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 moonlight-skulk is the working title for a stealth game wherein you have 8 game hours to steal as much loot as you can before being detected, or before the sun rises.
 
+Development Discontinued
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+My employer has requested that I stop all work on this project. Sorry folks.
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 Development notes
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-Development status is tracked on Waffle : https://waffle.io/akesterson/moonlight-skulk
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+Development status is tracked on Waffle : https://waffle.io/akesterson/moonlight-skulk