CASHMERECAT'S PROFILE

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Usually I would let drama slide, but when it comes to things where I feel users should be protected and cared for, I think a reply is necessary. I'm going to try to be as objective as possible, while recognising subjectivity is unavoidable and perhaps necessary. I want to reply to this by replying to certain points in turn. Here we go.

author=Corfaisus
"I went back and looked at the Kickstarter which was successfully funded and one thing came up. Question: if the goal was just to pay for the music, why didn't you factor in the rest of the costs in the goal? Were you ever unclear to the backers that this was the case?"

As in Koi's reply, there's no reason to assume that money was paid for anything but music.

author=Corfaisus
"that lived and died with a cash grab"

I think reducing this to a cash grab is highly unfair and reductive.

author=Corfaisus
"You could've finished by now."

They don't have to have finished.

author=Corfaisus
"yet some of us have kept at it regardless of Kickstarters and GoFundMes (were those also refunded?) to find a ship come in and an opportunity to fund ourselves into professional game development - say, the English RPG Maker 2003."

Why is this relevant? This is the page for Koi's game Qui Domi, it's not really about other games.

author=Corfaisus
"All I'm saying is you could have. I'm not saying anything about the quality of your game, only that you could have."

Koi isn't saying that they couldn't have, either. It's just that they didn't. Everyone has a choice.

author=Corfaisus
"My first goal (finish the core game) was wrapped up in a year."

This isn't about you.

author=Corfaisus
"That your post shows no desire to adhere to a schedule is concerning"

Why is it concerning? It shouldn't be. It's Koi's project, not yours.

author=Corfaisus
"If you so much as draw a circle, you've done something for the day. An artist - whether by passion or responsibility - wouldn't call this unreasonable."

It's not unreasonable to draw a circle, sure. But you're putting your own assumption that Koi should draw a circle. They don't need to. This seems to be more about you than them.

author=Corfaisus
"But here's the kicker: the ideas I'm positing produces results while your lack of a call to action towards one thing or another produces nothing."

No. This is simply false. Koi has simply been producing things you don't care about, and thus they meaning nothing to you. But since your opinion dictates reality, Koi's existence doesn't matter to you.

author=Corfaisus
"Are you going to tell Koi to make this game? If not, I don't see why you're here. For me? That would've served better as a private message."

There is no prerogative for this blog post to only necessitate replies that tell Koi to make their game. That was never a part of the contract of this website. Thus, I think it's very illogical of you to tell someone to go away or to use private messaging if they don't adhere to your specific needs.

author=Corfaisus
"We want people to be making, which is why I addressed the other game developer as I have."

False again. You assume everyone wants people to be making. You use the royal "we", but I don't think as many people agree with you as you think. From my experience, we want people to be happy, first and foremost. Then we want them to be creating, but only if it makes them happy. You've clearly discarded Koi's desire for happiness in favour of a motive of game making, which is an illogical assumption to make.

author=Corfaisus
"It seems a mighty shame that projects die for reasons other than the death of the author."

It's not. This is false too. It's not a shame if projects die. It's a shame if the author suffers. The fact you favour a game's success more than an author's life is concerning. And I'd suggest you take *that* to private messages.

author=Corfaisus
"I came seeking answers based on the history of this project, yet I've concluded by putting forth the idea of 'get it finished'."

That's not in any way your call to make. Why do you think it's in your authority to command people to make games? That seems simply ludicrous to me.

Corfaisus, it is my personal opinion that you were putting unjust pressure on Koi. I don't think anyone should be pressured to finish a game, unless someone has paid them to do so. Koi was, however they found themselves unable to deliver, therefore they refunded and every backer was happy. Now that all said, I still wonder why you are so intent on Koi's game being finished when they have said they don't want to complete it. They have no obligation to do so. You have no authority to tell them to do so. And if you wanted to encourage them to do something that would be best for them - the way you delivered it was, in my opinion, way off. I would consider first examining whether they actually want to finish their game before trying to convince them to do something they clearly don't want to do.

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Cash.

Ouch. Sorry to hear you go through that, AlaskanEmily. That sounds super rough. ;(

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