Fen Research & Brighter Shores: Andrew Gower's Final Joke

Published in News on January 24th, 2026

Hello, it's been a while. I just wanted to post one final update on this website. Long story short, Brighter Shores is dead in the water, and Andrew Gower has proven himself to be something of a joke as a game developer at this point. This website was the first piece of fan content for Brighter Shores on the internet, so it's disappointing to see it end like this, but there is zero chance I will give this game any more of my time. Gower and the rest of his team have demonstrated their incompetence, and Brighter Shores is going to remain an unfun prototype for a game engine that will never be released.

Not only have they dropped the ball on the development of the game, they've also shunned their content creators by playing favorites. I won't go too deeply into the details here, but they've failed at proper community management and no longer even have anyone helping to promote the game.

Here is Teloril's video, which perfectly explains the entire situation. At one point, he was Fen Research's go-to content creator, but even he recognized how poorly the company is run and how bad the game has become.

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