I don't want this at this game's own discord server or steam forums by my name. I did not say anything you would not notice. Anything against this game will be deleted or humiliated badly by mods or white knights. Sadly there are many people who can't see their noses as we see from all the NFT disasters. But as you asked, I will publish what I wrote. Not so different things I said but at least all together.
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Hi, I am the designer of BotN RPG System Remake released at the end of 2021 patch (0.754+). I fixed all stats/traits, added new ones, made all the calculations/balance. I worked with the c oder for some months over those systems. I am not the coder, I just design things and test/balance them. The integration is not finished as some important parts like breeder progress, fluid rebalance, hybrids and more did "not" included and won't be added probably, at least not I did. The development stopped because of the developers mental issues and get bored of coding those. For that reason, it's not what I imagined and not a full balanced system.
Now I will tell you about my story, developer and game. Sry for my bad english, as I got help from google translate to able to explain this complex wall of text.
As I start to work on this game, Although I was constantly humiliated and insulted by Discord mods and their minions, I generally took it as the developer wanted. Meanwhile, I saw the game developer, DH as a friend and tried to help him morally as much as I could. I defended him and the game everywhere, even though I knew the problems of the game and the game process very clearly. I respected what he wanted, I always stayed in the background knowing that it was very important for him to be seen as the only developer behind this game.
Why am I writing this now? Some weeks ago, I was blocked by him for an unexplainable reason and I was asked to disconnect all my connections, including leaving the discord server. There is nothing to hide in this, as he has already stated that her emotional state is bad. Again, while I was trying to help him, this happened because he misremembered something and didn't give me a chance to explain it. I won't say anything more because it is a private conversation, but this situation made me very sad and after all that has happened, I think it is a great injustice. And after few days, they banned me from discord as I think mods saw some of my replies at steam and I became the only one who worked on this porject and banned.
As I mentioned and as you know, Zobo and other mods also manage steam forums such as discord and DH does not interfere with them in any way, so it is impossible for you to voice any problems about the game or DH in any official place. At least you can talk freely here.
As I said, I gave my weeks, even months, for this game to be a really good experience. The fact that it was me and not them who helped DH, disappointed all the mods, especially zobo, and they attacked me with endless arrogance. DH refused to give me a special status, so as not to lose his free mods. You may not like the system, you may not like the added things, but this should not require attacking the creator instead of a constructive evaluation.
Let's leave the drama aside and come to the conclusion.
1. DH's game mentality is that he only does what he likes for the moment and pushes it forever if he doesn't like it, even if it's very necessary. For this reason, although the game has been made for more than 5 years, it never comes to the things that have been requested for years such as the user interface, saving system, optimization, tasks, Quality of Life, shortcuts, filtering, barn capacities, and what is called to do next. There are many non-game breaking bugs like physics, wrong camera angles and not working or not balanced things like the quests.
Before I arrive, I also remind you that the game's RPG systems are almost completely broken by 2022, as DH hates math. I don't think it will go any further, as I was kicked out before all of the systems I had just designed were included.
2. There is nothing more natural than a person wanting to do what they love, but if you get a lot of financial support from people on this path (yes, a lot as there is a reason he hides the total gain from patreon and subscriberstar) and even though those people expect something from you, if you are still not interested just because it will tire you out a little more, I do not find it ethical. For the numbers, DH earns about 50.000$ per month from patreon and subscriberstar in total for a long time.
3. Okay, if he doesn't want to do the parts he doesn't like, then when he is advised to get outside support, he makes an excuse that it is difficult to work with others, it slows down the development of the game very much, and he does not want to share or give anything financially. No matter how well-founded it seems to be a personal choice, claiming that everyone in the world has problems and whoever is going to cause problems can also be interpreted as a selfish decision from the point of view of a supporter.
4. DH has mental problems, yes, we all do. But the biggest problem is that DH has no pleasure left from this game. He took a break, returned again in a very short time, and the sad part was that while people were waiting for something solid months later, he made a deal with a toy company that he kept under the name of surprise. While people were excited that a nice add-on would come, he wrote about connecting a dildo to the game. Of course, this sponsored addition and the little break took the already very slow game development forward by another 6 months. When he said he will use Unreal Engine 5, even I thought it was impossible to bring a project to a new UE version in short time (Mortal Kombat 11 still uses Unreal Engine 3) and he gave up but he did not even update the news about this for months.
5. Most people think that due to DH's limited fantasy selections, things that are impossible to add by DH can be added as mods after the game's development is finished. In fact, this discourse is supported by discord mods. But the truth is that such addons will require an experienced unreal engine coder and the open code of the game to be shared. Considering that DH uses special add-ons for the game, anyone who wants to add anything to this game must have everything DH has. Other rhetoric and claims are to give people hope, not to miss them, and to prevent them from asking more questions. Will DH stop developing the game while receiving this financial support? If he does, will he share the open code? If he shares, will he also give the plugins? These are the main questions.
6. As of now, there is no roadmap about the game, and it is not even clear what will happen in the next version. When you ask what comes to your mind and say "it would be nice if the game had this" on discord, the answer you will get will be either "no" or "later". This "later" may be tomorrow, it may be 2 years later, it may not be at all. Fun fact is, if a discord Mod did not like your idea or they think your idea will take time and mods own agenda will be pushed further, they just erase it from #feedback-ideas channel which is open only for backers, with reasons like "it's hard to do" or "this already said some years ago". As dev does not care much about those little great idea too, it's another bait for supporters to make them feel "important". Yes, DH added things from those ideas but only if he thinks it is wanted by many people or just he likes to do it but remember, it's mostly happened very few times.
7. Some people think this game is huge and it's a miracle to be done by one developer. DH is good but making a environment, putting some building and NPC's with text, taking a design from another game (Breeding Season) with mostly not-working systems, average UI, nearly no progress or story, minimum optimization at Unreal engine is not big deal for a experienced developer with huge monthly income from backers, without a dead line or boss on his head. And this game is developed for more then 5 years.. If this was a kickstarter project, some people would name this, different.. There are so many developers who makes their game alone and deliver them after some years without any kind of support. The only difference is their game does not have dicks and boobs to get tons of backers.
I guess that's enough of me to give you a headache. Supporting, playing, following the game is entirely your choice. The game is good enough. This is the situation. Although I know much more, I kept private matters to myself. What I wrote here are my experiences and thoughts for the game, my old friend who is the developer of the game, and those who mod the game in the official places of the game.
After all the fights with his mods and finally kicked by him, I'm sorry and broken.
Sometimes when you kick someone inappropriately and unfairly, that person will stand up and respond to you.
I did not speak any special/private info about the developer here, but only financial gain per month. Any logical gamer who followed this game for few years would see all those points already.
Note: I would also like to point out that. Worked for free with DH? I didn't want anything financially. I just asked him to add the horses, and after asked so much (at the begging level) he did. During our work, I had an unexpected surgery and he gave me one time financial support (2000$). I thank him very much for these. If you ask me why I'm writing these despite helping me out, I wasn't bought. When people do nice things to you, in the end, that doesn't give you the right to crumple and throw you away.
