I want an opinion from Red51, Waveshapr, or someone of the team noting the recent troubles on Palworld. I want their honest opinions, as a developer, even if they have to DM it to me instead, to which I can use their opinions loosely going forward since then. I just want to know how easy or hard changing a text line in the player character line is.
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There's this issue with Palworld (since launch) where Palworld developers (Pocketpair) released the game with 'Body Type 1 & 2 (A&B)' to the point they could more or less ignore it. It was an issue, yes, but it's a constant grinding point, now more so than ever, especially with Japan's dishonesty law requiring developers in Japan (and those selling) to provide authentic and honest mediums released in their intended manner. No censorship, no political nonsense, just straight-up pure gaming experience. Players have been upset about it from launch, some more accepting than others, but it's a constantly reoccurring issue for Palworld. I've stated that if Pocketpair/Palworld chose to dedicate their time to fix a text-based issue that it would only take 5 seconds (realistically 5 minutes), with the added time to verify it legally, with Steam, etc. The problem itself, via coding, would simply be a 5 second 'Ctrl + F', find and delete, replace, and have it be 'Male' and 'Female' again. Correct?
Here's the video for a summary:
I don't care if this is from Asmongold and Grummz or not, they have the information I desire within showcasing Body Type 1 & 2 issues. I'm used to Red51 hotfixing his game within the same hour, the same day, or even a week, something Pocketpair/Palworld is refusing to do for Palworld after 3+ years for a quick fix.
- Locked thread for Body Type 1/2
- Thread boils over
- Numerous posts are deleted, topics removed, and just an outright shitshow.
This could have been easily avoided by simply acknowledging the playerbase, more so since Day 1, by respecting those who actually play the game over those who go out of their way to sabotage the game.
Instead of fixing their game, patching things players desire to see normalized again, we're seeing constant pushback against the Palworld community. Gaslighting tactics, personal attacks, and just constant disrespect.
(- I woke up to my Steam notifications being filled with community notes of how many of my posts have been removed, initially with no reason, later given a false reasoning afterwards. Other people were banned (both sides of the fence) and topics sabotaged.)
I had to boot up Rising World (Unity) to note stuff (for science) with how easy it is to have male and female identifiers. Red51 has, by default, showcased male and female symbolism, and no fuss grown out of that. Granted, he did gain a few grumpy posts on the Steam forum about the female player appearing masculine. Was later shown they can appear feminine, but that's for another time. With all the issues I had with Rising World, I'm glad Rising World can be honest here.
(Side-note: I need to redo my character appearance, having switched from Windows 10 to Bazzite OS while waiting on the Steam Machine.....)
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Too long, didn't read:
Q - How easy is it to change 'Body Type 1' & 'Body Type 2' text in the menu?
I say it's between 5 seconds to 5 minutes, and that's gauging it from Red51's past showcases on how he programmed the game. The struggles he had to go through with water turning into molten metals, and various typo edits, but the hotfixes were usually 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or even 1 month.
Other developers I followed throughout the years implied everything, with passion, can be programmed within a short period of time. They made no excuses, they had a plan, and they executed it to have it implemented in a game. Same with a few authentic modders in the modding scene. Same with Japanese game developers who both release their game, note hotfixes/patches, and their blogs on DLSite and similar websites. I can also state such from RPG Maker side of things, and a few modding attempts, etc. I'm sure I could have worded things far better, I"m however far too angry for that right now. Too many fake happenings and instances going on, and constant betrayals both here and Palworld, and everywhere else. Nobody is allowed to have fun. I want to jump back onto Rising World though. I want to tame that wolf as a pet..... I find this whole Palworld situation absolutely stupid. It's been hijacked, especially since launch, and it's become more apparent than ever (even with Rising World) how everything is just intentionally sabotaged.
Changing texts shouldn't be a life and death situation, but I want to hear from Red51, if he chooses to, or maybe he'll stay silent. He has an update he still has yet to release. I also want to ask other developers who have coding experiences, etc for how easy and simplistic this situation is, and I'll hopefully get their opinions later. I need to hunt the people down I know who are authentic game developers (not passing as one) having made games, and such.
I also had people poking me about when the update shall release so I'm also here wondering where it's at. I had to also keep asking Grok/Gemini, and also the Trello. Red51 shall release his update when it's ready, but it's taking forever, as always.
