Artur
@ArturSmiarowski
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Hopeless dreamer exploring realistic ways to create overambitious games. Working on @SoulashGame. Cancel culture survivor. Gaming is for fun not activism!
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Joined February 2018
My grandparents survived the nazis, my parents endured communism, I had to live through religious oppression since the age of 10, and now some spoiled brats think I'll bend my knee to their rainbow flag, or else they'll type some words. I already have a flag I'm proud of.
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The emperor has no clothes. There's nothing to fear from the oppressive mob trying to force their ideology. Games are for fun, not activism. Don't compromise your design. Ban those who can't stand hearing "no". We'll be there for you if they dare this again.
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It's no longer ugly mixed reviews. The tide has turned. Never give up on your vision for a handful of extremists, and focus on making the best game you wish to share. It's your name attached to it. Be proud of your work, and let it be known!
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Can't reply anymore, the spoiled brat is scared of pushback. He wrote later that he had no context but quickly added plenty to my first tweet. Zero time spent on verification. His tweet is approaching 3 million views, but he has no backbone to defend his hate-inducing take.
>Dev adds marriage & children to his game. >LGBTQ folks respectfully ask for possible same sex marriage. >Dev blows a gasket and bans them. >LGBTQ folks leave a few reviews. >Dev goes full mask off with his hate. Hate to see it, but also good riddance.
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"Obey idiot or your business will be ruined. Nobody will cover your games because we'll all call you a bigot". This is a prime example of an extremist I don't want in my community. Plenty of other groups with gamers of every background who just share their passion for games.
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Very disappointed in this conversation with /r/roguelike mods, where they went mask off. I'm shocked it took so little pressure to crack them and reveal their true colors. I'm leaving it for you to see below, alongside the "inflammatory" title of the Bounding Into Comics article
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The spoiled rainbow brats keep pushing their lies 4 months after they attempted to force their ideology into my game and communities. They keep sharing their hateful lies under any video or popular mention of my game, now even calling me a "fascist" for wanting to do my own
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Communities are purged, and fans are enjoying Soulash 2. Some of you asked me to share the results of this review bomb:. 3,500 copies sold in a week. That's >2 months of my typical sales. 12,700 wishlists. Very Positive rating is back. Double peak players compared to last
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The cavalry has arrived. I will keep that review bomb as a badge of honor, hoping it will encourage more developers to resist mob pressure and focus on developing the best games they can according to their design goals. Thank you for your support. 🫡
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This attack on my name and business was launched because I expressed my feelings regarding fatherhood in my work. How evil and bigoted to not include all the sexual cravings of the world as part of it!. These spoiled brats watch way too much porn. They are rotten to the core.
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Dragon Age: Veilguard is everything that repels me from modern AAA. - Marketing overemphasizes divisive details for controversy. - News calls it a GOTY contender because of innovative DEI features and story while acknowledging dull combat. - The gameplay does not look fun at.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Hands-on previews:. • ''Feels like the series' Mass Effect 2 moment" -Eurogamer. • "A definite GOTY contender" -GameRant. • "The Character Creator I’ve Always Wanted" -IGN. • "BioWare At Its Most Confident" -Gamespot. #DragonAge #Veilguard
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I've made a final statement to my community, pinged everyone, and new attempts at pressure continue. They've learned nothing. I'm glad they are coming out so I can quickly ban them. Throughout this drama, the only thing I shared about my politics was my love for my country and.
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@Pirat_Nation Honestly, I don't mind. Let the corpos drive themselves to the abyss, same with the press. It will just release the talent and the capital. The gamers will keep asking for good games, and someone will deliver.
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This must be peak stupidity. A rainbow activist educating a Polish citizen about the inclusivity of nazis while they murdered millions of people, including ~4 million Polish citizens (~20% of our population). This spoiled brat can't locate Poland on a map and thinks he can.
@ArturSmiarowski You do realize Nazis & Communists hunted down and killed gay people. right?. The persecution you and your family faced are real, I don't want to discount that, but don't use that pain to justify discriminating against people who face the exact same persecution.
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I made a game about being a god that kills everyone in the world and consumes their souls. A very inclusive game - we can kill all without exceptions. But imagine not having gay marriage in the sequel was the controversy that caused a mass outrage. What a time to be an adult.
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"I have to stand in solidarity with my friends and repeat their lies, but I can't. stop. playing.". This must mean the game is good, no?
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My 7-year-old son comes to me and hugs me before sleep. Few minutes later, he comes again and asks if he already hugged me, so I say no and hug him. My 4-year-old daughter comes soon after and says: "Daddy, you're the best in the world". We hug. Sanity recovered.
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I had to google to confirm. It seems the rainbow extremist movement is on every level of gaming now - AAA, indies, even modding. You can get banned from two major modding sites for removing a modern symbol of oppression with a game mod. How far will this go in the next 5 years?
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It's funny to observe how far-left folks don't know how to talk to me. I'm a centrist from a foreign culture they don't get, and my takes are reasonable, so they screenshot my pinned tweet like it's some "gotcha". 😂. I'm not woke nor anti-woke. I'm pro-fun and anti-oppression.
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I've received many well wishes and expressions of compassion from people who just found out about me. Thank you very much. The pressure has been challenging for me and my wife, but what I've read from actual LGBTQ people who also were oppressed by extremists shielding.
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Another morning, another demand from LGBTQ. I'm giving the LGBTQ community the benefit of the doubt because I know many good people from that community. But I still do not hear any prominent voices from that community addressing the evil acts committed in the name of LGBTQ.
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@elonmusk @ScreamheartTV Asmongold streams on Twitch, then allows his editors to cut and edit his content to create short-form content for YouTube. This is not a gotcha. He talks about it openly. Did you remove @Asmongold's premium account because of this?.
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This is over for now. Please do not attack anyone over this. We know who did this, and we want it to not happen to others. We can monitor them and react if it does. Prove their narrative wrong, and remember that we need to convince good people, not them. Gaming time now!.
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@Grummz Yeah, corpo talk, no accountability. I couldn't see myself ever risking using Godot since they would block my access to their "safe spaces" where I could find support just because I'm so radical on Twitter.
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@reduzio It's fantastic that you wish to be neutral when your community managers purge anyone on the wrong side of politics. Can you explain this? I didn't interact with you or Godot since I have nothing to do with your work.
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I've been developing games for 16 years. I had 3 commercial successes, many prototypes, and even pixelarted my astonishing avatar myself. Yet, I believe my pinned tweet may be the best piece of art I have crafted. I won't say why. Ponder on it, and you'll improve as an artist.
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Here's what nobody says about indiedev because everyone is so friendly:. - You are running a business. Learn about capitalism, or the sharks will eat you. - You are here to lead, not follow. Get a job if you're not ready to lead. - You are competing with others. Never forget who.
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@nichegamer Yes, playing a game where you get penalized for progressing feels awful, and the only purpose is to reuse content.
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The extremists are raiding Redot engine's Discord to disrupt the attempt at creating an apolitical alternative to Godot.
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@Grummz It seems that many community managers in gaming want to run all social media like they do Reddit. It's a very tough job dealing with so many people. Losing a grip and blocking so many people, even on mild criticism or questions, can cause a lot of damage to the brand.
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It's funny how Godot going woke is just an innocent joke tweet, pre-emptive blocks deserved, and calling Redot team white supremacists a non-issue. But when people under the guise of LGBTQ stir problems, you have to tip-toe around their bullshit for a week, after which they run.
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It's been 2 months, and the rainbow extremists are still organizing review bombing. 30 minutes to 1.5h of playtime, but they "know everything about the drama" and claim they are the real players I should cater to. All radicalized people from /r/roguelikes as they promote other
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@jasonschreier Top the charts of what, today's releases? The game didn't even approach Hades 2 numbers on its release.
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I've heard people falsely claim I intentionally hardcoded a way not to have gay marriage in mods. I want to clarify that Soulash 2 is on a custom engine, and modding is only configuration-based. This means there's no way to develop new mechanics or change the simulation.
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Who's excited to abolish the patriarchy in Witcher 4?.
'The Witcher 4' EP Admits CD Projekt Red Is Aiming For "New Players" And People Who "Do Not Play Our Games"
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Gameplay first, inclusivity last. I got my priorities straight.
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The press in the gaming industry is so bad. At this rate, I will turn my $0 starting budget into $1m gross revenue before PC Gamer, Kotaku, or IGN writes a word about my games. PC Gamer writer even blocked me for defending myself against rainbow extremism. He also blocked my
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Kingdom Come 2's Code of Conduct reads like a woke litany of forbidden -isms that protect everyone except white male straight ripped Christians, who are the only ones that must remain humble or else risk falling under the labels of white supremacists or neo-nazi. Yes, it's a bit.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Steam discussions got a code of conduct update 2 hours ago:
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@OnGreenPastures This is my response a week ago. After that response, a weeklong activism campaign engulfed all our community channels. So I showed my teeth, the oppressive people left, and now we can continue to have fun in peace.
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@zaytrewq Because they think they have the strength in numbers to sway everyone who stumbles on the topic. They don't care about the truth.
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@Pirat_Nation Who's working there, some children?. BM: Wukong is a well-deserved GOTY for me. It's been years since I had so much fun in AAA.
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Just woke up. The lightning didn't hit me. I don't feel canceled at all. After all, it looks like there was nothing to fear from the oppressive mob. Thank you to everyone who went past a single tweet and offered their support and understanding.
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We'll also add a special location to the game to commemorate this event. It will be extreme.
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@PirateSoftware @Asmongold You don't have to explain yourself because open dialogue with people of different views is the norm, and naming people you can't speak to is radical. If we don't take the power away from cancel culture warriors, this spiral of political radicalization will never end.
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Asmongold and everyone subbed to /r/asmongold are apparently auto-banned on /r/dragonage. Mentioning Soulash on /r/roguelikes is auto-filtered. Remember Godot's pre-emptive mass blocking on X?. There's a pattern showing LGBTQ creates hate through discrimination and censorship.
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A mandatory subscription to groupthink is a very high price for an open-source tool. You can fork and use the engine but lose access to the community and support for criticism of ideas. Maintaining a fork of a massive project like this sounds good in theory but is impractical.
I always knew @GodotEngine was on the path to eventual downfall—as a former Godot maintainer, I even predicted it years ago—but I never expected it to happen this fast! 😂. #TruthAboutGodot #GodotCult
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The new rainbow extremist tactic is to promote other roguelikes in negative reviews of Soulash to drive it to Mixed. They are still trying to cause damage. Completely unhinged!. I'll keep exposing them until everyone knows and stops supporting them. They are the oppressors!
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Today, I would like to share some of the tactics extremists used to apply pressure and crank up the tension to radicalize me. The purpose is to share knowledge and, hopefully, help others be more prepared when it happens to them. Here are the steps (how I perceive them):. 1.
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@Grummz I am very tired of the press. None of my games got covered. I built them on a $0 starting budget, and tens of thousands of players bought and enjoyed them. 61,000 copies sold. I'm close to passing $1m in gross revenue on Steam by building something funded entirely by my work.
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Remember when gaming discourse was where we debated things like whether Arthas did nothing wrong?. I miss that. The prevalent topics of progressive politics in entertainment lack nuance. It's just about the narcissistic need to inject oneself everywhere. It's anti-fun.
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@Grummz Start your indie projects, boys. Start your gaming sites. Start your gaming coverage channels. Work together with passionate people. If the big businesses don't want us, we'll rebuild this industry from the ground up.
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Today's hot take. Soulash 2 is well made, but the dev. Since I keep seeing the word "anti-woke" thrown at me often, I would like to say I never used the word "woke" in any of my messages. I understand the word relates to American culture and history, and it's not my place to
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DEI is a garbage form of activism because it's led by an artist's expression of pity. They put stuff into their "art" because they feel someone is underrepresented. Contrast it with a TV series called The Wire. How in-depth all the characters were, and nothing was out of place.
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What a petty lie. My first game (Annihilation) let me be full-time dev in my 20s instead of wasting my time in college for 2 years in 2009. The project allowed me to begin a very fruitful webdev career later. My second game (Soulash) let me go full-time from a high-paying
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Today, my wife and I celebrate our 16th anniversary. We got married young. I was 20, she was 19. It only took us 6 months to realize we were soulmates. Everyone thought we were just dumb kids who didn't get to "enjoy life" yet as if life would end just because we decided to go.
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Looking at the Godot situation makes me ask if adults are still in the house or if spoiled brats have taken over. Adults watch their entire life's work ruined rather than say "NO!" to a bunch of power-tripping children.
I have been blocked. Guess what, I'm a titanium level backer for the Godot fund. Guess what my next move is? #Godot #Wokot #gamedev
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Over 20k followers! I thought it would take 5 years to reach the half of it, but here we are. Thank you all for making my voice louder. 🍻. I'll continue to use it to inspire and support those willing to make great games without forcing all the anti-fun socio-political issues.
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The @Asmongold clip bumped yesterday's sales to 1,030 copies. According to SteamDB, Soulash 2 is #293 in top sellers. Thanks a lot for sharing it, Zack. 🍻. For all your fellow fans, I'd recommend the goblin race as a good starter. They have arguably the best selection of
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To clarify, the title of the Reddit post is mine, the article has a different title.
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Who imagined that wanting games prioritizing gameplay would ever be controversial?. There's nothing more inclusive than a fun game that anyone from any background can enjoy. But pronouns! Ah yes, pronouns are exactly what will unite us all in our shared passion for gaming. 🤦♂️.
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Wishlist Soulash 2 on Steam. Even my biggest haters say it's worth it.
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@LxixStLee Wow, "filth of humanity". How much hate he must have in his heart to say that about people. I was under heavy harassment, and not once even thought like that about anyone involved. Sorry, but I will remain very concerned as long as this person leads a community of this size.
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Juan Linietsky, the creator of Godot, is looking into these blocks:.
@reduzio @Punisherx6 As I explained, I have not interacted with Godot or been informed of why this action occurred. I'm not on Godot Discord, the forum, or any other community related to Godot (as I don't use the tool). I hope you can see why this surprises me and others.
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@Grummz What a spoiled brat. It's sad to see yet another bunch of hate-driven cultists wasting potential for a big-budget RPG.
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As an indiedev, you don't have to submit to any political agenda. - Fake review bombs have the opposite effect. - Gatekeepers on Reddit, Press, or YouTube can't stop word of mouth and Steam algorithm. Pick a niche you're passionate about and strive for impact with your work.
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The CDPR drama got so interesting that I wanted to see what was up with the biggest gaming company in my country (and GOG). I found their ESG report on their website. It's a report about things like carbon footprint or social agenda in big businesses. Thread with info:
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@reddit_lies It's disconnected from everything. I hope some of them finally wake up and abandon it.
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In the last 3 weeks, I've been called every evil word these rainbow extremists know. Some people spread their lies to millions and still have not retracted any false statements. It went so far and wide that I had to explain it to my mother and siblings. I'm truly glad at.
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@EndymionYT I don't mind at all. Ghost of Tsushima wasn't about the character's story for me as much as in Witcher or GoW. I hope it will have similar or better gameplay and some new creative ideas, like what they did with the wind in the first one.
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This is why you don't bend your knee for hateful people. @Asmongold did the right thing by apologizing. He's doing an even better thing by recognizing that being stuck in a cultural warzone 14 hours a day fills him with misguided hate. I hope he will chill and find a better way.
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Toxic positivity - NO PASSION ALLOWED!. The company is burning, the products are shit, but let's get rid of the passionate leaders who express emotions!. A few years later, the revenue stream dries out, so everyone goes online to cry about mass layoffs - it's capitalism, not me!.
@delmontyb Outside my bubble? I've worked in dozens of industries, I know what a hostile workplace looks like and I have gotten guys like him reprimanded or reassigned for engaging in hostilities. Yelling matches and the market place of ideas alpha type A doesn't have a place in.
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@tha_rami A game engine did a marketing stunt by inserting itself into a culture war for views and pre-emptively blocking whatever blacklist they used to target the perceived "other side". There is nothing valid in their baiting and banning marketing strategy.
@reduzio @Punisherx6 As I explained, I have not interacted with Godot or been informed of why this action occurred. I'm not on Godot Discord, the forum, or any other community related to Godot (as I don't use the tool). I hope you can see why this surprises me and others.
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Context:.
@OnGreenPastures This is my response a week ago. After that response, a weeklong activism campaign engulfed all our community channels. So I showed my teeth, the oppressive people left, and now we can continue to have fun in peace.
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Imagine making Diablo or Dungeon Keeper, games inspired by satanism. Carmageddon - a game about ultimate road rage. Postal!. All from 1997. Let's google the most controversial rebellious gaming expression this year. Stellar Blade?! Rainbows and feminism made everyone a sissy!
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The Dragon Age drama is already more fun than the game probably will be. I still haven't seen anything interesting about it, whether it's gameplay or theme, and as a massive fantasy RPG fan who played all 3 previous games (but mostly enjoyed the first), I never felt any.
This screenshot came from a person who reviewed the game. - The conversation on the screenshot happens early own. It came about from Taash saying she wants to dress as a man. Neve is trying to cheer her up.
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@Grummz It's possible that his community of "friends" would attack him otherwise. When the rainbow extremists came after me, they were very clear: you can't be in any way associated or even mentioned by any "anti-woke" people, or you're as evil in their eyes. It's a dangerous cult.
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This post is a fantastic insight for every game developer who one day wishes to build a team and make bigger games. Also, our job is to create awesome games, not cater to aggressive activists pretending to be journalists. That part is harder for small indies, as it feels like.
@alyssa_merc @xIngenue Hey Alyssa,. You're apparently a journalist from Kotaku - So I'm guessing you haven't worked in actual game development yet. Let me try to explain the thing you posted about, which I'm guessing was from that hitpiece from a few years back. Yes, I'm guilty of what's stated in.
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That's a lot. Any recommendations on what to do with 214,500 Steam Points? 😅
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@JezzaRoddy They woke up a sleeping giant over nothing. I kept talking about how important my dream was to me, and they thought they would go after my passion and my livelihood unless I complied. I won't stop now. I don't want any developer to go through shit like this again.
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One more thing. This would have been banned on /r/gamedev. I was already banned for trying to share advice there once. No way to appeal. Leave Reddit behind and never look back.
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According to a Digit News article based on the GDC 2025 report that surveyed 3,000 gamedevs:. 32% are women,.25% are LGBT,.43% of young people entering the gaming industry are LGBT. These numbers are growing despite mass layoffs, while white men pay the price for industry flops.
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Self-labeled "accelerationist" (apparently a new term for communist) calls for using mass layoffs in the gaming industry to attack Steam. Steam is the only place a person without money or connections, like me, can hope to find an audience for their indie game. If you're a
The most promising Disco Elysium successor studio says workers must unite to topple Valve's 'digital fiefdom' of Steam.
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@LaiosGroyper Yeah, now I'm done. It's time to play some BM: Wukong and get back to making games tomorrow. I couldn't let them do it again.
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The next few days will be interesting to watch. @RedotEngine is releasing soon. Thousands of eyes are curiously watching how it will fare. How many bold indies will capitalize on the attention and try to be the first game on this engine?.
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@mattdias204 I've been receiving a lot of support and compassion from LGBTQ people. They are also oppressed by the extremists in their own community. We have to be specific that this is about these extremists claiming they are LGBTQ and imposing their ideology on everyone else.
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@Grummz We're already at censoring humor in old games for kids. Do the defenders of these actions ever mention where the line for censorship is, or will we gradually erase everything that makes the weakest people in society feel uneasy?.
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@BigSimpleYT We've got to know each other for a while now, and I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. Please consider that people around the world went through different shit to survive up to this point, and you can't have tolerance for intolerance because that's just living in.
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No group should be above criticism. The reason all these identity movements have gained so much traction is that any criticism of behavior or idea is painted as hate toward the entire identity. Such abuse of privilege to attack any opposition creates a lot of real hate.
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@reduzio @Punisherx6 As I explained, I have not interacted with Godot or been informed of why this action occurred. I'm not on Godot Discord, the forum, or any other community related to Godot (as I don't use the tool). I hope you can see why this surprises me and others.
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