UK independent developer Introversion have described their 2008 performance as "truly terrible", designer Chris Delay stating that last year's releases Chronometer, Defcon and Multiwinia were all "failures".

"It's hard for me to look back, because I see Subversion on hold so much of the time, and I see my major time sinks (Chronometer, Defcon DS, Multiwinia) all as failures, not even projects I wanted to work on, and now have to live with them all going sour," the developer said in a blog update.

Delay tells us that Introversion nearly ran out of money last year, but that the company is now back on the up, following new project ambitions.

"We're back on the ascendancy, with a truly terrible year behind us, and a new sense of clarity and purpose," Delay concludes, ending on an upbeat note.

By Luke Guttridge