“We have learned that laptops float sometimes,” one of the developers of small indie studio Hello Games Tweeted late today, breaking what appears to be the unfortunate news that the offices of one of 2013’s most exciting indie studios have all but been ruined.
Happily, there are no reports of injuries, but the fate of the Joe Danger studio’s next game, the in-development out-of-nowhere stunner No Man’s Sky is unclear.
Here are the Tweets sent from the official account of the Guildford, England-based studio shortly before midnight their time:
Oh god. Water moves really quick. Hello Games has been totally flooded. Everything in the office has pretty much been lost 🙁
— Hello Games (@hellogames) December 24, 2013
A lifesize cardboard cut out of Joe Danger went floating past face down. Poor Joe. He’s taking this the worst.
— Hello Games (@hellogames) December 24, 2013
Massive thanks to everyone who tried to help here today. We have learned that laptops float sometimes
— Hello Games (@hellogames) December 24, 2013
Leaving now and letting firemen to help real people (all the houses around us with kids and xmas) – rather than us drowning to save a hdd 🙂
— Hello Games (@hellogames) December 25, 2013
We’ve reached out to the folks at Hello to find out more about what happened. We’re crossing our fingers that the game was backed up and not lost or set back in any major way. And, of course, we wish everyone at Hello the best in what is certainly a stressful time.
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Never thought I’d be saying this, but they should consider running a Kickstarter to help recoup part of the costs. Everyone has seen the idea behind the game not to mention actual gameplay and heaps of people are super excited about it. This is probably the one time Kickstarter could be legit.