Ascension
I’ve been getting lots of messages lately regarding Ascensions. As you may have noticed, I’ve deleted them from Impqueen and rinmarugames.
I actually wasn’t going to explain why I made that call, but many of you have been asking in a very nice way, and an explanation is the least I can do for you.
Some of you.
I’ll try to keep it short and drama free.
Last week I received a few messages of a kind that I normally ignore. And I would ignore this one too, but it made me realise how often I was getting messages/mails of the same kind regarding only and only Ascension.
And I’m not the kind to get upset over threats, or aggressive language. It makes me laugh at best, ignore at worst. But this time I realised something I actually never thought about before.
That Ascension has a very very young audience.
When I made the first game, I was 24, and no wonder some of you grew up with me. But that’s, when you look at the big picture, a very small number of people.
The rest is at an age where if they don’t get their romantic fantasies sated on a digital platform, get aggressive. Not just towards me, but to everything else I make.
I wish it was just me. It would make things so much easier.
But it’s towards my work, and it makes it impossible for me to focus on two different audiences at the same time, because one attacks the other for not being “suited” to them. And it’s very limiting for me.
One side is forcing me to work only for them, whether I enjoy it or not.
I wasn’t really asking for much, just enough freedom to do what I wanted to do, while making you what you wanted to get.
Two different game types for different ages.
But now I’m forced to pick a side, and please please forgive me the small amount of supportive and lovely and beautiful people, I have to take my side on this.
So, I am dropping all past and future Ascension games.
I am no longer working on side projects for younger audiences. At least for a long long while, because I am not equipped with enough maturity to deal with something like this at the moment.
I am also thinking about minimizing romance, because as many benefits as it has, it brings that much if not more problems.
I want to make games, not accidentally become a digital pimp.
I cannot deal with sexually frustrated preteen rage messages spamming my inbox and e-mail every time I work on something slightly different.
I am turning off asks for the time being, and will only be using tumblr strictly as an update platform. I need to focus on my work, and do my best to complete it the best way I can.
Again, I am so sorry to every one who has been nothing but supportive to me all this time.
But I can’t make Ascension, or any game like Ascension anymore.
I am still in the middle of exploring genres and themes that make me happy to work on. Not one game will be similar to the other, at least for a little while, and I can’t push myself down fearing your disappointment.
Disappointments will always be there, one way or another. But it’s as disappointing to me, as it is to you.
I’m sorry.
Unfortunate though it is, you stick to your guns and do what you enjoy, Rin. You still have a lot of supporters. I would rather you keep doing what makes you happy because that’s going to show in your games.
Also, I’m old so hell yes to more mature games. Keep being awesome <3

















