Hi all!
Vis is not abandoned, It is on hold which means only one foot is in the grave while other is still out waiting,
F95 mods have seen this entire show of devs working on new games while leaving the earlier ones half baked and on hold many times before and each time it is the same ending :Abandoned" so yeah the tag is suitable.
The plan is Highway to Hell will probably take a few to years complete lets just say 2-3 years (unless it gets screwed too)and that too depends on how long the game will be, gaps between updates and how many updates will be dropped on time. By the time it is done, there ain't gonna be any returning to Vis.
Lets assume even if you continue Vis after 2-3 years and then start the rework and upgrade of it and then create further episodes the entire shit will take another year or more. So give or take at the minimum Vis ain't getting anything for next 3-4 years.
See dude its all about rep, has the statements you gave were given by Ocean or DPC or DreamNow, every one would have believed it cuz these folks have that rep. The same way if money milkers like Icstor or Irpheaus or Stoper give such statements you know that's bullshit.
The similarity between you or Ics or Irhp is you all started with great games with hella potential but your games met similar fates, be it abandoned or On Hold or 1 update every 1-2 years.I am not comparing you with them but just saying that try not to say things that you can't do as it might end up putting you in the leagues of them.
To all those who are saying that Dev will abandon his games, I have three words:
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I apologize in case anyone reading be it dev or patrons or pirates got immensely offended,
If you are only mildly offended or not offended at all then its cool.
Not really Yours,
GT
Hi all,
I somehow love the 'fatalistic' way of seeing this. The following rows are for those who have a similar opinion as Golden Trump.
Ever since I announced the status of the game, the sheer amount of negativity was somehow above my expectations, even if I clearly stated the reasons, showed statistics and ended up apologizing for my mistake. So here we have the failure (if we can name it like that) on my part. What do we do with the failure? What is the failure policy? Well, for some is similar to total destruction. Failure is not acceptable! But if it occurs, then you are deemed to follow the path of others. It's not an accurate prediction, but we will make it to be accurate.
You said that for me is all about reputation, because what? I don't want to give up. I want to amend my mistakes. This is why is for my reputation? Honestly, it is for me, as I want to know how to face failure, and it's for the people who trusted me. Again, I could have rebranded, and my dear Golden Trump, you would probably, have been a player of a game that I made without your knowledge, and instead of this satire, maybe, you would have been praising a game created by a shadow dev.
But returning to our subject. One thing is for sure. The amount of people who are going to bomb threads of games that are on hold or abandoned. It's starting to become predictable.
So, sometimes I wonder, was my game so good that I triggered emotions in some of the users, and therefore they had this desire to condemn my work, my mistakes, and so on, leaving no way for turning back? Maybe I have, and I know that there were people that got upset. Also, I know there were a lot of people who supported me, and I am grateful. But it intrigues me the amount of effort of people who will criticize me, my work, and my choices, for my mistakes. And I ask myself, are these people so involved in this community that they want other people to not get involved in this game (even if the game has an abandoned tag), and they warn and warn in the hopes that the new blood shall not walk the path of the veterans?!
And, my dear Golden Trump, I will take the liberty of making a remark as you did by assuming I value my reputation more than anything.
Do some 'critics' care so much if a guy/girl they never met, from the other part of the world, tries this game for the first time?! Are these meant to be warnings to them?! Or are these meant to make others who want to be supportive change their views, hoping they will see these 'critics' as oracles? I think it is all about validation. I think some people are pushing and pushing, with all the negativity, involuntarily (or not) for the dev to give up. Why? Because of that last phrase that they will write after the developers retire. That final push of ENTER. That final pressure on the keyboard will seal their "I told you so!" in the heartbeat of this forum and others. But what is more important is that it will carve a new story in their ego.
In the end, I want to say this. Some things are not meant to be shattered and will resist the test of time. Sadly, or not, egos are not one of them. They will be long gone before creativity dies (if it will ever)
I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my purpose. I hope that in the end, we will meet again in Colonia, idolizing Morrigan.
Yours (if not for you, Golden Trump, for others for sure)
MK
