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Seems like there's some drama surrounding the indie city-builder "Towns", one of the first Steam Greenlight games to be released. It has apparently been abandoned by its creator.
Have a look at the forums: http://www.townsgame.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=8
From the "I resign" post:
I learned about this from a Reddit conversation with the game's artist: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comme...eas_new_dungeon_keeper_try_a_free_mod/cfacmut
Dramariffic!
Have a look at the forums: http://www.townsgame.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=8
From the "I resign" post:
Today, I came to a decision on something that’s been playing at my mind for a few months now. I am resigning from my position as moderator on these forums.
It’s not a decision that came quickly or easily. I’ve invested hundreds if not thousands of hours into these forums, this game, its community and developers. I’ve met lots of great people, people I still talk to now.
The reasons for me leaving are long, and have played out over a long time. Although I signed no NDA, and thus there are no legal barriers preventing me from telling the world gossip from behind the scenes, I will not. That would go against my morals. Some of the decisions made by Xavi in the past year have been less that optimal to say the least. I do not feel that it is fair that myself, or any of the other moderators of these forums, take the heat for poor decisions, when Xavi himself no longer visits. I have always tried to be open with things, and have always tried to answer questions to the best of my ability. However now, with Xavi almost impossible to contact, I don’t feel that is possible.
I apologise for any part I may have directly or indirectly taken in any decisions made in the past year. I will probably still visit these forums, but not in any official capacity.
I wish you all the best in the future.
Tom
I learned about this from a Reddit conversation with the game's artist: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comme...eas_new_dungeon_keeper_try_a_free_mod/cfacmut
while its every bit as true, i also think that i am justified for a detailed explanation of the situation that happend with Towns, since i have been saying it a lot these past days, i will copy paste some of it.
Me being an Ex part of Towns had absolutely nothing to do with how Towns turned out to be.
I have fought for more than a month to try and convince Xavi (Towns lead dev and the man who retained absolute control) to not release the game prematurely to steam, but ultimately, i had zero decision power whats so ever, as evidently, he went and released the game anyway while i was on my honeymoon.
You can try and blame the pre-release or the lack of updates on me, but eventually, a freelancer graphic artist that only got a fraction of the revenue can not complete a game on his own, not one that the lead dev who has complete control of the game has decided that the game would not be finished.
Furthermore, the only reason Towns got any updates at all after the steam release was because i had to struggle against his desire to quit working. this was an uphill battle against someone who has fought back and tried to drag everything down.
I did not leave Towns to work on Dwelvers, i left Towns the second Xavi Canal (The main Dev of Towns) told me that he doesn't want to hire a new programmer to replace him (since he stopped working altogether, i urged him we should hire a new programmer) and that he sees the game as finished. i couldn't accept money for an unfinished game.
If you, or anyone for that matters, wants to begin and understand what went on, i invite you to look over some more details here: http://townsgame.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11382&start=50
Let me also add that the situation here is vastly different than in towns. Rasmus (Dwelvers Dev) is an experienced dev and his development style is vastly different than what has been presented in Towns. this can be shown very clearly in his engagement with the community, his emphasis on developing the game for players with his mind and his utterly sincere personality. (copy pasted from another reddit comment)
If you like what you see, want to support Rasmus and Dwelvers but don't want me or xavi to get any penny, you can pre-order it directly from rasmus and we wont see a penny from it. our deal was confined to if/when the game gets sold on steam. do not punish the innocents here.
Dramariffic!