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Hello Toe Stealer

I completely understand where you’re coming from, but this game was a fun project, nothing to take seriously. 

I typically don’t respond to comments because criticism is valid. But effusive negative comments don’t do anything but hurt the team’s morale. This came across as insensitive and too abrupt. 

It was a short game for a jam with time constraints. A perfectly polished game is hard to achieve with time limitations. Games are meant to be unique, holding their own self identity. 

It’s okay if this game doesn’t satisfy what you’re looking for, but there are real people behind these games being developed, and I think you have to be mindful of that. 

You’re talking to devs with outside lives, outside commitments, who work, go to school, and have real-life struggles.

Well-intentioned criticism is always welcome; a little more graciousness can go a long way, or using the rating system, rather than writing something akin to public shaming.

We are still learning and growing as game devs.

 -Space

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i of course understand that there are real-life people with obligations and a whole life of their own behind the work. and, thank you for taking the time to create it btw as someone who holds a lot of respect for artists, i appreciate it. yet i do not personally (and this could just be me lol) think my comment was a 'negative comment' or insensitive. i tried not to come off as mean or rude because i simply wanted to share my honest opinion. and i'll hold it wasn't so. but well, doesn't matter.

i do wish you guys the best for in the future with ur games :3 

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Toe stealerrrr. You have a right to your own opinion. It's just that if you're going for constructive feedback on a public platform and you respect artists' time and effort, you should be more kind. Especially when you didn't pay a cent towards development. And it's not up to you to decide if your words have hurt another or not. If you're gonna be out here thanking them for making the game and saying you understand developers are real-life people with real-life responsibilities, maybe your review should reflect that. The reason why positive reviews can be short and "glaze" a story or its characters as you put it is because they're gassing up somebody's baby. If you're gonna look at somebody's newborn and do any form of criticism, you've gotta come correct. You've got to establish that you recognize all the long hours and labor and work that went into that delivery before fixing your fingers to say the baby's ears look funny. And if for some reason after your reflection you still feel it pertinent to criticize that proud parent AND their freshly delivered baby, it is your responsibility to make sure that criticism is not only productive but gentle. 

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I think the game is fun and that y'all are doing a great job exploring game development techniques and trying out new things. You could be the sweetest silly little game with demon man titties on the block but if toe stealer is looking for unpaid labor, time, and effort transformed into a game that pleases them specifically then they will be unsatisfied.  Please continue to create silly little fun games