“Write what you know” is popular advice for writers and other creatives. But what happens when your audience something you don’t know much about? Well, you have to tell your fans on Steam that you can’t add dating to your anime-themed tactical RPG because you and your team don’t have the necessary real-life “experience” to create such a system.
Troubleshooting: Abandoned Children is a tactical role-playing game which was released in 2020 and has been quite popular ever since. It currently has over 8,000 positive reviews on Steam and a fairly active community. And while the game may look like a JRPG, it lacks one important feature found in many of these games: A robust dating system. And according to the developers behind Troubleshooting, it is unlikely that there will be one in a future update.
As first reported by GamesRadar on 11 June a review for Troubleshooting on Steam praised the game as more complex than X-COM and called it a “really good game.” However, the short review included one negative note. “The only complaint is that there is no waifu dating system,” the reviewer said. In response to this short review Troubleshooting Developer Dandylion responded and explained why this was the case:
“Dating system… This is a feature that many people have been requesting, but my team members… have no experience with it, not even in real life,” the developer replied. “Thanks for this review.”
Comments on the review have been disabled, but about 90 people have described the review and response to it as “funny.” While that’s a bit rude, they may just be laughing at the silly review and not the honest response from the developers behind the game.
I know some people will immediately laugh at the situation, but I appreciate the honesty and transparency of Korean developer Dandylion. Dating is hardit’s perhaps harder today than ever before because everyone is overworked, anxious, panicked, and afraid that the next little mistake or blunder will end up on TikTok or Twitter.
So I’m not laughing at Dandylion and its individual developers. Instead, I hope they find happiness in the future. Oh, and maybe a modder who has already been on a few dates can help add a dating system Troubleshooting in the future. Then everyone wins.
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