Also I don't know why his "Lucas Stuff" site has blanked out, so I can no longer see his page's background and do things on it. Or is this issue just my computer? Odd.

His hosting provider force updated the PHP version his website uses which broke it as the code doesn't work properly anymore.

Yes, he is still around and working on the Mod Launcher.

This update came out of nowhere. 1.02 makes Hard mode easier. As I was adjusting A Long Long Night's Hard mode, I figured I should do the same with this mod. My original intent with the second hardest modes in my mods was to be just slightly more bearable versions of their harder counterparts. Every time I followed that idea, I regret doing so. Because the second hardest modes would have been too much harder than the Normal modes.

This thread is just meant to be Jake's goodbye to the community. As such, I have removed the discourse that has transpired here and I am locking the thread.

That is all.

Edit:

Actually, I should add that I don't really fully follow everything that has happened but I would greatly appreciate if this drama could just stop.

In regards to the community at large and the future of the website, the remaining members of the team will have to have internal discussions regarding what we do about that. I don't know how long it will take before we have anything concrete.

Frankly, I think you brought this up specifically for the drama. No offense, but it's hard to believe your retirement announcement when you've made more than one of these. Each time, you said you were leaving for good. But you only leave for a little while. And all these announcements had something in common: Mentioning s*** that you know will cause drama thanks to your choice of words.

Next, I suppose you're going to come back in the future to make an "apology" post just beating yourself up over this. Each successive post is taken less and less seriously. No one is going to take you seriously if you keep doing this.

Congratulations on your release! I've been watching your videos for awhile now and for a first mod, this is an incredible feat.

I really hope to see you around here more!

I've also gone ahead and verified your profile.