I'm sorry, but I don't go on Itch very often, mostly because I tour a lot and when I'm home I focus more on making interactive soundscapes for other people's games.
So I posted a while ago on a thread for a game jam to offer to collaborate and make some sound/music assets for someone's game. Many days later, I noticed the user https://ludipe.itch.io/ just straight up trolled my post writing something like "Go find friends."
I get it, we put ourselves online at the risk of sounding silly or being trolled. However, I had the impression that Itch was a welcoming community of creators who wanted to collaborate, not shoot each other down.
To make it worse, this guy has a Patreon account and portrays himself as this amiable, easy-going indie dev guy. He's my age too, which is a little sad. I would have been more understanding if this guy was just some kid being a snot, but he's like 25....
Sorry to make this negativity into a thread, but I just thought I'd send a little warning out there in case you guys run into him during a game jam or GDC. The fact that he takes money from Patreons and then trolls other creators in his free time is so hypocritical.
Take care guys,
Tom Ciccone
By the way, I am also a musician. Here's some of my stuff:
