I never actually expected to make a make a post here telling people I was a volunteer. I guess it was frustration and partially morbid curiosity to see what would happen. What I saw what a bunch of you trying to dig for emails and more reasons to be mad at him. I'm not about that, my concerns were always about the game because I want it to be great as I'm sure you all want it to be.
But for those who want something good on Alex what I'm going to do it is give him his fair shake and tell you EXACTLY how I felt working with him so prepare for a story.
I started working with him over a year ago at the time I was working at another company so I was just making assets on my free time for fun. Eventually I got laid off and the job hunt was not kind so I had a very hard time finding new employment and I was on the verge of getting kicked out of my apartment. I still would occasionally make assets for the game between trying to boost up my portfolio then one day I suggested that I could work on the game full time if he could pay me just enough to pay rent and a mention so that I could get commissions. We agreed on a price for the amount of work and right there Dev saved me from living on the streets, it wasn't a lot but along with commissions I had enough to live so I am incredibly grateful for that.
Working with Dev was very pleasant he was usually very happy with my work giving me varying amounts of praise. It helped boost my confidence I stopped being so worried that my work wasn't good enough. Working with Dev especially earlier on was fun he'd tell me about his plans for the characters and plans for the future of the game and occasionally bringing up lunar scythe. To my knowledge I was pretty trusted and he did treat me with respect and I appreciate that.
Of course there were frustrations down the road. Like the unity asset thing and generally being over worked for the amount I was paid and honestly all of it could of been solved by having better communication. But we didn't and I was left to stew in my frustrations I began to hate working on the game it stopped being fun and our relationship became mostly business. At this point I found it was time to leave I didn't like the direction the game was heading so a month or two later I found a job and left the project.
But even after leaving the project I still felt angry like I felt cheated or something I had someone direct me to a post on reddit asking "who are the paid volunteers" and finding out that I was the only one. I was furious seeing that I was only given enough to survive and that extra money wasn't going to someone else so I confronted him about it I was ready for a yelling match ready to fucking rip into him but no what he did was pay me, he paid me in full. There was no yelling barely an argument he resolved to giving me what I deserved for my work. What are you supposed to say to that? I was fucking thankful in that moment my life was immediately on track there was no more fight.
But how did I repay him in the end? I came here and started talking shit about him, the guy who kept me from the streets, the guy how gave me the confidence and the practice to find new employment and the guy who respected me enough to give me his trust and give me what I deserved.
Dev has been good to me I can't speak for all other volunteers but least for me he's done a lot of good. There is a lot of shit on him and there will be more shit on him but he has done good things and like everyone else he deserves a fair shake.
Am I defending his other actions? No, those are his problems and I don't give a damn about them as long as they don't affect the game I don't care. I'm still very against the inventory system and still very upset about the unity asset thing. I want this game to be great like I know it can be that is why I'm upset.
I also realize I basically gave away who I am but fuck it.
Also happy 100 pages