it’s been made a bit easier by our satisfaction with the previous and final release, v3.6. We’ve spent six years polishing Project M, and rather than let it drag on through another several years of dwindling development and change-fatigue in the competitive circle, we’re going to consider our work complete. 

 

In the mean time, we plan to be hard at work on new projects, built from the ground up. We can’t spill the beans just yet, but know that we’re looking towards a fresh start with brand new designs. Rather than splitting our focus, many of us want to dedicate ourselves to this new venture fully. In this way, we hope to maintain the level of quality and professionalism you’ve come to expect from us. 

 

In summary, we are ceasing development of Project M (effective immediately) and will be making no further releases as we turn our attention towards an entirely new venture. As the PMDev team will be formally disbanded, please forward all official communications regarding Project M to video game attorney and business consultant . We appreciate your support and your understanding. 

 

One final time, 

 

PMDev 

 

Thank you for playing!

https://projectmgame.com/

 

 from that i think the project has bean shutdown tho it was a good mod

[EscalatorBoy]

Development has ceased, but the mod is still available and is widely played - basically it's a complete game now, no more patches. It's the fate of regular games as well as mods.

[Nonco]

Yeah was shut down, shame. However Melee is still the best smash game so just play that instead :'D