I quit my job today to work on my game

Promise us one thing , when you are successful ( you release your game) don't forget to uncover here the name of the game, so people will know that you made it.

If I will not see here anything in 4 years I will assume you failed.

 

So what? They've got nothing to prove to us.

 

That's what you think I've set my reminders I've marked my calendars. The thing is gonna get made and make millions or else there's gonna be some serious internet judgement.

 

They can prove us they made it.
And I don't see what is the problem.

 

I'm not saying there's a problem. All I'm saying is that it's no skin off their nose if you assume they failed.

It also proves nothing either way, and they deliberately set the thread up that way. It's a throwaway account, so anyone with a successful game could come in here and claim it was them all along.

 

I think your wording is.... tactless. No offence intended.

 

I'm not really sure what was the point of this thread. The OP creates a throwaway account talking about a nameless game, starts a discussion about quitting job to work on said game, and then has trouble with perfectly normal opinions on the subject. Nothing here suggests they were actually interested in what anyone thought or had to say.

Not sure what they were looking for, hope the game does allright though.

 

I think they were expecting more like how older threads would go, where you'd almost certainly find one or two others doing the exact same thing and lending encouragement. Not many people jumping into the indie scene in that way the way they used to. Granted, that era feels like an eternity ago now.

I honestly felt like this thread was a little more pessimistic than usual. Probably realistic and justified given what we know now, but I remember when there used to be a lot more optimism here.

 

Well then they should hang around and make it that way. Nothing to prove, but at least express yourself a bit. Otherwise might as well just go and sing affirmations from some positivity handbook.

Tbh, I think anyone who is remotely realistic about game development would at least have been able to understand where the opinions were coming from, and been able to respond in a substantial way.