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

[_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.