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Cities: Skylines 2 developers have noticed 'a growing tendency of toxicity in our community' (www.techradar.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/games@lemmy.world

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Developers of Cities: Skylines 2 have noticed a growing toxicity in their community, which is affecting engagement and creativity.
The CEO of Colossal Order expressed concern about the negative impact of toxicity on the team and the community.
The developers still encourage helpful criticism from the community but ask for it to be constructive and kind.

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[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Upper management is always full of the slimiest people out there, I just don't think that justifies the hate towards devs who just want to make a game and already have to put up with said upper management.

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

That's basic relationship stuff : game studios broke player trust. It's up to them to win it back.

Now different people react differently to the break of trust. Some do react poorly to it. But I won't blame people, and I won't sympathise with studios I don't already trust.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Again, studios are just a bunch of people passionate to make cool games except for cases like The Day Before.

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And sometimes they're also assholes that disrespect players. Sometimes they're too leniant and think a buggy mess is a game worth releasing. That's disrespect. Being small is not an excuse to release an alpha version.