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The changes to the mechanics (and a little story) I could handle, but the art direction... You notice that going back to the original style-- even just for the characters-- was never offered as an option? The splitting of the groups for/against... all of it was to attempt to fool us into believing he gave a damn about the player base opinion at all. Sure, it's his game, but doesn't he want to make something everyone wants? The subscribestar blew up when he brought out the new artwork-- I can count on one hand how many positive responses were in that first post-- and those noses were universally reviled. All the toons he made so far look like they're in the Humpty Hump (Digital Underground) fan club-- Big, Discolored Noses.

Also, the new eyes suck... the shape is wrong, and frankly, they look dead. Yeah, I can totally relate to coming back to something that you want to feel familiar, but feels alien and strange... like CK from Temu.

TheGeeb816 days ago(+3)

I just find some of the mechanics described to SOUND annoying, no clue how they'll actually work until we get a functioning build that actually lets us touch all the new shit.

I also think this entire thing is one of those cases where the dev is making something that THEY want while simultaneously ignoring any and all backlash/criticism from the player base probably under the guise of "they don't know what they're talking about" and "it's MY game, so I don't care about YOUR opinion." When in reality he very much should care about our opinions because we're the ones playing it, rating it, talking about it, and funding it and if we don't like what we see/play, then we either stop doing any of that or start rating/talking about it negatively instead.

I think if he actually was more open and communicative, re-ran the vote (but properly split the yes/no votes), and admitted his mistakes. Then we'd probably be in a different spot right now. But instead he decided to ~~double~~ ~~triple~~ quadruple down, so... here we are. Abandoning/Waiting for a game that will never be what it once was :l

^v^Padyshar^v^6 days ago (2 edits) (+3)

My SubscribeStar membership expires the 26th, and I've paused the renew... and I'm not the only one. At one point, we had the goal all the way up to 70% of his original number on Patreon... from pretty much scratch. The numbers have dropped to around 41%-- Quadrupling down seems like it may have been a bad idea for him. Sad that I'd like to say I'd go right back if he changed what needs changing, but the trust I had for his process-- his integrity-- dropped through the floor after the polls. That was after the 'we have to start from scratch', and then the 'just some minor changes'... and that's not even including the vast swatches of radio silence for anyone not on the Discord every day. Months of checking SS every week only to see the same 'art contest' sit for months. Now he won't even comment here on Itch-- I do believe he's afraid of what he's going to find. My trust level in the man now has me firmly believing he would sooner just delete this page and start from scratch, than listen to a single dissenting opinion, because he flatly refuses to comment here OR on SS, and there is no comment section on his private site. I don't go to the Discord anymore-- the vibe there is very... off. Creepy, even. This whole thing gets worse and worse, and damned if it doesn't genuinely hurt to watch. I'm so glad I kept my original .zip, and have the KK cards.

I think the original, even unfinished, is going to be a hotter commodity than the 'new'.

Editing this one, because my most recent comment on this page (after this) is suddenly up for moderator review... "because of this community's rules" according to Itch... well, if this one gets deleted, you know why.

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