Whether you like Freddys or not, this is something pretty fucking awesome right here.
If I said when I was a kid “I want to make my own video game, all by myself, and there’ll be toys and Halloween costumes and lunchboxes at Wal-Mart!!!” someone would have explained to me that it doesn’t work that way, that games are products made by huge teams working for huge companies. One person doesn’t just “make a game” and be successful! That’s silly!
I’m so proud of Scott. Guy was working at Dollar Tree and near suicidal and felt like he was worthless, like God had literally turned his back on him, and he finally got his big break. That’s a Cinderella story if I’ve ever seen one.
I had already reblogged this because it’s so cool that an independent artist could create something so widely beloved, but I had no idea that those were the circumstances of his life when he made FNAF and as someone who’s on the same boat, this gives me a lot of hope.
It gets better–Freddy’s was an act of reclamation. He’d made a game and someone left a shitty review on it that said something like “This game is awful, and that beaver looks like a possessed animatronic.” and at first Scott was legitimately really bummed out & feeling dejected with that review, but after a while he was like, I’ll show you possessed animatronics.
Thinking about how that reviewer must feel now keeps me warm at night.
I can tell you exactly how that reviewer feels
and you will find that you have no reason to feel warm at night anymore
the reviewer is Jim Sterling. Here’s his channel. He is not ashamed of the review he gave the game. There is no reason for his feelings to keep you warm at night. He has no regrets and doesn’t take shit from anyone who tries to make him feel “bad” about it. Jim couldn’t give any less of a fuck.
the “shitty review” in question was not shitty-it was an honest review. The game (or trailer rather) he reviewed was Chipper & Sons Lumber Co. (review can be watched here). It’s three and a half minutes. Watch it. Tell me that what he says is wrong.
The characters look lifeless. Soulless. They have no personality. The world itself is the same.
Jim’s opinion hit Scott hard, yes. But only initially. And the whole “I’ll show you possessed animatronics” thing? Yeah…that’s not how Scott was thinking. At all. Scott is not a vengeful or an “I’ll show YOU” kind of guy. He doesn’t hold grudges like that. And implying that he does just shows how little you actually know about him.
Jim made a video in November 2016 called “A Lesson In Five Nights” (here’s a link). It’s fifteen minutes long (the review itself is shorter). Watch it.
In the video Jim compliments Scott and even praises him for doing what so many other indie devs don’t even attempt-Scott took the criticism and ran with it. He learned from it. He didn’t try to defend himself, he didn’t lash out at Jim, he didn’t shout “I’M RIGHT AND YOU’RE WRONG” like so many others would and have done.
Ultimately, Jim seems pretty proud of Scott. He respects him.
And also, as Jim put it, you should really be thanking him. Because if he had never reviewed Chipper & Sons, Five Nights would have never happened.
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