Did the Dev die?

[Bussy Slammer 420 Goku]

I hear he has vanished for like, a year now. I guess when they did the Switch port, people over there have been trying to have contact with him over months now?

[jinxed!]

very unlikely

[Dire Wombat]

I think it was just a side project for him and after a while he lost interest. People are weird like that, but it's a shame a dev charging full price won't bother to be transparent about it.

[ohnonononon]

i think you actually mean that he charges full price for a completed game, right?

[Dire Wombat]

Originally posted by ohnonononon:

i think you actually mean that he charges full price for a completed game, right?

I mean, it's pretty clear the game was rushed out of EA with basic placeholder/rough-draft content in key places, so it could technically be called a 1.0 release. It still plays very much like an EA title.

Again, it's a side project for the dev & for whatever reason his interest & effort really tailed off in the latter stages of development. There's not really any disputing that. It would have been nice for him to be transparent to players & longtime project backers about this.

[Wiw]

Such a shame... this game has a lot of untapped potential.

[rygar8bit]

It was finished.

[defGaime]

Originally posted by rygar8bit:

It was finished.

Not when there's an unfinished game mode lol.

[ohnonononon]

Originally posted by defGaime:

Originally posted by rygar8bit:

It was finished.

Not when there's an unfinished game mode lol.

lmao if this game experience is ruined for you because there's an unfinished game mode, just walk away already

[Vertigo]

Originally posted by ohnonononon:

lmao if this game experience is ruined for you because there's an unfinished game mode, just walk away already

That's right folks. You are not allowed to talk about a game being incomplete. How dare we hold people responsible for a product we paid for. If there is any issue with the game whatsoever, you should ignore it if you are a real fan.

It's attitudes like this that are why we are seeing a reduction in the quality of games (and buggy releases). For example, Bethesda realizes it can continue to release half finished products that someone else will mod for them. I am sure these companies love all the people that will defend any level of poor design because fanboy spend money.

Here is a simple thought for some of our logically challenged friends: you can enjoy the game while simultaneously pointing out issues with how the development went.

[defGaime]

Originally posted by ohnonononon:

Originally posted by defGaime:

Not when there's an unfinished game mode lol.

lmao if this game experience is ruined for you because there's an unfinished game mode, just walk away already

Where did I say my game experience was "ruined"? I was just stating a fact. There's an entire game mode missing that's supposedly coming in the future...supposedly.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3375324360

[VinylMorpheus]

Originally posted by rygar8bit:

It was finished.

It’s finished in the sense that the dev is clearly not going to do anything more but no the game is not finished and the 1.0 was an absolute joke.

[Ni-K Foul]

Originally posted by Vertigo:

Originally posted by ohnonononon:

lmao if this game experience is ruined for you because there's an unfinished game mode, just walk away already

That's right folks. You are not allowed to talk about a game being incomplete. How dare we hold people responsible for a product we paid for. If there is any issue with the game whatsoever, you should ignore it if you are a real fan.

It's attitudes like this that are why we are seeing a reduction in the quality of games (and buggy releases). For example, Bethesda realizes it can continue to release half finished products that someone else will mod for them. I am sure these companies love all the people that will defend any level of poor design because fanboy spend money.

Here is a simple thought for some of our logically challenged friends: you can enjoy the game while simultaneously pointing out issues with how the development went.

what are you talking about, its indie game without budget, you know how stupid you sound when compare this with bethesda that didnt even make indie games. I can understand if it was devolvers, but even they have some money to help people

[Vertigo]

Originally posted by Ni-K Foul:

what are you talking about, its indie game without budget, you know how stupid you sound when compare this with bethesda that didnt even make indie games. I can understand if it was devolvers, but even they have some money to help people

Trust, me, the ones sounding "stupid" are the people that act like people have no place to criticize the game (and make ridiculous points to defend it).

Nobody said this game had a triple A budget. Still, the whole point of early access is that people pay in advance to support a developer as they work on a project. And I hate to break it to you, he is a developer since he is the one making the game.

Here are three major problems people have with the game:

First, the dev used to post almost daily on his X feed to keep up hype. At one point he dropped off the earth and had no contact with anyone for almost a year. Had he given people an update (or at least explained he was going on break for a while), people would give him a lot more slack.

Second, the game was released with a higher price tag while still being incomplete. There is a noticeable amount of content that has been around since 2021 that never got fixed/updated.

Third, the dev could have outsourced the work to another developer or made the mod tools enough so that fans could finish the game for him. Instead they have disappeared again now that 1.0 is out.

One can like this game but point out some of the major issues with it. This isn't rocket science.

[heavy-mouse]

We had this song and dance several times already. Dev is not that good at communicating so he'll just drop an update whenever he feels like it's ready and until then it will be complete silence that can last for years.

[Ein Nineteenth]

Originally posted by Vertigo:

Originally posted by ohnonononon:

lmao if this game experience is ruined for you because there's an unfinished game mode, just walk away already

That's right folks. You are not allowed to talk about a game being incomplete. How dare we hold people responsible for a product we paid for. If there is any issue with the game whatsoever, you should ignore it if you are a real fan.

It's attitudes like this that are why we are seeing a reduction in the quality of games (and buggy releases). For example, Bethesda realizes it can continue to release half finished products that someone else will mod for them. I am sure these companies love all the people that will defend any level of poor design because fanboy spend money.

Here is a simple thought for some of our logically challenged friends: you can enjoy the game while simultaneously pointing out issues with how the development went.

To be fair, that's how they've operated for 30 years. They know their fanbase is stupid enough to do their jobs for them. I don't know where this generation's idea of product loyalty came from though. I mean, when we were younger, products actually.. Improved or had fan clubs for loyal customers. These new companies will piss in your mouth and call it a free sample.