QL was our first game and although it was a big milestone for us, it was created at a time before we understood version control software. We do not have access to the source code anymore and cannot make any fixes or changes to the game. Because of this, we have decided to disable the ability for anyone to buy copies of the game. Thank you for your time and feel free to reach out to us.
The trailer looks like an awesome vaporwave freeze tag indie game.
Well it would be rude to think they’re not smart enough to make a backup of a thing they’re spending effort on and actually works.
Why? I was the programming director of a game dev club in university and so many people didn’t know how to use git and I had to teach them. The number of university or early hobby projects that have been lost is probably essentially uncountable.
I’m a guy who likes to goon, eat magic mushrooms, and play videogames all the time. I don’t lose files.
Wanna trade jobs?
lmao your brain is so fried that you cannot understand that people making a game for the first time 10 years ago might’ve not understood the importance of proper version control and backup.
No, THEY did not understand. I know full well how to copy a file.
Bro still eating mushrooms while typing. Go lie down and play portishead somwehere.
Small children might take offense at a random Internet flamer like you, but I cannot be bothered to care.
Of course not. You’re a mango!
So many games are lost in time due to this.
My favourite game off all time, Homeworld, got remastered years ago. Its fantastic follow-up, cataclysm could not be included in the renaster. The reason? Lost source code. No backups, studio got bought, diveded, merged, shut down and nobody thoight it prudent to safeguard that what they bought; the code and ip.
It happens. Often.
The fact that Blizzard was able to piece together a reconstruction of WoW Classic v1.12 is more of the exception to the rule.
Ugh buyouts are terrible.
“We lost access to the source code because we didn’t use VCS or make backups”
“Well, it would be rude to think they’re not smart enough to make a backup[…]”
No, what’s rude is assuming that people are lying to you without good reason.
How do we know what reason they have?
“It would be rude to think that they’re inexperienced. So let’s just say that THEY’RE LIARS!!!”
You’re almost close to self-awareness. But then, not bad for a mango.