Serpent in the Staglands

Serpent in the Staglands launched on May 28, 2015 and received a steady stream of patches and updates through 2017. The store description explicitly states: "You'll never pay for updates, patches, or DLC of any kind for Serpent in the Staglands," confirming the game was sold as a complete package with free updates. A free expansion titled "A Fool's Banquet" (also known as "A Banquet for Fools") was announced in February 2016 and teased again in the December 2016 update post, which mentioned "art and content for the expansion" planned for the following year. However, this expansion was never released. It appears development was absorbed into the studio's next project, Copper Dreams, which was described as sharing the same new engine and ruleset ("Burning Candle") that was being built for the expansion. No developer communication after December 2016 mentions the expansion as still forthcoming, and no posts after 2017 reference it at all. The most recent developer communication is a bug fix patch from December 7, 2023 (Version 19), which addressed OS compatibility issues and minor bugs. This is a maintenance update with no mention of new content. Prior to that, the last substantive update was in January 2017. The expansion that was once announced has been silent for nearly a decade with no developer reaffirmation, and the studio has since moved on to other projects. The game's store page makes no mention of any planned expansion. Given the explicit "no paid DLC" promise was fulfilled, the expansion was never released and has not been referenced by the developer in years, and the game continues to receive only occasional compatibility maintenance, Serpent in the Staglands is effectively a complete product. The most recent patch on December 7, 2023 represents the last known developer activity.