We Want Your Messages of Support for the Ooblets Devs (Patreon)

Hey folks,

Last week the creators of whimsical life simulation Ooblets were subject to a torrent of harassment after they announced they had signed a deal with Epic to cover the cost of development in return for exclusivity on the Epic Game Store. Regardless of how you feel about the platform in question, the way in which certain elements within the gaming community responded is utterly defenceless. 

It also stands in opposition to everything Noclip stands for.

Noclip was started to create a bridge of empathy between devs & players. To help gamers understand the process of games creation and to consider that developers are people. By getting developers to open up about their process and allow players into their creative vision. But moments like this are a large part of why so many people leave development. Criticism and harassment have no common ground, and sadly too many people within the games community cannot seem to see where one begins and another ends - or perhaps they'd rather not know.

So how can we combat this negativity and help support these developers? Well, all I know is video, but it appears to be a pretty powerful form of communication. So I figured we could make a video of support to publish on the channel that might remind them (and other developers) that for every person harassing them there are hundreds more people pulling for them.

So if you like our work, appreciate devs and/or just want to push against the tide of negativity that too often plagues our community - take a minute to record a short message of support on your phone or camera and send it to: 

----> POSTCARDS @ NOCLIP.VIDEO   <-----

It can be as short as "Best of luck with the rest of development" or a few sentences about the game and what you like about it. But please send something positive, reaffirming, and powerful!  Feel free to attach to an email, use Dropbox, Google Drive or whatever works. 

And we don't just mean game players. We want messages from you developers too!

I'll edit all your messages into a big video-postcard of support for the devs which we'll publish publicly. Let's come together to remind developers that there are thousands of us who appreciate them and their work.  

If you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comments below. 

But please, don't just read this a move on with your day. Pick up your phone and record something. This is a real moment where we can come together to support developers and push back against the negativity that too often drives the conversation within out community. 

So please...

GET FILMING! GET EMAILING! FOR DEVS!

Thanks so much,

Danny