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Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:31 am
#2495
by Allin
First off, I'm not entitled to anything. Let's get that straight. I was following the game from first internet mentions, I've read all the forums, but I'm not a backer.
Ok, now my thoughts on the issue. I REALLY wanted this game to succeed. I loved the concept, this game and No Man's Sky are my gaming dream-come-true games - but after reading all the posts about recent situation with dev going rogue, suddenly stopping any contact on his own forum, and his previous entries being shorter and shorter...
He's not coming back. What I think happened is - Kickstarter money run out, he has to support himself somehow so does not have time to develop anything. Why he went silent? Because he was looking for a studio that would buy his game and let him continue development, or nor depending on his mindset - but that's what I think was going on. He's not giving you any information, because he does not have any at the moment, and as it seems he was not able to find an interested party (because no one wants indie game that has to compete with ED and SC).
Why do you think conversation with a gaming news website happens, but conversation with you does not? Because you already gave the money and that river is dry - that's why RPS is still someone to talk to, and forums are not, even if those are THE MOST supportive forums I ever saw, EVER. You guys are like a patient mom, that loves his criminal murderer son, because, well, she just loves him. It's a good thing, but also even more saddening at the same time. This man got hundreds of thousands of dollars and he can't even write a tweet, 5 second post or "Chillax bro's, I got me some nice tits to play with so be patient"...
Imagine a friend you gave money to going AWOL for months, speaking to your other colleagues but not you... think of it. This is zero respect behavior. And why he acts like that? Because he does not need you anymore.
I'm not saying that's what happened, but for me, that's the most reasonable scenario here - and I'm just as sad that this amazing game may never see beta. Right now, I think the UI changes may just be photoshop scam - it would not surprise me at all.
It looks like it's over, because every option shows that one way or another, dev does not care for his player base anymore. He's intelligent enough to know what he is doing.