Are you guys for real? Have you learned nothing from Project X dying? Do you have any idea how long it takes to make a full animation set? Bare in mind these dudes are doing this FOR FREE and you come in here going "WAWAAWAAA IT'S NOT MY FETISH! DO IT AGAIN JUST FOR ME!"
For fuck sakes, Its the same shit that scared Zeta and her team off. You people keep killing Project X. Frafro your works fantastic. I have no idea what the anti new tails crowd are on about if anything he looks cuter and more on model now. More younger feminine features, Shadings vastly improved and the colors are less muted.
Don't be discouraged by people who know fuck all about pixel art. you're the best thing to happen to PX in years. These idiots are just the loud minority.
I'm sorry but are you saying that people are not allowed to criticise a game/mod, let alone the redesigns?
Because that's all I'm really doing, I'm just expressing how I feel about it and there shouldn't be anything wrong with that.
How is expressing one's (negative) opinion going to ruin a game/mod? I highly doubt that merely criticism is precisely why the original developers of Project X abandoned the game, though if that's the case then that is just pathetic.
Since this is a Sonic fan game, if we follow this logic then I guess people shouldn't criticise the likes of Sonic 06 and Sonic Forces because that would mean Sonic Team would ruin future games further, right? No, that's not how that works!
People who properly criticise games did so because they sincerely want the games and the developers to be better.
Hell, the people who criticised Sonic games the most are fans themselves because they know precisely what could be better in these games which are much more invaluable for the developers to consider than some clowns stating that "Sonic was never good" or whatever bullshit they say which is an extremely poor form of criticism.
Criticism is important, particularly ones that are constructive, because they provide invaluable information on what could be done for improvement. It's not people just saying it's shit because that's obviously unhelpful which is not what I was doing.
Being unable to take criticism and just dismiss it as people being entitled is not a good outlook for a game developer and even if you present something for free, that doesn't and shouldn't make it immune from reasonable criticism that could potentially help you improve as a developer, artist, etc.
I'm not going out of my way to harass the developers over a redesign and I do not approve of that other guy arguing with Frafro just because they feel very emotional about it which is not a good reason for it.
I don't even hate the redesign nor do I think it's bad, I'm just not a fan of how different it is and I refuse to believe that the curvy body is somehow more on-model or accurate to the original design when official media always depicted Tails to have thin rubber-hose limbs and a round body. Despite this, I still said I understand and respect the decision to make it more consistent with the other characters' (re)designs.
I even tried to be constructive with my criticism by pointing out that perhaps the body shape could be readjusted to be more rectangular or roundish. They don't have to follow it of course but I'm just pointing out what I feel iffy about the redesign.
Just so you know, I do have experience in game development, modding and pixel art.
I know how fucking hard it is to finish a game, how tedious it can be to mod a game, and how long it takes to complete several pixel animation sets so please don't insult me by labeling me as someone who knows fuck all just because I criticise.
I know it's not easy and it's very time-consuming that it could even take years, I'm sure even people who don't have such experiences can still empathise with that, but that doesn't mean that invaluable constructive criticism should be ignored. Even for a free mod or game, there's nothing good in silencing people who just wants to express themselves over how they feel about it even if their opinions aren't positive. Don't chastise them for speaking their mind out unless it's unhelpful.