Poof. Perplex City Ends.

Huh.

Season 2 of Perplex City has been canceled, according to this post by Adrian Hon. The ARG, whose next installment was to start today, has been terminated, and probably won't happen in the future. The writing team has left Mind Candy (the development company). No explanation of why is given, "because I'm not at liberty to say." Violet's blog gives the "in-game" rationale. It's unclear from Adrian's post if the Wave 2 cards will be released—it sounds like they will, if only to recoup costs—but we who are playing it shouldn't expect anything beyond that.

Well, that's a drag. I'm most of the way through Season 2, Wave 1, having all the cards except for one black and half a dozen silvers and having solved most of the cards I've currently got. I've gotten into the cards more this time, and I've got a game rank of 207 as I write this (with a break of 200 imminent, once I finish this &$#@! Braille word search). I've seen some neat puzzle ideas that I've filed away for future reference. So I'm sad.

I guess I can get back to focusing on my mechanical puzzles now. And my video games. And, you know, my writing projects.

Update: Naturally, there's already speculation that it's a hoax, since today was the first day of the ARG. Also, it sounds as if they will release the cards through Season 2, though this is hearsay.

via Joystiq