The negativity is his own doing...
I can see the social issue being a big problem. I have played many online games once you get someone in the middle can cause even more problems. The amount of times I've seen them leave their role I've lost count one game was losing them every 3-6 months. This is due the fact they would get a response from the player base but very little from the devs. This leads to the person in the middle getting the hard time dealing with it all which usually ends up with them siding with the players and quiting the role only for someone else to take the place to start the cycle again. BD should just a breather go back to the mindrops with the renders and just develop it over time keep people hooked plenty of other games succeed at this WVM has definitely got the potential to do the same. Make people look forward to the release build it up but if he socially disconnects from it things will get worse and appears he's lost interest
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Well said I've had it rough the last 4 year. Lost my mother 1st, a few years ago my best friend went missing at the beach still hasn't been found to top it all off my eldest brother died on my birthday at the beginning of the year. They all hit me hard but like you said you've got to deal with it the best thing I could do was work it did help just to take your mind off it. But its not just me everyone has these problems it's life if you don't deal with it then it affects others around which make it worse
Well, he did state that he had to become far less active here for his own mental health, so I assume he was pretty concerned with what was going on here.
100% right plenty of other games like being a dik,artemis,AOA,leap of faith just to name a few have months between their updates some even close to half a year or more. Like you said they work on their games with updates,previews or renders every week to keep the fans interested. They won't even think about announcing an update till its ready that is working for them that's the only thing BD got to do he'll get the fans back behind him and feel better himself doing it at is own pace
I'm not sure about that part. This is not his patreon or discord where he kicks/block everyone who is pointing a finger. Even if looks toxic, people here complain for a reason. Scroll back a year ago... everyone is talking nice about the game (besides small trolls Ofc). Empty promises, that's what we see right now. Even if the game updates with 700 renders soon, the harm was done already.
If posting about doubting him or making jokes about June 29th or what year is what your are talking about as being toxic. That you have a way loser idea of what toxic is. If you're talking about name calling insulting or threats of violence than I can agree that is toxic and shouldn't be on here.
This is the main issue, isnt it. The constant posts to say the next big update is just days away. Most other devs would never dream of making such an announcement unless it really was true, because they understand the reputational damage that would come if they didn't follow through.
Couldn't have said it better this might be a pirate site but still a very good form of free advertising which can bring you patrons but there is also the other side of coin which can turn people away. Future support for this could be in jeopardy if potential patrons see this on the forums everywhere it will be the case of wait and see before they throw money at it. Annoying fact is though how people would want to do it again incase of getting burned when there are plenty of good devs out there
Which part aren't you sure about? His last post in this thread was stating that exact thing. Whether he somehow is aware of what is said here I can't confirm or deny however.
I agree that he should enjoy making the game and I hope he can get back to that at some point. I just feel he is making it harder on himself saying he going to have an update on on this or that day and than delaying like he has been. Just let people know your working on it and it will be out when its out.
This still doesn't dispute my claim though. I am only saying what he posted was that he had to take a break from this site for his own mental health. I am not claiming it was or wasn't an excuse or that effected his productivity, just that it was what happened. At one point at least he did care about what the thread thought.
He has been saying he had mental issues basically since day 1, with his impostor syndrome, ADHD, and so on. He said that when he was delivering like a clockwork, it's nothing new, no bullshit invented to justify these recent delays. Unless, of course, you go full paranoid and think he was just paving the ground to 'start milking' more than two years later, which honestly seems like a stretch. When mental issues come into scene I think we should be at least a bit more cautious with our assumptions and take into account that what we consider 'normal' simply doesn't work like that anymore, not even when you are perfectly aware of your issues. You simply can't function.
