Hey there! Regarding your first question: yes! I created it from scratch. I reused some assets from NitorInc and contacted the same composer who made the music for the NitorInc version. She even created a new track for this version—the main menu theme.
I'm really happy that you played it and enjoyed it. I'm pretty bad at promoting the game, so it's great to know that publishing it here attracted new people from the community, like yourself.
As for NitorInc, it's hard to know what really happened. As a member of the server, I noticed that the project leader was under a lot of stress due to the huge amount of work. They were contributing, either in small or major ways when needed, to virtually every microgame while also handling the broader aspects of the project and managing the team.
At some point, they decided to take some time off to rest. Then, a few weeks later, the Discord server was nuked. The admins said it had been hacked and that they had to shut it down for security reasons.
Years have passed, and that's the last thing I heard about NitorInc. I've contacted several developers who worked on the project, trying to find out more, but so far they all know the same things I do.
