The first real programming project I worked on that wasn't just a greenfield toy was maintaining a MUD. In the MUD community you tend to have 2-3 devs per MUD

The first real programming project I worked on that wasn't just a greenfield toy was maintaining a MUD. In the MUD community you tend to have 2-3 devs per MUD which is usually about 5% of the DAU. The code is insanely old and crusty but people maintain it because they want to keep it alive. You ain't seen crusty until you've seen Diku. Things happen because people care - a lot of people care passionately about SS13 and, while it may take quite some time (and while SS14 may not be it) I'm pretty sure there will be a SS13 remake eventually.