Following a social media post in support of LGBTQ+ game developers, Godot is now getting review-bombed on Steam.

[docpop@mastodon.social]

@someguyjg right?! These dudes are harassing a bunch of indie game developers and threatening Godot's community manager, all because of an incredibly dumb post some dude made about "woke studios" using pre-built game engines. I guess they ran out of things to be mad about and are desperately looking for things to feel victimized about.

[antifarben@mastodon.social]

@docpop sorry, but I just had to check my watch to see which century we have.
Nowadays people decide not to consume the products of sellers/producers, just because the sellers are the way they are. It's not about anything the sellers are doing (i.e. harming others) or about the quality of the product - but solely about the seller's identity.

Roughly 90 years ago, Germans did something related, where people suggested not to buy products produced by people who identify as Jew.

[workingclassgames@tech.lgbt]

@docpop So happy I left the hate bird site

[musicman@mastodon.social]

@docpop "woke" is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Epic... but ok!

[forteller@tutoteket.no]

@docpop @dogfox It's just how curse words are censored on Steam. Not sure if Steam does it or if it's just the culture for how people write curse words there, but I've seen it a lot

[_slotek_@mastodon.social]

@docpop Time to add #WokeGamer to my profile!

[docpop@mastodon.social]

@workingclassgames I don't use it anymore either, but I hate that it still has so much power over the communities and hobbies I'm in. I'm not just talking about games, there are a few more open source projects I follow that keep coming down to "some thing somebody said on X and is now affecting things outside of X". It's weird how much influence X/twitter still has.

[dzwiedziu@mastodon.social]

@docpop Guess who's downloading Godot from Steam to try make a totally non-political game?

[notmybackdoorbug@mastodon.social]

@docpop

Still. After all these years.

What in the flying fuck is woke even?

Why complain about something that doesn't even have a good definition.

[xarvos@outerheaven.club]

@evan @docpop didn’t you know, godot is a game build with godot

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@xarvos @docpop the Godot editor is a game where the goal is to build a popular video game on Steam?!

[starstorm_x1@floofy.tech]

@docpop Apparently, those bigots are not aware that "there's no such thing as bad publicity". In fact, this was actually how I learned Godot is on Steam, and now more people will be aware of it. (In fact, I'm kind of tempted to use it if I ever get into game development, heh.)

[starstorm_x1@floofy.tech]

@docpop (Slight tangent: I also highly recommend Pixelorama! It's a pixel art software made in Godot!)

[docpop@mastodon.social]

@starstorm_x1 thanks for the suggestion! I hadn’t heard of Pixelorama before, but it looks rad https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama

[alemarcati@mastodon.social]

@docpop It's pretty much over now. It went back to 'mixed' on recent reviews and 'very positive' on all-time. The fake outrage wave is dying down and by next week nobody will even remember it.