✅Real talk update. ✅ We've been stuck in and out of what many people in the game industry would call "development hell" with Beastside for the last lil while. Some days… the reliance on others feels like we’re just never going to hit a finish line or key milestone with development. For years we've put our trust in developers, timelines, estimates, and promises that the next milestone was right around the corner. We've tried to be patient. We've tried to be understanding. We've given chance after chance after chance for things to stay on track. The reality is that deadlines have continued to slip, progress has continued to stall, and too often we've found ourselves trapped in endless troubleshooting loops that don't seem to have a clear beginning, middle, or end. As founders, that's frustrating. What makes it even more frustrating is what we've discovered over the last year... Instead of sitting on the sidelines waiting for progress reports, myself, Caleb, and Matheus decided to start learning game development ourselves firsthand. We dove headfirst into modern workflows, AI-assisted development, Unity, three.js, vite, web technologies, prototyping, debugging, design systems, documentation, and real industry standard production pipelines. What started as curiosity turned into something unexpected… We started building. And things started moving. Fast. Not because game development is easy. It isn't. But because modern tools have fundamentally changed what's possible for people who are willing to learn, adapt, ask questions, document properly, and take ownership of problems instead of getting stuck on them. The uncomfortable truth is that some of the side projects we're building with a tiny fraction of Beastside's budget are moving faster than Beastside itself. Which makes no sense as seemingly novice devs ourselves. That forces us to ask some difficult questions. If we're now fully capable of building systems, solving problems, creating prototypes, and moving projects forward ourselves, does it still make sense to continue relying on others to execute on our visions and timelines? Or is it time for us as founders to take direct ownership of the development process and bring Beastside home? I've always believed that if you want something done right, eventually you have to be willing to do it yourself. And the more we learn, the more difficult it becomes to ignore that reality… This isn't a decision we're taking lightly. There are people who have contributed in some significant ways to Beastside and we appreciate every effort that's been made along the way. But at the end of the day, our responsibility isn't to protect feelings. Our responsibility is to ship the game. So that's where our heads are at right now. So now we have an important decision to make. Do we continue down the current path? Do we give the existing dev structure one final opportunity to prove itself? Or do we take the wheel ourselves and attempt to drive Beastside across the finish line? Curious what the community thinks. Because one thing is certain: We're done accepting endless delays as the normal cost of progress. It doesn’t feel good. I’ve been patient enough. I feel it’s time to switch things back up to our smaller team with more direct regimented focus. 🙏

What do we think gang? 👀 #gamedev #indiedev #multiplayer

Round 9: Beast Creative Lab Trials is LIVE 🧑‍🔬🧪🔬 (creative challenge spotlighting the best Beast-inspired artwork from the AKCB community and creators across Web3) Earn NFTs B*Points ⸻ Round 9 Theme: BEAST Headquarters 🏠🧪🔥 Every crew needs a base… This round is all about showing where your Beasts live, build, plan, create, regroup, and prepare for the next move. Create your BEAST HQ as a lab, clubhouse, command center, studio, bunker, hideout, spaceport, or home base that feels true to your Beast’s world. Build it like a real place your NFT crew would actually live, work, train, experiment, or create in. Make it feel alive. Make it feel personal. Make it in BEAST Mode! **BONUS Prizes: if you include any SpaceRiders characters in your content 🏄🏻‍♂️💫👀 ⸻ Prizes: 🥇 1st: BitBeast 7,000 B*Points 🥈 2nd: BitBeast 3,000 B*Points 🥉 3rd: 5,000 B*Points 4th–10th: 1,000 B*Points each **Bonus SpaceRiders Prizes 🏄🏻‍♂️🚀 The 3 highest voted BEAST x SpaceRiders HQ entries will each win a Rider Board. ——— BitBeasts provided by AJAY & Random: @acarch2 & @randomdh_eth B*Points are given out by Meme and the AKCB team 🙏🔥 @memexbby @Rafsby ⸻ Rules: • Create original Beast-themed artwork • Stay true to AKCB style character integrity • Your entry must clearly match the BEAST Headquarters theme • Post your entry on the timeline and include the required hashtags *quote post • Images & videos are both accepted as entries How to Enter: • Create: Bring your Beast to life using the round 9 theme • Post: Share your entry using hashtags: #AKCB & #BeastCreativeLab • Tag: @aKIDcalledBEAST • * Quote Post: Must quote this post to be entered * ⸻ Entry Window: Entry cutoff is Monday, June 15th at 6 PM EST ⏰‼️ Voting: The community has until Wednesday, June 17th at 12 PM EST to vote on their favorites 🗳️🔥 Voting website: beasthood.tools/lab Winners Next Theme: Winners will be announced in the June 17 AKCB community spaces along with the next Beast Creative Lab theme. ⸻ Powered by the AKCB community 🔥🚀 #AKCB 🦾 #BeastCreativeLab 🔬 @aKIDcalledBEAST