Game is not dead, and his alive

[DoodleBugGamingYT]

Hi I have spoken to Roy the developer it is still going ahead and is working in the background, he said everytime he post stuff he was getting negative comments so has refrained posting anything on here.

He is working on his own and says it's coming along nicely and he said he can work on it on his own and is progressing to the time line on the website.

Because of negative comments when he was posting on here he has decided not to post here and just keep his head down to develop this great game

[City Builder]

Originally posted by Doodle Bug Gaming:

Hi I have spoken to Roy the developer it is still going ahead and is working in the background, he said everytime he post stuff he was getting negative comments so has refrained posting anything on here.

He is working on his own and says it's coming along nicely and he said he can work on it on his own and is progressing to the time line on the website.

Because of negative comments when he was posting on here he has decided not to post here and just keep his head down to develop this great game

He hasn't posted in ages so not sure how "every time that he post stuff he was getting negative comments", he needs to grow a thicker skin if that is what his issue is.

He obviously has no idea that keeping the community informed (which he doesn't do) is what sells a game, being silent because people hurt his lil' feelings does not sell games.

Yeah, coming along nicely... He could post some new screenshots or better yet videos on the store page to show this "coming along nicely".

Honestly, I think this is BS. He's free to post new screenshots, or videos, hell, he can even post updates on the forum and lock to the topic so that nobody can reply to it, but he chooses not to.

I hope he's still working on it full time but I have my doubts.

[DoodleBugGamingYT]

Apparently was getting negative feedback last year, so he decided to just get on with the game in my opinion I won't not believe something if I have no evidence to believe it.

And yes I did mention to him he does need to get a community behind him to make a success of the game and he said once he has it in better condition he will show case it.

[Bertie]

If the game gets released and bugs appear (which they will, no game is bug free) he's going to get negative feedback. Does this mean that he's going to go AWOL every time? It's not the way he needs to be doing things. Not liking negative comments is one thing, but disappearing for 8 months because of them is another.

[Cenotaph]

as a dev you have to show some backbone and not get deterred by some negative commenters. I find the reasoning rather weak and it shows disregard to your potential customer base. Perhaps he's not used to dealing with customers much, but this wont help him at all

[City Builder]

If it does get released and it’s good people will forget all about this

[Rylock]

Well Great, keep going man, and i agree thicker skin. Its' a game after all

[Cenotaph]

Originally posted by City Builder:

If it does get released and it’s good people will forget all about this

well potentially this could be true, but the game could benefit a lot from community feedback and if a developer is unwilling the game might be in a state its hard to recover from.

[ARKEXLUMIS]

This game should be reported for fraud. It's just an attempt to get money for something that won't ever exist. The actions of the developer speak for themselves, loudly and clearly.

[City Builder]

Originally posted by Arkodyne:

This game should be reported for fraud. It's just an attempt to get money for something that won't ever exist. The actions of the developer speak for themselves, loudly and clearly.

How, he's not selling it on Steam, only listing it.

Do what you think is right, if you feel it's fraud and needs to be reported go for it and let steam decide, but I'm pretty sure they'll disagree with you.

So far he's done nothing but created a steam store page with no way to buy it here at Steam.

I could do the same and list an idea for a game and as long as I don't take money for it, with fraudulent intentions it's nothing more than an advertisement for my idea for a game.

[toca]

What I don't get is why he hasn't updated the roadmap on his own website, no negative feedback there but it is still showing september 2019 as last updated...

[ExcessivelySalty]

Originally posted by Arkodyne:

This game should be reported for fraud. It's just an attempt to get money for something that won't ever exist. The actions of the developer speak for themselves, loudly and clearly.

Umm, how is it fraudulent if it's just a listing and you can't even purchase anything? Oh yeah the "actions of the dev" speak so clearly. You'd have an actual argument if we had already paid for the game.

[rovaira2]

It looks cool, but hope to see some update that it still is being worked on. The website itself doesn't have any updates from what I can see since 9/2019.
https://metropolisim.com/

I did find this video that around the 6:50 mark might show some new footage from late 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnjMFX5g1sU

Reddit also has an update in 11/2019.
https://www.reddit.com/user/Metropolisim/

[Bertie]

Originally posted by rovaira2:

I did find this video that around the 6:50 mark might show some new footage from late 2019

Sorry to disappoint you however it's old footage. The shot at 6:50 is from a tweet on 9th November 2019, which incidentally is the last tweet posted on the account. Rest of it looks to be other tweets or Youtube footage (nothing on there since Feb 2019)

Originally posted by rovaira2:

Reddit also has an update in 11/2019.

I don't think 8 months ago is a promising sign that the game is still being worked on :)

[Infinity]

The replies in the thread is VERY GOOD INDICATOR of why he isn't posting updates. It's so easy to for people to give a negative feedback or criticism or to say, "toughen up". But only the receiver knows how hard it hits.

Imagine working single-handedly for months on a complex game-rule pr feature on;y to get random people's comments that say, 'meh, seems underwhelming"
It's heartbreaking and is a huge blow to the confidence.

He was at least open enough to tell people about the project. We aren't his publisher or his investor that he'd HAVE to keep us informed. Let the guy work :)

[Cenotaph]

Originally posted by Infinity:

The replies in the thread is VERY GOOD INDICATOR of why he isn't posting updates. It's so easy to for people to give a negative feedback or criticism or to say, "toughen up". But only the receiver knows how hard it hits.

Imagine working single-handedly for months on a complex game-rule pr feature on;y to get random people's comments that say, 'meh, seems underwhelming"
It's heartbreaking and is a huge blow to the confidence.

He was at least open enough to tell people about the project. We aren't his publisher or his investor that he'd HAVE to keep us informed. Let the guy work :)

your reply is exactly where the problem is and why this project can fail before it even starts.

You cannot deal with your customers, how will you deal with their feedback once you release in early access?

Grow a backbone and deal with it