But then their world got turned upside down by the kryptonite of entitled gamers everywhere: an announcement that Ooblets was headed to the Epic Games store as an exclusive title.įrankly, the outrage around Epic exclusivity is absurd. I have been following the Twitter account for Ooblets for about a year, as I was drawn in by the beautiful art style, wholesome nature, and quirky design that the developers have shown off over time. The 'Ooblets'' exclusive deal with the Epic Games Store has become the latest proxy battle in an online campaign to stop game developers from embracing Epic.In yet another tirade, the gaming community has inflicted its most toxic behaviors on a small indie developer for the upcoming game called Ooblets. Based on her posts though, you guys are a perfect pair of ****heads,' a Reddit user wrote. 'When this is all said and done, and your game and career are in shambles, I hope your wife leaves you. A handful of the offensive remarks are documented in the Medium post, but most are too profane to reprint.

The couple say they have now received tens of thousands of messages across Twitter, Reddit, and Discord, including anti-Semitic and racist remarks threatening violence against both Cordingley and Wasser. It was a stupid miscalculation on my part.' 'By engaging directly with that crowd, I mistakenly thought I could have some impact on their opinions and emotions and defuse the situation with some lighthearted criticism of the main things that drove them to attack people. 'I very naively thought what we were saying might get them to see the whole debate as lightheartedly as we did,' Wasser wrote in a post on Medium.

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