Conklingc
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I would suspect DPC is still aware of the discussions here in some sense even if it's just an occasional mention from an associate, Philly Games mentioned being friends with Hopes Gaming before and I would expect there are other developers that know each other and possibly other people on the site. Cheeky Gimp has a member of his development team that is active on the site and regularly posts on the thread for his game. I like seeing that level of interaction here, but can understand wanting to focus on just the paying supporters especially if there are still some hard feelings over how things went with Acting Lessons and fear that this site could pull away patron support (I'm only a patron because I found the game here, but could see others choosing to not pay if they knew it was an option).It's not necessarily a hostile act, but from what I've seen others say about him who were here when it all went down is that he does seem to dislike this site, possibly because the people criticising him didn't pay for his game and he doesn't like that. But even though this thread may not have as many people on it as there are members of his Discord (the majority of which I'd wager are never active on the Discord), I'd say that the level of discussion here is such that it is worthy of their attention and it doesn't matter if they don't leave messages via their official profile, but even just knowing they look in from time to time would be OK.
As for the reaction to criticism I think it's part of being a creator and many have trouble with it, especially when it seems hostile, repetitive, and as you mentioned coming from people that never paid for the product. Hopes Gaming put a scene into Deluca Family to lash out against non-paying fans who criticized the game so I expect many developers feel that way at times even if they don't express it as directly.
Mostly I'm just glad there are still some good games being produced and we have a place to discuss, theorize, and argue while waiting around for the next installment.