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A curated list of awesome but forever unfinished works and projects.

Awesome Unfinished

A curated list of awesome but forever unfinished works and projects.

Unfinished refers to any awesome work or project that can be consumed but can never be completed. This can refer to a TV show, a book series, a symphony, a video game, or any other substantial effort that was at least partially avaiable to the public or community but all further work has been halted permanently.

Unfinished is not any work or project that is still in development, has activity upstream or downstream, is related to a book series where the author is still alive, or any other situation where the possibility for that work or project to resume activity in its current state still exists.

If you are unsure if something is actually unfinished just submit an issue and we'll help investigate!

Content

• Books
• Games
• Music
• Paintings
• TV Shows

Books

• Der Process (The Trial) by Franz Kafka [3.96] - The terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information.

Games

• Mythos (2012-2014) by Flagship Supdios - Mythos was a multiplayer role-playing video game that started as a network technology test for Flagship Studios' multiplayer game Hellgate: London. Myhos' development was led by Travis Baldree, creator of the action RPG FATE, working with a development team largely composed of ex-Blizzard North employees, who were lead producers of the Diablo series.

Music

• Requiem (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year.

Paintings

• Treaty of Paris (1783) by Benjamin West - This painting depicts the United States delegation preparing to further negotiate and sign the 1783 Treaty of Paris and formally end the American Revolutionary War. Before ending the American Revolution, John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin posed for the painting. The British delegation refused to pose, and the painting was never completed.

TV Shows

• Dark Matter (2015-2017) [7.5] - Six people wake up on a spaceship with no memory of who they are or their past, only to learn that they're the most wanted and dangerous assassins in the galaxy. This show also had one of the best android characters in the aughts television.

• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016-2017) [8.2] - This Elijah Wood-lead take on the Douglas Adams novel series was quirky, fun, engaging, and only got better with each new episode.

• Firefly (2002-2003) [9.0] - Gripping, clever, fun space western that still holds up today, regardless of Joss Whedon's involvement.

• Happy! (2017-2019) [8.2] - An injured hitman befriends his kidnapped daughter's imaginary friend - a perky blue flying unicorn.

• The Order (2019-2020) [6.8] - Brighter, more action-oriented, and better acted than The Magicians, this "magic is real" show also has warewolves.

Contributing

All feedback and contributions are welcome.

Other Lists

• Awesome Sci-Fi - Sci-Fi worth consuming.
• Awesome Fantasy - Fantasy literature worth reading.
• Awesome Uncopyright - Public domain works.
• Creative Commons Media - Creative Commons licensed media.

awesome-unfinished's Issues

INVESTIGATION: Star Wars 1313

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_1313

A friend of mine was a developer on Star Wars 1313 at Lucas Arts prior the purchase by Disney. While the game itself was never released, prototypes of the grapple/climb/walk/engage system were playable, as were rendered scenes for some levels.

Since this was cancelled, it does fall under "unfinished", but since the rest of the world besides the developers never even had a chance to see it, does it still count as unfinished?

[INVESTIGATION] - Colony

What is the item that is possibly unfinished?
Colony

What is a main reference URL?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209256/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(TV_series)

Why do you think this is unfinished?
Show was cancelled, network no longer has rights. Though all actors could possibly return.

Additional information
Add any other details or screenshots about the request here.

[FEATURE] Standardize format for entries in each category

After reviewing multiple awesome lists, especially highly viewed non-development ones like Awesome Sci-Fi and Awesome Fantasy, I have decided that I think awesome lists are better when each entry is as concise and yet descriptive as possible without using more than 1-2 sentences. I also like it when badges/icons/images are used to denote information as long as they're not too aggressive.

For now I am going to propose the following as a standard entry format for each item. This should be reviewed as the list grows.

[TITLE](URL) (year(s)) - Awesome_description_here. {REFERENCE_AND_UNFINISHED_REASON_BADGES}

or

[TITLE](URL) - Awesome_description_here. {REFERENCE_AND_UNFINISHED_REASON_BADGES}

Badges are still under investigation but I'm happy to use some if anyone has any in mind.

INVESTIGATION - Mythos

What is the item that is possibly unfinished?
Mythos

What is a main reference URL?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythos_(video_game)

Why do you think this is unfinsihed?
Game was very playable (I have dozens of screenshots from my time in it) but still in a beta state when the company was dissolved and assets sold to other companies. The servers and related services were terminated.

[FEATURE] Add badges for links and unfinished reasons

Need badges for unfinished reasons. Each badge should be simple but convey reasons and multiple badges/reasons can exist for a single entry. Here's a few I'm spitballing but of course there are likely dozens:

• show cancelled
• set/costumes sold/destroyed
• author deceased
• critical dependency sunset
• only viable host permanently disabled
• DCMA or other copyright-related takedowns
• Corporate merger
• made illegal

test issue

What is the item that is possibly unfinished?
The name of the work or project.

What is a main reference URL?
Provide a URL to a real reference page either from the creator/developer/author/artist or to Wikipedia or similar.

Why do you think this is unfinsihed?
Provide your explanation is as clear terms as possible

Additional information
Add any other details or screenshots about the request here.