 While the programming was getting started, another programmer decided to leave the company in the midst of completing one of Wolosenko's projects, "Slime".Hales was pulled off the development of "Fort Apocalypse" to finish "Slime", but found the code too difficult to continue and had to start over from scratch.The resulting delay meant Brøderbund's "Choplifter" reached the market first, and "Fort Apocalypse" was often considered a me-too effort.