Seconding a lot of people here, I cried—and more than that, I was genuinely dazed from the shock of it all. I felt like I imagine my Rook would've felt in that moment, and that is a damned *feat* for any writer to pull off.

You and the whole team have my awe & gratitude. Literally unforgettable!

Exactly! 100% agree.

Exactly! Funny how some of these people have gone through an English degree & have come out of it with the idea that Communication Bad.

Accessible language is what'll keep our society unified and strong. Alienating people based on arbitrary markers of "intelligence"... well... look where we are now

Anyway, reading - yes, even close, analytical reading - is a skill you can learn at home. Sorry.

I know this from writing fiction outside of university. What I've learned in my English degree did absolutely nothing to advance my novel-writing craft. As I look into trying to learn to write video games, I have even less knowledge from my degree to fall back on.

An English degree ultimately teaches you how to read a specific set of texts. In 99% of cases, in 99% of courseloads, How To Write Video Game - and how to do it *well,* how to know it as well as the people actually working in dev know it - is not part of the course. At all.

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. It's ridiculous because half of these people are writers/artists *in fandom,* yet can't seem to grasp that hindsight is an unavoidable part of creating, & that a writer will feel new waves of it literally forever.

I have very few other words. I'm just sorry. 💔

seconding this!! 💛

oh i am so excited for it, and i am SO happy to see a creative that i really admire being excited for the same!! i've quite latched onto "oh hey, there are other RPGs out there, and so many of them look so good" as a way to cope. ✌️

i hope you love it! i hope we all do!!