 In December 2012 , Uchikoshi mentioned details of a third Zero Escape game , and by June 2013 , he had finished planning the story . However , less than a year later , it was announced that the project was put on hold indefinitely in response to the series ' poor commercial reception in Japan . Uchikoshi examined the possibility of financing the development through the use of crowdfunding on a website like Kickstarter , but felt that the idea would not be persuasive enough for it to meet the goal ; he also sought out opportunities with executives and investors . The series ' fandom created Operation Bluebird , an online campaign to raise awareness of the series and support the game 's development , in response to its hiatus . 
