Well, good for him for taking criticism so well. After all the devs who have thrown shit fits over criticism, it's nice to see one guy who has a level head about him. Well said, sir. (Applauds)
Five Nights at Freddy's Creator Pens an Emotional Open Letter to His Haters
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Oh, so he is better off than I thought. But, he is indeed humble. Hearing what you just said about him makes me respect him even more.Fox12 said:
It's sad that an indie developer has to deal with this hate - not constructive criticism or valid complaints, but just plain unfounded hatred because he is successful.
I never got into FNAF, but a few of the teenage guys at my church were raving about it, and I watched them play a game. It was actually a really novel idea, and seemed very well executed. You could tell that time went into creating it, and I was genuinely impressed when I found out it was all done by literally one guy. It's sad that people will go to so much effort just to harass someone they dislike due to a difference in personal tastes.
I never got into FNAF, but a few of the teenage guys at my church were raving about it, and I watched them play a game. It was actually a really novel idea, and seemed very well executed. You could tell that time went into creating it, and I was genuinely impressed when I found out it was all done by literally one guy. It's sad that people will go to so much effort just to harass someone they dislike due to a difference in personal tastes.
Let's hope they never meet in real life, It could cause the end of the universe as we know it!RealRT said:
Precisely. It's a childish, selfish mentality that's all too common. "I must demolish the things that I hate, so people have no choice but to like what I like, so more things that I like will be made."Eric the Orange said:
Man, this guy's alright. He just demonstrated how to be a model figure to all people who make a living on the Internet, as well as to his kids. And he made a more effective version of the message in the infamous "JUST DO IT" video. Hat's off.
To be fair, that may be crazy money for you and me, but it's probably peanuts to Hollywood. It's just good to see a down-on-his-luck, struggling father catch a break. Especially when he takes it with humbleness and humility. Most people aren't that grounded.Hairless Mammoth said:
Funny you bring Fish here, because he really is the oppositeRealRT said:
Fish made a single game and he feels he's king shit of fuck mountain
Scott made a shitload of games, and FNaF at the rate he did, and he still keeps himself grounded and humble
that being said
come on Scott, bring back Souldozer
I think Scott Cawthorn is over-producing the Fnaf games, but i don't hate him. I hate the fanbase that his games spawned. The screaming facecam users have ruined my want to ever play the game.
Only ProJared made the game fairly interesting, because he didn't lose his mind when a jump scare happened.
Only ProJared made the game fairly interesting, because he didn't lose his mind when a jump scare happened.
As a huge fan of FNAF and Scott as a person, I am proud to see such a smart and humble game developer, it gives me a shred of hope for the industry in general...
I still can't get over that it's just one fucking guy making these things.
And quickly too!
It's impressive as hell just at face value. And I do enjoy watching the games being played (Markiplier!) so...hell, the guy gets all of the respect and kudos I can afford to give 'em.
And quickly too!
It's impressive as hell just at face value. And I do enjoy watching the games being played (Markiplier!) so...hell, the guy gets all of the respect and kudos I can afford to give 'em.
Well once you take the coat of paint off they are very basic games. That's not to say they're bad, quite the opposite. They're cheap games that people enjoy, we're often VERY crital of an expensive game being short or not living up to the budget, but when a game is released for the price that most games would wait 'till a steam sale for people still complain it's not silent hill.LostGryphon said:
Hell they're probably one of the best Episodic games out there, short, cheap games released very quickly.
That said, one of the biggest complaints I've heard about FNaF is it's reliance on jumpscares and this has been a trend I've noticed in recent years; Horror-snobbery, as horror has moved out of it's grindhouse/video nasty roots the old guard have turned their noses up at anything that isn't a psychological masterpiece.
Well, shit. Good going, Scott. While you had a perfect and well-written response to your critics, you said the dreaded "G-word" so now you're going to get even more hate than you did before. If I was you, I'd batten down the hatches, because it's going to be so much worse now.
They've all been fairly successful as far as I know, but another sector of the internet has been repeatedly lashing out at FNaF, anybody who likes it, and Scott ever since the first game became really huge on Youtube.Shoggoth2588 said:
He made some games they didn't like. On the internet, that's the second-worst crime any person could ever commit.JimB said:
OT: I'm kinda with Jim Sterling on the whole FNaF saga in general, though I think I "get" the franchise better than he does. They're not for me, and I have nothing but respect and admiration for Scott for not only bouncing back from the criticism of his Chipper & Sons Greenlight trailer the way he did, but also taking the criticism and turning it into a hugely successful franchise and never losing his perspective.
The only problem I really have with Scott is that he released 4 games of the same franchise within less than a year. I cant fault him for that though, they were damn popular and made him quite a lot of money. While I haven't played the games in question(I own the first one), I respect his work. I think his response to people "hating" on him was fantastic.
I honestly understand why people would be annoyed with Scott to begin with, considering he's made four games in the past year, all following the same basic goldmine of a formula. But I can forgive him for it since he makes a genuine effort to mix it up each time, and unlike a great many indie devs like the ones we see Jim Sterling covering, he makes the game that fits his given budget, he doesn't make the barest possible foundations of some over-ambitious title, throw it on Early Access and ask for $60. Why do some indie devs struggle with this? You make what you can afford, polish it to a mirror shine, and sell it at a reasonable price.
May I ask why you think this is a problem? I kind of respect it personally, after all why sit on a completed game until some arbitrary date? Especially in this day and age when some of the best marketing an indie can get is by word of mouth and youtubers playing their gameBroderick said: