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Quantum Lock suspends sales due to developers losing access to source code (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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QL was our first game and although it was a big milestone for us, it was created at a time before we understood version control software. We do not have access to the source code anymore and cannot make any fixes or changes to the game. Because of this, we have decided to disable the ability for anyone to buy copies of the game. Thank you for your time and feel free to reach out to us.

The trailer looks like an awesome vaporwave freeze tag indie game.

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[–] FooBarrington 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"We lost access to the source code because we didn't use VCS or make backups"

"Well, it would be rude to think they're not smart enough to make a backup[...]"

No, what's rude is assuming that people are lying to you without good reason.

[–] Mango -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do we know what reason they have?

[–] FooBarrington 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They told you their reason: they were inexperienced. Why do you assume they must be lying, and hiding another reason?

[–] Mango -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because their stated reason is stupid. You can do all this complex stuff but forget the turn it off and back on? Get fucked with that nonsense.

[–] FooBarrington 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Then tell me: what else could the reason be? Why make people deliberately think you're stupid? What's the advantage?

And yes, this is a thing that happens literally to thousands of people every day. Almost everyone has a "I didn't make backups" story. Humans aren't born perfect - they make mistakes and learn from them. How many doctoral theses do you think are lost every day due to missing backups? Or how much art, how much data in general?

Instead of assuming some evil genius agenda hiding behind their stupid stated reason, you could just try to accept that people make mistakes. But you surely don't ever make any, so why would anyone else?

[–] Mango 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they have plagiarized code. Who knows?

[–] FooBarrington 1 points 4 months ago

That would be a worthwhile idea if any evidence pointed towards it (e.g. any public documentation about legal communications).

Without any evidence, it's a useless accusation for an explanation that:

has happened in many documented cases, both bigger studios as well as indies
happens to many people every day with similarly important data (just search for new people trying to recover their incredibly important data - it's a very common occurrence)
is especially likely to happen to fresh developers, which they were

I can accuse you of any number of horrible things, and I'd have the same amount of evidence you have for your accusation. What would this add to the discussion?