What the f**k is this

[POMARANCZA123PL]

lol

[Yukiko Miyamoto]

Game looks fine no glitches at all.

[Ragtag_Dude]

I'd ask similar question, maybe 3 years ago. Now I'm kinda confused how some folks are still trying to delve into this. 

 

Just another quick, low effort cash-in, it's what it is.

[Squarevii87]

I think this is probably the greatest videogame of all time

Edited April 5, 2022 by Squarevii87

[MidnightDragon]

Just the usual shovelware crap. 

[sappho-lopod]

A damn masterpiece from the looks of it

[Deadly_Ha_Ha]

46 minutes ago, Ragtag_Dude said:

I'd ask similar question, maybe 3 years ago. Now I'm kinda confused how some folks are still trying to delve into this. 

 

Just another quick, low effort cash-in, it's what it is.

This, basically

[jh7459]

Sometimes there are questions that once you know the answer, you wish you didn't

[Breakingthegreen]

1 hour ago, Ragtag_Dude said:

Just another quick, low effort cash-in, it's what it is.

I dispute low effort, the game is using rota-scoping, an animation technique which does take a hell of a long time for one person to do.

Whether it's done well or is even a good game at all... Well I'm gonna wait for a sale regardless of if it gets 90+ on metacritic be I'd consider buying it.

[MsVelvet]

Try looking at these titles with a little more respect n a little less disdain. These indie devs r making games n in turn making a living. Every1 has to start somewhere. Maybe in X amount of years the ppl or person who made this will be working on something bigger which may catch your eye. No these low budget games aren't for every1 n that's fine but no need to trash some1's work cuz it's not AAA standard. At least most indies that release work, they don't need a day 1 patch n multiple patches along the way b4 the game is in a playable state n the trophies pop when they r supposed to.

[DeathlessVoid]

I'll tell you what the fuck this is. Because I had a hand in getting it removed from Steam.

 

This is from a well known "indie dev" that used to go by the name BMC Studios <- click for a rundown of reasons of why this studio is trash. They were banned originally from Steam for selling some of the lowest tier garbage shovelware ever conceived and manipulating their reviews. They can't even code their games properly, and they usually only have like two or three buttons for choices in the games. Dev fought the ban and lost.

 

Since BMC Studios got banned, the developer Alain decided to create a new studio called "Totally Not Me Studios" and got back on Steam. I called them out, flagged this piece of shit, and it eventually got pulled because he circumvented the ban by trying to say his mommy owned BMC Studios. I'm not making that up, it's on his Twitter.

 

I'm both astonished and ashamed to see it on PSN.

 

24 minutes ago, MsVelvet said:

Try looking at these titles with a little more respect n a little less disdain. These indie devs r making games n in turn making a living. Every1 has to start somewhere. Maybe in X amount of years the ppl or person who made this will be working on something bigger which may catch your eye. No these low budget games aren't for every1 n that's fine but no need to trash some1's work cuz it's not AAA standard. At least most indies that release work, they don't need a day 1 patch n multiple patches along the way b4 the game is in a playable state n the trophies pop when they r supposed to.

 

No. Just no. Not in this case. The dev behind this game is a POS and he's been at it since 2016 and has made little to no progress of doing anything even remotely respectable. Makes fun of depression by making a "depression simulator" type game that does nothing but shit on mental health. He literally sees everything as a meme, doesn't matter how serious it is. And the memes aren't even funny... unless you're in the age bracket of single digits. Games are, at best, 10 minutes long as well.

 

I implore people to not support this trash or this horrid person of a "developer" (who dropped out of college to keep creating shit-tier games, so clearly he has no interest in getting better at his craft after 6 years).

Edited March 31, 2022 by DeathlessVoid

[Kristen Danielle]

1 hour ago, DeathlessVoid said:

Makes fun of depression by making a "depression simulator" type game that does nothing but shit on mental health.

 

This is horrid. When I "simulate" my depression and anxiety, it usually feels something like this (source).

 

[DeathlessVoid]

@Kristen Danielle And that's a beautifully artistic piece.

 

The trailer for the depression game he made. Essentially it was 10 minutes worth of home footage of him:

- Spinning in a chair

- Pretending to smash his desk/chair up

- Staring at the camera and twitching

- Clawing himself in a bathtub

- Peeing. Yes. Peeing.

 

I'd known about him before with his Kimulator games (name taken from Kim Jong Un), but honestly when I got his shitty little spam code in my Curator Connect for that depression game and played it, I made it my mission to be a thorn in his side. Like you wanna treat life as a meme, fine. But don't meme on mental health and continue reinforcing the stigmas around it. I also suffer from depression, so it hit a nerve with me. Shortly after the release of this abomination, he released Coughing Simulator, which was making fun of the COVID pandemic.

[Kristen Danielle]

50 minutes ago, DeathlessVoid said:

I made it my mission to be a thorn in his side.

 

You have restored my hope in humanity for today! ?

[Zanreo]

Man... looking at this I first thought it would just be a weird and silly game, but hearing more about the dev and his past games... yeah , I don't wanna support anything from this guy. As someone who's been dealing with depression for the past years it legit disgusts me hearing about this past "depression game", and in general just how he apparently treats all kinds of serious subjects as "haha funny meme"... I'm a shameless memelord and am fine with some "dark humor", but this... this shit really isn't it.

[MiahMamoon]

its a masterpiece thats what it is ?

[Sky_RykerXD]

Trailer for this led me to the BMC channel...so much cringe. Like how... 

[pinkrobot_pb]

There are many people that would happily dig for trophies in a dog turd with their bare hands. So yeah, people will still buy this if the price is right unfortunately.

[Gommes_]

Trophy whores who only go for shovelware will have no problem with buying this crap. So, there will always be a market.

[Almatones]

Might be a trophy whore but after reading all this, still gonna avoid it. 

[Sydoki]

People keep buying 10 stacks of the same $2 game every time a wannabe "developer" puts it out as a cashgrab to let people pop 10 plats in the spawn of 5 minutes - and then everyone wonders "how come this stuff is allowed on PSN?!?!?!"

Congratulations, you played yourself...and everyone else who has to dig through a literal pile of garbage every time there's a sale.

[Breakingthegreen]

20 hours ago, DeathlessVoid said:

The dev behind this game is a POS and he's been at it since 2016 and has made little to no progress of doing anything even remotely respectable. Makes fun of depression by making a "depression simulator" type game that does nothing but shit on mental health. He literally sees everything as a meme, doesn't matter how serious it is. And the memes aren't even funny... unless you're in the age bracket of single digits. Games are, at best, 10 minutes long as well.

Well I feel bad about my tacit defence, I stand by rota-scoping being a pretty neat animation style (watch the Folding Ideas video about the animated Lord of the Rings to see what i mean.) But seeing the Dev be ignorant and gross, (in two senses of the word,) yeah... think I'll give this game a skip.

[DeathlessVoid]

2 hours ago, breakingthegreen said:

Well I feel bad about my tacit defence, I stand by rota-scoping being a pretty neat animation style (watch the Folding Ideas video about the animated Lord of the Rings to see what i mean.) But seeing the Dev be ignorant and gross, (in two senses of the word,) yeah... think I'll give this game a skip.

 

I'll give you that in a general sense, your statement is right. I love a lot of indie devs and I've supported my fair share. I've also been around the block a lot on Steam reviewing hundreds indie titles and have had a ton of exposure to both incredible gems and straight up scams.

 

I'll agree also that rotoscoping is a great animation style, I absolutely love it as well. Though I wouldn't give Alain much credit... his girlfriend does a lot of the animation work. Time-consuming, yes. But he has all the time in the world to make this garbage and has for the last 6 years. As far as I know, neither of them have jobs and he just lives at home with his rich parents. At least he did, I'm not sure now since he posted about getting kicked out and was e-begging for money while buying expensive old games off eBay at the same time and boasting about it. 

Edited April 1, 2022 by DeathlessVoid

[sappho-lopod]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:46 PM, Zanreo said:

Man... looking at this I first thought it would just be a weird and silly game, but hearing more about the dev and his past games... yeah , I don't wanna support anything from this guy. As someone who's been dealing with depression for the past years it legit disgusts me hearing about this past "depression game", and in general just how he apparently treats all kinds of serious subjects as "haha funny meme"... I'm a shameless memelord and am fine with some "dark humor", but this... this shit really isn't it.

Shit, same. Just... yikes.

[starcrunch061]

So, let me get this straight: this dude is banned (multiple times) from Steam, but has games on the Sony store?

 

That feels like a new low. 

 

On 3/31/2022 at 5:38 PM, MsVelvet said:

Try looking at these titles with a little more respect n a little less disdain. These indie devs r making games n in turn making a living. Every1 has to start somewhere. Maybe in X amount of years the ppl or person who made this will be working on something bigger which may catch your eye. No these low budget games aren't for every1 n that's fine but no need to trash some1's work cuz it's not AAA standard. At least most indies that release work, they don't need a day 1 patch n multiple patches along the way b4 the game is in a playable state n the trophies pop when they r supposed to.

 

I notice you didn't come back and answer. Just to add: I agree with you in a perfect universe, but the fact is, there are plenty of shitty devs who are abusing good will like yours to hoist crap onto the store. Ultimately, this hurts legitimate small developers, because they'll just be lumped into the same pot. I've been a pretty big supporter of low-budget games over my PS4 lifetime, and that prejudice is beginning to seep into me as well. As I posted on a status update, nowadays, when I see a list of all gold trophies, I tend to dismiss the game immediately. That's absolutely not fair to the hardworking devs who might have made a bad game, but it's still a logical response given the tons of pig feces that the lousy devs are putting on the market.

 

Tl;dr: we have to call out the unscrupulous devs.

Edited April 6, 2022 by starcrunch061