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Apology and Best Wishes

This post will be a bit cryptic as I don't want to bring any additional attention to someone who is already going through a rough time. This is mainly addressed to the person it concerns (on the off chance that they read it), but I'll also add some vague context to hold myself accountable for my actions.

After reading the news, I discovered that an old jam project of mine had the only comment of theirs that wasn't deleted. That made me feel very nostalgic, as they were one of the first dev connections I made here on itch.io. It may be an exaggeration to call us friends but I still felt a sense of kinship and was very excited whenever they released a new game. I was thinking of reaching out to them to collaborate multiple times over the past few years, and I now regret not shooting my shot sooner.

In any case, I decided to un-private said jam project, in an attempt to preserve the last bit of their online presence that was left. I also left the comments section open to have maybe one last platform here on itch.io to discuss their projects. 

I now realize how selfish and thoughtless that was.

I am extremely sorry for doing that, and I can only imagine the terror you must have felt when you got another notification from itch.io even though you thought you had deleted everything. On the one hand I am relieved that the one reply you got was very sweet, on the other I completely understand that any reply would have come much too soon, and you most of all wanted to be left alone. As a fellow creator, I really stabbed you in the back by not respecting those boundaries. 

To make matters worse, I also added a redirect to my active project on the jam page, which might have come across as me wanting to profit off of your disappearance. I will admit I genuinely did not think things through, but I was just trying to add an explanation for why the page was revived from the dead without addressing the elephant in the room — to respect your privacy and not bring any additional attention your way. But clearly, reviving the page to begin with was disrespectful to you, so that was very hypocritical and nonsensical of me. 

You do not have to forgive me, and I also apologize if I'm being dramatic and blowing this all out of proportion. I just finally came to my senses and tried to view things from your perspective, and was horrified by what I had done. I am writing this post to clarify my intentions, and I hope it doesn't have any further negative effects on you.

I want to make it clear that, from my end, I didn't want to burn the bridge that may have been between us, and I'm here for you if you need someone to talk to. Either way, take care of yourself, and I wish you all the best.

I am disabling the comments here as I do not want there to be any speculation about who this is about and cause further damage. Please refrain from doing any digging, since breaching someone's privacy is what caused this situation to begin with. Thank you.

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