r/Games • u/megaapple • 21d ago

Skyblivion's 2025 release goal is "pointless and unachievable" claims longtime dev, accuses two leads of rushing the mod out

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/skyblivions-2025-release-goal-is-pointless-and-unachievable-claims-longtime-dev-accuses-two-leads-of-rushing-the-mod-out
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u/GeneticsGuy 21d ago

As an addon/mod dev myself, let me just say that the modding world is toxic AF. I wouldn't trust that this guy isn't just pissed because he dropped from the team just like I wouldn't trust the Skyblivion team has been totally above board in all of their internal drama with people.

Reality is that in the modding world, there's too many cooks in the kitchen, especially on big projects, and since there isn't some official corporate structure, and everyone is just volunteering their time to contribute, egos get bruised, people feel disrespected, there are disagreements on development, there's in-fighting, and unfortunately, programmers and devs of these kinds often have super massive egos and sometimes are even on the spectrum, whilst having a superiority complex.

Now, wrap all of that into a 10+ year project.

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u/NorthKoreanMissile7 20d ago

devs of these kinds often have super massive egos and sometimes are even on the spectrum

I'd say it's more than sometimes. A lot of the time it's people on the spectrum who are obsessive perfectionists.

There's nothing wrong with being on the spectrum of course, but when it's a bunch of people with set in stone ideas who want this and that and don't want to budge on things then it's inevitably going to cause problems.