Alles anzeigenI've deleted the attached file from the original post. (tbh. only because of Forum64 to save them from trouble and absolutely NOT because of SDG !!!)
It's absolutely amazing Laura_SDG that how often, we've asked for an update for unknown Realm, where we, the community gave you more than 130k HOW MANY YEARS AGO ???
No word, no update, nada from your end. Don't you think, instead of swinging around with the "copyright"-club, you should give the people that supported you something back ???
adtbm Nothing spreads Christmas cheer like pirating a $10 Christmas disk and accidentally getting your favorite internet forum shut down by big record company lawyers because the disk contains licensed music.
Exactly, like i've been waiting for this game under my christmas tree so many years ago, so i've been robbed first by YOU.
PS: since when is christmas music licensed ? Please let me know which song you had to license ??? (And what money you've used to pay for that license? <- no worries, i've contacted my Lawyer already.)
All i can say: shame on you !!!
PS: i doubt, seeing the progress of your project, that i'll be able to play unknown Realm during my lifetime. Maybe my grandchildren will be able to and i doubt even more, that i EVER will receive the goodies you promoted and i've (and many others) paid for. SO WHO is the robber and pirate here ??? You've showed us how to spread the Christmas cheers first. It's your fault too, that many of us Retro fans do not trust Kickstarter any more and many developers that really could need the financial support won't get it, because of you !)
You're engaging in mental gymnastics to justify breaking the law and maliciously infringing on intellectual property belonging to us and others.
"No word, no update...who's the robber and the pirate?" I am not aware of you ever acknowledging any of the updates we have posted (particularly the most recent ones), but you know very well that we just demo'd our game because it was JUST discussed in this thread. The last update we posted reflected progress that we've made, and showed other people playing our game and enjoying it. You have created a straw man of us and acted with malice based on a fiction of your own making.
You seek to shame me, but I am not ashamed because I know the truth, which is this: We have continued working to finish Unknown Realm, and putting fun and good into the world through the JollyDisk, and every other thing we make from feelies to Christmas cards. Each of these are intended to bring some light to as many people as we can while we work on finishing the game. If we're lucky enough to make any money off of them, it goes right back into making the game. We've done this despite personal and professional obstacles, through a global pandemic and severe economic downturn, and all the while under the weight of relentless bullying that most people would not be able to withstand (and more than a few creators in the C64 community have left because they could not endure the hostility that is so prevalent here).
Your feigned outrage about the money we raised (which amounts to less than an $8/hr minimum wage for a single person over 7 years) and some imagined harm that's done to others is a false pretense to justify the inhumane treatment of us by this community, but it does not excuse you or anyone else. It is people like YOU who ruin the retro community for everyone, not us.
Contacting your lawyer sounds like a good idea.