It’s worse than that though.

That’s incredibly impractical if you don’t have money. This was a single person’s passion project, just as Stardew Valley was, and in those situations, you typically can’t afford help. These games are developed entirely in someone’s free time. When it comes to Cube World, the hostility of the community is what caused…

Not every small studio have the money to invest on hiring. I would even say that 90% don’t, as it usually starts as a work of passion with friends.

there was a reason, one of the devs, went out and said that he was worried that the community would be disappointed and that he was going though depression and stuff and thats why he did not release it, I feel for the guy, it was a big thing back in the day and all that pressure got to him

As a small dev, he probably couldn't afford this.  It's nice on paper to suggest hire it out, but your average person can't do that.  To even outsource to China or India would still be a serious money sink that he may never recover from.  At best, he could've probably found a few designers who'd be willing to work…

I am so glad to see this comment here. I was going to write it if it weren’t. DQB2 is THE gamier version of Minecraft that Luke and I would assume many others are looking for. It’s not perfect, but it is REALLY good, coming from a person that completed the campaign and is now working on their buildertopia after a…

It was just two people on the team. Wolfram von Funck and his wife, Sarah.

...but nobody else’s experience...?

Do you know... Any women... At all?

This only proves that your personal experience is more limited than you think. Food for thought. Listen to others. Try to learn something. Broadening your view and respecting others' experiences won't kill you.

This is the news I need!

Then you'd be wrong.

Dude, this gross shit happens to me in crappy free browser games even. Ten minutes of some creep sending, ‘Hello, dear,’ PMs through in-game systems while he’s repeatedly putting his stupid little make armored knight toon avatar on top of my armored female archer toon avatar even when I move the fuck away. Repeatedly.

Dude stfu. It happens. Just because you refuse to acknowledge it doesn’t mean you’re right. It means you’re a blind jackass.

I can’t remember the mmo anymore, but it was one where classes and races were gender locked. The class I was playing ended up being some buxom elf type.

Every few minutes, random dudes were harassing me to party up, asked for pics, wanted to skype for items, etc.

Ironic thing was I was playing along with my then gf at…

this is an interesting stance. you’re saying that your personal experience gives you insight into how the world really works AND saying that wiredknight’s personal experience provides no insight into how the world really works. It’s almost as if you think there’s something uniquely special, magical and objectively…

Any dude who doesn’t like this, to the point of harassing the women over it, should fuck a warm cantaloupe and take a nap. They’ll feel better.

“Not sure why gender matters in a video game”

Honestly anybody who has used a female avatar for a while can even tell you how awful this can get. I generally use female avatars almost 100% of the time and I’ve gotten creepy messages asking me for nudes in as simple a game as Snoopy Flying Ace - it was a snoopy game for fucks sake and some dude was asking me for…

I just want to say Valkyrie Rising is a badass name for a gaming group.