Jason Thor Hall / PirateSoftware / Maldavius Figtree / DarkSphere Creations / Maldavius / Thorwich / Witness X / @PotatoSec - Incompetent Furry Programmer, Blizzard Nepo Baby, Lies about almost every thing in his life, Industry Shill, Carried by his father, Hate boner against Ross Scott of Accursed Farms, False Flagger

[MercuryMan]

This is one of the few times I think he's said something reasonable. That's a wholesome solution for the chatter.

But the anti-AI train isn't stopping anytime soon. It's a very useful tool, and he doesn't really address the chatter's ethical concerns.

He always plays wholesome advice guru in his shorts content. He doesn't follow any of his advice. It's just to look smart while not doing anything.

 

[McSneaks]

Seeing all the positive reviews be .2 hours or .4 hours.

Really tells a tale.

An undertale or a ferrettail?


I wish there was a way to sort by timeplayed (or even average it) but skimming a couple hundred negative reviews and the average roughly looks like AT LEAST 3-4 hours, with a lot of people in the 8-14 range.

Of course in the land of Mald these are just super dedicated haters review israellying to get all the .2-.3 totally true and honest reviews pushed down

 

[Ghoul Road]

Calling it a "brilliant game" isn't too far off considering the game has won a handful of awards and is often found on greatest of all time lists. As for changing the industry he's completely lost the plot, indie games started to gain popularity around 2008 with games like Braid, Spelunky, Dwarf Fortess, Super Meat Boy and IndieGame: The Movie. Then the big indie spike was in 2011 with Minecraft, and a couple other popular games like Terraria and The Binding of Isaac which further confirmed to any aspiring developers that indie games were on the rise.

Or maybe Mald is only calling it a brilliant game because his rainbow-haired followers like Undertale. He is a slave to the opinions of others, as any self-obsessed loser is.

 

[Maldavius Figtree]

This is one of the few times I think he's said something reasonable. That's a wholesome solution for the chatter.

Nah it's bullshit. Have you ever tried doing something with kids' help? It's 10x more draining than just doing it by yourself. That's why many overwhelmed parents fall in the "learned helplessness" trap.

He always plays wholesome advice guru in his shorts content. He doesn't follow any of his advice. It's just to look smart while not doing anything.

He's such a fucking piece of shit. The eye rolling, picking at his fingernails, it's just so demeaning and condescending to whoever asked for advice.

Here's my advice on using AI pixel art for prototyping: just do it.

 

[Nothing Is Written]

No, the guy asking the question only mentions "family life," Mald takes that and jumps to "you have kids" which is not what the guy said in the slightest.

I didn't notice that, you're right. For all we know chatter is a 30yo and the family he's referring are his parents who enable his failures.

He's projecting. Heartbound is a projection. We're all watching theatre written by a special ed playwright.

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

Nah it's bullshit. Have you ever tried doing something with kids' help? It's 10x more draining than just doing it by yourself. That's why many overwhelmed parents fall in the "learned helplessness" trap.


He's such a fucking piece of shit. The eye rolling, picking at his fingernails, it's just so demeaning and condescending to whoever asked for advice.

Here's my advice on using AI pixel art for prototyping: just do it.

Yeah I don't see an issue with using AI if its not the final product.

I remember him saying something about not using temporary assets in your game cause its a bad idea.
Which to me seems fucking retarded. "UH YOU MIGHT FORGET TO REMOVE THEM."
Label your files 'DELETEME_Name'
I'm not even in game development but just from doing shit in general when I have something I don't need to keep / just in case I forget I name it DELETEME just to go through and clean house on my PC occasionally.
I can't imagine not being able to prototype out an enemy because you have to wait for an art asset to be done before you can put it in.
I'd say that's why he can't finish a game in 8 years but I know that's not the reason its just bad idiotic advice.

 

[MercuryMan]

Yeah I don't see an issue with using AI if its not the final product.

I remember him saying something about not using temporary assets in your game cause its a bad idea.

Is that the short where he claims they're bad because of his story where devs forgot to take them out during testing?

 

[Nothing Is Written]

remember him saying something about not using temporary assets in your game cause its a bad idea.

It's industry standard to do this. A lot.

Even game programmers in general do it for methods they haven't fleshed out yet with

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statements. He's a fraud.

Edit: I like PEP8.

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

Is that the short where he claims they're bad because of his story where devs forgot to take them out during testing?

Yes I think so. I don't wanna look it up because I the less I have to hear him speak the better for my mental health.

statements. He's a fraud.

Well yeah. I'm just thinking how my work would go if we had to stop what we're doing and wait for specific parts instead of just using a placeholder or something on hand until what we need got there.

You can't get anything done.

 

[ADHD Mate]

Here's my advice on using AI pixel art for prototyping: just do it.

Using AI for prototyping is retarded. Just go for any site like itch.io/opengameart.org and download one of many available free packs.
There is additional benefit that if you get somewhere with your game, you have contacts to someone whom you can commission to produce more assets that will be consistent with overall style. Something that AI cannot really do reliably.

 

[Shekel Puff]

Using AI for prototyping is retarded. Just go for any site like itch.io/opengameart.org and download one of many available free packs.
There is additional benefit that if you get somewhere with your game, you have contacts to someone whom you can commission to produce more assets that will be consistent with overall style. Something that AI cannot really do reliably.

This. Wanted to say the same thing. Opengameart.org is a great website with a whole bunch of free assets for your projects.

 

[I mean I'm just saying]

I remember him saying something about not using temporary assets in your game cause its a bad idea.

Here's where I posted it. Ahh, page 71, we've come so far since then.

 

[SlyVMan]

i wanna draw attention to the characters within this episode of maldy attacking his community like a retarded pedantic child

nemutai has joined his discord in 2021. waaaay before the shorts and wow drama ever happened.
dr cookie joined before the wow drama, in early 2024
david is from even earlier than that, 2018, from the early build days of heartbound, probably a champions of breakfast fan
the only potential troll is cutestcat

screenshot for context of what the fuck i am talking about in case you forgot (i think this was already posted)
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and aside from grandmaster dickrider myke, they're having none of that
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toast but cereal joined before the wow drama, in late 2024

these are the people maldy is attacking by saying:

>making it seem
which implies intent and
>empowering dogshit behavior
admitting these actually personally affect him

he's going after long standing fans
this guy is a fucking moron bro lmfao

Just saw that Nemutai slapped back at Jason today. Inb4 that retard bans them

 

[potato sack]

Just saw that Nemutai slapped back at Jason today. Inb4 that retard bans them

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according to that link the only instance reviews arent removed is if they are marked as off-topic

so some nigga is posting his address or saying roach and mald is reporting them to steam as off-topic. or hes just stupid and doesnt know that the reviews are in fact being removed

or hes lying

the face of indie game development doesnt know how steam fucking works

also look at the messages bro
"No matter how much you love and enjoy Heartbound it objectively has issues, pretending it doesn't is weird."
"the community has developed the air of an abusive relationship with giant elephants in the room."
"I'm in no way trying to downplay the level of hate the studio receives daily."
"I didn't want to say anything but this part is incorrect."

imagine being part of a fanbase where youre too afraid to say shit cos that can get you banned

 

[ratnoid]

Ross made a thirty minute long response to PirateSoftware as a part of his most recent report on his campaign.

[The full scoop on Stop Killing Games! Covers past, present, and future.

Link to European Citizens' Initiative:

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Link to UK Government Petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/

Edit: Local copy of his 30 minute rant about PirateSoftware only.

 

[potato sack]

Ross made a thirty minute long response to Pirate Software as a part of his most recent report on his campaign.

there should a reaction of 'this makes me depressed and sad dude' but there isnt so have a heart

 

[itogi]

Ross made a thirty minute long response to Pirate Software as a part of his most recent report on his campaign.

PreserveTube, Ghost Archive, local:

 

[Spook Master]

Ross made a thirty minute long response to PirateSoftware as a part of his most recent report on his campaign.

Mold man from the top rope, fuck Thor the hack fraud.

 

[Shekel Puff]

Man, I'm not watching this. I love Ross and his content, but this shit will just make me depressed probably.

 

[clever handle]

I feel really bad for Ross, he doesn't deserve any of this. Jason's weird dissection of the "politicians like easy wins" line really fucking bothers me because it refuses to engage with reality as it exists. He seems to have this strange just-world delusion that because a certain conception of something is "right", that it's also the only solution worth pursuing. That sort of inflexibility and inability to understand the game of politics and the behavioral inclinations of people is one of the biggest reasons we have a lot of the legislative deadlocking we do right now.

Even if we assume he's not acting duplicitously and in bad faith, it's a classic case of a hyper-idealist caring more about projecting a sense of virtuousness than actually getting anything fucking done. Wanting to be the captain of the sinking ship, and all that.