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Today, I had the pleasure of speaking directly with Leslie Benzies and Mark Gerhard, CEOs of Build A Rocket Boy. After those conversations I honestly feel much more reassured about the future of both the games and the studio. They answered many of the questions that all of us in the community have been asking for months, and over the next few days I’ll be sharing clips and more information from our conversations. These past few weeks have obviously been incredibly difficult, especially for the people who have left the studio, and I don’t want that to be forgotten or ignored. They know mistakes were made, and they’re not ignoring that. With a smaller team, a clearer focus, and much more attention being paid to community feedback, I genuinely believe things can improve from here. There’s still a long road ahead, but for the first time in a while, I’m feeling optimistic again about where Build A Rocket Boy, EVERYWHERE (yes, EV!) and MindsEye could go next.

New trailer just dropped for BLACKLISTED! The espionage mission arrives April 28 in MindsEye via ARCADIA, following Julia Black in Redrock City.

I think it’s time to talk about a few things that the BARB Community isn’t happy about. I’ll speak for myself, but I know many people will feel represented by this as well. For years, we’ve supported Build A Rocket Boy in every way we could, through both the good times and the difficult ones. But we’ve reached a point where the lack of communication is starting to feel frustrating, and at times even disrespectful towards the community. We understand that this isn’t an easy moment for the company. However, as of today, we still don’t have any clear information about EVERYWHERE. When the Builders Beta ended without prior notice, many of us lost access to hundreds of hours of creations. Projects we had put a lot of time and care into simply disappeared overnight. We were told that those ARCs would return in MindsEye. It’s now been 11 months, and they still haven’t come back. We understand that challenges happen. We really do. But this is exactly why communication matters. The motivation to keep creating in MindsEye fades when the community is left in uncertainty about what’s going to happen. Of course, we don’t expect full transparency. We understand the need to keep certain things under wraps and to build hype for major announcements. That’s completely fair. But right now, it feels like we’ve reached a point of total silence, where we simply don’t know anything. The Community Team is fantastic, and we love them. They've done amazing, but now it feels like they aren’t being given the freedom to communicate openly, and that ultimately affects the entire community and the game(s) too. There have been many mistakes along the way, and hopefully things can gradually move in a better direction. But a good starting point would be to listen to the community, even if it’s small, and engage with it more directly. It’s been a long time since we’ve had something like a Community Corner, a blog post, or any kind of meaningful update. At this point, we don’t even know whether EVERYWHERE is still actively being developed or not. We don’t even know if the EVERYWHERE Discord server will still be used in the future. As the person who built it and runs it, I think it’s fair to ask what comes next? In a situation like this, it becomes very difficult to stay excited. Mark or Leslie, if you're reading this, please give us a reason to keep believing in this. Please, @buildarocketboy, @everywheregame (if you're still alive), @MindsEyeGame, @laughivore.

Our friends over at @MindsEyeBuild are holding their first ever Arcadia Stamp Jam! If you enjoy building UGC in MindsEye then feel free to join - some nice prizes are up for grabs too! Register here: jam.mindseye.builders/jam/mo…

Nice place... 😏

Our friends at @MindsEyeBuild have created a Discord Server focused purely on Arcadia Builders! A technical space to talk about logic nodes, assets, workflows, docs, and challenges. Feel free to join on the tweet below⏬️

Over the coming months, Build A Rocket Boy will unveil the future of MindsEye. What’s coming? ⤵️ - A brand-new expansion with end-game content - Deeper world exploration - A multiplayer mode set within MindsEye’s ARCADIA In the meantime, the team will keep polishing and updating the game. Stay tuned to official BARB communications for what’s next.