October 30th

[toth_psyche]

Alec Holowka would have turned 40 today. It would be great to see it somehow “celebrated”, e. g. by someone sharing some old unpublished/unfinished game stuff or some memories, but at least I can make this tiny annual post just to show there are people who care about the person, not just the “case”.

Here's a post [oceanheartgame.tumblr.com] related to one of the last games (next to last I believe; the game was abandoned) he ever worked on, with a couple of photos.

[Joe Diver]

Scott threw him under the bus and then used his suicide to ♥♥♥♥ talk a freshly dead person while playing the victim.

Now he has announced that he is retiring due to heart failure while four years into developing "the spiritual successor" to NITW, causing both the game to be cancelled and the team to be dissolved.

Karma collected.

[Winkwing]

Rest in peace.

[Bee]

Hey toth! So, uh, super yikes, eh? I guess now we know how the endgame of all this played out. And it is entirely chilling and depressing.

[toth_psyche]

Originally posted by Bee:

Hey toth! So, uh, super yikes, eh? I guess now we know how the endgame of all this played out. And it is entirely chilling and depressing.

Sorry, I must have missed your post. Yeah, seems kind of eerie. However, I'd rather see Alec's name finally cleared of the nonsensical allegations than anything bad happen to anyone involved (whatever I think of them).

Today marks 5 years since Alec's death. Here' s just a random cover I found.

[Bee]

Well that's good. For my money it was terribly obvious from the get-go that all the nasty stuff against him was cooked-up by psychopathic narcissists. Some of them are still going. Did you see this? https://steamcommunity.com/app/481510/discussions/0/4138312226659219077/?tscn=1725009798

My post, toward the end. Again, for my money, those who were giving side-eye to Alec's sister had very good reason to do so, as it turns out. Benson too, obviously; but from what I hear he's not doing too good.

Mind you, I don't mean this in any way as some sort of revenge or come-uppance. It's just good to keep apprised as to what this whole culture is like, what they're up to.

[toth_psyche]

Originally posted by Bee:

Did you see this? https://steamcommunity.com/app/481510/discussions/0/4138312226659219077/?tscn=1725009798

My post, toward the end.

No, I didn't. That's sad if true. I was hoping the heirs would focus on finishing the last game they had been working on together (something set in the Canadian woods I beleive), but I guess it's now safe to say that the project has been abandoned forever.

[Bee]

I very much doubt that they will--or if it did somehow get made, it wouldn't be up to the standards people would expect. The ghouls just don't have the vision or talent or the discipline for it. It's very clear now that NitW was really a one-man show. They killed the golden goose. I find it personally offensive that they get to live off the proceeds, considering they gaslit him into an early grave so they could steal all his stuff, but I suppose there are worse things happening out there in the world.

[toth_psyche]

It's Alec's 41st birthday today.

[Golden Boy]

Poor guy

[Hotel Security]

Gotta give a shout-out to Alec's earlier game Aquaria. A very cool Metroid-clone.

[Bee]

Originally posted by Hotel Security:

Gotta give a shout-out to Alec's earlier game Aquaria. A very cool Metroid-clone.

Don't forget co-creator Derek Yu (Spelunky) in there. Aquaria was amazing. It and Pixel's Cave Story together basically launched indie game-making into the stratosphere. Neither brought anything entirely new to the table, but they proved that small-team productions could be just as quality as games made by big studios.

[JudgeMental1337]

Originally posted by Captain Joe Schmoe:

Scott threw him under the bus and then used his suicide to ♥♥♥♥ talk a freshly dead person while playing the victim.

Now he has announced that he is retiring due to heart failure while four years into developing "the spiritual successor" to NITW, causing both the game to be cancelled and the team to be dissolved.

Karma collected.

Wait what? Can somebody explain that? I knew there were some things in this "team" that were horrendous but I don´t have all the infos?

[Bee]

Originally posted by JudgeMental1337:

Originally posted by Captain Joe Schmoe:

Karma collected.

Wait what? Can somebody explain that? I knew there were some things in this "team" that were horrendous but I don´t have all the infos?

You'd need one of those crazy push-pin maps with scraps and photos tacked to the wall to fully explain it, but the quick-and-dirty is that Alec's partner Scott teamed up with Chelsea van Valkenburg (aka "zoe quinn") to torch Alec's credibility and mental well-being. They did this so ruthlessly and efficiently that Alec took a long walk off a short pier. Alec's estate went into the hands of his sister, who now partners with many of the same folks involved in hounding him to destruction in a DEI scam, paying herself and friends to be the principals of a fake diversity not-for-profit that does the same racket as Sweet Baby Inc, except on a far smaller scale.

The whole thing is supremely messed up and everyone involved is foul.

[JudgeMental1337]

Originally posted by Bee:

Originally posted by JudgeMental1337:

Wait what? Can somebody explain that? I knew there were some things in this "team" that were horrendous but I don´t have all the infos?

You'd need one of those crazy push-pin maps with scraps and photos tacked to the wall to fully explain it, but the quick-and-dirty is that Alec's partner Scott teamed up with Chelsea van Valkenburg (aka "zoe quinn") to torch Alec's credibility and mental well-being. They did this so ruthlessly and efficiently that Alec took a long walk off a short pier. Alec's estate went into the hands of his sister, who now partners with many of the same folks involved in hounding him to destruction in a DEI scam, paying herself and friends to be the principals of a fake diversity not-for-profit that does the same racket as Sweet Baby Inc, except on a far smaller scale.

The whole thing is supremely messed up and everyone involved is foul.

Damn I hope they get their Karmas worth ...

[Golden Boy]

Originally posted by JudgeMental1337:

Originally posted by Bee:

You'd need one of those crazy push-pin maps with scraps and photos tacked to the wall to fully explain it, but the quick-and-dirty is that Alec's partner Scott teamed up with Chelsea van Valkenburg (aka "zoe quinn") to torch Alec's credibility and mental well-being. They did this so ruthlessly and efficiently that Alec took a long walk off a short pier. Alec's estate went into the hands of his sister, who now partners with many of the same folks involved in hounding him to destruction in a DEI scam, paying herself and friends to be the principals of a fake diversity not-for-profit that does the same racket as Sweet Baby Inc, except on a far smaller scale.

The whole thing is supremely messed up and everyone involved is foul.

Damn I hope they get their Karmas worth ...

you reap what you sow