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Epic vows to support 'Ooblets' studio following exclusivity harassment
Indie studio Glumberland, developer of cute and quirky life simulator Ooblets, announced its decision to sign a PC exclusivity deal with Epic Games last week. It essentially secured the company's future, but it has has also become the target of widespread harassment as a result of locking its PC title to the Epic Games Store.
Glumberland's original announcement of the exclusive was light-hearted, saying "this is all low-stakes video game stuff we're dealing with here" and that it was "[n]othing to get worked up about." The exclusivity deal will bring some much-needed cash to the project, as the developers explained on Twitter: "I know this is a hot-button issue for some folks but getting some funding is going to make a huge difference for Ooblets."
A certain section of the gaming community reacted to the announcement with unbridled fury, however, unleashing a wave of harassment onto the studio's two developers. The extreme reaction included someone faking a screenshot purporting to show developer Ben Wasser, who is Jewish, saying "gamers would be better off in gas chambers."
(Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Saturday August 10 2019, @02:25PM (1 child)
Oh, you have got to be kidding me.
The developer used his platform, his status, to attack a bunch of nobodies, thinking they do not matter and have no way of even responding. Learns that even nobodies with no voice and platform in their thousands can make their message heard.
Doubles down with a response outright insulting and denigrating said nobodies.
News outlets post a bunch of articles about poor a developer getting attacked for signing a deal with Epic.
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Saturday August 10 2019, @02:50PM
Before the barrel of cash from Epic came, plebs funded developer through Patreon.
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