Sadness actually had people working on it?
Well, on paper at least. There was that famous interview with a former contractor who said all that was ever completed for the project was a couple 3D models.
But that's still at least
something.Nibris did end up releasing like 1
or 2 games no one cared about, even if Sadness itself never came out.
Edit- Behold, the only game Nibris released before becoming Bloober Team: