Squid Shock Studios, the developer of "Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus," is asking fans for help on Patreon after a "restructuring" at Humble Games left the company without post-launch support.

"It's been a busy two weeks since we launched our first game, Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus," Squid Shock said on Twitter.

"The launch was not without its difficulties. The publisher shut down, leaving the studio without critical post-launch support and putting the future of the studio in jeopardy."

The company's employees have been working on the project for the past two years, and the company has been working on the project for the past two years.

According to one employee, 36 people at Humble Games were laid off, and according to Chris Radley, a former Humble employee, the team was replaced by a third-party consultancy. Despite this uncertainty, Humble's official statement was one of utmost care to support the studios with which it had partnered: "Supporting our development partners and assisting former team members remains our top priority. Supporting our development partners and assisting former team members continues to be our top priority." We are committed to making this transition as smooth as possible for everyone involved. It is unclear to what extent this statement is true for other developers, but it certainly seems that Ika Shock has hit the nail on the head.

"On July 25th we lost access to our pipeline of critical systems without warning. 'We can now only manage our games on Steam and were able to push out updates this week. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for consoles. Porting and QA support is tied up in contracts with publishers, and as of this writing, that pipeline has not yet been restored. However, steps are finally being taken to restore access."

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Initial funding for Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus began on Kickstarter, but unfortunately Squidshock was forced to return to crowdfunding and launched Patreon to seek support "in these uncertain times."

The company is now a member of the Patreon Board of Directors.

Currently, there are six options for membership: the Seedling is the cheapest option at $1 (£1) per month, which gives players a digital thank you card for exclusive art, access to Patreon updates and posts, and access to Discord; the Kami the most expensive option at $100 (£85) per month and, according to the description, gives access to "unique in-game collaborations named after or designed in collaboration with the patron." It also includes an invitation to a virtual launch party and a personalized thank-you message from the team.

"Beyond small updates to the game," says Squidshock, "our studio has a lot planned." Bo began as a community effort, with backers believing in us and backing the initial funding on Kickstarter."

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Squid Shock states. [As of this writing, Squid Shock's Patreon has 22 paying members, and we hope this is the beginning of something more tangible for the studio. In the last post to the platform, the patch notes for the early preview of version 1.1 were shared, and it was announced that a new patch has been submitted to the QA team.