VN Ren'Py Abandoned Mad World [Release 4.1.0 WIP] [Smoke Mob Games]

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because people never ever ever lie.

I remember My New Life's dev had told that he had to postpone an update release because his pet had drowned into the river, therefore he had fallen into depression and stopped working on the game.

He told this story TWICE at least.

I guess that dude should have paid more attention to his pets.

Well... I guess his apartment had a window facing the river. Can you imagine? his cat/dog opening the window... calmly watching the river... then... a dive. Into the river. What a tragedy. And it happened twice.

Firstly, let me clarify that I'm not referring to any specific dev. If you have clear evidence a dev is lying, that's different of course. But I see a lot of folks who take the default position that a dev is lying whenever someone says something has happened. You can obviously choose to feel however you want, but personally I find it ridiculous for the automatic assumption to be that a developer is lying.

I'm also not saying to go out and support all devs immediately. Each person needs to decide what to do with their own money. But to come on a forum and spit massive vitriol because some dev in the past rubbed you the wrong way is pretty unfair to other developers. That is my entire point. I've worked with several developers over the years. Some are clearly far more trustworthy than others. I tend only to keep working with those who IMO have shown they can be trusted. I'm also more forgiving than most, so I expect others to react to developers much more harshly than I myself usually do. Still, I think some degree of grace should be allotted to many developers to whom actual shit might have happened.