![]() "Must be doing this PC game dev thing wrong because it is way too hard to stay happy and productive. His parting shot, however, was more sobering. According to SteamSpy, Bear Simulator has amassed 2,372 owners in the time since its launch.įarjay closed his update by thanking his backers, for both their support and the communication with them throughout Bear Simulator's development. Bear Simulator was released on Steam on February 26, and while it has 79 per cent positive user reviews, Farjay suggested that his hopes for the launch hadn't been realised. "It was really fun making the game, trailers, updates, websites, tutorials, blog posts and stuff, hopefully you all liked those things."įarjay's concerns seem to be rooted in everything that happened when his game stopped being a project in development and started being a consumer product - open to feedback and criticism and the lessons of objective data. "Can't ignore it because that causes more drama and can't do anything about it because that causes more drama," he said. In the last update, he said he was "not skilled enough" to improve the game from its current state, and that he didn't want to "deal with the drama" of continuing its development. "Was really hoping the Steam release would go well but why would it, should have just gave the game to backers and not bother with Steam"įarjay didn't offer any specific information regarding this "stigma," but there are other aspects to his decision. Chief among them is the apparent belief that his game met a frosty reception, going so far as to claim it has, "a stigma against its name." A subsequent Kotaku article referenced a video made by Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, in which the enormously popular YouTuber capped his Bear Simulator play session by attempting to get a refund, and then giving Farjay Games the finger. Bear Simulator Wild Animal Simulation Game is designed to provide interesting levels and excitement to the Bear Simulator Games 2022. In an update on Bear Simulator's Kickstarter page, Farjay pointed to several different reasons for his decision. ![]() Eat things, go on an adventure and discover things about your forest home. ![]() Farjay has shipped the game to his backers, and he has pledged to add the last of its promised features - an "island" - in a final update, yet he still wants to leave it behind. Summary: A game where you live life through the eyes of a bear. John Farjay, the owner of Farjay Games, raised $100,571 from 3,871 backers in March 2014, but this isn't another example of a developer failing to honour its Kickstarter commitments. The developer behind Bear Simulator is abandoning the project, despite completing a successful $100,000 Kickstarter campaign. ![]()
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