Learn situational awareness before raging like a baby, easy ban
I enter the forums after a few years and everyoneâs saying the game is DONE and OVER and theres NO hope left and Vetex is gonna be HOMELESS and oh my god its all OVER . What did i miss here
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people been saying that for the past few years to be fair
with how much people doompost it feels like they want it to fail
they just want to be right
Morale on the forums might be on a all-time low and we are seeing the results of it
I mean we are at the end of July and only have the dragon upd to show for it all this time
yes im aware of the declining player rate but even before then weve had years of constant doom and gloom in these forums
some of yall gotta admit you want ao to fail
Some only want to look at the negatives of things to the point they need it to happen because they are desperate to be right, the former is ironically is what is happening at this moment; you are observing doom posters in a negative manner as wanting the game to die despite it only being one part of âdoompostersâ
Proper folk - even while they are a âdoomposterâ - would be critical of the game with evidence to back said downfall up, be it game statistics or analysis of the developer teamâs intentions.
I think some people want AO to fail to make Vetex realize roblox is a shitty platform and heâs simply not capable enough to develop such an ambitious project on it, not only because of the development aspect of it but also because of the design too.
i donât want this game to fail. i would love if the story surprised me and took an interesting turn, i would love if the annoying features in the game were removed and the game got the qol it needs, because there is no other game that appeals to quite the same niche.
but at some point you just have to get a little tired with the way things are going, especially once you realize how unlikely it is for them to improve with the way this game is directed. about the only hope for a lot of this gameâs nasty edges to get smoothed out is for the dev to have a sudden change of heart, which is unlikely, to say the least
this is like saying âstop calling out your alcoholic father for being an alcoholic. itâs like you want him to be an alcoholic!â
At some point you just have to accept the fact that itâs not going to change, especially not if you stop pointing it out. The fact that weâre even still here to express our concerns over the future of the game is a testament to our collective desire to see it succeed. And yet, that collective desire is failed over and over again.
Arcanium weapons were a sham. Dragons were just another tedious implementation. If playing the game feels like a waste of time, something has gone terribly wrong.
Roblox itself is a shitty platform yes, but that doesnât directly relate to Vetexâs ability to develop - or lack thereof.
It wouldnât matter if AO was ever made on another platform, itâs entirely up to the abilities of the creator, which in this case isnât really up to par.
but trying to make vetex realise this will accomplish nothing at all
vetex will NEVER do game development outside of roblox, and hes not making another game, ao is his last one
It would be such a waste if he decided to abandon game development with AO after years of developing games and tried to continue making an income off of making books when his writing is mediocre and many people seem to be more interested in the game aspect of his career rather than writing, not that I doubt he could succeed in writing but I donât think it may be the best option currently.
What I believe may be best for Vetex right now is to slowly phase out of roblox and start making small games and build up from there. They donât have to be these big ambitious projects with massive worlds and tons of mechanics; he could make a simple game like Adventure Story outside of roblox and use the income heâd get from it to cover basic needs until he has enough money (and experience) to hire a team and work on something bigger. At least if his small games fail he wouldnât have wasted a lot of time and work.
yeah but would he be able to garner an audience and sizeable playerbase outside of roblox
getting players is way easier on roblox than on steam for example
I think the appeal of AO was the open world mmo aspect and doing that outside of roblox is very hard. I think he said he doesnt want to make games anymore after this.
In terms of writing, AO really is a mashup of a lot of pre existing works and ideas, that works well in a game, but as a standalone story I dont see it
There are places you can market at easily if youâre in the know about indie marketing.
Listing your game in the right genre (More complicated than it sounds), appealing to players within that genre (This means not being stubborn), and such is among those.
Asking youtubers to play your game and providing press kits for them is also another way of garnering players.
There are also places outside of Steam such as Itch and gamejolt for hosting, reddit and forums for advertising, etc.
and whatever other analytics nonsense.
So Iâd say yes.
Then again you still need to make a good game. What flies on Roblox will not absolutely fly anywhere else, especially his behavior.
If you want an example of this go take a look at YandereDev, we hated his ass even before we found out he was a child groomer 
I donât want AO to fail. But itâs hard to ignore the fact that it is failing.